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Just how many here have military experience? After the shambolic events prior, I do wonder if it's merely lack of experience than anything else.

The fact a lot are treating this as a "one-off" is going to be a problem. Do you really believe that everyone will just move past this as if it never happened? It should remind you of what you are; prisoners.

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[Lance has some familiarity with Hux, or at least the Hux that was here previously, so he's neither too thrilled to see he's back--whether or not he remembers, which he presumes he doesn't by the questions--or quick to reply to this post. He considers not doing so at all, actually, but it seems worthwhile. Talking to Hux was how he'd found out half the stuff he'd found out about the whole thing with Maketh, after all.]

There are several with military experience, but the population here is not an army and trying to treat it like one is not effective.

What gives you the impression that those here presume that recent issues are going to be a one time occurrence?

[ Sometimes ignorance is bliss and sometimes it's a hindrance. One day Hux may realize it's not always the latter.]

Of course there are, that's the law of averages for you. However it doesn't seem to be working so well right now. I'm not saying everyone should be treated as military; those inexperienced will do more harm than good in that aspect. What needs to be looked at is the protocol for what everyone should do when this happens again.

Has there been a discussion on what happened with everyone present?

A few organized groups do have planned courses of action for dealing with the kind of things that happen here, but not everyone agrees on what should be done in each situation. Although establishing some sort of protocol is beneficial for people who want to follow it, coordinating the entire population is also very unlikely.

For that reason, no, there has not been an in-person discussion with everyone present. There have been several over the network with a large number of people involved, though.

When did you arrive here?

[He's both curious for practical reasons about how long Hux has been here and been staying under the radar, and because it just generally helps this conversation to be aware of how much he actually knows about the Null situation.]

And there's the problem. If no-one can agree on a basic way of doing things when an attack hits then that is what will kill people. It doesn't need to be anything more complicated than areas for those who don't fight to hunker down in and those who do to group up in. the rest can be hashed out when needed. After an attack like the one just suffered it should be a wake up call.

At some point, everyone should be taking this seriously.

Why do you ask?

[ Seems like a personal question. Not "who are you?" or "why are you telling us what to do?".]

That's essentially what occurred during the Null invasion; there were several areas devoted to providing safe refuge for those who needed it, and then anyone capable of and willing to fight the Null did so.

I think it's a mistake to presume those here aren't taking the issue seriously, but many are also still recovering and haven't begun future planning yet.

Your arrival time helps prevent assuming you know too much or too little about the situation, so as not to assume knowledge you might not have or risk over-explaining situations you're already aware of.

[It's half the truth, anyway.]

Most counter attacks happen when the enemy is recovering, it is naive to think that it won't happen or that things should not be arranged when civilians are still catching their breath. Looking through the network, most "posts" for lack of better word do not seem to be taking it seriously.

It is not a mistake to assume the worst; overestimating people will only do more harm than good.

You should explain them anyway.

We have reason to believe they can't reach us for a counterattack, at least not right now. They found us earlier because Delight was giving them information, but for at least a short time we should be able to avoid them and so taking the time to recover and rebuild is reasonable. I'm not sure what you consider to be taking the issue seriously--or not, as the case may be--but most of the posts in the last month seem to be related to the issue.

Underestimating usually isn't better than overestimating.

I'll keep that in mind.

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