[Illium] Salarian Shot By Police In Terror Scare

Salarian Shot By Police In Terror Scare
Union Commissioner Threatens Legal Action
Alarra Meviri, Illium Herald

Days of protest and unrest focused on Nos Astra’s pro-reform salarian population reached a flashpoint today in a fatal shooting in the course of a terrorism-related police pursuit.

Illium native Olir Welus was shot dead by members of NAPD Task Force Redoubt in the forecourt of Scarletwood maglev station, but in a tragic turn of events, may have been innocent of involvement in the terrorist activity officers were racing to prevent.

The NAPD is reviewing all evidence and interviews of witnesses and officers are ongoing, but Justice Directorate this afternoon released a statement indicating that a “credible threat” was identified late the following evening of an attack on the city’s central maglev terminal Goddess Gate, two stations beyond Scarletwood, and that Welus’s interception was the result of a “strong identification” of threat factors by officers on the scene. The statement concludes: “While Justice Directorate will not comment on an ongoing investigation, the possibility of such identifications proving erroneous is an inescapable drawback of proactive law enforcement, and NAPD is vigilant in minimising any risk to the public.”

Vosari Negavit, head of the Salarian Union high commission on Illium, made no such efforts to moderate his official response:

“Welus was by all accounts a peaceful and law-abiding citizen, a second-generation Illian, and Olir clan is staunchly loyal to the Union. The NAPD and their Eclipse thugs simply saw a salarian, jumped to a paranoid conclusion, and rushed into a situation where they felt justified in murdering an innocent man for the ‘crime’ of fleeing a team of heavily-armed and unidentified aggressors, which is what any sane person would do.”

Eclipse issued a brief statement denying that any of its members were involved in the incident, but Justice Directorate’s press release announcing Task Force Redoubt following the Entish bombing touted the experience and insight of ex-Eclipse officers, transferred during the company’s temporary wartime nationalisation, being included in the task force. Many direct witnesses to the incident remain unavailable for comment due to NAPD interviewing, but others who were near the scene have given an unclear picture of whether the pursuing NAPD officers were uniformed and/or had announced themselves at the time of the shooting.

Not so much 'fuck authority' as it is 'people bending and breaking the rules at will and not getting busted for it because they enforce/make 'em? Saw that one coming.'

tl;dr gang shit

in b4 shitstorm

Yeah, that's fuck authority, mate.

And ridiculous.

Of course this may just be my turian instincts talking (and the fact I fucking hate Omega and its lawless, ruled by fucking gangs and mercenaries shit)

Not really. Just acknowledging that authority's just as flawed as anything.


Again, not really. I don't want to get on anyone's case in particular, but the idea that the authorities are somehow perfect is kind of a joke. I expect nothing less, to be honest.


If you don't like it, leave. Fuck. You act like you don't have a choice in the matter.

Dude, if you can't fucking trust the people in charge, who the fuck can you trust? Is this some kind of batarian thing where your government was is just a fucked up shithole?


I don't!

I could just be a dick and say 'nobody', but that's not accurate, so here's a real answer.

Friends. Family. People who clearly display they know what they're doing on a consistent basis. People who have demonstrated an attitude and philosophy conducive to trustworthiness.

Just because someone's in charge doesn't mean they're trustworthy by default, but they can be.


No. More like 'trusting anybody blindly is a dumb move, period.'


Why? Are you being held prisoner? Indebted to someone? On the run? What's yer story?

None of your business!!!

Oh, well that's just not helpful. No sir.

Also, you failed to answer the 'why?', thereby avoiding the question as to why you can't actually leave the station. Therefore, you're probably on Omega of your own volition and don't intend to admit it.

You're obviously not gonna tell me if I'm right on that assumption, but if you really were some seriously pro-authority turian, you would've just stayed in the Hierarchy. Unless you got caught doing something you weren't supposed to and had to make a run for it, or something.

But what are the odds of that?

Maybe I just don't like them kissing up to the fucking krogan. Ever think of that!?

Oh. You're racist.

OK, that...still doesn't make any sense. You left because of an alliance with another power. That's...that's kinda dumb.

There are other reasons I'm not telling you~

(I'm not racist)