You're incorrect.
Retreating personnel can be shot at will. Lifeboats with troops can be shot. These people are running away so that they can return and fight against you again. The problem arises when someone who has surrendered is killed. Someone in a lifeboat is more likely to attempt to surrender if given the opportunity, but it's not guaranteed. To Yzak, it looked as if the shuttle was filled with retreating military personnel, and thus was a fair target. What the shuttle crew should have done is to loop a broadcast indicating that the shuttle was filled with refugees from Heliopolis. If ZAFT wanted to confirm that, then they could order the shuttle to land on one of the ships in the fleet where ZAFT could examine the passengers. Once the civilians' identities had been confirmed, then they could be released. junior Subject : Re: Yzak and Shuttles was Re: [gundam] Gundam 00 Episode 18 *spoilers* Date : Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:06:02 -0500 >From : "A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far, Far Away..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To : [email protected] Cc : [email protected] In the end, though, it doesn't matter if it was civilians or military personnel onboard. Shooting retreating personnel like that is strictly forbidden. Those folks in the shuttle would fall under the same treatment as ejected pilots and people in lifeboats. And the thing is, Yzak can't even deny that he didn't know since his flight recorder would have recorded his spew about "Soldiers shouldn't run away from a battle", or whatever, as he shot them down.
