Not
exactly true, and when it is... There are
reasons for that.
I grew up in a stable country. Heck, our system of government hasn't had a revolution since the
Restoration. If a crime happens, the criminal will be decried by all. The police will (probably) investigate and the social expectation is that they will. With luck, the perpetrator will be found and punished. I hold to a social contract regarding my behaviour (mostly) and can be reasonably confident that my fellow citizens will as well.
That is not where Komand'r grew up.
She grew up in a place where
on the day of her birth the local imperial power carried out an orbital strike on her planet's capital. Why?
Because she was born, and they wanted everyone to associate hundreds of thousands of deaths with
her. Tamaran is more like Earth Bet than anywhere else, perhaps even worse because instead of Endbringers who'll leave if you survive fighting them for half an hour they have the Citadel Fleet occasionally deciding that 'the orange haired ones are worth fifty points each'. She's
never been somewhere stable enough for the 'rule of law' to mean anything. All she's ever seen -in the most horrifying ways- is the strong doing what they want and no one being able to stop them.
And eventually, she internalised that.
Why is she having sex with Red after only knowing him for a little while? He helped her, he seems genuine and she finds him attractive. Those are the bits she's consciously aware of. Plus, normal Tamaranian liberal attitudes to sexuality. But beyond that, he's got
a room for of skulls of strong people he killed. This means that
he is very strong. And he wants to work with her. That means
she is strong and because she is strong
she is safe and
she can get what she wants. And
he has offered to help her get stronger.
And that makes her happy.
) at some point. Saw a pic where Mogo adresses Jordan as Corps leader.
