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Let's say you have a warship going into what is a known warzone. Casualties are expected. Every man and woman on the warship is aware of this - and that the warzone is their homeland. Whatever they have made of themselves, they came from the warzone, even if they don't live there any more.
You have two combatants on the warship. They have worked with the warship personnel in the warship's current location for somewhere between three to five years. They are proven combatants. They are trusted colleagues and allies.
You also have two non-combatants on the warship. A man and an infant who are connected with one of the combatants in the warship. Neither is known for any military or physical acumen - the infant is, at most, one year old. We don't see them, but they're presumed to be there.
At the edge of the warzone, the commander of the warship tells the two combatants that they have the option to leave. This is not their fight, it's not their homeland, if they chose to stay behind in their homeland, nobody would fault them. Naturally, the two combatants choose to stay and throw their lot in with the warship, even though they don't have a personal stake in the fight.
My brain says that, by this stage, all non-combatants have long since gotten off the warship. It says that since the commander of the warship only offered the two combatants the option of leaving, the non-combatants were already off the warship when it started its journey. It says that anyone who wasn't bound to this fight was left back when the commander decided they were going into the warzone.
Earth logic? Y/N?
You have two combatants on the warship. They have worked with the warship personnel in the warship's current location for somewhere between three to five years. They are proven combatants. They are trusted colleagues and allies.
You also have two non-combatants on the warship. A man and an infant who are connected with one of the combatants in the warship. Neither is known for any military or physical acumen - the infant is, at most, one year old. We don't see them, but they're presumed to be there.
At the edge of the warzone, the commander of the warship tells the two combatants that they have the option to leave. This is not their fight, it's not their homeland, if they chose to stay behind in their homeland, nobody would fault them. Naturally, the two combatants choose to stay and throw their lot in with the warship, even though they don't have a personal stake in the fight.
My brain says that, by this stage, all non-combatants have long since gotten off the warship. It says that since the commander of the warship only offered the two combatants the option of leaving, the non-combatants were already off the warship when it started its journey. It says that anyone who wasn't bound to this fight was left back when the commander decided they were going into the warzone.
Earth logic? Y/N?
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Atlantis knew it was headed for a fight against the Wraith when they headed out of Pegasus.