[Mars]

Say to his CO. . . I mean DAMN, front lines every time.

Or is the GTVA a very warlike society, and front line jobs are considered a good thing?
(discussion is expected to be entirely non canon)

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Of course your assuming Alpha 1 was the same pilot all the way through.

Maybe he was just was a suicidal individual with bad luck.  He volunteered for all the hard missions but just couldn't get himself killed. 

[eliex]

Alpha 1 simply wanted a chestful of badges and lots and lots of glory. 

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Either that, or he was born mute.

[eliex]

C-3-9 . . . 

Where would Alpha 1 be without his fingers . . .

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Not in the GTVA, definitely.

[Grizzly]

When you get 1 frontline job, and you do an exceptional job... why would someone put you on gaurd duty near Mirfax?

[terran_emperor]

Ypu request some quite duties after the excitment of the NTF war and the battle of capella.
You then transfer to Mirfax where nothing happens so you can relax.
At his point you are then killed by a random asteroid whist on patrol

[Stormkeeper]

It'd be a real shame for Alpha 1 to survive the NTF Rebellion and the Shivans to trip down the stairs and die.

[S-99]

Of course your assuming Alpha 1 was the same pilot all the way through.

Maybe he was just was a suicidal individual with bad luck.  He volunteered for all the hard missions but just couldn't get himself killed. 

A1 wanted some hair on his chest.

[Molybdenum]

Alpha 1 is just a janitor on board the Aquitaine who is playing around with the mission simulator.

[Galemp]

Alpha 1 is just a janitor on board the Aquitaine who is playing around with the mission simulator.

That's actually the most plausible explanation I've ever heard.

[NGTM-1R]

Say to his CO. . . I mean DAMN, front lines every time.

You're assuming we flew every mission Alpha 1 ever did. Which is, frankly, highly unlikely. We saw perhaps one in five I'm guessing.

Also, beware the Murphy's Laws of Military Operations. Complete more than your fair share of objectives, and you will be given more than your fair share of objectives to complete.

[Eishtmo]

You then transfer to Mirfax where nothing happens so you can relax.

No one willingly goes to Mirfak.  One is sent to Mirfak to attone for great sins, however the greatest sin is sending someone to Mirfak.

[eliex]

Say to his CO. . . I mean DAMN, front lines every time.

You're assuming we flew every mission Alpha 1 ever did. Which is, frankly, highly unlikely. We saw perhaps one in five I'm guessing.

Also, beware the Murphy's Laws of Military Operations. Complete more than your fair share of objectives, and you will be given more than your fair share of objectives to complete.

Alpha 1 is technically cursed by his own success. 

[Stormkeeper]

Alpha 1 is technically cursed by his own success. 

That's always the case with successful war-time career soldiers.

[ssmit132]

It'd be a real shame for Alpha 1 to survive the NTF Rebellion and the Shivans to trip down the stairs and die.

'He hit his head pretty hard, and ten minutes and thirty-two seconds thereafter, it would have been a mistake to consider him "alive."'

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I'd like to see a Shivan trip down the stairs.

[Polpolion]

Alpha 1 is just a janitor on board the Aquitaine who is playing around with the mission simulator.

[terran_emperor]

You then transfer to Mirfax where nothing happens so you can relax.

No one willingly goes to Mirfak.  One is sent to Mirfak to attone for great sins, however the greatest sin is sending someone to Mirfak.

No, you go to Wolf 359, or Bernard's star