I like them, I understand why they're waging this war, and even agree with their extreme measures, like bombing civilian targets and engineering assassinations. War isn't pretty or nice, and a large portion of the UEF just can't grasp that because they've lived a cushy, sheltered life for the past several decades.
I seriously hope you will never ever be in a position with a lot of responsibility.
While I can accept on a purely logical, darwinisical level, that survival of the fitest has no rules, I see myself as a human being. We thrive to be more than animals and ethics and self-control (aka instinct-control) is just the way to do that. Of course, we are talking reality here.
Since we know that mankind often falls back to various levels of primitive behavior and that crimes against humanity (like the ones you mentioned) happen in real life, it is necessary and powerful to deal with these in our works of ficition.
I posted that on the HLP wiki and I will post it here again:
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THIS is gaming. An interactive novel, a work of art, creating emotions in the player (despite lacking voice acting for now). Tense, exciting, big and a blast to play. War in Heaven dwarfs everything released for FS or its TCs so far." - Vidmaster" (including my own stuff which shares a similar focus on storytelling, despite having a totally different style)
go on Team!
