On the military and government someone must always take responsibility for stuff, even if everyone behind it is aware of it, having someone take the blame is a necessity.
It is, but that's how it is in the army. - The first assault rifles that were deployed that the US military in Vietnam (the M-16) were not chromed, and thus were very weak to rust. The lack of excessive force in the cartridges also caused a lot of malfunctions, and I read a case of an entire platoon whose guns jammed, and one soldier even decided to use an AK-47 confiscated to an uncooperative enemy. What did headquarters do? Blame the issues on soldiers failing to properly maintain their guns, and suppress all reports saying otherwise. (source : The Gun, by C. J. Chivers) - The USS Indianapolis was sent covertly to carry military equipement, in total radio silence. It was noticed by a Japanese submarine (which wasn't yellow, sadly), and despite the Captain's best efforts (who were, I need to add, acknowledged by the Japanese captain), the ship was sank. It took a few days for the Marine to realize she was missing, and by the time the sailors got helped, the water did a number on them. The movie Jaws mainly brings up sharks as the main cause of death, but for the few I could stomach about it, the one getting eaten by sharks were the lucky ones. The unlucky ones lived through the salty water, and, well. Sorry, I don't feel like expanding on that. What did the Admiralty do? Of course they blamed the Captain. I heard that he shot himself while holding a boat toy, but I don't know if it's real or a legend. I don't have the guts to learn more about that one, the few I heard disgusted me too much. (source : none too reliable, the Youtube channel Bedtime Stories did a video about them, but it tends to romanticize or dramatize events.) - To go further in time (and stop shitting on the Americans), the Franklin Expedition was about two ships, the HMS Terror and the HMS Erebus, sent north of the America by the British admiralty to find a passage that would spare a trip south to reach Asia. Since the various captains they had in mind all refused or were Irish (I wish I was joking on that part, but apparently anti-Irish racism was strong back then), they settled on a hot-headed captain whose honor was sullied by the failure of an earlier expedition. The ships were fitted and properly supplied, but were unlucky and got stranded in ice for years. Why do I bring it up? Because the British Admiralty supplied the ships with the lowest-bidder's cans, who were not properly sealed, and used lead (through apparently the main cause of lead poisoning is supposed to have been from the ships' heating system that the crew used to warm water), and the admiralty refused to send help when the crew's family asked for news, leading them to raise noise by calling the press. (source : History Buff - The Terror, through Maritime Horrors is a good source if you want to know more.)
So yeah, it's BS, but sadly, it's realistic. Headquarters will never admit they're wrong, whether it's Admiralty, Pentagon, or whoever bunch of idiots greenlighted Velma.
She actually managed to pull it off.TO KISO-SANAnd thus, my quest for revenge finally came to an end.I guess that's the end of the Empress of Maizuru, huh?It seems that officially speaking, she'll be treated as a sunken or dismantled ship.That bratty eyesore of an Admiral from Maizuru was discharged too.All in all, it looks like Yokosuka is the one reaping all the benefits.That Admiral of theirs is as cunning a bastard as ever, I'll give him that.