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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3638989" data-attributes="member: 19675">Sorry if I forgot to expand upon that- my bad.  Allow me to rectify that omission.Killing and/or euthanizing defeated opponents- while logical for someone who is setting the table for another to commit global genocide- may or may not be allowable within the Surfer's ethical considerations.  We don't know if he has ever killed an opponent in combat on any of the worlds he lead Galactus to previous to his trip to Earth.  Similarly, we don't know what he would do if he faced flying opposition (be they powerful beings like himself or the FF, or pilots of attack air/space craft) and defeated them in air/space.  Did he rescue them or did he abandon them to their fate?  We simply don't know.But depending upon the answer, the confused, flaming, floating Sue Storm could have been zapped and left to fall to Earth...Still, taking them down and immobilizing/imprisoning them would be well within his ethical considerations.After all, his responsibilities as Herald of Galactus are essentially:1) Find life-bearing planets for G to consume.2) If neccessary, pacify the locals.3) Repeat.Taking down two powerful opponents while they are vulnerable would be part of the second set of duties.  Finding a way to keep them from returning to battle once defeated would make his job- which we know he finds distasteful- go that much easier.It could be something as simple as putting them into a coma (multiple methods exist- BFT to the head & causing concussion, oxygen deprivation, etc.) or as complex as manipulating matter at the molecular level to encase them in some kind of prison impervious to their abilities.Instead, he semi-defeats his opponents and leaves them hale enough to return to the battlefield.If Earth had been his first stop after Zenn-La, I could see that kind of mistake being made.  But it wasn't- he's experienced at what he does for Galactus...yet he acts like a n00b.</blockquote>

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