Not exactly, I knew at that range my bullet would have tore through and hit you, so I was hesitant. Shooting a comrade is something I don't do, so I held off. I was looking for an opening to fire but it never appeared. But then this Carl contacted me and said it was useless, and that even if I wanted to I couldn't hurt him. So he was never actually here, I have no idea how he managed to impose his image into this world. Though I'm hoping it means he's nearby, then I can finish what started all those years ago.
Returning to mikhail
If he is a hacker or a VI he's an adept one, he managed to crack through the jamming in this place to radio me. Which means he has my frequency, and knows his way around jammers. For all we know he could be listening in on this conversation right now. I still intend to have a chat with him, and hotel squad, and the commodore. I have real issues with my superiors going behind my back, and if he required 'exorcising' he was a danger and that endangered the mission. How can a force work effectively if the squads are shooting at each other?