Hot Take: Maverick should be in jail

[nobody 2,925]

In the opening act of Maverick: Top Gun, we see Cpt Pete "Maverick" Mitchell living a quiet peaceful life in what appears to be an abandoned Naval hangar where he is maintaining what appears to be a replica of a P-51 Mustang WWII era fighter.

But then he pulls his iconic bomber jacket out of his locker which is in one of those protective suit bags for some reason.  Similarly he reveals his iconic motorcycle which is under a tarp for some reason.  Now the needless unveiling of these throwbacks to the original Top Gun are not why he should be in jail even though it makes no sense given that none of the other vehicles are protected and it appears based on his relationship and the calendar that flashes up that he works quite closely with the crew, but let's assume he only breaks out the special jacket and cycle on flight days, and give him a pass.

No the reason he should be in jail is he defied a direct order from Admiral Kane, who his team refers to as the "Drone Ranger" because he wants to use the funding for a drone program.  Maverick convinces the team to run the planned test anyway with the intention of pushing past the planned checkpoint of Mach 9 and going to the contract threshold of Mach 10.  Cut to much later in the day as night appears to be falling, and Kane is at the gate.  Maverick is warned that "you know what happens to you if you go through with this," and Maverick replies, "I know what happens to everyone else if I don't"

Let's pause here for a second.  They never expound on what actually would happen to everyone else, but let's consider that.  If everyone else means the project team, it is very likely they all get new jobs elsewhere.  If everyone else, means the world, the implication is that this jet going Mach 10 is somehow key to saving the world which I would argue is nonsense given that the need for speed (hehe) is mitigated by the fact that the US has strategic air bases all over the world and can be on any target within hours, so this notion that somehow this test is for the greatest good is debatable on the surface.

Admiral Kane shows up to the test (by himself which is odd) and orders the team to terminate the test.  At this point Maverick feigns radio disruption and disregards the order.  His team then becomes complicit in this criminal activity and substantiates the lie about radio trouble with a lie that would have been easy to prove incorrect from a technical standpoint, but also moments later as Maverick is passing Mach 7, his team reports that they are receiving telemetry data which would be on the same comm frequencies as voice data.

A few minutes later as he pushes past Mach 9, Maverick exhibits signs of mental distress as he says to himself and the flight recorder, "talk to me Goose," indicating that he is distracted by the tragic accident which took his radar officer's life decades ago.

At approximately Mack 9.7, Maverick denotes "wind shield hot caution" obviously indicating structural integrity of the aircraft may be degrading.  Eventually Maverick does hit Mach 10 presumably satisfying the necessary criteria to stave off "what would happen to everyone else" if he didn't disobey orders whatever the fock that was.

Maverick, however, does not stop there with mission accomplished.  He pushes the plane further to Mach 10.1... 10.2... until eventually the display lights up with massive amounts of warnings and he has to eject.  The result?  A destroyed plane putting lives at risk needlessly due to fallout from the wreckage.

So let's recap:

• Disobeys direct orders (presumably for some greater good that he made up)
• Puts lives in danger, including his own, by recklessly causing a plane to crash in an unknown part of the country as maverick demonstrates when he asks what state he is in when he gets to the diner.
• Destroyed a multi-million dollar aircraft for fun essentially since the parameters were clearly set and met to stave off this tenuous assertion of doom he alluded to earlier

And not only was he incredibly, incredibly reckless for no reason whatsoever by continuing past Mach 10.  He was WRONG.  The unmanned aircraft program is a better use of military budget than a hyper fast plane.  The point of a Mach 10 plane would surveillance and hyper fast penetration into enemy territory to put energy on targets while potentially outrunning enemy air defense.

But let's take those 1 at a time.

1. Surveillance can be accomplished with satellites and drones
2. The utility as an offensive threat with speed as a defensive capability is limited because you would have to slow down to deploy a weapon, and given the aerodynamics and fuel necessary to hit those speeds, the payload capacity would be extremely limited

An unmanned aerial vehicle program would be much more utile to the military.  It's more cost effective as those would be much cheaper, easier to deploy and maintain, they would have higher payload and loiter capabilities to give it similar response times, and it wouldn't put pilots in danger.  It's clearly a superior investment.  The Drone Ranger was correct in his assessment!

And to be frank, the entire mission that Iceman cooked up was BS.  A B-2 could've performed that mission easily, but even if you disallow for that and accept the premise that the F18 was the only platform capable of carrying out the mission, our military has a mixed fleet for a reason.  If you need the F-18s to perform the bombing, you would have surely paired them with 5th gen fighters to cover their escape.  The conclusion?  Iceman cooked up the mission for the sole purpose of saving Maverick from going to jail.  

Maverick should've went straight to jail after the Darkstar debacle which was entirely his fault and premeditated.

[weepaws 3,401]

Trump who supported Pedro Epstein should be in jail, Maverick is a flocking movie, Trump, and Epstein really sexually abused children, let’s get it right.  

[nobody 2,925]

I could go on.  Let me know if you want to know why Rooster would never fly another plane in the military.  

[weepaws 3,401]

I’m going to go on, let’s put Pedro’s and those that support them in jail, mmm trump. 

[nobody 2,925]

And let's not forget that plane blew up at Mach-10.  That's debris going Mach-10.  That is probably stretching over a debris field 300 miles long.  Put this guy in jail.  That sh¡t could kill someone.

[MDC 8,023]

 

 

[weepaws 3,401]

1 minute ago, MDC said:

 

 

Ghey

[weepaws 3,401]

Let’s not forget, trump was friends with bill and Hillary 

[cmh6476 1,153]

Do Dexter next