Originally posted by: masamuneehs
I will say this though Terra, your continuing defense of Yzak is quite impressive in its perserverance and critical lens. I also will admit I think he is hilarious sometimes, but still can't believe an act like that would go unpunished... Military justice indeed...
You know, this kinda falls through if you remember the following fact:

I -wanted- Yzak to shoot down that shuttle by his own free will

I would have loved if he in cold blood destroyed it and that annoying kid.
I've said that a million times.
So me saying that he did it because there were soldiers there is not defense but rather an unfortunate truth, from my point of view.

Besides, I doubt the fact that it was a translation error, seeing as the japanese words for "soldier" & "civilian" are very different from each other.
Also, I've seen that translation in two of the fansubs when they were released as well as in the DVD rips.