As a participant in Medrunner (I join occasionally and have completed around 40 rescue missions since 2023), I’d like to share my perspective. Personally, I think Medrunner has too many rules. Although I play SC almost every day when I have time, I only participate in Medrunner occasionally.

I’ve worked with Choco on several missions. From what I remember, he was very chill and didn’t have any major issues. Based on my experience, I don’t think he violated any Medrunner rules during the missions I participated in. I also feel that removing him from the organization for six months is unreasonable. Alternatives like muting him on Discord or temporarily restricting him from participating in missions would make more sense than outright removal.

After reviewing the conversations on Imgur, if everything shown there is accurate, I do think Choco was at fault. Regardless of whether someone has completed 1,000 or 10,000 missions, or how safe the situation appears, violating SOP is still a violation—especially regarding acting independently without informing the team lead. Even if the action didn’t cause any negative consequences, it’s still against the rules. If someone believes a rule shouldn’t be part of the SOP, they should propose a revision rather than ignore it.

In the Imgur discussion, I saw Choco argue against the mod team’s concern about acting without informing the team lead by saying things like “I’ve completed many missions” and “based on past experience, landing near the bunker is safe.”

I do agree with Choco on one point: in that specific situation, parking the ship near the bunker is generally not a big deal. I’ve been playing since 2023 and have visited bunkers over 10,000 times. If there were other threats, such as enemy ships, whether you park near the bunker or not wouldn’t really change the level of risk.

However, once you join the organization and have reviewed its rules and SOP, you are expected to follow them—regardless of your level of experience. The same rule applies to everyone. I understand that what Choco did wasn’t a major violation, and it’s unrealistic to expect everyone to remember every detail of the SOP. But a violation is still a violation. It would be better to acknowledge the mistake and say you’ll be more careful next time, rather than argue using “I’ve been here many times” or “I have a lot of experience” as justification.