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I also think it’s worth remembering that Tucker will likely have strong associations between Maine’s armor and Epsilon fragmenting. While it’s true that Epsilon was already struggling, he kept that secret mostly between himself, Carolina, and Wash. To my memory, Tucker is unaware that Carolina experienced a total equipment failure in the field. He seems to have full confidence that Church will make it to “the other side” of the battle. But then he finds out that Church is gone. He’s gone and he left a message stating explicitly that he fragmented in hopes that the pieces he left behind would be able to run the equipment in Maine’s armor. Imagine constantly wearing the suit that made your best friend splinter and disappear. I agree with you 100% that Tucker has the common courtesy to be sensitive towards Wash and (especially) Carolina when it comes to Maine, but I think he would also despise wearing the metaphorical nail in Church’s coffin on a daily basis.