It’s a common misconception. The concepts are related, though. It also depends a little if one is using modern Amarish or old Amarrad, and it’s possible that in some more distant ancestor language the word did mean ‘peace,’ as especially in Amarrad it carries definite connotations of peace along with the more overt meaning of ‘promise’ – one could also take it, potentially, as ‘hope,’ or ‘pledge,’ for example, among other meanings.
Over 16000 were saved from the U’K freighter. I haven’t seen any indications of a significant number being saved from the Fweddit freighters that self-destructed.
PIE, SFRIM, and others attempted rescues of the FWEDDIT victims. I believe it was something in the area of 20,000 rescued, which is admittedly a tiny number compared to the dead.
As one of the ‘others’ who was attempting it… good. I didn’t realize any had actually been pulled out before the wrecks were popped. There wasn’t a lot of communication after… more like… stewing.
Pretty much, yeah. I wasn’t one of the people who managed to rescue anybody, and spent the next several hours furiously doing something to feel a little less useless.