-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 8
/
SeventyMaximsOfMaximallyEffectiveMercenaries
286 lines (216 loc) · 9.12 KB
/
SeventyMaximsOfMaximallyEffectiveMercenaries
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #1
Pillage, then burn.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #2
A Sergeant in motion outranks a Lieutenant who doesn't know what's going on.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #3
An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #4
Close air support covereth a multitude of sins.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #5
Close air support and friendly fire should be easier to tell apart.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #6
If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #7
If the food is good enough, the grunts will stop complaining about the incoming fire.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #8
Mockery and derision have their place. Usually, it's on the far side of the airlock.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #9
Never turn your back on an enemy.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #10
Sometimes the only way out is through. . . through the hull.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #11
Everything is air-droppable at least once.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #12
A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #13
Do unto others.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #14
"Mad Science" means never stopping to ask "what's the worst thing that could happen?"
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #15
Only you can prevent friendly fire.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #16
Your name is in the mouth of others: be sure it has teeth.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #17
The longer everything goes according to plan, the bigger the impending disaster.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #18
If the officers are leading from in front, watch out for an attack from the rear.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #19
The world is richer when you turn enemies into friends, but that's not the same as you being richer.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #20
If you're not willing to shell your own position, you're not willing to win.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #21
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive, and he'll figure out how to catch another one for you to take tomorrow.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #22
If you can see the whites of their eyes, somebody's done something wrong.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #23
The company mess and friendly fire should be easier to tell apart
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #24
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a big gun.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #25
If the damage you do is covered by a manufacturers warranty, you didn't do enough damage.
Amended: If a manufacturer's warranty covers the damage you did, you didn't do enough damage.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #26
"Fire and Forget" is fine, provided you never actually forget.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #27
Don't be afraid to be the first to resort to violence.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #28
If the price of collateral damage is high enough, you might be able to get paid for bringing ammunition home with you.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #29
The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #30
A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #31
Only cheaters prosper.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #32
Anything is amphibious if you can get it back out of the water.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #33
If you're leaving tracks, you're being followed.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #34
If you're leaving scorch-marks, you need a bigger gun.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #35
That which does not kill you has made a tactical error.
Amended: That which does not kill me has made a tactical error.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #36
When the going gets tough, the tough call for close air support.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #37
There is no 'overkill.' There is only 'open fire' and 'I need to reload.'
Amended: There is no "overkill." There is only "open fire" and "reload."
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #38
Just because it's easy for you doesn't mean it can't be hard on your clients.
Amended: What's easy for you can still be hard on your clients.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #39
There is a difference between spare parts and extra [parts].
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #40
Not all good news is enemy action.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #41
"Do you have a backup?" means "I can't fix this."
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #42
"They'll never expect this" means "I want to try something stupid."
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #43
If it's stupid and it works, it's still stupid and you're lucky.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #44
If it will blow a hole in the ground, it will double as an entrenching tool.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #45
The size of the combat bonus is inversely proportional to the likelihood of surviving to collect it.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #46
Don't try to save money by conserving ammunition.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #47
Don't expect the enemy to cooperate in the creation of your dream engagement.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #48
If it ain't broke, it hasn't been issued to the infantry.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #49
Every client is one missed payment away from becoming a target and every target is one bribe away from becoming a client.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #50
If it only works in exactly the way the manufacturer intended, it is defective.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #51
Let them see you sharpen the sword before you fall on it.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #52
The army you've got is never the army you want.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #53
The intel you've got is never the intel you want.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #54
The best way to win a one-on-one fight is to be the third to arrive.
Amended: It's only too many troops if you can't pay them.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #55
It's only too many weapons if they're pointing in the wrong direction.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #56
Infantry exists to paint targets for people with real guns.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #57
Artillery exists to launch large chunks of budget at an enemy it cannot actually see.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #58
The pen is mightiest when it writes orders for more swords.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #59
"Two wrongs is probably not going to be enough."
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #60
Any weapon's rate of fire is inversely proportional to the number of available targets.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #61
Don't bring big grenades into small rooms.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #62
Anything labeled "This end toward enemy" is dangerous at both ends.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #63
The brass knows how to do it by knowing who can do it.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #64
An ounce of sniper is worth a pound of suppressing fire.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #65
After the toss, be the one with the pin, not the one with the grenade.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #66
Necessity is the mother of deception.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #67
If you can't carry cash, carry a weapon.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #68
Negotiating from a position of strength does not mean you shouldnt also negotiate from a position near the exits.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #69
Sometimes rank is a function of firepower.
%
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #70
Failure is not an option - it is mandatory. The option is whether or not to let failure be the last thing you do.
%