05-16-2018, 06:56 PM | #11 |
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Re: escort missions
...with the "Q-ship job" being a subversion: the PCs are the decoy, but have been picked so that they inflict serious damage on the ambushers. Effectively arranging for the enemy to "mug a monster".
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05-17-2018, 10:32 AM | #13 | |
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Re: escort missions
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05-17-2018, 10:51 AM | #14 | |
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However, those who were involved in British Army logistics around 1982 tend to note wryly that if the amount of material written off has having been lost when the Atlantic Conveyor sank had actually been aboard her, then she would have sunk without enemy action. Enemy action was certainly more readily accepted than accounting exceptions... |
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05-17-2018, 11:23 AM | #15 | |
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05-17-2018, 02:14 PM | #16 | |
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I imagine that if I looked, I'd find that same story somewhere in Tacitus or Xenophon. |
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05-17-2018, 09:00 PM | #17 | |
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05-17-2018, 10:14 PM | #18 | |
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05-17-2018, 11:28 PM | #19 | |
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05-18-2018, 01:42 PM | #20 | |
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Re: escort missions
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The samurai in charge of the mission had to return to California and report events to the consulate. He ordered the other samurai (Mifune's character) to recover the sword. Bronson's character just walked into the middle of the mess.
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