Soldierly Honesty (and spies)

vicky_molokh · 12-27-2009, 03:28 PM

Just realized that I recently saw a [fictional] example of being ready to serve, but not to invade another's territory: the Orca (well, whatever they call those futuristic helicopter-like vehicles) pilot in Avatar who says something like 'I did not sign up for this sort of thing' when they outright invade the Na'vi tribe's zone (as opposed to just protecting the out-of-the-way mining operation).

I think there might be more between history and fiction, and even more undocumented historical ones. Also, the Levy type of troops from mass combat seems to be easily capable of getting away with such behavior (well, to some degree, of course).

12-27-2009, 03:28 PM	#11
vicky_molokh GURPS FAQ Keeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kyïv, Ukraine	Re: Soldierly Honesty (and spies) Just realized that I recently saw a [fictional] example of being ready to serve, but not to invade another's territory: the Orca (well, whatever they call those futuristic helicopter-like vehicles) pilot in Avatar who says something like 'I did not sign up for this sort of thing' when they outright invade the Na'vi tribe's zone (as opposed to just protecting the out-of-the-way mining operation). I think there might be more between history and fiction, and even more undocumented historical ones. Also, the Levy type of troops from mass combat seems to be easily capable of getting away with such behavior (well, to some degree, of course). __________________ Vicky 'Molokh', GURPS FAQ and uFAQ Keeper Last edited by vicky_molokh; 12-27-2009 at 03:38 PM.