Bob say: Tomb,
I agree that their motivation and professionalism will keep them up for short
engagements. If it starts to turn ugly however no amount of money is going to
sustain them. Yes, like all troops they are fighting for their buddies, but
when the casualties start to climb they are going to start looking towards a
way out.
[Tomb] I think there are cases where this is not so, but they generally
are mercs[1] serving for some cause other than just money. This includes the
International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War and Finnish (or was it
Norwegian) people fighting in the (Wermacht?) German forces against the
Russians. Some of these mercs actually have very strong resolve. But
they they aren't _just_ in it for the money.
Tomb
[1] merc: someone fighting for a nation other than his own (getting
Tomb,
In those cases I would agree. So it comes down to motivation again. If they
are fighting for money then I think their motivation will be high to start
(Hey we are the professionals) but if they start to take casualties they will
break sooner than a force that is motivated by other issues.
If they are fighting for a nation other than their own and they are doing so
because they believe in a cause or just hate _Fill in the blank_ then
their motivation will be more in line with standard formations.
All of this is conjecture of course since I have never served as a mercenary.
Magic
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Magic said:
> All of this is conjecture of course since I have never served as a
Aside from when you were in Zimbabwe, of course, and the incident with the
steamer trunk in Rangoon. Or are we not supposed to know about
those? ;-)
laserlight said:
> Aside from when you were in Zimbabwe, of course, and the incident with
;-)
I'm surprised I haven't heard about this, after all, I was in Rangoon back
in '39....
I swear it, it's right there in my Character Notes.......
2B^2
I can neither confirm or deny those activities.
Magic
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