To which nation do you belong?

Your platoon is surrounded and outnumbered by the enemy. You've suffered many
men killed and many wounded. You have very few men left and your position is
desparate. The enemy commander offers you a chance to reply. Your reply is to
this offer:

1. "Nuts." Hold tight and wait for your relief till Hell freezes
over, because you know relief _is_ coming.
2. "Ve Do Not Zurrendur. Not Ze Prussian Vay." Hold tight and fight calmly and
effectively until overrun, then separate and try to make your way back to your
own lines. 3. "Camerone!" then execute a close assault with all remaining
members of the platoon and win or die. 4. "Oi, Mate. You wanna give up? Stupid
B*st*rds." Be shocked when the outnumbering enemy is not in fact surrendering,
then get annoyed and give them a good thumping. 5. Smile. Sharpen your curved
knives. Wait till dark, crawl out, and collect some ears. 6. Shoot the
emissary, then shoot a few of your most shaky looking men to "inspire" the
others. You'd like to surrender, but you know the Area Commander and his
Commisars would probably do worse than just kill you. 7. "Y'all mosey back to
yer lines. And if we see yer sorry *ss around these parts agin, we'll git real
annoyed." Load your Winchester and check the chambers on your shootin' irons.
And tell the boys 'n' gals to "Remember Dan'l Boone and the Alamo." 8. Praise
the supreme being, order your troops to mount a suicidal attack (shooting a
few as examples of what might happen to those who disobey), then look for a
convenient moment during the charge to duck out and head for home to procure
more troops. 9. Thank the emissary for his generous offer. Respectfully
decline strictly as a matter of honour. Feed the emissary some nice tea and
send him home. Put on your rising-sun headband and meditate with your
men. When the spirit has been purified, Banzai! 10. Being incredibly
pragmatic, arrange for safe passage of your troops and arms from this
untenable position. Ensure proper gaurantees are in place and then surrender
conditionally. 11. Take the emissary prisoner. Interrogate him for
information. Then launch a counter attack with a quick prayer to Yaweh. Do not
allow yourself to be captured, as the enemy usually does some very wrong
things to prisoners. 12. Surrender, because you don't have any support coming
to rescue you. Rely on your lovely blue headgear to protect you, since nothing
else will. 13. Invoke the spirit of Shaka, grab your assegai, and lead the men
on a cunning two pronged attack on the enemy position.

> At 11:26 AM -0400 9/19/02, kaladorn@magma.ca wrote:

NAC or FCT

> 2. "Ve Do Not Zurrendur. Not Ze Prussian Vay." Hold tight and fight

NSL

> 3. "Camerone!" then execute a close assault with all remaining

Frogs States Europa,:p

> 4. "Oi, Mate. You wanna give up? Stupid B*st*rds." Be shocked when

NAC or perhaps OU.

> 5. Smile. Sharpen your curved knives. Wait till dark, crawl out, and

NAC Ghurkas

> 6. Shoot the emissary, then shoot a few of your most shaky looking

ESU

> 7. "Y'all mosey back to yer lines. And if we see yer sorry *ss around

FCT or NAC (some bits of the NAC when fighting the LLAR).

> 9. Thank the emissary for his generous offer. Respectfully decline

I don't see the Japanese Corporate Mercenaries doing this. WWII really stomped
this concept out. The few that have this concept are generally seen as a bunch
of looneys by the rest of the nation.

> 10. Being incredibly pragmatic, arrange for safe passage of your

NAC outnumbered 10:1 and fighting an unquestionably honorable opponent (tiny
border conflict with NSL)

> 3. "Camerone!" then execute a close assault with all remaining

A combo of 3&4 but nothing happens as half the troops don't understand the
other half.

> Your platoon is surrounded and outnumbered by the enemy. You've

> 8. Praise the supreme being, order your troops to mount a suicidal

Hide a weapons or two about your person--demo charges or grenades are
best,
if you have any--and then "surrender" for as long as it takes to get
close.

> Being incredibly pragmatic

Who is that one supposed to be?

G'day,

> Your platoon is surrounded and outnumbered by the enemy. You've

"Doesn't sound to fair so we've asked some of our boys to sit this one out to
give you a fighting chance...."

As this is adapted from Hagar The Horrible I guess that would make it the Scan
Fed response?;)

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302. "Ahh! Good to see you! I expect you are here to pay for your orbital slot
rental, atmospheric transfer fee, your interstellar communications bill, the
...". Collect the fees for orbital parking and use of airspace. Charge them
for communications from the Home world. Impose a shipping and communication
embargo on them. Pressure the banks to call in loans they have taken out.
Encourage their unions to strike. Etc.

-Bri
Interstellar Trade, Transport and Telecommunications

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