[It's ancient earth history, but the Villa hadn't just been good for night combat maneuvers and zero-g exercises. If she hadn't been book smart before she'd gone through N-School, she hadn't had the option to not be during. And as crusty as a foreign policy as it was, the armed forces (even an amalgamation like the Alliance) never forgot where they came from.]
I'm Navy so I like the one about five minutes being the difference between defeat and victory better.
[It's a brusque statement, chilly to the point that she might very well be blowing his advice out of the proverbial water. She turns the component in her hand, using her short fingernails to work the cloth into the grooves of the piece. There's little debris to be found there, but the practice is rote enough to settle.]
In my experience, stroking egos on a compromised field instead of getting the job done is a great way to start racking up the body count.
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[It's ancient earth history, but the Villa hadn't just been good for night combat maneuvers and zero-g exercises. If she hadn't been book smart before she'd gone through N-School, she hadn't had the option to not be during. And as crusty as a foreign policy as it was, the armed forces (even an amalgamation like the Alliance) never forgot where they came from.]
I'm Navy so I like the one about five minutes being the difference between defeat and victory better.
[It's a brusque statement, chilly to the point that she might very well be blowing his advice out of the proverbial water. She turns the component in her hand, using her short fingernails to work the cloth into the grooves of the piece. There's little debris to be found there, but the practice is rote enough to settle.]
In my experience, stroking egos on a compromised field instead of getting the job done is a great way to start racking up the body count.