Seen Riddick the movies?
The Slams, could they be something else?
Yes to deal with undesirables, but also to recruit or experiment on
prisoners?
Next step of evolution or in the case of Europe and like c.1300, a place to
hide out persons to close to the political, such as a spare royal heir? Just
in case the current one dies and they need some to replace them, especially
one not on the home planet/city that is now cinder or like?
Or just a place to park persons accused of things or a sort of hostage
taking, you pay the ransom aka fees and fines and we let them go?
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zan Lynx" <[email protected]>
To: "The GURPSnet mailing list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [gurps] Prison Regiment?
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Onno Meyer <[email protected]> wrote:
* A halfway decent society recruits special units from convicts who
are considered unfit for normal life, but who can sort of "redeem
themselves" by military service. The officers come from normal
units, the NCOs are especially tough and experienced convicts.
The penal battalions will be harsh places -- discipline might
turn the convicts into sober citizens or better criminals. They
get dangerous missions, but with regular gear.
Social Stigma if the past is officially forgotten but not quite
gone, otherwise a Secret. Plus disads with a reasonable
Self-Control number. The troopers must be able to control
themselves while the NCOs are watching or they will be drummed
out of the unit.
This would be something like the French Foreign Legion in my opinion.
A criminal on the run could make up a new name and join, and while
people might "know" he's a criminal of some kind, or even guess who he
really is, no one does anything about it as long as he's in the
Legion.
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