all too true and been done many times in history and will likely happen again. or when the aliens show up, will they slaughter all, or hire the locals or ... On Dec 1, 2015 11:28 PM, "Onno Meyer" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mike wrote as a follow-up to an older post: > > Aliens might be strong in ships but not so well in ground forces? >> > > Look at the recent mess in Syria. > > While it is not directly comparable to a penal unit, look how the Western > powers are reluctant to provide ground forces and want to use "moderate > rebel" militias instead. They don't want to arm the moderates too much, in > case they turn radical, which drives them into the arms of radicals with > money and arms. > > Note how WWII penal units included guards as well as prisoners. The guards > would hang back in relatively safe places, but they were on the frontline. > > Recently suffered a massive loss of ground forces, but they are still a >> threat to current TL humans? >> > > Fed up with loosing "their" ground forces to insurgents and IEDs, but > willing to sacrifice lots of pawns. > > It gives humans a chance to go to the stars, hopefully some will survive >> the >> enlistment. >> > [...] > >> Yes, was the prisoners asked especially of just a general callf or all >> humans, threat or no threat, never know they might be like any military >> recruiter, join us and see the stars? >> >> Mike >> > > An individual recruit would look at risks and rewards. The aliens might > understate the risks, but if nobody ever comes back to spend the pension > the humans will notice. What kind of government sells their people, even > economically marginal ones? North Korea? > > Regards, > Onno > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
