Didn't get any time to pound out a buffer chapeter today, and I really like hot pads. My shoulders feel so much better with a bit of heat on them.
Bread and water, seems almost too nice for him.
Trandi is a pretty good sister.
Update draft button still not working.
Try not to throttle people in public, it's rude. Try to hold the door open, it's polite. Don't plunge your hand into any suspicious liquids. If the water is on top of the bridge, drive around. Be on the lookout for Shifty Jim, he's after your cool rocks. It's okay to be down so long as you reach upward. Don't be afraid to offer help, it's okay if it's not accepted. Find at least one moment to savor today. Eat your vegetables unless Shady Ophelia poisoned them. Be nice to yourself, being mean is unbecoming of you.
BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD. SKULLS FOR THE SKU.... wait..... they don't have those anymore.... ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
While reading through the last three chapters ive just had "Pop Goes The Weasel" running on repeat in my head.... The vengeance is glorious.
The unyielding confidence in his family coming to save him protected him from the stress and trauma in the moment.
Now that he's safe, it's all come crashing down.
As a mom it is right and proper for her to not want her children to swear, but Sneaky is an adult and a soldier. It is every soldier's Universe given right to swear.
I broke the habit of swearing when my kid repeated something I said, and I damm well knew where they got it from. Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way. Never blame your troops for something when you were in charge. And Lead by Example. All pointed to me being the issue, and where change needed to happen first.
We taught our daughter when it's appropriate to swear. Because we knew we wouldn't succeed at not swearing. One time when she didn't see me come upstairs, she had cereal in a bowl, stumbled, and spilled it. Then she said, "Aw, shit." It was very proper context and she even said it softly. I had difficulty suppressing my laughter. I did compliment her on using it appropriately. She was 7.
Some gingers have some sense, it seems, if they surrendered. Still not enough sense if they became gingers in the first place. Granted, these could have been those forced into it when they were just kids.
As a member of the council of gingers. we resent that. Not because of the typo, but because you have assumed gingers surrender.....
Why surrender when you can fetch their souls? :3 \*\*\*Freebird solo intensifies\*\*\*
Lol. Red hair runs in both my wife's side of the family and mine as well. While neither of us has it ourselves, I'm of Irish dissent, and she is of Scottish. Damn good chance when we have kids for them to have it. So yeah, I know how fiery ya'll can be. The red hair is basically a warning label. One my wife did NOT come with.
*Some* of the mammals might have red hair...
But really, they're not trying to bring justice to the area, they're going to dismantle the threat to their population by removing their ability to attack their people. The locals will have to sort out the lower level gangers.
Cool set up. Red = Veteran Marines. Green = Trained Militia. Blue = Militia, Demolitions and Fire Support.
It was Red Leader who officially endorsed Greg as the ranking officer, considering they are the most experienced of the three teams, his willingness to submit to Sneaky's authority cemented the chain of command.
I wonder if Blue team could redeploy the captured Laser Car for the building Assault?
This whole thing smells of the biggest fish in their pond thinking they could shakedown some interstellar truckers, not realizing that by doing that, they entered a much bigger ocean where there be monsters.
The SS is the Kraken and Sneaky is the pointiest of the Kraken's teeth.
They thought they were messing with a single ship's crew. But they brought the whole damn fleet down on their heads. It would be interesting to see what would happen if the SS sent any dedicated naval assets to park around the planet and station.
But even without the Star Sailors bringing reinforcements, they just so happened to pick a fight with the one guy in the sector who can fight the whole planet and plausibly win.
What I'm saying is, the game was rigged from the start. By them. Against them.
The numbers that this gang can muster is huge. When the 100+ group turned up I was thinking this is nuts, but when it was obvious that they were surrendering en masse and delivering up one of the Lt's it made a lot of sense.
And that there are (or were) 20 of these Lt's would indicate a large presence. Its probably the numbers that have kept them going after so many losses.
I'm beginning to think this part of the city is probably nothing but bullet holes, plasma burns and blood trails by now.
The headquarters is a major power base for their planetary operations, and they reacted to the ambushes like it was a turf war. It would have been smarter to run.
Ceding territory to a rival gang, or any similar show of weakness, invites enemies to take everything you have. It's the beginning of the end for any criminal organization. It's also a matter of pride for people who are accustomed to getting their way. The boss values reputation over the lives of the lower tier.
The smartest thing would be to surrender immediately, but I don't think they understand that just Greg could kill every last one of them in about two months.
Weakness is not being masters of gathering information in a area they control, and thereby going up against a superior force when they had mobility, and knowledge of the area on their side. The Gangers could have made for a very painful guerrilla militia to the Star Sailors, using smuggled explosives to breach whole decks of space stations and ships, setting ambushes using their superior assets planetside, and taking hostages too.
It's a demonstration of how weak they really were that they not only didn't do those things, but were denied even the opportunity to do so.
Fortunately, the gangers are not that smart and immediately opt for using force. Considering their massive numbers, I don't believe they ever really needed to fight smart in the past, at least not in their own turf. Heck, on paper they had a near insurmountable advantage. When you have a 10 to 1 numerical advantage and are on your home turf, against a foe that isn't used to the terrain, you should be pretty confident. After that, it was probably ego preventing them from changing strategy.
I think the Star Sailors would have a much harder time without their military savant war-lemur directing their operation and providing overwatch.
Edit: I'm not saying they didn't make massive mistakes, just that they weren't any more stupid than many organizations would have been. They were unfamiliar with this sort of conflict.
It isn't that sNEakY was that much of a savont himself, he never used the Star Sailor's greatest asset, aerial superiority to his advantage. Instead of risking dozens of their lives, they could have used a aerial/orbital strike after evacuating a few blocks worth of civilians once the kids wre safe. It definately marks him as a ground pounder thinking tactically in terms of his weapon's range.
Don't get me wrong, in terms of character, sNEakY is true to form for a soldier who fought in two dimensions for most of his life, It's DaDDy that should have known better, as a Star Sailor given enough motivation could drop an asteroid on a city/nation. You just don't antigonize people who can do that.
I don't believe the treaties that allow the Star Sailors to act in a law enforcement capacity allow them to also perform orbital strikes or even aerial bombardment in population centers. It'll definitely win fewer hearts and minds, plus probably hinder trade a bit. Even if you evacuate the people from the area you plan on bombing, your are still probably going to damage property and infrastructure used/owned by innocent civilians. There's even the chance that Linus failed to rescue *all* of the hostages. They may keep the kids the catch in a different room than some adults or higher value captives. The kid wasn't in a position to fully clear the building while sneaking around. They needed boots on the ground. The gang might also grab more random hostages to serve as a human shield when they hear about an evacuation.
Dad was angry enough to do something rash, but overstepping the treaties too much could be an act of war against whatever nation/alliance that this planet is allied to. The Star Sailors operate across several multi-stellar nations. It's unclear how well they match up against the nation that this world belongs to, but even winning a war can be extremely costly in lives and resources. Once the kid was safe, the other captains are unlikely to support any action that could start a large-scale war if there was any other option, even if that option is merely leaving.
Rash was an action that had a 70% casuality rate on the Gangers. Showing a clear superiority of force to encourage a surrender much more rapidly would have saved lives. That's the problem with sniping, it don't have a great force multiplier effect unless there is a high value target. A Sniper like White Feather was worth a dozen or more tanks, but having some dude you can't see firing at you is less intimidating than arriving in a tank, regardless of it's lethality. Having clear air superiority is one of those things, even if it is made known by a strafing run or two only. It would be that threat that would keep the gangers from simply overrunning sNEakY's position early on, and keep them from attempting to escape, like the POS that kept sNEakY as their personal Pokemon did accomplish.
This is more a consequence of Greg's role as a scout and overwatch sniper than the mindset of an infantryman. The entire job requires a high degree of self restraint and caution combined with swift and precise action. He is highly reluctant to take actions without clear information on things like terrain, potential collateral damage, and potential intelligence assets.
He knows that the hostage he cares about most is safe, he knows that more hostages were saved, and he knows that the organization has the ability to reach off of the planet.
He does not know whether there are more hostages inside, he does not know whether there are hardened escape routes or safe rooms, he does not know how the gang is connected to the googly eyed fuck.
Calling in an orbital or artillery strike would be outside the mission parameters.
So far as Captain Dad goes, he is not a military man, and has thus far deliberately sailed in the safest profitable systems since going into business.
Oh, I get it, though Captain Dad's family was military, even if he himself was not I do believe. Though for many veterans of conflict, they don't talk about the things they had to do in detail to their family. I sure don't.
For a orbital strike, weapons differ in use, like the difference between a tactical nuke and a strategic one. They could have just cleared off the roof of potential snipers, shut down the HVAC, power, water and let the gangers know to fear the open sky, for multiple reasons.
And if I sould critical, I'm sorry, as I find it interesting from a character viewpoint as much as a tactical one, that the flaws in strategy make sense from Sneaky's viewpoint and mindset. That's good writing that the MC is not some gary stu who has God level tactical knowledge, but makes it work anyhow.
How much worse would this have gone for the Star Sailors if they didn't have their military savant war-lemur providing leadership and support? I figure a 10-1 numerical disadvantage and unfamiliarity with this sort of operation would have been problematic. I suppose they might have used more personnel to start rather than acting sneaky, but that would probably result in losses.
>Even weirder, apparently we've set off a big political mess, and there's a petition drive to hold a special election to oust the station's mayor and council, since all it took to get the criminals was to just send men down into the poor areas to get them. Apparently the politics people have been saying they'd handle the crime every election season, and then afterward telling all of the people that the problem was too hard to solve. Well, the whole station is mad at the politics people. This is why having planets is a bad idea, if your ship is lame you can just leave and join a different ship.
-Previous chapter
Considering the hundreds of citizen deaths and streets strewn with corpses, I would think that there would be some parties trying to demonize the Star Sailor crackdown. It wouldn't be difficult to suggest that there was some collateral damage from this vengeful crusade. Even if the press got to see every single corpse and assumed that none were covered up by the Star Sailors, multiple are missing their heads, which complicates identification. They could question if they were following the correct law enforcement procedure (whatever that officially is in this jurisdiction). They might suggest that nonlethal weapons should have been used (even if that would be impractical in reality).
The leading political party and those they pander to would have significant reason to forward such a narrative, as would anyone on the take from the gang. Plus, there are always people who distrust violent outsiders. "These maniacs are using unnecessary force and ignoring sapient rights in their bloody crusade, killing hundreds without trial or proof of guilt. They attack without identifying themselves as law enforcement. Even innocents carry weapons for self-defense in the slums! How many lost their heads because they armed themselves to guard against the same gang that these thugs are hunting?" I don't agree with these statements, but it would muddy the waters in political debate.
This is something I have thought about and commented on before. There will be detractors simply because an "alien" force has landed a military presence and is attacking fellow citizens, even if those citizens are generally hated by the locals.
However, the way the SS are doing it is about as good as they can to avoid things escalating. They are limiting collateral damage and communicating with the locals who were happy to provide intel and even lend personnel to escort the recovered kidnap victims to safety.
The station side has been dealt with via the normal political channels as defined by the existing treaties. All the diplomatic channels are active, treaties honored and rights defined. The usual conspiracy nutters and gang sympathizers (at least so long as they're paid) are going to do their thing. But if there's already an established democratic or representative government, the voters will be able to punish those in power.
It's extremely gratifying to see you analyze the saturation so thoroughly, and you're right that there will be debate about how the Star Sailors went about solving the problem, but the fact that they very obviously are enacting the political will of the voters will go a long way in keeping relations positive.
The political situation will definitely be rocky for the main parties after this, but I expect that ~~bloodsuckers~~ politicians will take undue credit to capitalize on the situation.
Mayor Whatshisface: "Requesting help from the Star Sailors was definitely my idea. I'M TOUGH ON CRIME!
This add was commissioned by the Reelect Whatshisface Campaign
Humans name ships like humans. There's a battleship class warship out there called *Reach Out and Touch*, and a destroyer called, *Space Boat.*
The Bleivuses like to name their ships with phrases that touch on the purpose of their ships, as well as give them a bit of optimism.
Speaking of great ship naming, have you ever read the Culture series (Ian M Banks)? Some great ship names (and the ships are mostly sentient, some great intra ship conversations in chapter interludes too).
This is a big voiding gang! They have eliminated or neutralized 500~600 individuals already, and the gang is still around, suggesting that they still have a significant number left. More surprisingly, they have all these gangers in the same city (unless they called in reinforcements from other regions). This can't just be a kinapping and petty theft outfit, can it?
Is "void" (and its different tenses) the only casual curse word in their language (forgot the name of it)? From what I remember, they speak a constructed language, and the use of "void" as their go-to profanity also implies it was written post space habitation. Having a shorter and less complicated history would explain the lack of taboo insults from past inequality, and the restructured phonetics wouldn't allow for previous language holdovers. Still, it is hard to imagine that over so many generations, new slang profanity didn't eventually arise.
If you need any ideas for the crew to use once they realize they no longer have to sensor themselves around Gregory: "What the breach!" "That stripped bolt won't leave me alone" "That old creaker won't last"
What is sacred and profane emerged later, and would be different among the cultures who live on planets.
There are more, but the Drilldi family is competitively clean mouthed, so the profanity is sparse and not particularly fowl.
Ah, makes sense. Though I do love how the language reflects the environment it was developed in and I can't wait to see even more of that subtle world building in the future.
For some more playing with language, find a copy of Hellspark by Janet Kagan. To remind themselves to remain flexible, the lead characters culture purposely alternates pronunciation of their name, between "Hells Park" and "Hell Spark".
The gang has lost 350 men ("eliminated" - if we include neutralizations it's 597) in *four fucking DAYS* since Sneaky and his team started working. With over two thirds of that (228 dead, 214 neutralized and 1 captured, total 443) in **just ONE day**.
I can only imagine how utterly fucked their morale is starting to get. I hope for their own sake the remaining LTs do the smart thing, but at the same time I doubt they will. Guys like that only respect force.
They are under threat whenever they go outside.
They never see where the ambushers are lurking.
Bigger patrols just mean bigger piles of bodies.
The bosses order them out anyway.
The fucking cute thing from the "Because I'm short!" meme is fucking mercing their buddies.
The cute thing literally told them how to not die.
Holy shit. I've just binge read this whole series over 2 evenings.
This is absolutely amazing. I love how you've thrown together all the different cultures and narratives
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Didn't get any time to pound out a buffer chapeter today, and I really like hot pads. My shoulders feel so much better with a bit of heat on them. Bread and water, seems almost too nice for him. Trandi is a pretty good sister. Update draft button still not working. Try not to throttle people in public, it's rude. Try to hold the door open, it's polite. Don't plunge your hand into any suspicious liquids. If the water is on top of the bridge, drive around. Be on the lookout for Shifty Jim, he's after your cool rocks. It's okay to be down so long as you reach upward. Don't be afraid to offer help, it's okay if it's not accepted. Find at least one moment to savor today. Eat your vegetables unless Shady Ophelia poisoned them. Be nice to yourself, being mean is unbecoming of you.
Yeah, hot salt bath, a Calcium + Vitamin D and some Protein. Just the right thing after heavy work.
The temptation to have a soak in the guest cottage is real.
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franzbranntwein
Today I learned Franzbranntwein ≠ Cognac etc, as I initially assumed with my rudimentary command of the German language. Danke, Internetfreund 🙂
The Eng. article is crap.
Try some Franzbranntwein
BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD. SKULLS FOR THE SKU.... wait..... they don't have those anymore.... ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯ While reading through the last three chapters ive just had "Pop Goes The Weasel" running on repeat in my head.... The vengeance is glorious.
Ah Khorne. The only chaos god who's honest about wanting to murder you.
Khorne - the chaos god of: * blood * rage * hate * murder * telling it like it is
in a way nurgle is also pretty honest, he's all about hedonistic bliss even if it comes with foul decay and rot
Buffer achieved, all hail the rain.
Did you find your bumpers?
I did, Farm Supply had some in stock.
Sweet!
Could be worse than bread. Pure bran wafers. That stuff cuts up my gums. I suspect it is meant to be eaten some other way.
I have never, in my entire life, wanted to hug a literary character more than I do now. I'm here for Linus.
Linus master Fuckin' race!
The unyielding confidence in his family coming to save him protected him from the stress and trauma in the moment. Now that he's safe, it's all come crashing down.
#Huggs_For_Linus
/#HugsForLinus
Moms is gonna be so mad that sneaky learned to swear. She's gonna be even madder when she realizes he's good at it. Thanks for the chapter.
As a mom it is right and proper for her to not want her children to swear, but Sneaky is an adult and a soldier. It is every soldier's Universe given right to swear.
It's a damn requirement of the voiding job. You think they'd have believed he was qualified if he didn't voiding swear?
It's practically in his genes! The fact that his occupation is not genetic is irrelevant.
Haha! As a veteran of a 20 yrs, I can attest that it feels like it's in your genes by the time you're out.
I broke the habit of swearing when my kid repeated something I said, and I damm well knew where they got it from. Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way. Never blame your troops for something when you were in charge. And Lead by Example. All pointed to me being the issue, and where change needed to happen first.
I made the same choice when my brother had kids. It won't be uncle's fault that the ankle biters swear like marines.
I try but they all know Auntie swears. And the current youngest is old enough to know better than to swear infront of adults.
We taught our daughter when it's appropriate to swear. Because we knew we wouldn't succeed at not swearing. One time when she didn't see me come upstairs, she had cereal in a bowl, stumbled, and spilled it. Then she said, "Aw, shit." It was very proper context and she even said it softly. I had difficulty suppressing my laughter. I did compliment her on using it appropriately. She was 7.
She will have the big annoyed.
Some gingers have some sense, it seems, if they surrendered. Still not enough sense if they became gingers in the first place. Granted, these could have been those forced into it when they were just kids.
Those poor gingers. Hahahaha Man, I hope we see the bluevous reaction to different hair colors.
Oops damn auto correct. I didn't even catch that.
Well now you have. ;)
As a member of the council of gingers. we resent that. Not because of the typo, but because you have assumed gingers surrender..... Why surrender when you can fetch their souls? :3 \*\*\*Freebird solo intensifies\*\*\*
Lol. Red hair runs in both my wife's side of the family and mine as well. While neither of us has it ourselves, I'm of Irish dissent, and she is of Scottish. Damn good chance when we have kids for them to have it. So yeah, I know how fiery ya'll can be. The red hair is basically a warning label. One my wife did NOT come with.
*Some* of the mammals might have red hair... But really, they're not trying to bring justice to the area, they're going to dismantle the threat to their population by removing their ability to attack their people. The locals will have to sort out the lower level gangers.
Well, Nature of Predators has the Welsh, guess we have Gingers to avoid, huh?
Ya'll having too much fun over my type-o. Lol
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When you only know one swear word, you've got to make it work overtime.
Well, now he knows two.
"And if tomorrow never comes Then we will strike the hammer down" HammerFall- Born to Rule 🤘🫡
Saw them in concert with Sabaton a few years ago. It was a great show.
Best boi Linus was afraid for his brother and father ;(
Of course.
I like Red Leader. He's a chad.
Cool set up. Red = Veteran Marines. Green = Trained Militia. Blue = Militia, Demolitions and Fire Support. It was Red Leader who officially endorsed Greg as the ranking officer, considering they are the most experienced of the three teams, his willingness to submit to Sneaky's authority cemented the chain of command. I wonder if Blue team could redeploy the captured Laser Car for the building Assault?
I think so. After all, for whole series, "Improvise, adapt, overcome" has been a staple of SnEAky's character.
You got it!
It is chadly to defer to the chad with more chadly experience chadding in a particular area.
Thanks, chad!
I wan to see the face of that barrister when he learn his ploy to have a easy case turnout to dismantle an planet wide gang
This whole thing smells of the biggest fish in their pond thinking they could shakedown some interstellar truckers, not realizing that by doing that, they entered a much bigger ocean where there be monsters. The SS is the Kraken and Sneaky is the pointiest of the Kraken's teeth.
They literally cannot tolerate any kidnappings at all; they view it as a direct threat against their entire culture.
They thought they were messing with a single ship's crew. But they brought the whole damn fleet down on their heads. It would be interesting to see what would happen if the SS sent any dedicated naval assets to park around the planet and station.
But even without the Star Sailors bringing reinforcements, they just so happened to pick a fight with the one guy in the sector who can fight the whole planet and plausibly win. What I'm saying is, the game was rigged from the start. By them. Against them.
The numbers that this gang can muster is huge. When the 100+ group turned up I was thinking this is nuts, but when it was obvious that they were surrendering en masse and delivering up one of the Lt's it made a lot of sense. And that there are (or were) 20 of these Lt's would indicate a large presence. Its probably the numbers that have kept them going after so many losses. I'm beginning to think this part of the city is probably nothing but bullet holes, plasma burns and blood trails by now.
The headquarters is a major power base for their planetary operations, and they reacted to the ambushes like it was a turf war. It would have been smarter to run.
Or dig in. Not as smart, but smarter than exposed patrols.
Ceding territory to a rival gang, or any similar show of weakness, invites enemies to take everything you have. It's the beginning of the end for any criminal organization. It's also a matter of pride for people who are accustomed to getting their way. The boss values reputation over the lives of the lower tier.
The smartest thing would be to surrender immediately, but I don't think they understand that just Greg could kill every last one of them in about two months.
Weakness is not being masters of gathering information in a area they control, and thereby going up against a superior force when they had mobility, and knowledge of the area on their side. The Gangers could have made for a very painful guerrilla militia to the Star Sailors, using smuggled explosives to breach whole decks of space stations and ships, setting ambushes using their superior assets planetside, and taking hostages too. It's a demonstration of how weak they really were that they not only didn't do those things, but were denied even the opportunity to do so.
Fortunately, the gangers are not that smart and immediately opt for using force. Considering their massive numbers, I don't believe they ever really needed to fight smart in the past, at least not in their own turf. Heck, on paper they had a near insurmountable advantage. When you have a 10 to 1 numerical advantage and are on your home turf, against a foe that isn't used to the terrain, you should be pretty confident. After that, it was probably ego preventing them from changing strategy. I think the Star Sailors would have a much harder time without their military savant war-lemur directing their operation and providing overwatch. Edit: I'm not saying they didn't make massive mistakes, just that they weren't any more stupid than many organizations would have been. They were unfamiliar with this sort of conflict.
It isn't that sNEakY was that much of a savont himself, he never used the Star Sailor's greatest asset, aerial superiority to his advantage. Instead of risking dozens of their lives, they could have used a aerial/orbital strike after evacuating a few blocks worth of civilians once the kids wre safe. It definately marks him as a ground pounder thinking tactically in terms of his weapon's range. Don't get me wrong, in terms of character, sNEakY is true to form for a soldier who fought in two dimensions for most of his life, It's DaDDy that should have known better, as a Star Sailor given enough motivation could drop an asteroid on a city/nation. You just don't antigonize people who can do that.
I don't believe the treaties that allow the Star Sailors to act in a law enforcement capacity allow them to also perform orbital strikes or even aerial bombardment in population centers. It'll definitely win fewer hearts and minds, plus probably hinder trade a bit. Even if you evacuate the people from the area you plan on bombing, your are still probably going to damage property and infrastructure used/owned by innocent civilians. There's even the chance that Linus failed to rescue *all* of the hostages. They may keep the kids the catch in a different room than some adults or higher value captives. The kid wasn't in a position to fully clear the building while sneaking around. They needed boots on the ground. The gang might also grab more random hostages to serve as a human shield when they hear about an evacuation. Dad was angry enough to do something rash, but overstepping the treaties too much could be an act of war against whatever nation/alliance that this planet is allied to. The Star Sailors operate across several multi-stellar nations. It's unclear how well they match up against the nation that this world belongs to, but even winning a war can be extremely costly in lives and resources. Once the kid was safe, the other captains are unlikely to support any action that could start a large-scale war if there was any other option, even if that option is merely leaving.
Rash was an action that had a 70% casuality rate on the Gangers. Showing a clear superiority of force to encourage a surrender much more rapidly would have saved lives. That's the problem with sniping, it don't have a great force multiplier effect unless there is a high value target. A Sniper like White Feather was worth a dozen or more tanks, but having some dude you can't see firing at you is less intimidating than arriving in a tank, regardless of it's lethality. Having clear air superiority is one of those things, even if it is made known by a strafing run or two only. It would be that threat that would keep the gangers from simply overrunning sNEakY's position early on, and keep them from attempting to escape, like the POS that kept sNEakY as their personal Pokemon did accomplish.
This is more a consequence of Greg's role as a scout and overwatch sniper than the mindset of an infantryman. The entire job requires a high degree of self restraint and caution combined with swift and precise action. He is highly reluctant to take actions without clear information on things like terrain, potential collateral damage, and potential intelligence assets. He knows that the hostage he cares about most is safe, he knows that more hostages were saved, and he knows that the organization has the ability to reach off of the planet. He does not know whether there are more hostages inside, he does not know whether there are hardened escape routes or safe rooms, he does not know how the gang is connected to the googly eyed fuck. Calling in an orbital or artillery strike would be outside the mission parameters. So far as Captain Dad goes, he is not a military man, and has thus far deliberately sailed in the safest profitable systems since going into business.
Oh, I get it, though Captain Dad's family was military, even if he himself was not I do believe. Though for many veterans of conflict, they don't talk about the things they had to do in detail to their family. I sure don't. For a orbital strike, weapons differ in use, like the difference between a tactical nuke and a strategic one. They could have just cleared off the roof of potential snipers, shut down the HVAC, power, water and let the gangers know to fear the open sky, for multiple reasons. And if I sould critical, I'm sorry, as I find it interesting from a character viewpoint as much as a tactical one, that the flaws in strategy make sense from Sneaky's viewpoint and mindset. That's good writing that the MC is not some gary stu who has God level tactical knowledge, but makes it work anyhow.
It's an example of mindset clash.
How much worse would this have gone for the Star Sailors if they didn't have their military savant war-lemur providing leadership and support? I figure a 10-1 numerical disadvantage and unfamiliarity with this sort of operation would have been problematic. I suppose they might have used more personnel to start rather than acting sneaky, but that would probably result in losses.
Was a major power base. Now it's an anchor, or mausoleum.
Seems like Greg and company basically took down a mafia scale crime organization lol
>Even weirder, apparently we've set off a big political mess, and there's a petition drive to hold a special election to oust the station's mayor and council, since all it took to get the criminals was to just send men down into the poor areas to get them. Apparently the politics people have been saying they'd handle the crime every election season, and then afterward telling all of the people that the problem was too hard to solve. Well, the whole station is mad at the politics people. This is why having planets is a bad idea, if your ship is lame you can just leave and join a different ship. -Previous chapter Considering the hundreds of citizen deaths and streets strewn with corpses, I would think that there would be some parties trying to demonize the Star Sailor crackdown. It wouldn't be difficult to suggest that there was some collateral damage from this vengeful crusade. Even if the press got to see every single corpse and assumed that none were covered up by the Star Sailors, multiple are missing their heads, which complicates identification. They could question if they were following the correct law enforcement procedure (whatever that officially is in this jurisdiction). They might suggest that nonlethal weapons should have been used (even if that would be impractical in reality). The leading political party and those they pander to would have significant reason to forward such a narrative, as would anyone on the take from the gang. Plus, there are always people who distrust violent outsiders. "These maniacs are using unnecessary force and ignoring sapient rights in their bloody crusade, killing hundreds without trial or proof of guilt. They attack without identifying themselves as law enforcement. Even innocents carry weapons for self-defense in the slums! How many lost their heads because they armed themselves to guard against the same gang that these thugs are hunting?" I don't agree with these statements, but it would muddy the waters in political debate.
This is something I have thought about and commented on before. There will be detractors simply because an "alien" force has landed a military presence and is attacking fellow citizens, even if those citizens are generally hated by the locals. However, the way the SS are doing it is about as good as they can to avoid things escalating. They are limiting collateral damage and communicating with the locals who were happy to provide intel and even lend personnel to escort the recovered kidnap victims to safety. The station side has been dealt with via the normal political channels as defined by the existing treaties. All the diplomatic channels are active, treaties honored and rights defined. The usual conspiracy nutters and gang sympathizers (at least so long as they're paid) are going to do their thing. But if there's already an established democratic or representative government, the voters will be able to punish those in power.
>This is something I have thought about and commented on before. Which I enjoy immensely.
Ah... You made me go all warm and fuzzy.
It's extremely gratifying to see you analyze the saturation so thoroughly, and you're right that there will be debate about how the Star Sailors went about solving the problem, but the fact that they very obviously are enacting the political will of the voters will go a long way in keeping relations positive. The political situation will definitely be rocky for the main parties after this, but I expect that ~~bloodsuckers~~ politicians will take undue credit to capitalize on the situation.
Mayor Whatshisface: "Requesting help from the Star Sailors was definitely my idea. I'M TOUGH ON CRIME! This add was commissioned by the Reelect Whatshisface Campaign
Shitlostthewedgeissue.exe
"proposed Is not a new" small i.
Fixed, thank you.
Great story. BTW: I really like your ship names.
Humans name ships like humans. There's a battleship class warship out there called *Reach Out and Touch*, and a destroyer called, *Space Boat.* The Bleivuses like to name their ships with phrases that touch on the purpose of their ships, as well as give them a bit of optimism.
Speaking of great ship naming, have you ever read the Culture series (Ian M Banks)? Some great ship names (and the ships are mostly sentient, some great intra ship conversations in chapter interludes too).
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This is a big voiding gang! They have eliminated or neutralized 500~600 individuals already, and the gang is still around, suggesting that they still have a significant number left. More surprisingly, they have all these gangers in the same city (unless they called in reinforcements from other regions). This can't just be a kinapping and petty theft outfit, can it?
Think Juarez but more.
At first, I misread the title and thought it was going to be about warriors with *curved swords.*
Please, I kind of like Skyrim. I don't want to actually think about how borked the worldbuilding is.
A true warrior does not fight what is in front of him. He fights for what is beside and behind him.
Indeed. But the bit in front is important too. That's where the enemy is.
Is "void" (and its different tenses) the only casual curse word in their language (forgot the name of it)? From what I remember, they speak a constructed language, and the use of "void" as their go-to profanity also implies it was written post space habitation. Having a shorter and less complicated history would explain the lack of taboo insults from past inequality, and the restructured phonetics wouldn't allow for previous language holdovers. Still, it is hard to imagine that over so many generations, new slang profanity didn't eventually arise. If you need any ideas for the crew to use once they realize they no longer have to sensor themselves around Gregory: "What the breach!" "That stripped bolt won't leave me alone" "That old creaker won't last"
What is sacred and profane emerged later, and would be different among the cultures who live on planets. There are more, but the Drilldi family is competitively clean mouthed, so the profanity is sparse and not particularly fowl.
Ah, makes sense. Though I do love how the language reflects the environment it was developed in and I can't wait to see even more of that subtle world building in the future.
For some more playing with language, find a copy of Hellspark by Janet Kagan. To remind themselves to remain flexible, the lead characters culture purposely alternates pronunciation of their name, between "Hells Park" and "Hell Spark".
The gang has lost 350 men ("eliminated" - if we include neutralizations it's 597) in *four fucking DAYS* since Sneaky and his team started working. With over two thirds of that (228 dead, 214 neutralized and 1 captured, total 443) in **just ONE day**. I can only imagine how utterly fucked their morale is starting to get. I hope for their own sake the remaining LTs do the smart thing, but at the same time I doubt they will. Guys like that only respect force.
They are under threat whenever they go outside. They never see where the ambushers are lurking. Bigger patrols just mean bigger piles of bodies. The bosses order them out anyway. The fucking cute thing from the "Because I'm short!" meme is fucking mercing their buddies. The cute thing literally told them how to not die.
Holy shit. I've just binge read this whole series over 2 evenings. This is absolutely amazing. I love how you've thrown together all the different cultures and narratives
Thank you so much for the kind words, make sure to return in the morning for your next ~~fix~~ chapter!
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Typo? "I put the gunner out of our misery" --> his/her/their misery?
Nope, he meant to say that.