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Old 05-04-2010, 03:38 PM
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Something else comes to my mind, then. A commander with a reputation for ruthlessness might soon find himself facing more resistance than the one with a reputation of fairness. And, even in a world like that of T2K, reputations travel fast.
I would think that commanders with a reputation for ruthlessness would face less resistance over time. It worked for Attila the Hun and the Mongol Khans!

This is a good thread, Mo. I think picoree would become increasingly common. Successful commanders could increase their men's loyalty. In time, men might become more loyal to their commander than they are towards the military as a whole or even to their own country. This became a significant issue in the late Roman Republic and led to several civil wars.

In T2K, I think it would lead to an increase in "Warlordism".
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