Re: To which nation do you belong?

At 11:26 AM -0400 9/19/02, kaladorn@magma.ca wrote:
>Your platoon is surrounded and outnumbered by the enemy. You've
>suffered many men killed and many wounded. You have very few men left
>and your position is desparate. The enemy commander offers you a
>chance to reply. Your reply is to this offer:
>
>1. "Nuts." Hold tight and wait for your relief till Hell freezes
>over, because you know relief _is_ coming.

NAC or FCT

>2. "Ve Do Not Zurrendur. Not Ze Prussian Vay." Hold tight and fight
>calmly and effectively until overrun, then separate and try to make
>your way back to your own lines.

NSL

>3. "Camerone!" then execute a close assault with all remaining
>members of the platoon and win or die.

Frogs States Europa, :p

>4. "Oi, Mate. You wanna give up? Stupid B*st*rds." Be shocked when
>the outnumbering enemy is not in fact surrendering, then get annoyed
>and give them a good thumping.

NAC or perhaps OU.

>5. Smile. Sharpen your curved knives. Wait till dark, crawl out, and
>collect some ears.

NAC Ghurkas

>6. Shoot the emissary, then shoot a few of your most shaky looking
>men to "inspire" the others. You'd like to surrender, but you know
>the Area Commander and his Commisars would probably do worse than
>just kill you.

ESU

>7. "Y'all mosey back to yer lines. And if we see yer sorry *ss around
>these parts agin, we'll git real annoyed." Load your Winchester and
>check the chambers on your shootin' irons. And tell the boys 'n' gals
>to "Remember Dan'l Boone and the Alamo."

FCT or NAC (some bits of the NAC when fighting the LLAR).

>
>9. Thank the emissary for his generous offer. Respectfully decline
>strictly as a matter of honour. Feed the emissary some nice tea and
>send him home. Put on your rising-sun headband and meditate with your
>men. When the spirit has been purified, Banzai!

I don't see the Japanese Corporate Mercenaries doing this. WWII 
really stomped this concept out. The few that have this concept are 
generally seen as a bunch of looneys by the rest of the nation.

>10. Being incredibly pragmatic, arrange for safe passage of your
>troops and arms from this untenable position. Ensure proper
>gaurantees are in place and then surrender conditionally.

NAC outnumbered 10:1 and fighting an unquestionably honorable 
opponent (tiny border conflict with NSL)

-- 
--
----------------------------------------------------------------
- Ryan Montieth Gill			     '01 Honda Insight -
- rmgill@SPAmindspring.com			    '85 CB700S -
- ryan.gill@SPAMturner.com		 '76 Chevy Monte Carlo -
- www.mindspring.com/~rmgill		       '72 Honda CB750 -
-				      '60 Daimler FV701H Mk2/3 -
-				   '42 Daimler Scout Car Mk II -
-	      I speak not for CNN, nor they for me	       -
----------------------------------------------------------------
-	 The director of Home Security encourages you to       - 
-	   turn in your neighbor & spy on your friends.        -
----------------------------------------------------------------
-  C&R-FFL  /  Protect your electronic rights!	  \ EFF-ACLU   -
- SAF & NRA/  Join the EFF!  http://www.eff.org/   \ DoD #0780 -	

----------------------------------------------------------------