Re: Militant Orders

On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 03:50:17AM -0500, Thomas Barclay wrote:
>Thinking about this topic made me wonder 
>about (loosely) equivalent ESU structures - 
>perhaps the Thugees or the Shaolin? Bald 
>headed warrior monks who are as deadly with 
>the assault rifle and grenade launcher as their 
>ancestors were with the chinese sword and 
>spear?

So, pretty much any film with Yun-Fat Chow in it, really? :-) (And you
wondered why I was such a fan of the Yevrazichniy Solnechniy Soyuz...)

 And 
>Japan having a resurgence of the Iga or Koga 
>clans as assassins? Or the Samurai (some 
>strong suggestion of a cultural resurgence here 
>in Japanese SG2 figs)?

I suspect the mainstream parts of the IJSF consider themselves "modern
samurai" just as Japanese aircraft pilots have done since they first got
them. The scoutship crews are another matter...

Roger