Re: [FT] Morale Re: [SG2] weapons

>On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 01:10  PM, Doug Evans wrote:
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>>Has anyone tried to come up with a system to test if crew is crazy
enough
>>to accept a crazy order? Not that battling in as hostile an environ as
>>space doesn't qualify as certifiable anyway...
>>
>
>Isn't there something in one of the FT (MT?) books about striking 
>the colors?  Would any of that apply?
>
>Damo

Thing is, with a ship (space or sea) the crew generally have to do 
what the Captain decides - so it's up to his decision, not the 
crew's, whether to follow a "crazy" order or not - it's not like 
infantry combat where individuals can just hide in the bushes or 
skulk away....
Of course, if the crew decide, in unison, that they really don't want 
to be led into certain death, then that becomes either "mutiny" or 
"relieving a Captain who has become unfit for command", which is 
getting into a rather grey area best left to the military 
lawyers.....  ;-)

Jon (GZG)