Re: Odd FT Idea

>Also, it would be interesting to see which units have made it to 2300 
>- any thoughts, listies? Specifically, I'm thinking of units with 
>history like some of the highlander units, the Gurkhas, (we know the 
>FFL has made it), SAS, SEAL (Sealed Environment, Air, Land), and 
>other elite units with proud traditions and history. I'm looking 
>forward to someone making some modern day highlanders with Adv Cbt 
>Rifles, Gauss SAWs, and the best uniform of all, the Kilt. 
>
>He of obvious predjudices, but none of them malicious, 
>Tom. 
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     Ahhhh...the Gurkhas.  Another unit that I would love to get around 
to doing sometime.  I read an article recently about using the Gurkhas 
in a roleplaying campaign, and it mentioned the following incidents 
invloving Gurkha soldiers:

     "During an earthquake in 1905 a [Gurkha] soldier jumped from an 
upper story window as the building collapsed. He then went for help and 
returned with a work party to dig survivors from the rubble. After 
working all day he asked to go to the hospital; his pelvis had been 
broken when he leaped from the building that morning.

     "A Gurkha sergeant was once kicked in the head by an iron-shod 
mule. He later complained of a headache. The mule went lame.

     "In 1890 a Lt. Swinton was killed when he was struck by a bullet 
that had ricocheted from his orderly's head. Orderly Gorey Thapa was 
slightly injured."

     Again, if these never happened...they should have.

Tom Sullivan
"Ayo Gurkali!"

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