Re: [FT] Ship morale

At 11:18 19/07/99 -0400, you wrote:
SNIP
>Captain, you are relieved.  Your XO is now in command.
>
Then again, on retrieving the captain's escape pode from the debris of
the
cruiser, 
"And just what do you think you were playing at, you 'orrible little
MAN?
HMG did NOT provide you with a VERY expensive cruiser for you to run
around
playing at kamikazes! Never seen anythin' laik i' 'nawlme LAIF!*
Caps on! Abaht face! Quick march!"

Individual ships breaking would very much be part of ancient medieval
and
renaissance naval warfare- I suppose it fits your background or it
doesn't.

*copyright Regimental Sergeant Major Brittain, 1950's;	a magnificently
terrifying real life Guards RSM who, portraying himself in a film, once
put
a squaddie on a charge for "coasting" on a bike- "Idle while cycling"!

Rob

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