Re: [FT] Crew quality house rules

On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 09:42:49AM -0800, Thomas Westbrook wrote:

>It didn't help the [revolutionary] French Navy that most of the
>competent naval officers were originally part of the king's Navy and
>the French guillotined everybody, well almost everybody, associated
>with the king.

Most officers were aristos, and therefore for the chop. Some of the
ratings had natural talent as officers, but as one would expect most of
them didn't (it's a rare talent, after all). I'm sure JohnA among
others has encountered the Sergeant who Knows How To Make Everything
Work If Only He Were In Charge... well, suddenly they _were_ in charge.

R