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[The Outlaw Kazzen]

40. If you don't know what/who it/he/she is, it's probably a hostile threat.

[Wydell]

41. The employer is not paying you to bring back ammunition.

[Johnny Blademan]

Wydell, on 24 July 2012 - 09:43 AM, said:

41. The employer is not paying you to bring back ammunition.

Not to split hairs with you m8, but the employer is not paying you for poor accuracy...

[The Outlaw Kazzen]

Wydell, on 24 July 2012 - 09:43 AM, said:

41. The employer is not paying you to bring back ammunition.

11. Ammo is a precious commodity. Don’t waste it with terrible accuracy!

[Jukebox1986]

42. The best place youre employer can choose is between you and the enemy - previous payment required.

[Dawgstruction]

43 Never educate your enemy when hes making a mistake. Dumb enemies make for easy paychecks. <---that was based on something a historic figure actually said.

I found some interesting pieces of wisdom that i think apply here. But im unsure if they totally fit here.

When you appeal to force there is one thing you must never do.....lose

What counts is not necessarily the size of the DAWG in the fight but the fight in the DAWG

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that objective

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Google the 70 maxims of maximally effective mercenaries you will get a kick out of that. I am not linking it here cause i am unsure if i will violate any form rules by doing so.

Edited by Dawgstruction, 26 July 2012 - 04:29 PM.

[The Outlaw Kazzen]

XD Awesome!

[Wydell]

Johnny Blademan, on 26 July 2012 - 03:44 PM, said:

Not to split hairs with you m8, but the employer is not paying you for poor accuracy...

It's not hair splitting. It's two different things.


More of a "don't be afraid to pour massive firepower into something because your too busy counting beans you ain't earned yet" kind of deal.

The Outlaw Kazzen, on 26 July 2012 - 03:48 PM, said:

11. Ammo is a precious commodity. Don’t waste it with terrible accuracy!

Exactly.

[Mattrixx]

Here's a few, hopefully good, additions.

44. Military Intelligence isn't. Any intelligence isn't.

45. Fight and run away so you can fight another day. Die in battle and never fight again. (if you want the original: "He that fights and runs away, may turn and fight another day; But he that that is in battle slain will never raise to fight again." - James Ray 1746)

46. There is no such thing as excessive use of force. If it moves shoot again until it stops.

[Elsydeon]

47. He is not dead until you loot the body.

48. Always loot the body.

49. Bring your war materiel from home, but forage off the enemy. - Sun Tzu

50. Use the enemy's ammo, every kill is more you do not have to pay for.

[The Outlaw Kazzen]

The Mercenary Anthem...

[BFett]

51. Reliable information can win wars
52. Work with everything you have
53. Improvise when necessary

[CurrentPilotName]

54. When meeting with a client, being as sketchy & reserved as possible.
55. Better be awkward when confronted.

[TheChinaman]

56. A reputation is an eventual guarantee when being a mercenary. Be sure to gain one that attracts clients with loads of dosh.