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Arioch wrote:Sorry man. Had to be done.

At least she went down with her boots on; can't ask for much more than that.

Aw hell. I let myself get attached.

Doesn't she always look that way?

More seriously, she may be ordering them not to pursue the Umiak, for fear of running into the rest of the Umiak force.

Especially considering that the troops they advanced with were really only good for garrisoning a trench.

It´s what WW1, which was pretty "static", taught them - but they failed to see technological improvements and their impact on doctrine and tactics. That's not strictly true. During the first stages of the war (~1914) it was very much a fluid conflict of maneuver. Only when the German advance became...

And as the Germans saw in Russia, he who lives by maneuver warfare may die by maneuver warfare. Using combined arms does not make you a good tactician; knowing the fundamentals of combat, and being able to adapt and apply them to constantly changing circumstances, does.

Trantor wrote:And that´s called tactics.

Um... thank you for agreeing with me?

Trantor wrote:BTW: If they were so ordinary, why didn´t anybody see this coming back then?

I never said they were ordinary, I said they weren't "new."

One way or another, I have a feeling that Winter Tide's not going to be walking away from this one. Limping, maybe.

Well, the french military was pretty surprised. 8-) Which proves nothing. The French military during the Second World War was not exactly up to par. And it wasn´t "just" going around, they used a combination of new tactics and new gadgets like shaped charges. The germans invented them in 1935, and ...

"Going around" is not exactly a new invention.

I'm sure you're right, of course, considering how much Winter Tide was smoking on the last page.

edit* - And I withdraw my comment about Ashrain; it was without foundation or cause.

HA! She's still in the fight!

Remember that this is a warrior culture, and that these captains have been serving together in high-stress environments for a long time. A certain amount of informality is probably to be expected.

As to the issue of command procedure, page 84 should clear this up somewhat, but we can expect that these are veteran commanders who have done this many times before, and have standing orders and regular procedures for such an engagement; Stillstorm only needs to tell them what is different for thi...

Which makes me wonder just kind of relationship Stillstorm has with her subordinates.

Smug indeed. I can just imagine what kind of supercilious and condescending remark she's going to make. Maybe I'm wrong, though; maybe Ashrain is a perfectly wonderful CO.

Remember what this isn't? Infantry combat. If a sniper shoots someone in the gut, the wounded soldier sure as hell isn't going to be a threat anymore, even if he's still alive. Winter Tide is still a threat, unlike that wounded man.

I misunderstood, and humbly beg forgiveness.

No worries!

The thread with the most important spoilers already has a spoiler tag. Other than that, the comic isn't that long; if you're concerned about spoilers, read the comic!