Re: Battle for the Lytherian astroid

Ah, but you'll also recall that the particular orc in question was a
orc-troll hybrid and had more than his fair share of healing ability (and
brains; go figure) and was able to scrap with the best of them. That was
why he was being elevated - that and the fact he was kissing the admiral's
ass. But you are exactly right on the second point. Only a 'lesser' troop
was allowed to command other 'lesser' troops, never a Scro, and there was
always a Scro commanding the sergeant orc. Perhaps it would be better to
term that a orc, troll or ogre could never get above sergeant or maybe
lieutenant unless considerable battle prowess was shown.

The way I understood things was that, essentially, if you kill more you get
more.

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> From: Ben Wafer <bwafer@??.?????????.ca>
> To: spelljammer@?????.????????????.com
> Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] - Battle for the Lytherian astroid
> Date: Monday, June 14, 1999 11:35 AM
>
> Grey Knowles wrote:
>
> > Correction: The Scro will use Orcs but they are limited in as far as
what
> > positions they are allowed to hold. The Scro are racially biased and
feel
> > (rightly so) that Orcs are just too damned stupid to hold anything
above
> > trooper.
>
> Not quite true. In The Radiant Dragon we see a savage orc chieftan from
> Armistice serving as an officer, and the scro general in charge of him
planned
> to elevate him to the rank of general once he himself became an admiral.
Of
> course it should be noted that the book specifically says that the other
scro
> commanders wouldn't appreciate an orc general. Also I got the distinct
> impression that while orcs, and other troops considered by the scro to be
> cannon fodder, were allowed to hold ranks, they wouldn't be put in
command of
> scro, only in command of 'lesser' troops.
>
> --
> so sleep tonight
> in idle dreams
> the pain will drown
> your silent screams
>
> and you want it all
>
>
>
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