Re: Battle for the Lytherian astroid

>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.

That makes the most sense. For the scro war plan to work, they need to
recruit humanoid allies along the way. Convincing orcs to fight elves isn't
difficult, but training them to fight like scro is. Instead, the scro are
likely going to use the same method as the early Romans. The scro legions
operate and train as Scro, but the non-scro fight as auxilleries under
their own tribal leaders.  The scro likely assign a scro "advisor" to each
new such unit.

"We look on the same stars,  the sky is common,  the same world surrounds
us.  What difference does it make by what pains each seeks the truth?  We
can not attain to so great a secret by one road..."
Symmachus,  "Memorial on the Occasion of the Removal of the Altar of
Victory from the Senate House" (392 AD)

Paul Westermeyer,  westermeyer.3@???.edu
Phd Candidate, History, Ohio State
Adjunct Faculty, Humanities Department, Columbus State Community College