Re: Rules of War

>Well more just general rules of spacing, but I thought I read in^one of the
>source books that it was custumary (due to an ancient tradition yada
>yada...) that the smaller ship is supposed to orient itself to the plane of
>the larger ship.  Its generally considered crass to go in upside down
>etc...
>
>I also agree with Loki, the Scro are lawful and thus would likely stick to
>any treaties they made if it could be helped.
>


A smaller ship is wise to orrient itself rightside up for more reasons than
curtesy.  If the crew's not tied down they may find themselves falling to
the deck of the larger ship when they come too close.

Also, Scro may be lawful, but remember that they are evil as well.  Evil
beings never keep to rules or treaties, unless they benefit them.  Scro may
keep to any rules of war as long as they benefit them and give them an
advantage, but the moment it is to their advantage to twist, bend, or break
the rules they will.  To do otherwise would mean they were not evil.  If the
lawful element of thier natures overpower the evil aspect, then they would
hold to the rules longer and take more time to break them, but they still
would.  And they would only hold to and honor rules that they liked.

It kind of reminds me of when I learned about the revolutionary war in
school.  We whipped the English because they kept to all these "gentlemen's
rules" and we ingonored them and fought a guerella war.  The "genteleman's
rules" were a creation of the monarchies in England, France, Spain, etc, and
they made the kinds of troops these monarchies used have an advantage over
any other kinds of units.  They made these rules because if everyone stuck
to them then they had an advantage.  They enforced those rules on everyone
they had influence over.  And by imposing those rules (rules such as
dressing military in bright colors, marching lines and columns, fighting
only in fields, etc.) on people, it helped them rule those people.  When the
Americans refused to fight by the English rules, the English lost.

Now, the good and evil in this example is not there, I'm only using this
example to illustrate lawfullness and chaos.  The lawful ones like to make
everyone play by rules, and the chaotic ones do not.  But the evil or good
aspects are what guides the imposition of these rule philosophies.   If
you're lawful good you try to get everyone to play by your set of rules for
good reasons.  If you're lawful evil you try to get them to play by your set
of rules for bad reasons.

Anyway, I talk too much. Scro will abandon rules if they don't like the
rules, at least that is how I see it.  I doubt they'd feel much remorse at
abandoning a rule they used for millenia at a moment's notice if it
benefited them. They just don't do those kinds of things all the time, it's
not a habit for them.

- Coyote, the Desert Dog

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