Speaker to Animals wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:45 amSmitty-48 wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:43 am Agreed. Spartan UBI and pay for it by extracting tribute from the empire![]()
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Speaker to Animals wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:45 amSmitty-48 wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:43 am Agreed. Spartan UBI and pay for it by extracting tribute from the empire![]()
Weird . .. but apparently true.Smitty-48 wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:45 am No, the British Crown is not a republic, a Soldier of the Crown only answers to the Commander-in-Chief
Canada is not the country, the Queen is the country, the Queen is the constitution.
They have their own Brigade centered on their infantry regiment.DBTrek wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:04 am How does Quebec feel about all that?
I suspect they have a different take on it.
I always found it interesting that seaman could be "pressed" into service, but not soldiers. They didn't just grab you off the street like they could a seaman.Smitty-48 wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:57 am We were mercenaries, serving the royal house which we chose to fight for, in classical British fashion.
That sounds fucking awesome to me.brewster wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:07 amI always found it interesting that seaman could be "pressed" into service, but not soldiers. They didn't just grab you off the street like they could a seaman.Smitty-48 wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:57 am We were mercenaries, serving the royal house which we chose to fight for, in classical British fashion.
StA, the vision of mankind reduced to one big "hunger game", killing each other for shits and giggles in a post-scarcity world, is pretty dark.
Separation of powers, the King would raise and run a navy, the army however was raised and ran by the Dukes, to balance the power of the King. The Duke raised his own regiment from his lands and tenants, the navy is the King's business, he has more power to impress.brewster wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:07 amI always found it interesting that seaman could be "pressed" into service, but not soldiers. They didn't just grab you off the street like they could a seaman.Smitty-48 wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:57 am We were mercenaries, serving the royal house which we chose to fight for, in classical British fashion.