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Yun Hee Ryeon
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Posted - 2013.07.13 00:32:00 -
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Vermaak 'Fatal' Kuvakei wrote:It's not like he's actually contributing the majority of the time, anyone can sit back and tell people what to do. Also, I'd need to know their pay range for that to mean anything, as far as I know mordu pilots might retire with 40 isk a month.
Respectfully (mostly), it may be truer to say that anyone can sit back and tell people that anyone can sit back and tell people what to do.
Good administrators are hard to come by; not "just anyone" can do the job. Just ask the Caldari about their experience with an MTAC operator-turned-near-dictator. They're meritocratic for a reason; Tibus Heth was the exception that demonstrated the reason for the rule.
As for Mordu, he has a bit more to him than you seem to give him credit for. That article is a little out of date, mind you. |
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Posted - 2013.07.13 00:39:00 -
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Vermaak 'Fatal' Kuvakei wrote:1 isk in civilian terms is a lot of money, and it's not hard to tell people what to as long as they're not idiots.
Gods and spirits, soldier, please stop. |
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Posted - 2013.07.13 05:30:00 -
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Vermaak 'Fatal' Kuvakei wrote:Ok I admit that I highly generalized who could be a leader, I do not believe it is very hard to oversee most of their operations compared to contributing to the success of it. As a consequence of it being out of date it mentions nothing about his field work after forming the legion. I forgot to mention that his forces are made mainly of experienced veterans, people who should be able to do their job without someone holding their hand.
Different skills are required to lead than to follow, or even to advise, soldier. Those, combined with the insight to make the right decisions and the will to see them through, are a rare and precious gift. The ability to issue commands to capable, disciplined, and intelligent soldiers may require no special talent, but holding their loyalty through two wars and many, many mercenary campaigns is rather an accomplishment.
You are suggesting, without apparent support, that the leader of the greatest mercenary company in New Eden is greatly overrated. Considering his history, and the honor with which he has led his men ... respectfully, you cast your own judgment into question more than his. |
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Posted - 2013.07.13 06:41:00 -
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Vermaak 'Fatal' Kuvakei wrote:I believe he is overrated in comparison to the leaders of other, more independent non empire factions. They have my respect because they have lead their people to controlling vast amounts of systems, with a combined larger size than that of the empires. From what I've read his legion mostly works for the caldari, making it more or less an unofficial part of the caldari navy that also does mercenary work. While I do admit that most people can't hold people's loyalty for that long.
Mordu has chosen to run a mercenary company, rather than the harsh outline of a civilization.
I'm assuming you're not speaking of the Sisters of Eve, but of the "pirate factions." Soldier, you may wish to live among some of those entities before you praise them too highly. They are not as universally "evil" as some self-righteous capsuleers wish to make them out as, but, for the most part, they are what a hard life has made them: the barbarians at the gates. |
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Posted - 2013.07.13 14:45:00 -
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Vermaak 'Fatal' Kuvakei wrote:I assumed the name would hint it but I performed as a fighter bomber pilot in sansha's navy before being aboard fatal's ship working maintenance. I respect the leaders that I've worked with the most, especially the one that I am related to, but I admire the ones I haven't for bringing their people to the land of prosperity.
I had hoped that your name was an unhappy coincidence. I am sorry to hear of your relation to "The Master."
Hm. No wonder you believe command is easy.
I have been to these "lands of prosperity," soldier. They are not easy places to live-- not for the Guristas, not for the Angels, not for the vassals of the capsuleer alliances ... not really for anyone. It is why the "pirate factions" are as they are: ruthless and deadly.
And if they appear to be easy places for the Sansha True, that is only because your admired and respected relative has excised the capacity of their screams to reach their lips.
You bear a cursed heritage, younger Mr. Kuvakei. I am sorry. |
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Posted - 2013.07.13 22:58:00 -
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A Gurista pirate, then. ... I wonder whether The Rabbit would agree with you about the ease of command.
Your organization has existed for some thirty years. This is not nothing, but you will be in perhaps a stronger position to judge its worth against those of the Yulai signatory powers if it survives another two or three hundred. In the meantime, the name "Gurista," is long-standing Caldari slang for "gang."
It is a fitting name. A large pirate gang is yet some distance from being a civilization in its own right. |
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