I do wanna get us in the simulator, when we've got access to it again. So that's a good idea.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
It's a good idea to play to our strengths, too, but I wanna push them. ...then again. One thing at a time. Get us working as a squad first, then we can start improving.
Throw them into training. Start working on drills, because they'd already have the basics down. Throw them into simulations above their skill level and let them adapt, watch them adapt, encourage it, because that's how they'd learn.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
We're expected to serve in the military from the age of 15. And we do. All of us know what we're doing early on. We wouldn't need a meeting to get a group on the same page; they'd be there already.
They're still fully trained, and then they serve in that aspect for the fifteen years. If they're a tailor, they're making clothing for the soldiers. Teachers are taught and then instruct new fifteen-year-olds.
I'm not offended. You wouldn't be first to dislike the idea of monarchy, here. I don't know anything else, and the military of my country looks to the King as its leader. We are all in his service. Some of us more than others.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
But still, what you describe sounds closer to our monarchy than, say, the democracy Clary talks about. You still follow one man. For how long would you expect one Primarch to rule?
For as long as they feel like they can serve their people, and their people feel they're serving.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Or until they die. Considering the current war, the latter's coming up the most. But generally it's a mutual thing. And they've got other people helping them. Advisers, Generals. They're not doing it alone.
No. There's a line of options, or I guess succession's the word. But we generally have who comes next figured out down to what would be 24th in line.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
We've got general security as you do for any important building or office, but we're all soldiers. If someone goes after the Primarch, they'll fight back, and the people around them will fight.
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I do wanna get us in the simulator, when we've got access to it again. So that's a good idea.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
It's a good idea to play to our strengths, too, but I wanna push them. ...then again. One thing at a time. Get us working as a squad first, then we can start improving.
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You don't want to push them too hard. It might push them away. Especially if some are happier about it than others.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
But mainly, I want to get to know them. The ones I don't know, anyway.
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Good point. Forgot they weren't turian.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
We'll start fairly easy. Mingle, simpler simulator levels.
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FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
How would you do it if they were? Turian, I mean. It's not my culture. That doesn't mean you're wrong.
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Throw them into training. Start working on drills, because they'd already have the basics down. Throw them into simulations above their skill level and let them adapt, watch them adapt, encourage it, because that's how they'd learn.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
We're expected to serve in the military from the age of 15. And we do. All of us know what we're doing early on. We wouldn't need a meeting to get a group on the same page; they'd be there already.
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All of you serve in the military?
[ That's a strange thought. Though not unprecedented - Alina had talked of extended military service, too. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
What about those who aren't soldiers - tailors, teachers, and the like. What happens to them?
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They're still fully trained, and then they serve in that aspect for the fifteen years. If they're a tailor, they're making clothing for the soldiers. Teachers are taught and then instruct new fifteen-year-olds.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Everyone's got a purpose.
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So then everything for your people is based around the army?
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Do you have a king and queen?
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We're a meritocracy, not a monarchy. We've got a Primarch, chosen based on service, reliability, the job they've done.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Rank's determined by how well you do your duty and what you can handle, not blood and who you were born to. Makes things a lot more efficient.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
No offense meant.
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I'm not offended. You wouldn't be first to dislike the idea of monarchy, here. I don't know anything else, and the military of my country looks to the King as its leader. We are all in his service. Some of us more than others.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
But still, what you describe sounds closer to our monarchy than, say, the democracy Clary talks about. You still follow one man. For how long would you expect one Primarch to rule?
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For as long as they feel like they can serve their people, and their people feel they're serving.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Or until they die. Considering the current war, the latter's coming up the most. But generally it's a mutual thing. And they've got other people helping them. Advisers, Generals. They're not doing it alone.
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The King rules for the whole of his life. We protect him when it comes to fighting, that's our role. Especially the role of a Musketeer.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
If a new Primarch is needed, do your people vote?
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No. There's a line of options, or I guess succession's the word. But we generally have who comes next figured out down to what would be 24th in line.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
We've got general security as you do for any important building or office, but we're all soldiers. If someone goes after the Primarch, they'll fight back, and the people around them will fight.
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It's so strange to me that a whole planet is full of soldiers. What about food, don't you have farmers or people to raise animals?
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
I'm a soldier, but I grew up on a farm. I don't think we'd be able to function if no one did that work.