Those mousegun tactics make a whole lot of sense regardless of the piece you are carrying. A dagger in the kidney or the base of the skull may be sneaky, dishonest and cowardly when compared to slugging it out toe to toe with the bad guy, but fighting is about winning. All other considerations are secondary.
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"To spit on your hands and lower the pike; to stand fast over the body of Leonidas the King; to be rear guard at Kunu-Ri; to stand and be still to the Birkenhead Drill; these are not rational acts. They are often merely necessary." Pournelle
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