Do I have galaxy brain or planck brain? I scream for I do not know.

Rules for Mercenaries

1. Pillage, then burn
3. An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody
4. Close air support covereth a multitude of sins
6. If violence wasn’t your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it
8. Mockery and derision have their place. Usually, it's on the far side of the airlock
10. Sometimes the only way out is through. . . through the hull
11. Everything is air-droppable at least once
12. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head
14. "Mad Science" means never stopping to ask "what's the worst thing that could happen?"
17. The longer everything goes according to plan, the bigger the impending disaster
20. If you're not willing to shell your own position, you're not willing to win
24. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a big gun
25. If the damage you do is covered by a manufacturers warranty, you didn't do enough damage
Amended: If a manufacturer's warranty covers the damage you did, you didn't do enough damage
26. "Fire and Forget" is fine, provided you never actually forget
29. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less
30. A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go
32. Anything is amphibious if you can get it back out of the water
34. If you’re leaving scorch-marks, you need a bigger gun
35. That which does not kill you has made a tactical error
36. When the going gets tough, the tough call for close air support
37. There is no "overkill." There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload."
41. “Do you have a backup?” means “I can’t fix this.”
42. "They'll never expect this" means "I want to try something stupid."
43. If it's stupid and it works, it's still stupid and you're lucky
44. If it will blow a hole in the ground, it will double as an entrenching tool
50. If it only works in exactly the way the manufacturer intended, it is defective
56. Infantry exists to paint targets for people with real guns
57. Artillery exists to launch large chunks of budget at an enemy it cannot actually see
65. After the toss, be the one with the pin, not the one with the grenade
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