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On Mon, 6/15/15, Richard Aiken <raikenclw@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] Question
 To: tml@simplelists.com
 Date: Monday, June 15, 2015, 3:18 PM

 On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at
 6:05 PM, Greg Chalik <mrg3105@gmail.com>
 wrote:
 Forsake were mercenary, so org
 was based on individual contracts.

 This is science fiction, not the
 real world. The background of Dickson's stories assumes
 that the human race has split into splinter factions, with
 each faction specializing in a particular area of expertise.
 So the Dorsai need to take along their own combat support,
 since their employers won't be able to supply
 such.
 Also, the Dorsai
 would train with so many fire teams (for example) to handle
 such and such anticipated opposition. If an employer
 didn't want to hire enough Dorsai to handle the
 opposition according to Dorsai doctrine, then the contract
 simply isn't completed.

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 Richard Aiken

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As I recall , there were stories in which an individual Dorsai performed under contrct w/ a unit composed otherwise of non-Dorsai.
The stories I remember had the Dorsai, sometimes even fresh from their academy, filling key positions such as command or a commander's chief aide, etc.

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