On 4/2/2020 6:49 AM, Thomas RUX wrote:
> Hi Timothy,
>
> Your Captain's use of multiple fire arms inflicting friendly fire damage
> reminds of the David Weber/John Ringo series about Prince Roger Ramius
> Sergei Alexander Chiang MacClintock's  use of a grenade launcher to
> break-up an attack. The slight difference was that his attack took out
> the enemy too. I think most of his Marine body was on one hand ticked
> off by the attack and on the other glad of his intervention.
>
> Tom Rux

Important, IMO, detail left out of this account:  the Marines in
question were all wearing power armor (battle dress), so they weren't in
/direct/ danger (much).  It was still a reckless, but effective, thing
to do, and this was near the start of Roger proving that he wasn't just
a useless fop (having never really gotten the chance to live up to the
family name until then, only his jerk of a father's).

... they're fun books, I like 'em.  A series of grand adventures and
remarkable journeys, Roger's personal development possibly first among
them.  (But Rastar, gunslinging last prince of lost Therdan, is still my
personal favorite for "coolest character". :)

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