Where did I see that quote???

A thread of 2 messages, 1 August 1991 to 2 August 1991, in the order they were sent.

#2706 Where did I see that quote???

George William Herbert · 1 August 1991

	In one of the published GDW MegaTraveller materials (I don't know
which one), I remember seeing a comment about Lucan commending an admiral who
destroyed a High Pop world rather than surrender it to Dulinor's forces.
	Does anyone else remember this?  I've checked my nearly-complete set
of rulebooks and Challenge's, and didn't find it.  If it actually existed,
can someone tell me where?

	Aahrgh.  8-)

- - -george william herbert
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#2713 Re: Where did I see that quote???

Bertil Jonell · 2 August 1991 · reply to #2706

> From: George William Herbert [email removed]
> Subject: (2706) Where did I see that quote???
>
> 	In one of the published GDW MegaTraveller materials (I don't know
> which one), I remember seeing a comment about Lucan commending an admiral who
> destroyed a High Pop world rather than surrender it to Dulinor's forces.
> 	Does anyone else remember this?

  Yes, I remember reading or hearing (TML perhaps) about that incident. I think
it was someone that described Lucans intolerance to failures. An admiral had
gotten the order not to retreat from any hi-pop worlds under any circumstances,
so when he(?) was forced to do that anyway he(?) made sure that it wasn't a
hi-pop world any longer...

  I think that a big part of the impact of this story is that doing this to a
world is totally unthinkable, so the message Lucan sent was "I'd rather that
you do the unthinkable than fail to obey my orders."

> - -george william herbert

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