It’s much easier to do business with people again if you don’t betray them.
tim
“The universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: Energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest.” – G’Kar
andreas
The freelance mercenary union strikes (fear into the heart of their paymasters).
Efogoto
So “Share the wealth and don’t lose your head” is the moral of the story?
Peter Rogan
Keeping your head is good advice for most situations. In fact, I can’t think of one where that would be an advantage. Unless you’re a professional berserk, and protocol demands it.
watcher
Universe is very large, and without a result he has just handed over a lot of money.
TB
It is a practical solution. While mercenaries screwing other people over is a longtime story trope, it’s probably more likely that the successful ones would keep their deals. Even the Ferengi considered contracts inviolable, but watch out for fine print.
That, and anyplace that money would be spendable is probably too close to civilization for comfort.
Muzhik
Reminds me of #49 on Schlock Mercenary’s “70 Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”:
Every client is one missed payment away from becoming a target, and every target is one bribe away from becoming a client.
Randall R. Besch
As long as you can out bid the other contractors you can win and they can lose their heads. If you know about it and who they are and what they look like…
Mercenaries have no allegiance except to a steady paycheck. So loyalty is out of the question.
Nezumi
I mean, from a strict individualist perspective (such as that proposed by Objectivism), it *is* a moral imperative, as individual (“rational”) self-interest is the greatest possible good.
It’s much easier to do business with people again if you don’t betray them.
“The universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: Energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest.” – G’Kar
The freelance mercenary union strikes (fear into the heart of their paymasters).
So “Share the wealth and don’t lose your head” is the moral of the story?
Keeping your head is good advice for most situations. In fact, I can’t think of one where that would be an advantage. Unless you’re a professional berserk, and protocol demands it.
Universe is very large, and without a result he has just handed over a lot of money.
It is a practical solution. While mercenaries screwing other people over is a longtime story trope, it’s probably more likely that the successful ones would keep their deals. Even the Ferengi considered contracts inviolable, but watch out for fine print.
That, and anyplace that money would be spendable is probably too close to civilization for comfort.
Reminds me of #49 on Schlock Mercenary’s “70 Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”:
Every client is one missed payment away from becoming a target, and every target is one bribe away from becoming a client.
As long as you can out bid the other contractors you can win and they can lose their heads. If you know about it and who they are and what they look like…
Mercenaries have no allegiance except to a steady paycheck. So loyalty is out of the question.
I mean, from a strict individualist perspective (such as that proposed by Objectivism), it *is* a moral imperative, as individual (“rational”) self-interest is the greatest possible good.