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 Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:06 am
Nudge three hundred and fifty-seven
127. If I beam off of a vessel that is still hostile, I will arrange to leave behind as large an explosive device as I can obtain.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:07 am
Nudge three hundred and fifty-eight
128. I will not have both rotating and non-rotating sections on a ship. If I need rotational gravity, I will spin the whole ship. Any navigational computer that cannot deal with this will be replaced with one that can.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:09 am
Nudge three hundred and fifty-nine
129. I will follow the advice of my Chief Medical Officer. If I am not at 100% of my usual level of physical fitness, I will stick to desk duty unless the fate of something genuinely important hangs in the balance heart
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:11 am
Nudge three hundred and sixty
130. I will assume that all super-weapons are operational until proven otherwise, especially if they appear to be unguarded. heart
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:13 am
Nudge three hundred and sixty-one
131. All critical data and software will be backed up in off-line storage.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:15 am
Nudge three hundred and sixty-two
132. A random alien's claims about his/her/its race's cultural values and attitudes will be given no more credence than a random human's claims about human cultural values and attitudes.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:17 am
Nudge three hundred and sixty-three
133. My crew shall be trained in the fine arts of tactical combat, such as dispersing assets, walking point, advance, flank and rear guards, etc.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:19 am
Nudge three hundred and sixty-four
134. I will not throw infantry into close-quarter combat with creatures of leviathan stature, but shall turn such affairs over to the artillery crew.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:21 am
Nudge three hundred and sixty-five
135. If my ship is whisked to the far side of the galaxy, leaving us with a seventy-year journey home, and a super-being offers to take us home instantly in exchange for having his baby, I'll agree and ask what we can get for two babies. heart
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:22 am
Nudge three hundred and sixty-six
136. If anyone beams down and their personal communicator drops carrier, all life forms within ten meters of the last known location shall be beamed directly to the brig. A large well-armed security detail will be waiting.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:23 am
Nudge three hundred and sixty-seven
137. The people in charge of Sick Bay, Engineering, and R&D will not be the only people staffing those functions, nor shall they accompany away teams.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:26 am
Nudge three hundred and sixty-eight
138. I will not ask "What does God need with a space ship?" and then order a torpedo strike. I will order the torpedo strike first, and ponder theology on the trip home.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:29 am
Nudge three hundred and sixty-nine
139. My people will be assigned duties commensurate with their skills. I will not task pilots with leading a ground assault, infiltrating enemy camps, etc.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:32 am
Nudge three hundred and ninety
140. If I board a derelict ship, and it appears that the former crew and passengers all died in some horrible fashion, I will immediately leave the ship, destroy it, and toss the wreckage into the nearest stellar object.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:34 am
Nudge three hundred and ninety-one
141. If I am in red alert status and discover that it was a false alarm, I will stay in red alert for a while before standing down.
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