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 Re: Questions -- (Warning!!! Answers will contain spoilers!!! Beware!!!
 
Finucane
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Re: Questions -- (Warning!!! Answers will contain spoilers!!! Beware!!!
Posted: 23 Apr 08 4:09 PM
 Teufel Panzer MK4 wrote

 Finucane wrote
Well, gentlemen, you are to be congratulated for thinking seriously about his matter.  Yes, there may be some very slight resemblance between the Skinkeroos and feudal Japan.  Dr. Gobels, you haven't met him yet, may be on to something.  Read on, fellas, read on!

I saw that... You're Evil, Herr Finucane with the terminal 'e.'

Herr Teufelpanzer.  When did they release you from the fires of Hades to come back here and aggravate, torture, and tickle us?
MonkeyKing
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Re: Questions -- (Warning!!! Answers will contain spoilers!!! Beware!!!
Posted: 30 Aug 08 1:18 PM

I've always found the 'skink' books in the series the most fun.  They represent one of those implacable enemies modern fighters are forced to fight.  The skinks are (or appear to be) simple guerrilla warfare tacticians using simple but effective not technical weapons.  And that is what makes them great enemies for books because the main characters by what ever plot device you choose are forced to meet them toe-to toe in the mud as it were.  
Skink
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Re: Questions -- (Warning!!! Answers will contain spoilers!!! Beware!!!
Posted: 30 Aug 08 5:07 PM

Japan used the same of very similar tactics during World War 2. As well as the Vietcong and North Vietnam Army during the Vietnam war. Come to think of it so did the irish when England invaded Ireland. And so did the U.S. during the revolution. And so did the Gauls, Germans, English and Isrealies during the Roman era.

 

I've been away cause of school.

The Prime Master read the message again. This time, by the time he finished reading, he smiled beatifically. The message included a great deal of information about the Earthman Army and airpower and their tactics. This was inteligence that would serve the Emperor's army well when it next encountered the Earthman Army. As it most assuredly would.......
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