Doctrine: Loyalty
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| Doctrine: Loyalty | |
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| Requires | Doctrine: Mobility, Social Psych |
| Leads to | Intellectual Integrity |
| Facility | Perimeter Defense |
| Secret Project | The Command Nexus |
| Social choice | Police State |
Therefore a wise prince will seek means by which his subjects
Doctrine: Mobility proved a sound dogma for the early years on Planet. However, as the struggle for survival against native Mind Worms and rival factions intensifies, many younger officers repudiate the old guard’s emphasis on Mobility as the dominant military policy. Based also on the revelations of Social Psych, the new Doctrine: Loyalty stresses extensive training, defensive facilities, and zealous dedication to faction leaders as the foundation for survival and success in combat. Doctrine: Loyalty emphasizes a two-way fealty—soldiers are expected to lay down their lives without question, but in return they receive respect, power, and positions of authority in the new social hierarchy.
will always and in every possible condition of things have need
of his government, and then they will always be faithful to him.
- —Niccolò Machiavelli,
- “The Prince”, Datalinks
- —Niccolò Machiavelli,
