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[repetitio]

How many of you had combat-training or -experience in your matrices? Call it curiosity.

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[forcemageure]

Oh, I suppose there were a few squabbles here and there in mine. ]

[ ...there was a world war going on when he was extracted. ]

[repetitio]

Squabbles, yes?

[ a second message, a moment later: ]

Of what sort

[forcemageure]

Erm. The predominantly lethal sort.

[ Okay, no. ]

Do you mean 'what sort' in the sense of what was their cause, or how they were fought? ]

[last_ofthe_jedi]

That's a very specific curiosity. Do you need help?

[repetitio]

No.

[ but that's sparse even for rita, so she elaborates a moment later: ] I'm a soldier.

[last_ofthe_jedi]

So you're just looking for other soldiers?

[sfoils]

I did. 14 years of it.

[repetitio]

Did you win?

[sfoils]

If you're a soldier, then you know there's no 'winning', just individual victories here and there, and an ever-shifting enemy.

[scission]

How would you define 'combat'?

[repetitio]

Start with a broad definition, work from there. Prolonged fighting.

[lostsoldier]

some

why?

[repetitio]

Like I said: Curiosity.

Military or otherwise?

[ex_spins462]

I'd be surprised if anyone said no.

[repetitio]

Talked to a guy a while back who would.

text;

[axeyou]

Starting a club?

text;

[repetitio]

Want in?

[ex_paragon697]

I'm a soldier.

[ All double-digit pounds of him, but of course that doesn't translate to text. ]

[repetitio]

What military?

[onthepoint]

Where's the curiosity coming from?

[repetitio]

The curiosity centre of my brain.

[alsohawkeye]

Yes, but not military. My matrix had a lot of sorts of combat normal soldiers weren't really equipped for.

[repetitio]

What kind of combat?

[halatinous]

some training. constant experience.

[repetitio]

Experience is worth more than training.