Grundlegende Regeln für Konstruktion und Führung

[Rau Le Creuset]

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates
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1. Pillage, THEN burn.

2. A Sergeant in motion outranks a Lieutenant who doesn't know what's going on.

3. An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody.

4. Close air support covereth a multitude of sins.

5. Close air support and friendly fire should be easier to tell apart.

6. If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.

8. Mockery and derision have their place. Usually, it's on the other side of the airlock.

9. Never turn your back on an enemy.

10. Sometimes the only way out is through the hull.

11. Everything is air-droppable at least once.

12. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head.

13. Do unto others.

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16. Your name is in the mouth of others: be sure it has teeth.

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21. Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive, and he'll figure out how to catch another one for you to take tomorrow.

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27. Don't be afraid to be the first to resort to violence.

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29. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more, no less.

30. A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the farther you'll go.

31. Only cheaters prosper.

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34. If you're leaving scorch-marks, you need a bigger gun.

35. That which does not kill you has made a tactical error.

36. When the going gets tough, the tough call for close air support.

37. There is no "overkill". There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload".

38. Just because it's easy for you doesn't mean it can't be hard on your clients.