05-28-2003, 09:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-28-2003, 09:46 PM by CelticHound.)
I think I know the thread you mean. Doc made the assertion, and someone (Warblade?) pooh-poohed it?
Yes, that's part of it. Though Doc can be a bit of a radical, KoP and Charis seem to have at least taken a Pascal's wager stance on it. (Also, in one of Sirian's writeups, I think he describes a gonzo merc named Scorch.)
I'll have to wander over to Phrozen and do a search.
[Edit: addition] I've peeked over there and didn't find anything. (Searched on "merc" in post titles.) One thing I was reminded of, though: I seem to recall that Foxbat was tweaking the merc AIs in Seven Lances - if the parameters in the .txt file get passed into the script, then why not a little "something extra" unique to each merc?
-- CH
(That way when we need that little extra bit of power to push us over the cliff, we can turn it up to eleven.)
Yes, that's part of it. Though Doc can be a bit of a radical, KoP and Charis seem to have at least taken a Pascal's wager stance on it. (Also, in one of Sirian's writeups, I think he describes a gonzo merc named Scorch.)
I'll have to wander over to Phrozen and do a search.
[Edit: addition] I've peeked over there and didn't find anything. (Searched on "merc" in post titles.) One thing I was reminded of, though: I seem to recall that Foxbat was tweaking the merc AIs in Seven Lances - if the parameters in the .txt file get passed into the script, then why not a little "something extra" unique to each merc?
-- CH
(That way when we need that little extra bit of power to push us over the cliff, we can turn it up to eleven.)