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Skriven 2006-08-15 09:02:00 av Robert E Starr JR (6829.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: Help me out, please?
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Vorlonagent wrote:
> "Andrew Swallow" <am.swallow@btopenworld.com> wrote in message 
> news:1aWdnVb779Vj733ZnZ2dnUVZ8qqdnZ2d@bt.com...
>> Vorlonagent wrote:
>>> "Andrew Swallow" <am.swallow@btopenworld.com> wrote in message 
>>> news:vI2dnZDsm7p0GkPZRVnyrg@bt.com...
>>>> Vorlonagent wrote:
>>>> [snip]
>>>>> The Rangers in general, Marcus in particular, simply don't act that 
>>>>> way. True, Marcus stood his ground against Neroon and was prepared to 
>>>>> die, but there was something at stake that overrode the value of a 
>>>>> tactical withdraw. Neroon was set to stop Delenn's ascent to Entil'Za 
>>>>> by murder if he had to.
>>>> {snip}
>>>>
>>>> Neroon makes the point that the head of the Rangers has been a member of 
>>>> the Warrior Caste for centuries.  Organisations frequently reflect the 
>>>> view of the people in charge of them.
>>> My point was that the Rangers through the run of B5 don't act with 
>>> Warrior Caste macho.  Your post doesn't answer that point.
>>>
>>>
>> I am not disagreeing with you.  This is still referring going back to
>> the Rangers not running away.
> 
> Same here.
> 
> My point is that the character of the Rangers as an orgnization seems to 
> have changed from B5 to TLoTR.  It's very noticable and jarring.
> 
> I can't quite fit your point on management style into that discussion 
> however.  Though the Rangers have been under Warrior Caste command for a 
> long time, it's last traditional commander was not looked upon highly by 
> Warrior Caste members on the Gray Council (RE--IIRC--In the Beginning).  The 
> resurgence of the Rangers was supervised by Sinclair, then authority was 
> handed off to Delenn, then to Sheridan.  None of these have a management 
> style that lends itself to the sort of administrative macho displayed by 
> Martel's superiors.
> 
> Could you expand on your point please?

After not fighting for 1,000 years the rule book reflects not how
the Rangers actually fight but boasts about how they claim to fight.
Not the first rule book to have silly things in it.

Sinclair simply did not change the tradition.  This incident probably
triggered Delenn to change it.

Andrew Swallow
                                      
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