Thread:BTR180/@comment-38431051-20190811140427/@comment-27666783-20190819195555

Marinerx wrote: I vow to uphold thy will, Brother BTR, and not be a complete OP edgelord To be honest, with the power balance of monsters being so off kilter, the Order could use some more OP boys and girls. Bring on the Ushi-Oni wrangling musclemen! The Dragon head-patters! Bring on the thunderous phyisques and impeccable magicks! The sky is the limit, and we never got to the air without putting wierd gas in a canvas, or strapping a glorified motorcycle engine to a bunch of tarps and wood sticks. Just stay away from the egdelord stuff my man, it tends to draw a bad rap.

Hi, I'm interested in joining the Order as well. I just got off the boat from my famine-ravaged homeland and the guy at the pier said, 'This makes you a citizen, or join the Order and get food, shelter, and a salary.'

I like those things, but more importantly I'm also into that fraternity, egalitarianism schtick. It is something that the Order needs more of and also no better place than to have as its foundation. We must always adapt to the threat we face, and the threat, admittedly, is no longer the 'monster' at large. We must overhaul our understanding of the monster. We must conclude that the wars of tomorrow goes deeper into our geo-political and socio-economic spheres than 'them' and 'us'.

Take Solace we apes! The monster now lives and breathes, not only physically but of spirit as well. If the Order is to safeguard the Glory of Man it is to wage war for the good. Therefore, it must be prepared to stay the blade towards monsters who seek out the love and welfare Mankind can bring.

But fortify yourself we apes! The monster now lives and breathes, and just as some can commence in the name of good, so some can commence in the name of evil. I see no reason why the Order should disarm or stand down their guard against the tyrants, the bullies, the abusers, the miscreants. Take not the Order's olive branch as a sign of weakness, punish those that consider otherwise…

Do not let them browbeat you.

In the blessed words:'' 'The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers'' '

This egalistarianism knows not only the spirit but the physqiue as well. I am of the opinion that the Order has no more purpose to send its boys and girls into the thick so pitifully claddened and prepared. This 'cannon fodder' nonsense does nothing but put a cruel trick onto the fighting man. In order to achieve parity we must consider a great overhaul of our understanding and philosophy of heroes. We must industrialize this process, and consider possibilities to expand Heroification until they fill our ranks. There is no such thing as elite. only your job.

This I must stress, that our soldiers would not have to compensate so greatly, and entrust in their bodies for their armor, their minds for their weapon. They will be feared, but they carry the welfare of an Order that knows when to spare a life as much as take one.

Kinda went on a tangent, but yes. Individual power parity is good, and the brotherhood of man spells charity toward the monster as long as that charity is not exploited.

I wish to fight for the Order, as a man with a cigar once said: '''The destiny of mankind is not decided by material computation. When great causes are on the move in the world, stirring all men’s souls, drawing them from their firesides, casting aside comfort, wealth and the pursuit of happiness in response to impulses at once awe-striking and irresistible, we learn that we are spirits, not animals, and that something is going on in space and time, and beyond space and time, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.'''