Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26130256-20170711055926/@comment-26104528-20171001065742

"Unfortunatly no. Silent Takedowns in the scope of huntsman-to-huntsman combat is deep enough to be its own subject matter." Bolton replied, shaking his head. "Aura complicates that far beyond a single blow to the head like in the movies or games."

"That being said, I'm usually open to chat after class. If there's enough people, we could do a mini-class on the subject." Fritz added to which about 3 other students perked up, nodded, or expressed some interest in the subject.

Bolton gestured, seeing that someone had provided a satisfactory answer. "I also don't like the idea of my students believing that just because they 'know' how to effectivly fight without weapons, they no longer need weapons. One of the other teachers here, Professor Bailey, explained to me why the Sahali Army does not train thier basic infantry in hand-to-hand but the Sahali Navy does."

"In order for a soldier to have to fight unarmed, they would have to 1. lose thier primary, 2. lose thier sidearm, 3. lose thier utility knife, 4. lose any other tools on thier person, 5. lose thier armor (considering that Sahali grunts received full suits of armor, losing the whole damn thing was a tall order indeed.), ''6. somehow not find anything that could even be improvised as a weapon. Then and only then would they have to fight unarmed. At the same time, if they manage to do all that, they're officially too stupid to be worth teaching to fight unarmed." ''

Fritz could be seen partially snickering off to the side. It was a common stereotype within the Federation that the Sahali Army's grunts consisted of thugs, mouthbreathers, and the rest of the botton of society's barrel. It started 25 years ago during the I-S War and even though their standards had gone back up to thier usual levels (and then some), the other branches, and the hunter community, would likely never let them live it down.

"Meanwhile, the Sahali Navy trains thier marines not because they expect them to ever have to fight unarmed but because they want to instill in thier troops the mindset of never stopping regardless of whether or not you have a weapon. If you have no weapon, get yourself to a knife. When you have a knife, get yourself to a pistol. When you have a pistol, get yourself to a rifle or whatever weapon happens to be most appropriate. You get the idea."

" That is the general mindset I want you to have as you go through this class. I don't want to see anyone entering combat suboptimally because they think they can." Bolton said, his tone becoming far steelier than it had been all day. "I have seen too many of my students fall to thier own hubris." he was about to continue but Fritz got up, prompting the teacher to pause.

"About a year ago, I guy I had a few CQC Classes with ended up on the same anti-Black Dawn op and just like Bolton warned, he was just the type of guy to fight sword users unarmed and gun users with just a knife. He kept saying he was too good to need weapons but anyone who's done any kind of fight theory could see this guy struggling way more than he should have to win."

"When we got started, he gave me his weapon saying 'I would need it more than him' and waltzed right up to the place, challenged the grunt patrol to take him on if they dared. Problem is he already had a bit of a reputation for taking on a Crusader and letting her get away." Fritz took a deep breath to steady himself.

"Sorry to interrupt, Mr. Panzier. But quick tip: NEVER leave an opponent alive just to show them how good you are. "

"Next thing I knew, I heard a dozen lava grenades, 3 gatling guns, and a 2-barrel shotgun coming from his direction. I mean, it bought me some decent time and made a solid distraction and I still got the job done but still..."

"The dumbass had it coming, but that was just overkill..."

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