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mamuzzy || Republic Commando: Hard Contact || 2004 || Book series || Military, Sci-Fi || 18+ for violence and harrowing themes ||
Another reminiscence scene of Sergeant Skirata from Niner, which gives more insight into in what spirit the commandos were trained. And they were indeed trained with exceptionalism in mind.
I did a post before about the Commando Training and how the commandos were spoon-fed by the propaganda that they are exceptional and superior than normal human beings.
But also we can see how the propaganda and reality is starting to clash. Just like Darman had a slight disturbing realization that the Jedi are MAYBE mortals, I wonder maybe Niner is also having his own doubts that the Commandos are also not invincible and he can't live in denial?
He started tabbing, trying to make ten klicks an hour, avoiding tracks and open ground. In the end he had to drag the extra pack behind him on straps like a sled. Tactical advance into battle—tabbing, as Skirata called it—meant walking at six to ten klicks an hour with a twenty-five-kilo pack. “But that’s for ordinary men,” the instructor would say, as if nonclones were subhuman. “You are clone commandos. You will do better because you are better.”
Niner was lugging nearly three times that load now. He didn’t feel better at all right then. He decided to add a portable repulsorlift to his new list of gear to request upon return.
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Another reminiscence scene of Sergeant Skirata from Niner, which gives more insight into in what spirit the commandos were trained. And they were indeed trained with exceptionalism in mind.
I did a post before about the Commando Training and how the commandos were spoon-fed by the propaganda that they are exceptional and superior than normal human beings.
But also we can see how the propaganda and reality is starting to clash. Just like Darman had a slight disturbing realization that the Jedi are MAYBE mortals, I wonder maybe Niner is also having his own doubts that the Commandos are also not invincible and he can't live in denial?
