Okay, lets all calm down!<br/><br/>I was just a little bit frustrated last night, sorry<br/><br/>I have the following issues with people's posts.<br/><br/>1) David would know to call Paige "Sarge" if he's not straight out of boot camp or he would have been dead a long time ago.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"On your shit list, Sergeant.  Duly noted, Sarge.  I'd certainly hate to die while on your shit list, First Sergeant.  I shall make removing myself from that list my main motivator from this day forward, Sergeant Paige, second only to pleasing the Emperor." He almost sounded sincere.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>2) That little speech would have been better delivered after Paige left, because at best it would have earned him a fist in the gut and at worst a flechette in the brain, had she heard it. Please try and keep continuity. If you are going to say something behind the sergeant's back, please make a point of posting that you say it after she has left.<br/><br/>3) My main problem is with OrderNChaos' post. He clearly has read nothing of what has gone before and has made his own assumptions about Paige which if he'd read the story so far would be clearly proven erroneous. Either that, or his character is clearly making some very wrong assumptions.<br/><br/>But my main issue is that a career sergeant would even consider the possibility that she could "usurp" the position of a senior non-com. This isn't a gang of school kids, this is a military unit, and any change in command would be required to be authorised by a more senior officer. Either that or as I pointed out it would be illegal and punishable by summary execution without trial.<br/><br/>Order, if you had read the conversation starting [urlhttp://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=124657.msg5503741#msg5503741]here[/url], you would see that Paige actually shares Cosinara's opinion on needlessly wasting lives, she is in no way gung-ho, she is not a glory hound, and she has had her fair share of run-ins with senior officers who were, having actually killed more than one herself. Her respect for Warren comes from the fact that he's a ranker - he started as a private too, which is why he's old enough to be a general but is only a lieutenant, and he shares her opinion of "Ruperts" - officers who have graduated from a military academy with no combat experience.<br/><br/>Now, I'm happy to let the troops bitch as they will. That is not my issue. My issue is with the open disrespect to a senior non-com. You want to bitch, you do it when she's not there. And if you want to plan a mutiny, you do so in the knowledge that if you fail, you die. And in the knowledge that to reach Warrant Officer rank, Paige would have survived more than one attempt on her life by those thinking that way, and is more than likely already suspicious of the sergeant who did not immediately make herself known...<br/><br/>Further, Paige will now be looking at Cosinara as a slacker, and will definitely have it in for her.<br/><br/>Now, if you are content with this situation, fine. Otherwise may I recommend editing your post to include a reply to Paige's demand to know who she is and what she is doing there, and removing the mutinous thoughts?<br/><br/>If you wish to do that, then we can start off on a better footing. If you don't then I'm afraid Cosinara is not going to be around very long!<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=124663.msg6824131#msg6824131">Quote from: NinjaWeazel on 28-08-2012, 00:13:09</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Nothing personal, hon.  This is just sort of what happens when people try and handle SpecOps like ordinary fodder grunts.  Hell, David still did the push-ups for her just to keep the peace.  And I certainly didn't expect anything different, considering Warren is still too drunk to warn her that there are some honest-to-god wolves among her sheep now.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Couple of points here.<br/><br/>First, Cal, I have no problem with being called "hon", "Bitch", "Dyke" or anything else for that matter.<br/><br/>Second, as noted above, my problem is not with Feather's reaction, it's with his initial insubordination, however, that has been dealt with IC. I have no problem with the fact that the "wolves" don't trust Paige. The feeling is mutual and respect is earned in combat. But - did you ever see a film called Heartbreak Ridge starring Clint Eastwood?  Gunny Highway is actually whom I'm basing the character of Kerry Paige on.<br/><br/>She's treating the "wolves" like boots because so far she's seen nothing to tell her any different! If she had gotten genuine respect from Feather, she might have taken a different view on him, but rank insubordination is not something she will tolerate.