Show threadIn Search of a Better WorldMar 31

@KenLussey

#Maxim 19: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less
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The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries is a popular handbook in the Schlock Mercenary universe. The book's maxims are often quoted by Tagon, as well as other characters. The following is a list of the maxims found in Schlock Mercenary, ordered by maxim number. 1. Pillage, then burn.[1] 2. A Sergeant in motion outranks a Lieutenant who doesn't know what's going on.[2] 3. An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody.[3] 4. Close air support covers a multitude of...

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RaymondOct 22
@dmacphee Anyone who read #SchlockMercenary would ask what would happen if all of them were all pointed to a single place at once, just in case the mirror system was hacked.
Show threadSteve HerseyAug 19, 2025

@rooster
See also, "The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries,"
Maxim 32. "Anything is amphibious if you can get it back out of the water."

From Howard Tayler's wonderful Schlock Mercenary comic series.

#schlockmercenary #seventymaxims

Peter 🧷Apr 28, 2025

Aktuelle Situation: Maxim 20 ist aktiv…

#DSA #TTRPG #PnPat #PnPde #SchlockMercenary

Seán FenianApr 7, 2025
It occurs to me to offer a hat-tip to @HowardTayler, having just received our numbered sketch edition volume 18 — yes, 18 — of the Schlock Mercenary print collection, Mandatory Failure.

If you're not familiar with it, Schlock Mercenary is a hilarious (and yet also serious at times) SF webcomic about a far-future mercenary company (and many other things), set in a rich universe with its own technologies and a host of alien races, not all of them organic (or even baryonic). It ran for over 20 years, from June 12, 2000 to July 4, 2020 without ever missing a single day. Do NOT underestimate how difficult that is.

If you missed it on first run, you can always go back right now and re-read it from the start. Or, you could buy a set (ALMOST complete now) of the big, gorgeous softcover books.

Check it out. It's worth your time.

#SchlockMercenary #comics #writing
Tuesday 29 September 2020

Daily strip for Tuesday 29 September 2020

DisMar 31, 2025
Unexpected package! Sketch edition! 😻
#schlockmercenary #webcomics
Show threadJeff Zugale - Z FactoryJan 16, 2025
Next Thing I’ve made, sticking with both spaceships and comics: hero ship “Kitesfear” from friend @HowardTayler ’s Schlock Mercenary! This was a premium add-on to the Book 16: Big Dumb Objects Kickstarter. I think I made about 200 of them. 3D model, molded and resin-cast. Super cute! #handmade #spaceship #toy #SchlockMercenary #maker #mastoart #scifi
WizarthNov 28, 2024

Oooph!

I just placed an order for books from #SchlockMercenary , and misread the shipping cost. I thought it said $35, but it actually said $350 dollars!

That nearly doubles the cost of the order! Sorry but that's a bit steep.

JeffJun 30, 2024

Failure is not an option.

It is mandatory.

The option is whether you're going to let failure be the last thing you ever do.

#BidenHarris2024 #PresidentialDebate #SchlockMercenary

Wayne WernerFeb 13, 2024

If you like to support artists who also happen to be amazing individuals, I can heartily recommend this project from the Schlock Mercenary universe:

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/hypernode-media-schlock-mercenary/70-maxims-of-maximally-effective-mercenaries-reprint?ref=bk-social-project

#art #webcomic #SchlockMercenary #crowdfunding

I supported them!

Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries (Reprint)

This edition of the Seventy Maxims for Maximally Effective Mercenaries is an in-world artifact containing handwritten notes from Karl, Kaff, Schlock, and Murtaugh along with all the maxims. hardback 80 pages.

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