Secret Ops: Powergaming?

Originally posted by Supdon3
But what i mean was, he was 27 when he became Wing Commander. All of his newbie pilots were at least 22. Thats only five years to go from plebe to Wing Commander, a feat even Blair was unable to accomplish. Sure he was relinguished to a backwater insystem security job because Confed thought he was responsible for the loss of the TCS Tiger's Claw but still :)
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Wha? Blair not only met Bear's accomplishments, but also surpassed them by miles.
At the end of the Firekka operation, Blair was already a Lt. Colonel (or at least a Major - the Strategy Guide and the KSaga manual differ on this point), AND about to become the Wing Commander on board the TCS Tiger's Claw - a position much, much, much, much, much more impressive than Bear's crummy little wing of newbies on the Tarawa. And this took Blair how long? :) His first combat assignment had been in '54, and the 'Claw went down at the end of '56. Less than three years, then.

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Exactly, but we all know how impressed Tolwyn was with Bear standing up against his CO, and possibly ending his carer.
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To be fair, there is very little evidence that Bear stood up to his CO. He probably just went along with Colonel Ransom and Lt. Colonel Poelma when they decided to tell Commodore Cain to bugger off. Certainly, the fact that it was Bear, rather than Poelma, who was sent to a possible court-martial on the Concordia, indicates that Bear's position amongst the mutineers was not altogether exalted.

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Originally posted by Bandit LOAF
You people are just picking on Zero because he's famous -- Amazon was also promoted from 1st Lt. to Major.
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Oh, I did not realize that. It is exactly the same problem as with Zero. I do not have anything against those two. I just cannot believe that they were promoted from 1st Lt.
to Major in less than 5 days and having nothing accomplishe in that time except following their marching orders. It just seems weird.
 
Its possibly a publicity thing as well. They took the pilots with the highest kill scores (I imagine that will be the official way events played out) and promoted them like that. New heroes in a new war kind of thing.
 
Oh my god! I mean Amazon was not bad but Zero...
Then Casey and Maniac, even Maestro should have been promoted to Major too. But I guess the official story line just wants it this way regardless of how stupid it appears.
 
Promotions aren't *instant*... their promotions for what they accomplished during Prophecy came through in the course of those five days.
 
Nor me. Admittedly they were on the Midway before Casey, and they flew with Casey quite often - including the crucial missions - but if that was the case, then you'd think Talvert, Garrett and Casey would more than 'lowly' Lieutenants.
 
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