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If after the hostile act and the identified target walks away instead of surrendering, you clamp your jaws around his jugular and shake until his brains fall out.
What does that mean, exactly? Is that an extract from a Guard Commander's brief? If so, which planet?
The decision to return fire depends on a satisfactory answer to three questions;
Is my or my comrades' life in danger?
Is my pension in danger?
Are my promotion prospects in danger?
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