Ermagerd! Pink Stockery summed up by "The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries" 17. The longer everything goes according to plan, the bigger the impending disaster. 18. If the officers are leading from in front, watch out for an attack from the rear. 19. The world is richer when you turn enemies into friends, but that's not the same as you being richer. 20. If you're not willing to shell your own position, you're not willing to win. 21. Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive, and he'll figure out how to catch another one for you to take tomorrow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlock_Mercenary#The_Seventy_Maxims_of_Maximally_Effective_Mercenaries