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* Hans Richter's [[Heroic Sacrifice|kamikaze attack]] on the Danish fleet, in the defense of Wismar.

* Immediately after Wismar, when the common citizenry of Magdeburg are rising to revolt against the princes of the CPE, Mike Stearns prevents the bloodbath by [[Talking Your Way Out|turning a riot into a political rally]]. What makes it doubly awesome is that he does it by ''not'' [[Shaming the Mob]] -- rather the opposite. The first line of his speech:

* Eddie Cantrell gets captured by the enemy at Wismar, and promptly bullies the King of Denmark into agreeing to abide by Geneva Convention rules regarding treatment of prisoners. Keep in mind that this is 300 years before the Geneva Convention actually took place, and the king has no way to know he's not just making this up.

** Not to mention that Mike Stearns gives Eddie the highest compliment possible, under the circumstances. Eddie insists on only giving the Danes his "name, rank, and serial number". However, he claims that he has 'forgotten' his serial number due to having had his left leg blown off. As Admiral Simpson has, in a rare case of missing an important detail while assembling his Navy, forgotten to put together a serial number system, Mike passes along the following "reprimand" by telegraph:

LT CANTRELL SERIAL NUMBER [[James Bond|007]]. }}

*** Admiral Simpson nearly falls over laughing when he reads that text. Then he has the message sent.