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== Literature ==

* In Gav Thorpe's [[Warhammer 40000]] story "Renegades", after Gessert killed some [[Rebellious Rebel|Rebellious Rebels]] and saw another one flee his ship (to [[Bring News Back]]), he demanded that the rest paint over their chapter insignia to show they knew they were renegades. Some falter, but it is clear that he will kill anyone who fails.

* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/Making Money|Making Money]]'', a professor must cajole students into a necromantic rite. He starts with [[What Is Evil?]] -- and then promises all As. Whereupon one student realizes that this [[Above Good and Evil|transcends mundane rules about good and evil]].

* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld/Making Money|Making Money]]'', a professor must cajole students into a necromantic rite. He starts with [[What Is Evil?]] -- and then promises all As. Whereupon one student realizes that this [[Above Good and Evil|transcends mundane rules about good and evil]].

* In [[Ben Counter]]'s [[Warhammer 40000]] story "Words of Blood", Athellenas orders his Black Templar [[Space Marine|Space Marines]] repeated retreats. When Valerian objects to the dishonor, preferring a [[Last Stand]], Athellenas threatens him with not only execution, but [[Due to ~~The~~ Dead|depriving him of honors due the dead]] and not fighting in the final battle at the end of the universe. After his obedience, and the enemy's [[Enemy Civil War|falling upon each other]], Athellenas asserts that first, he, being captain, did not need to explain, and then explains that victory was the most important thing -- and then learns that it had, indeed, been that crucial, because they were the only thing standing between this force and massacre.

* In [[Ben Counter]]'s [[Warhammer 40000]] story "Words of Blood", Athellenas orders his Black Templar [[Space Marine|Space Marines]] repeated retreats. When Valerian objects to the dishonor, preferring a [[Last Stand]], Athellenas threatens him with not only execution, but [[Due to the Dead|depriving him of honors due the dead]] and not fighting in the final battle at the end of the universe. After his obedience, and the enemy's [[Enemy Civil War|falling upon each other]], Athellenas asserts that first, he, being captain, did not need to explain, and then explains that victory was the most important thing -- and then learns that it had, indeed, been that crucial, because they were the only thing standing between this force and massacre.

* In both [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''The Warrior's Apprentice'' and ''The Vor Game'', [[Miles Vorkosigan]] uses a wide variety of these techniques to control a mercenary fleet.

* In Rick Riordan's ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians|The Last Olympian]]'', Nico goes to great lengths to persuade Hades to come and help the Olympians fight; whatever they had done to each other, [[Thicker Than Water|they were family]].