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* In ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]'', after Saavik goes through the Kobayashi Maru test, Kirk tells her that the Klingons don't take prisoners. Since they ''do'' take prisoners in several [[Star Trek: The Original Series]] episodes as well as several TOS era movies, this is probably based on a faulty memory of the "Romulans don't take captives" quote from TOS.
** Although the earlier instances are contradicted by the later and more consistent representation of Klingons as [[Proud Warrior Race]] guys who consider being taken prisoner a fate worse than death. Death in combat is a notably DESIRABLE thing for a Klingon Warrior, such that any who do not fall IN BATTLE must have a victory won in their name in order to enter the Klingon Heaven (<s>Valhalla</s> Sto-Vo-Kor). Given all that, it seems unlikely they would engage in such "dishonorable" conduct as TAKING prisoners.
** The "prisoners" line probably stems from the opening scene featuring Romulans instead of Klingons. The KM test is in Gamma Hydra near the Neutral
** Or Kirk was just being dramatic.
* ''[[Red Dawn]]''. The protagonists are seen shooting Soviet prisoners and wounded, because they're fighting a guerrilla campaign and can't take prisoners even if they were so inclined.
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== Literature ==
* [[Ciaphas Cain]],<ref>'''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!'''</ref>
* In ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'', the US wonders what to do with the crew of ''Red October'', who don't want to defect- rejecting the option of killing them all as morally wrong. The reason the sub's destruction is faked is in order to allow the crew to go back to the USSR and claim the sub sunk.
* [[Tortall Universe|Keladry of Mindelan]] has to give this order twice at the end of the fourth book while sneaking a band of people into enemy territory, and neither time does she like it. But they don't have the luxury of keeping prisoners and they can't let them go to warn the enemy where they are.
* In [[The Dresden Files|Changes]], the Red Court strike teams like to operate this way to send a message to their enemies.
* ''[[The Dark Elf Trilogy]]'' puts this to use by making it completely unspoken. [[Klingon Promotion
* Narrowed averted in ''[[Honor Harrington|Echoes of Honor]]''. When the combined Grayson-Manticore fleet with the new [[Macross Missile Massacre|podnaughts]] rides to {{spoiler|the defence of Basilisk}}, Earl White Haven nearly has a heart attack when he thinks Admiral Yanakov ordered no quarter. Fortunately, the latter only called for no mercy. While any ship in range conceivably capable of fighting is blasted to pieces, the escape pods are left alone.
* In the ''[[Confederation of Valor]]'' series, the Others are well known to not take prisoners. Which confuses the characters intensely in ''Valor's Trial'': They're in a POW camp. [[The Reveal]]? {{spoiler|It isn't run by the Others, a.k.a. the Primacy.}}
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== Real Life ==
* Since ancient times, there was a bit of an unspoken rule that if a city's defenders surrendered early and averted a siege, they would be treated relatively nicely. The alternative was that once the attackers broke the siege, they pretty had the right to completely destroy the city in order to "encourage" the surrounding cities to surrender.
* The Alamo, The Battle of Thermopylae, and several other [[Last Stand
* The Massacre of Glencoe was ordered by King William of Orange with the line:
{{quote|''"You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the McDonalds (sic) of Glenco (sic), and put all to the sword under seventy".''}}
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