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* In the ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' series, Thomas Theisman would qualify, taking into account that Honor ''fears'' and respects him at the same time. Lester Tourville, too, arguably. |
* In the ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' series, Thomas Theisman would qualify, taking into account that Honor ''fears'' and respects him at the same time. Lester Tourville, too, arguably. |
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** Victor Cachat and Anton Zilwicki. |
** Victor Cachat and Anton Zilwicki. |
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***They are arguably more an example of [[Enemy Mine]]. They are espionage agents from enemy states that have happen to both have a passion for destroying slavers, which project is by coincidence held in sympathy for the most part by their respective states both for strategic reasons(pirates tend to fence captives to slavers naturally, and piracy is bad for trade) and ideological ones(Manticore has a habit of rule of law even if not all Manticorans are precisely virtuous while Haven by this time has a new government that wishes to develop such habits). |
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** The People's Navy and the Royal Manticoran Navy are generally like this and [[Nothing Personal|just want to shoot at each other like professionals]]. Nasty things are done by fanatics like State Sec or the Masadans. |
** The People's Navy and the Royal Manticoran Navy are generally like this and [[Nothing Personal|just want to shoot at each other like professionals]]. Nasty things are done by fanatics like State Sec or the Masadans. |
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* In [[David Gemmell]]'s ''Ravenheart''. One of the Villain's men, Huntsekker, kills one of his own men for breaking a promise made to one of the enemy |
* In [[David Gemmell]]'s ''Ravenheart''. One of the Villain's men, Huntsekker, kills one of his own men for breaking a promise made to one of the enemy |
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