[gurps] Starship Troopers, Ch. 2-5

[Onno Meyer]

> Remember, we don't get the entire Oath, it may have the dreaded "and 
> other duties as assigned" clause. Heinlein wrote the book IIRC in 8 
> weeks spread over about 3 months' time in 1958-1959, and it wasn't the 
> only thing he was working on at the time, so it may be less than 
> perfectly airtight.
> Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com

Yes, we probably spent more time debating the quote than he did writing
it, by orders of magnitude, but other lawful duties are mentioned.

But when all is said and done, I would guess that aliens as full and equal 
partners in joint operations didn't cross his mind.

Onno