We have discussed survival equipment and skills.
Rather than identify a specific skill or piece of equipment, we need to think within a larger framework.
1. you have to own the night. This means that you don't give up the ability to function when the sun goes down. At one extreme, it means night movement. At the other extreme, you need light to see which means the ability to do an equipment check, a conference, sktech a plan of action on a piece of paper or to perform a simple task that would otherwise have to wait until daylight.
2. you need to own the resupply. It may be your own resupply. This means having water and other provisions stockpiled/identified/available to you. It may mean denying an opposition their supply of water or provisions.
3. you need information. This might include being able to see further, hear further or communicate fufurther than your normal organs of sight, hearing or speaking. You may need to be able to read clues like tracks, broken grass or discarded equipment and understand their meaning.
4. you need mobility. Mobility means the ability to get to where you want to be efficiently and effectively. Your mode of transporation is what is available to you, starting with good physical conditioning and appropriate clothing.
5. you need to be the master of illusion. You appear strong when you are weak and weak when you are strong. You appear to be one place and yet are in another place of superior position. You practice retreating/retiring from combat as frequently attack so that the reality is that you are always advancing in a way to your advantage. As a great American philosopher once said "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee".:wavey:
Rather than identify a specific skill or piece of equipment, we need to think within a larger framework.
1. you have to own the night. This means that you don't give up the ability to function when the sun goes down. At one extreme, it means night movement. At the other extreme, you need light to see which means the ability to do an equipment check, a conference, sktech a plan of action on a piece of paper or to perform a simple task that would otherwise have to wait until daylight.
2. you need to own the resupply. It may be your own resupply. This means having water and other provisions stockpiled/identified/available to you. It may mean denying an opposition their supply of water or provisions.
3. you need information. This might include being able to see further, hear further or communicate fufurther than your normal organs of sight, hearing or speaking. You may need to be able to read clues like tracks, broken grass or discarded equipment and understand their meaning.
4. you need mobility. Mobility means the ability to get to where you want to be efficiently and effectively. Your mode of transporation is what is available to you, starting with good physical conditioning and appropriate clothing.
5. you need to be the master of illusion. You appear strong when you are weak and weak when you are strong. You appear to be one place and yet are in another place of superior position. You practice retreating/retiring from combat as frequently attack so that the reality is that you are always advancing in a way to your advantage. As a great American philosopher once said "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee".:wavey:
