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Dirigent Mercenary Corps
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The Dirigent Mercenary Corps is a series of Military Science Fiction novels by Rick Shelley that follows the career of Lon Nolan, an officer in the eponymous PMC.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Having been washed out of Earth's Military Academy on purpose so that he wouldn't have to go into State Sec, Lon winds up on Dirigent, a planet whose primary business is supplying weapons and mercenary armies to the galaxy at large. He's granted a commission as an officer cadet, but the DMC does not allow you to command until you've seen a tour of duty. It's a waiting game until the DMC gets a contract for a battalion-strength job to put down a rebellion on some rock in the middle of nowhere.Things get complicated, fast.The books cover a broad span of years, following Lon as he rises from an Ensign Newbie to a Colonel Badass. They've received critical praise for their realistic depictions of life in a military unit (Shelley was a US Army veteran). | |
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Asskicking Leads to Leadership | |
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Asskicking Leads to Leadership: The Dirigent Mercenary Corps does not allow you to command until you've seen combat, so in the field an officer cadet is a grunt like the enlisted. | |
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One-Product Planet | |
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One-Product Planet: Dirigent's industries are built around the DMC, and their primary exports are soldiers and guns. | |
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Private Military Contractors | |
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Private Military Contractors: The DMC has strict limits on what jobs it will take and the soldiers pride themselves on professionalism, but they're in it for the money. | |
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Each book is named for the rank Lon holds in it. | |
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Standard Sci-Fi Army | |
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Standard Sci-Fi Army: The DMC provides mainly light infantry, although they also use their drop ships for close air support. | |
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Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better | |
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Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better: Hand-held energy weapons exist and are prized for being basically silent, but the standard weapons are chemical firearms. | |
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