Quote:It might very well be one of the incidents responsible for adopting the 'single heavy unit' approach you're describing - also, saying that the Enforcers aren't as good at teamwork as the gray men is not the same as saying that they aren't good enough to make it work.
As for the TSAB, I get what you're saying -- on the other hand, Nanoha, Fate, and Hayate -- all of them are basically walking armies in one. From the flash forward, I get the impression that they still work mainly in small groups or by themselves as trouble shooters; although they may coordinate with TSAB units, by the time they're called in, there's no need to deal with individual TSAB squads because their power level is too low. (This doesn't quite make sense with what Lindy ordered regarding the capture of Precia Testarossa -- but then again, it was shown quite clearly that the Enforcers couldn't deal with it)
Besides, Precia was a hell of a threat - more than Nanoha, in her own way, and certainly more than the TSAB usually has to plan for. She might not have had quite the same amount of brute power, but, other than the Al Hazred transport sequence, the few times we saw her actually use magic, she just... tossed it out with a wave of her hand. Effortless, like, where Fate and Nanoha had to actively work to use their heavy artillery.
Anyway, I actually think you're right about the role they've been using Fate and Hayate in, and that it's a well-established one - that'd be why Chrono was assigned to the Asura in the first place.
Now I just need to rewatch and figure out what rules he was running under and I'll be set...
Quote:Mm. Triangle Hearts again (it's fairly mediocre in its own right, but provides lots of interesting detail on Nanoha's family) - the two roles we see them in there are acting as an OpFor for a SWAT team's training and working as bodyguards... both roles entirely too legitimate to justify with a background like that. I suspect that the scars are from the incident that killed him in that timeline - we don't get much detail on it, but the person responsible was later shown using 'mad bomber' tactics as a distraction to let him get in close and do the real work, so I figure he basically dived into a major fight right after getting blown up.
As for shinobi, well, Naruto type shinobi aren't necessarily spies (they just blow lots of stuff up). Those scars on her dad don't just come from spying -- I'd say her family also deals in assassinations...
So, yeah, historical ninja were assassins, too, but I don't think that the Takamachi are in that business any more.
I am planning on having her school's drama club stage a kabuki play, though, which should be good for a laugh.
Ja, -n
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