"The Pope’s Private Army – 10 Cool Facts About..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 Dec 2014 10:01 p.m. PST |
… the Vatican's Swiss Guards. "POPE FRANCIS HAS FIRED the commander of the Vatican's 500-year-old security regiment — the Swiss Guard. News outlets worldwide reported last Wednesday that the Argentinian pontiff dismissed Colonel Daniel Rudolf Anrig over concerns that the officer in charge of the ancient 135-man unit was too much of a disciplinarian. According to Canada's National Post, Francis reportedly characterized the 42-year-old commander's leadership style as "Teutonic". It's rumoured that the pope was particularly displeased that guardsmen were ordered to stand watch for hours without breaks. Vatican insiders say that after one early morning encounter with a weary trooper, Francis urged the sentry to have a seat while he fetched him a cappuccino. The pontiff has since been seen shaking hands with the ornately attired bodyguards as he passes their Vatican guardhouses…"
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| Grelber | 12 Dec 2014 10:47 p.m. PST |
Nice article!
By the way, the Swiss Guards are getting new armor: link
I'd love to be program manager for that acquisition! Grelber |
| Tango01 | 13 Dec 2014 11:26 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed the article my friend. 
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Armand |
| Zargon | 13 Dec 2014 2:33 p.m. PST |
Sorry repeat of below or below was a repeat of here :) |
| Zargon | 13 Dec 2014 2:37 p.m. PST |
In the above is a great line in for a lot of scenario ideas, I would use Pulp Alley rules to play a 'Save the Pope' scenario, which gives you a chance to field a Vatican force vers Cultist terrorists of the Crescent Moon or such like.
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| Tango01 | 13 Dec 2014 11:47 p.m. PST |
Thanks my friend.
Interesting scenario! Amicalement
Armand |
| Fried Flintstone | 14 Dec 2014 3:46 p.m. PST |
Mikasa – I share your opinion. Jack Burton – you appear to have just thrown a bunch of words together into a meaningless blurgh. At least try to provide some grammar to your posts and preferably some reasoning if you set out to disagree with someone. |
| Skull and Crown | 19 Jul 2015 7:54 p.m. PST |
In regards to grebler's post on new armor- very cool, but to be frank I thought the article was going to be something on the latest Kevlar. Maybe they wear it underneath? Still, cool, thanks for sharing.
Cheers
Ths
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 21 Jul 2015 9:42 p.m. PST |
Discussion of the merits of the Pope should adjourn to our sister site, The Blue Fez: thebluefez.com |
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