​ On a final note, mercenaries generally fight with what they have rather than what they want to have. Their 'saving grace' is the necessity of a want, necessity being the mother of invention. Military history proves that forces denied 'advanced technology' of their opponents are more likely to be victorious due to greater need to innovate. This perhaps presents a paradox for the Traveller universe that a force with more advanced technology is more likely to be defeated​

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