On 7/23/2020 6:14 PM, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:
> Of course, Scout applicants are already messed up in the head.... ;)
>
> There was a scifi novel some years back called I think The Expendables
> that covered the individuals that did high risk explorations. It was a
> high mortality job and survivors had a lot of OCDs that helped them
> survive...but not so helpful post service. Reminds me of IISS.
>
> TomB

spoiler for above novel/series:

Didn't it turn out that the powers-that-be were /deliberately creating/,
or at least failing to treat or prevent, such misfits so that they'd
have a continuing supply of, well, expendables?

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