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Also, troops which have followed orders and risked their lives in battle are unlikely to view with tolerance or equanimity those who have shirked their duty and thus, quite possibly, put their fellows in greater peril. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 45, Sentence #44)

Commonly the majority of the group, say, nine out of ten, rejoicing in their survival are only too happy to finish the matter and return to duty. There is some point to decimation, hideous as it may seem. It is generally regarded as good for discipline. Also, troops which have followed orders and risked their lives in battle are unlikely to view with tolerance or equanimity those who have shirked their duty and thus, quite possibly, put their fellows in greater peril. In some manuals it is recommended that troops should fear their own officers more than the enemy. I have never, personally, found this crude recommendation persuasive. If something is to be feared more than the enemy, I think it should be that one might, in a moment of terror or self-betrayal, fail to do one's duty. - (Avengers of Gor)