Domination of Equestria - T+27 days.
“Just shoot him! Get it over with!”
“If I have to tell you to calm down one more time Corporal I’ll shoot you. Do I make myself clear?”
“Yes...Captain.”
“Good.”
How did I get stuck with this lot?
Oh yea, I’d pissed in the Overlord’s personal gold plated latrine. I guess I got off lightly.
Damn it was a good piss though. You wouldn’t have thought the gold would do much for the experience but…
Anyway. Here we are, in the morning dew, standing over one of the last remaining rebel guard commanders. I’m kinda proud of our performance overall. He was a slippery one. Hiding out in the Foal Mountain range, he’d been a nightmare to track down.
In the end, we caught him out on patrol on his own.
Ok, so in the end it was pure luck. I'll still take it though.
It really sucks.
“Right, listen here Rebel Scum, before-”
“Err, Captain?”
“Ahhhggg...What!?”
“You can’t ask him that.”
“I hadn’t asked him anything yet!”
“Exactly.”
“What on Earth are you blathering on about!”
“Regulations state quite clearly that any prisoner sentenced to execution will not be asked any questions immediately prior to said execution.”
“And what makes this ‘immediately prior’ humm?”
“You’ve got a plasma gun pressed against his skull.”
“Ok, but what difference does it make if I ask him my questions now, then shoot him, or ask him then shoot him later? We need to know the location of the rebel base! Do you want to be stuck out here trying to flush guardsponies out of holes for the next six months!?”
“No sir, but regulations…”
“Damn the regulations! Listen here you traitorous scum, you will tell me-
“Captain, no!”
“-before I kill you, where’s the location of the hidden rebel base!?”
“Oh now you’ve done it…”
”FOR CELESTIA! FOR EQUESTRIA! CHAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGEEEEE!”
“Their helmet recordings finish here my Master.”
“Schedule retraining for all those in command posts. Use this as an example of not following regulations correctly.”
“By your command, my Master.”
Overlord Rule No:16 I will never utter the sentence "But before I kill you, there's just one thing I want to know."
He returns! Huzzah! Always great to see return of the Overlord.
IT'S ALIVE
I don't get it. How is interrogating for information that would be useful at all related to gloating over an enemy's predicament?
7094197 for maximum genre savvy and minimum risk for rescue, all prisoners that doesn't NEED to be taken alive should be shot ASAP.
7094197 This entire list is about avoiding repeating themes in media that cause a villains downfall.
At least he didn't ask about the migratory habits of swallows. The would have been embarrassing!
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But potentially more survivable!
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The point of this rule would've probably had gotten across better if the minions were trying to ask something inane. Or have him waste time by repeatedly asking. Or change it so that even if they did get the base's location they would've died anyways and the information would die with them, with a detail on the captured rebel going free for more rebelling.
As it stands it looks more like they gained nothing for trying to stick too close to the rules.
7095224 I think it was trying to show that delaying an execution by asking questions gives the enemy time to regroup, attack, and potentially liberate your prisoner. Or for the prisoner to try something last-minute and desperate.
In this case, when you have a plasma gun pressed against someone's skull, you don't then stop and have a conversation with them, you shoot them immediately and move on with the next part of the Overlord's plan. Ideally, you shoot them before you get close enough for your gun to be anywhere near their skull.
It could also be interpreted as "In the absence of orders to the contrary, take the small immediate wins when you can; don't hold off in the hope of maybe gaining something larger."
7094094 I bet it is when your Overlord follows the dress code rule... I'm stuck typing this in a leather skirt, I didn't even realize people made leather skirts before!
I thought we were on Equestria...
7095605 There's also the fact that someone who knows they're about to be shot anyway has no reason whatsoever to give you accurate information, so it's a dumb waste of time that can only hurt you.
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i don't think it was ever clear if equestria was the country or planet. Pretty sure country though, but i could be wrong.
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You're all kind of missing the point here. This isn't about practical advice for a real world evil overlord. This is about being genre savvy in a movie or tv show or video game. Whenever a bad guy pauses at the last moment for questions, whether to actually gain info or just to gloat, he or she always dies shortly afterward.