You’ll slip up, just like everyone else who tries to mess with the British Empire. They all get it wrong somehow — forget some detail, make some tiny error, invade Russia — and then it’s all downhill from there.

Toby Frost
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The British Empire is the world’s oldest continuing empire, and it tends to stay that way. It’s long been said that you can take the British by storm, but you cannot take the British by stealth, and many have tried. They all slip up somehow. The rise of Islam in the Middle East has even led to the phrase “The British are coming!” It has historically been said that you can take them by surprise, but you cannot take them by deception.

Source: Space Captain Smith

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