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[–] MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website 3 points 1 week ago

Doppelsöldner has entered the chat 😎

Doppelsöldner ("double-mercenaries", "double-pay men",[1] from German doppel- meaning double, Söldner meaning mercenary) were Landsknechte in 16th-century Germany who volunteered to fight in the front line, taking on extra risk, in exchange for double payment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppels%C3%B6ldner