On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, David Lerman wrote:

At 07:25 PM 2/5/98 +0200, Jukka E Isosaari wrote:

(IMO Harlock is usually pictured as the most competent and experienced 
space ship captain in all of anime, where as Tylor is the most 
incompetent, and most lucky.)

  Supposedly, when Napoleon was asked what quality he valued most in a
general, he replied, "Luck."

The same answer is given when the Rarlgon Empress (in I.C.Tylor) asks 
her generals what is the most important trait in a warrior. :-)

++ J