Major Darcy Malone saluted crisply as the general walked into the room, flanked by his aide. The lights were dimmed, and a projector beamed what was, at present, just a blank square of light onto the far wall. The right wall was taken up with a large mirror, and a few desk-chairs completed what looked like a fairly ordinary office setting. The two men returned the salute with perhaps a bit less enthusiasm, and sat down in their chairs. "Greetings, gentlemen," she said. "I'm glad you could make it today."
"Frankly," said General Dawson, "I don't think the same can be said for me. This isn't a friendly visit, Major. Let's get that out of the way right now. The Pentagon has some very serious concerns about the viability and cost-effectiveness of your 'Psychological Operations' department, and you are in here arguing for your project's life. Is that perfectly clear?"
Dawson saw a flash of fire in Malone's eyes, but she didn't even let her smile drop for a second as she said, "Naturally, sir." That fit in with her reputation. According to channels, she kept a very tight grip on herself, didn't let her composure drop even for a second. She made sure that she only showed what she wanted to see, and did her backstabbing quietly. What little backstabbing she did--Malone had a reputation for making more friends than enemies. Even today, on the most important presentation of her career, her uniform was perfectly pressed, not a single auburn hair was out of position, and her smile didn't drop for a second as she brought up the opening slide of her PowerPoint presentation.
'Sex As A Weapon', it read. 'The Future Of Modern Psychological Warfare'. Beneath it was a picture of a soldier on his knees, hands behind his head. Another soldier, this one female, stood next to him, looking down at him with a seductive smile on her face. Her uniform was...definitely non-standard issue, to say the least. It exposed plenty of skin, and even what it didn't expose, it certainly didn't leave to the imagination.
General Dawson snorted derisively. "This is what we came down here for? I can't believe I wasted my--"
"General, if you please." Major Malone's voice was calm and quiet, but she didn't hesitate even slightly about interrupting a two-star general. "I'm aware that my concepts are unorthodox, but every great military strategist was at one time considered unorthodox." She pressed a button on her hand-held remote, and the slide changed. 'Sex Is Powerful', it read. Beneath it, there were a list of bullet points.
Major Malone used the laser pointer in the remote to highlight each one. "Already, gentlemen, every sector of civilian commercial life uses sexual imagery to sell their products. The procreative drive is the most powerful and basic of all human instincts, and sexual pleasure is a strong and highly addictive psychological force. People use sex all the time to get what they want, and in general, what they want to get is more sex. However, in general the technique is used in a non-analytical, undifferentiated fashion."
She clicked on the next slide. "You can see here that the sex drive has the capability to cause extreme and aberrant behavior, even overriding concerns like pain and social mores. The gentleman pictured here would undoubtedly admit that the clamps on his nipples and testicles are very painful, and the ropes have him bound in a position that is both uncomfortable and undignified. And yet, he is clearly deriving great pleasure from the activity, and has entered into it voluntarily." Dawson did his best to look away from the picture, in no small part because the woman doing the binding and clamping was clearly Major Malone herself, and the man she was tying up was the now-retired general who had originally sponsored the program.
And she was nude, too...General Dawson tried not to think of his female subordinates as, well, female, but seeing Major Malone like this made it hard to ignore. Worse yet, when he looked away from the picture, Malone was standing in a way that brought the image of her naked body very clearly to mind...Dawson forced a cough, and stood up. His aide, looking more than a little shell-shocked, copied the gesture. "I think we've seen enough, Major. Whatever your personal interests are, we have no interest in indulging them at taxpayer's expense. Now, if you could--"
"Please, gentlemen," Major Malone said. "Just a few moments more, and I will give you a practical demonstration."
General Dawson glared at her, trying not to notice that she was standing right next to a life-size photo of her own naked body. "Practical demonstration? What, you intend to put on a sex show for your superior officers?"
"Something like that, yes." She clicked on the next slide, and Dawson breathed what he hoped wasn't an obvious sigh of relief. "The fundamental idea is this, gentlemen. Human sexual instincts can be used to condition and alter both thought and behavior. By analyzing the techniques and responses with military precision, and drilling soldiers to seduce with military precision, we can remove enemy units from the battlefield simply by convincing them that surrendering is a 'sexier' option."
That was enough for him. He'd prove Major Malone wrong about being able to influence people with sex, and he'd do it right now. Without speaking a word, General Dawson turned and headed for the door. Suddenly, though, the mirror seemed to become transparent as lights came on in the next room, revealing a woman sitting in a chair, wearing one of the skimpy military outfits from the first slide. "A two-way mirror, gentlemen," Malone said. "I realize you're skeptical of the effectiveness of the techniques, but I guarantee results. This woman here is PFC Tina McGraw, one of the first recruits to my Seduction Brigade. She's already trained with me for several months, and has mastered my techniques." She pressed a button, and a buzzer sounded. Dawson stopped, and reluctantly turned to watch, frowning as he noticed that his aide had been too distracted to follow him out.
Another soldier walked in, this one male and clad in standard fatigues. "Master Sergeant Kevin Doyle, here, has been ordered to open the door and 'kill' the target in the room. He's aware that he's using a paintgun, but has been ordered to keep to military discipline as completely as possible for purposes of the exercise, and treat it as though he were equipped with live rounds." Dawson tore his gaze away from McGraw--he had to admit, the uniforms Major Malone had designed were effective at distracting a man. But he couldn't imagine her "techniques" having more than a momentary effect.
Sure enough, on entering, Doyle brought up the gun and prepared to fire. McGraw looked up at him with large, liquid eyes and fell to her knees in a position of abject helplessness. "Please don't shoot," she said. "I'll do anything..." she gasped out a sob, her breasts heaving. General Dawson sat back down, grateful that the desk covered the lower half of his body. He realized that between Malone's slide show and the girl in the other room, his cock was visibly standing out under his uniform. "Anything."
"Note," Malone said, "how her body language is already having an effect on Doyle. By effectively conveying sexual submission, she has already convinced him to postpone firing. Our recent tests show that even when an enemy soldier is aware that they are being manipulated to this effect, existing social conditioning prevents them from pulling the trigger in 99 percent of all cases. Thus, we expect only a one percent casualty rate in the field. Frankly, it's just hard for a man to deal with a woman who's begging him for sex...except, of course, by having sex with them, which is the intended effect."
Doyle walked over to the kneeling woman, and whispered something in her ear. She responded by clinging to his leg, and looking up at him. "Here, we see how she has positioned himself near his groin. This is a clear sexual invitation, in a situation where one was not expected. This has the effect of confusing Doyle's normal responses, leaving him emotionally vulnerable." General Dawson crossed his legs, a mixture of fury and embarrassment fighting for dominance in his mind. To think that two United States soldiers had been reduced to performing like...like porn stars for their commanding officer!