The Terran Federation (starship troopers) aids the rebellion

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The Terran Federation (starship troopers) aids the rebellion

Post by Admiral Breetai » Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:31 am

basically what the title says after the bugs get mopped up the Federation encounters a stable wormhole to the GFFA and begin exploration eventually making peaceful contact with the rebellion.

This is Heinlens novel version

hows this go?

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Re: The Terran Federation (starship troopers) aids the rebel

Post by Khas » Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:23 pm

Galactic Empire gets raped.

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Post by Mike DiCenso » Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:28 pm

Is this the GFFA from the Saxton-authored ICS, or the movie and TCW one? If the latter, the novel TF will stomp the Galactic Empire.
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Post by Admiral Breetai » Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:20 pm

really it's that bad? just what are the novel capabilities?

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Re: The Terran Federation (starship troopers) aids the rebel

Post by Khas » Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:25 pm

Planet-busting bombs, starships that can glass planets for space.

Guys in power-armor that lets them punch through tanks, and armed with machine guns, pulse rifles, flamethrowers, and 2-kiloton nuclear grenades for the ground.

Yeah, the GE gets sodomized by the TF.

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Post by Admiral Breetai » Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:18 pm

Khas wrote:Planet-busting bombs, starships that can glass planets for space.

Guys in power-armor that lets them punch through tanks, and armed with machine guns, pulse rifles, flamethrowers, and 2-kiloton nuclear grenades for the ground.

Yeah, the GE gets sodomized by the TF.
better match up would of been the Dominion? or Klingons?

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Post by Lucky » Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:15 am

Admiral Breetai wrote:
Khas wrote:Planet-busting bombs, starships that can glass planets for space.

Guys in power-armor that lets them punch through tanks, and armed with machine guns, pulse rifles, flamethrowers, and 2-kiloton nuclear grenades for the ground.

Yeah, the GE gets sodomized by the TF.
better match up would of been the Dominion? or Klingons?
Not really, you want a setting that uses lots of power armor like Rifts/Phase World, or 40K I think.

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Re: The Terran Federation (starship troopers) aids the rebel

Post by mojo » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:34 am

wait a second. bree, are you saying you never read 'starship troopers'? dude, it's like a hundred pages long! it takes an hour, tops, and it's absolute class. for the love of god, go and read it. have you read any heinlein at all?

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Post by mojo » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:35 am

i will literally mail you a copy of this book. im me your address.

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Post by Mike DiCenso » Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:21 pm

Lucky wrote: better match up would of been the Dominion? or Klingons?
Not really, you want a setting that uses lots of power armor like Rifts/Phase World, or 40K I think.[/quote]

Powered armor or humanoid robots and more also exist in Star Trek ground combat:

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This is from DS9's "Business as Usual", and it's where we also see the Breen CRM-114 that can cut through armor, and through 4.6 gigajoule force fields.
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Re: The Terran Federation (starship troopers) aids the rebel

Post by Admiral Breetai » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:35 pm

mojo wrote:wait a second. bree, are you saying you never read 'starship troopers'? dude, it's like a hundred pages long! it takes an hour, tops, and it's absolute class. for the love of god, go and read it. have you read any heinlein at all?
I have read nothing of the man sadly..I need to though

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Re: The Terran Federation (starship troopers) aids the rebel

Post by Mike DiCenso » Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:15 am

Heinlen's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is a good one, if you want to read a decent story dealing with the benefits of a frontier-style anarco-libertarian society versus a more authoritarian and (possibly) socialist one.
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Re: The Terran Federation (starship troopers) aids the rebel

Post by mojo » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:23 am

LMAO
no offense, honest to god, but jesus! i would love, just once, to hear someone ask for something that niche.

'hey guys, can anyone recommend a decent story dealing with the benefits of a frontier-style anarco-libertarian society versus a more authoritarian and (possibly) socialist one? thanks.'

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Re: The Terran Federation (starship troopers) aids the rebel

Post by mojo » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:26 am

personally i think everything heinlein ever wrote is worth reading, at least for the odd flavor and amusement factor. i've never been bored by a heinlein story.

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Re: The Terran Federation (starship troopers) aids the rebel

Post by Mike DiCenso » Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:28 am

mojo wrote:LMAO
no offense, honest to god, but jesus! i would love, just once, to hear someone ask for something that niche.

'hey guys, can anyone recommend a decent story dealing with the benefits of a frontier-style anarcho-libertarian society versus a more authoritarian and (possibly) socialist one? thanks.'
No, if I wanted something really niche, I'd have recommended something else instead, like "Escape from Terra". Pretty much an anarcho-capitalist porn webcomic. Or to think of it another way, imagine if Jack Chick was a hard-core anarcho-capitalist instead of a Fundamentalist Christian who decided to draw a tract for that sort of crowd.

That's Sandy Sandfort.
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