<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=124663.msg5679641#msg5679641">Quote from: Chrystal on 05-01-2012, 19:15:10</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">As this is based upon the Starship Troopers Dystopia, the general idea is that the word is run by the military...<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Well, we have already mentioned we have an "empire" for a government, so clearly there aren't any elections going on save possibily at a local level.<br/><br/>Also, as much as I loved the book starship troppers for the interesting setting and characters the whole proto-fascist government was both incredibly disturbing and unreaslistic. The idea that someone who has experienced the whole "espirit de corps" thing will magically go on to be less selfish outside the military is pretty absurd, as that feeling only applies to the people who were actually in your unit and no one else. It's disturbing primarily because the author actually seems to think it's a good idea--every character in the book who disagrees with it is painted as some kind of moron. He also assumes there would be little corruption in that form of government, which is unwarranted to say the least! Then there's the part where he basically stops the story to explain that "not hitting your kids" and "hitting your kids too much" are both dangerous extremes between some golden mean of abuse...  ::) As if there were no other forms of punishment available. The guy was an excellent writer in terms of storytelling but his views were kind of messed up.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So, Kerry is smart, she's a vet. She knows the score. She knows that if the troop ships are under attack, it means things are not going well... Her main purpose, though, is to stay alive and keep her men alive, in order to be able to accomplish the mission, and survive to accomplish the next mission.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I assume even someone who was completely green would be aware of that so long as they had some basic knowledge of military tactics and operations. The real question none of our characters know is, is the fleet taking the battle to the enemy now, or is it just getting overwhelmed and annihilated ship by ship?