Military science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction for which the principal characters are members of a military service and an armed conflict is occurring, often in space or on a planet other than Earth [excerpted from Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_scifi).
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Did Heinlein invent the term “boot-chevrons” or did an actual military use it?
In Starship Troopers the recruits that are given leadership positions in boot camp are said to have boot chevrons. I've never seen the term used elsewhere until I read the Starship Trooper-esque A ...
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Why did the Military get over-run in the walking dead. Will the show or comic book series ever explain the logistics [duplicate]
I have been very curious as to how the military gets overrun by Zombies in the television series the walking dead. I have read several answers that point out that armies are not designed for fighting ...
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Could Vader really have crushed the Rebels on Hoth?
In the chat room, Gilles linked to a very interesting article about the military shortcomings of the Empire's strategic decisions when attacking the rebel base on Hoth.
It points out (correctly) that ...
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What's the name of a book about super endurance through relaxation?
I'm trying to remember the name of the book which is about a military commander who has found a way to push the limits of human endurance by completely relaxing his body. From what I can remember, his ...
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Military Sci-fi story Identification: Soldier gets bone implants, can't retire, fights on through the pain
A futuristic soldier's abilities are augmentated through surgery to his bones and he becomes a super soldier. He's not the only one. After he leaves the military, he becomes some sort of Policeman. ...
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Short story about alien military telepathy?
I am trying to find a short story that I read in my youth. I unfortunately can't remember anything of the title. I thought it had been written by Arthur C. Clarke, but a search of his short stories ...
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Excluding laser beams, what is the first instance of an idea from military science fiction that became a military fact?
In 1898's "War of the Worlds", heat rays(lasers?) were science fiction. Now military lasers are science facts. Is there a science fiction idea that turned into an actual military weapon/vehicle ...
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The Stormtroopers know who to take orders from. Are there ways that Star Wars movie fans can tell the difference in their rank?
The Imperial Stormtroopers must know who their leaders are so they know their place in the hierarchy. How is it displayed? Is it possible for movie fans to tell the ranks of the armored Stormtroopers, ...
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Were there military personnel / branches of service in Federation aside from StarFleet?
It seems to me that from all I've seen of various Star Trek shows, Federation (or Earth) does not seem to have ANY combat military personnel/branches aside from Space Navy (aka StarFleet). No Marines ...
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Trying to identify name of 1970s(?) space-opera novel
Forgive me, my memories of this book are pretty hazy and may not be enough to go on. It was a novel I read as a kid sometime in the 1980s; I'm guessing it was published in the 1970s as I vaguely ...
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“not a vengeance party” scene
I think this scene was from a military sf or fantasy book, but I can't place it.
Commander: Well, you've seen what they did to [men's names]. How many of you want a chance to get back at the sons ...
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Novel about space marine dealing with relativity?
I read half a book in a library a while ago that followed a guy from the first set of marines to actually go fight. They have gel-pod-beds to survive accelerations in space. after the first mission, ...
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Scifi novel with extremely slow motion space battles
I'd like to remember the name of a scifi novel that had a strong military theme with lots of political intrigue where the space battles were fought in slow motion due to some limitation of the ships ...
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Military sci-fi ID
I've been trying to identify several series of military sci-fi that I read in the early 90's. I've had more luck remembering details of some than others.
For this particular series, the only details ...
