Anyone A Fan Of The Traviss Written Star Wars EU?

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:50 pm

Monroe wrote:I was under the impression he was promoted from captain to general after breaking a seige?

If he was I haven't seen anything on it.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:38 pm

Monroe wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Appointed by, at the time, the number three man in the Empire. She's an admiral...

With the name of a Bond girl.
And the name of a character from VOY

Wait, what character's that?

And now that interrogation of Han in Jedi Search...

"You vill tell us vhat ve vant to know, dahlin!"

And yeah, comparing the Galactic Empire to any Terran Military...

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:27 am

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
And yeah, comparing the Galactic Empire to any Terran Military...

What exactly are we supposed to base our analyisis on?

I still say that the best Sci-Fi military we've seen (in terms of realism) is the USCM from Aliens.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:32 am

Cpl Kendall wrote:What exactly are we supposed to base our analyisis on?

I still say that the best Sci-Fi military we've seen (in terms of realism) is the USCM from Aliens.

Agreed, and agreed.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:54 pm

Cpl Kendall wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
And yeah, comparing the Galactic Empire to any Terran Military...
What exactly are we supposed to base our analyisis on?

I still say that the best Sci-Fi military we've seen (in terms of realism) is the USCM from Aliens.

I'm not really... analyzing it, here.

Post by **Mikey** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:19 am

Cpl Kendall wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
And yeah, comparing the Galactic Empire to any Terran Military...
What exactly are we supposed to base our analyisis on?

I still say that the best Sci-Fi military we've seen (in terms of realism) is the USCM from Aliens.

MI from Starship Troopers - the book, not the film.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:35 am

Mikey wrote:
MI from Starship Troopers - the book, not the film.

It's been decades since I read that one. The Imperial Guard are good (depending on which book you read).