Re: Starship Trooper Preview 2

At 9:47 AM -0400 7/14/97, Joachim Heck - SunSoft wrote:
>Chris McCurry writes:
>
>@:) >>I'd love to see them do _The Forever War_ as a film,
>@:)
>@:) This is a great book and for anyone who hasn't read, you should.
>@:)
>@:) This would also be a good story to re-inact in dirt side II.
>
>  Forever War... (Yawn).  I'll take Armor, please.  Forget all those
>high morals, forget even the "big picture".  Who needs it?  Let's all
>just face it - what we really want is guys in armored suits killing
>bugs.	And bugs killing guys in armored suits.  Armor's got all that
>plus nuclear-powered suicide so what more could you ask for?
>
>-joachim

Armor has a bit more going for it that just bugs/suits killing
suits/bugs. I've long considered it to be more about psychological
armor than about powered combat armor.

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