re: #644 Varek Raith

Why not just chuck rocks at their planets from the safety of deep space?
Why Zerg rush them?
Stoopid humans.

The movie was so far off the book, it’s sad. For one thing, federal service in the books was not strictly military, it was pretty much any sort of job that you’d expect in a federal government, from book-keeping to janitorial. You did your 5 years, you got paid, you got citizenship, and on you went.

Another difference is, in the books, the mobile infantry wore power armor for engagements with the bugs. And there was a lot more liberal use of atomic weapons for clearing out large infestations.