* In AndreyLivadny's ''TheHistoryOfTheGalaxy'' series, standard treaded or wheeled vehicles are considered vastly inferior to HumongousMecha/[[RealRobotGenre Real Robot]]s. The first time this is proven true is at the very start of the [[TheWarOfEarthlyAggression First Galactic War]], when the [[TheEmpire Earth Alliance]] fleet attempts to invade Dabog, its own LostColony. However, since Dabog has a bit of a {{Deathworld}} feel to it, the early colonists had to struggle and innovate in order to beat the environment and terraform the planet. Specifically, the big threat are giant dinosaur-like lizards and swamps that make traditional vehicles useless. Instead, they studied the lizards' leg joints and based their walker vehicles on them. They proved superior to the Alliance invasion forces due to their maneuverability and ability to cross any terrain, even when piloted by farmers. After the Alliance nuked Dabog, it learned its lesson and replaced most of its treaded/wheeled tanks with HumongousMecha based on Dabogan designs. The [[LaResistance Free Colonies]] followed suit. Centuries later, Combat Planetary Machines (i.e. traditional vehicles) are only useful as troop transports, if that.

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* In AndreyLivadny's ''TheHistoryOfTheGalaxy'' series, standard treaded or wheeled vehicles are considered vastly inferior to HumongousMecha/[[RealRobotGenre Real Robot]]s. The first time this is proven true is at the very start of the [[TheWarOfEarthlyAggression First Galactic War]], when the [[TheEmpire Earth Alliance]] fleet attempts to invade Dabog, its own LostColony. However, since Dabog has a bit of a {{Deathworld}} feel to it, the early colonists had to struggle and innovate in order to beat the environment and terraform the planet. Specifically, the big threat are giant dinosaur-like lizards and swamps that make traditional vehicles useless. Instead, they studied the lizards' leg joints and based their walker vehicles on them. They proved superior to the Alliance invasion forces due to their maneuverability and ability to cross any terrain, even when piloted by farmers. After the Alliance fleet nuked Dabog (because they actually managed to fight off the invading troops), it learned its lesson and replaced most of its treaded/wheeled tanks with HumongousMecha based on Dabogan designs. The [[LaResistance Free Colonies]] followed suit. Centuries later, Combat Planetary Machines (i.e. traditional vehicles) are only useful as troop transports, if that.

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