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* ZergRush: Attempted this to ''disastrous'' effect in the infamous Battle of Klendathu. Instead of employing any proper strategy or deploying proper air support, the Mobile Infantry just funneled hundreds of thousands of troopers onto the surface, thinking that would be enough. Unfortunately for them, not only are the Bugs smarter than the Federation bothered to conceive, they're also ''far'' more numerous and tough. The invasion quickly turns into a full-blown route with over a 100,000 casualties in the ''[[EpicFail first hour alone]]''.

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* ZergRush: Attempted this to ''disastrous'' effect in the infamous Battle of Klendathu. Instead of employing any proper strategy or deploying proper air support, the Mobile Infantry just funneled hundreds of thousands of troopers onto the surface, thinking that would be enough. Unfortunately for them, not only are the Bugs smarter than the Federation bothered to conceive, they're also ''far'' more numerous and tough. The invasion quickly turns into a full-blown route rout with over a 100,000 casualties in the ''[[EpicFail first hour alone]]''.
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* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: He can easily beat up his trainees.
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* PoweredArmor: Featured prominently in the novel and the anime series, and the reason why they are known as the "''Mobile'' Infantry". The films don't feature them until ''Marauder'', where they blur the line between this and MiniMecha. Starting with the animated film ''Invasion'', however, the Mobile Infantry has made powered exoskeleton armor a standard part of their kit, with the larger and more heavily armed "Marauder" suits reserved for proven soldiers like Rico.
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* CharacterCatchphrase: "C'mon, you apes! You want to live forever?!" The line was first spoken by Lt. Rasczak, and Rico adopts it after he is placed in command of the Roughnecks. In each of his subsequent appearances in the films, [[OncePerEpisode he says it at least once]] [[DareToBeBadass to rally his men]].
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* TheAce: Rico is damn near good at everything he does. The guy has some serious talent as a soldier and not only that he's really smart in combat strategy as shown when he's able to beat an opposing team and take up leadership when he needs to. (This is arguably subverted, as one of his first acts as a squad leader is to tell one of his men to remove his helmet ''in the middle of a live-fire exercise'', with predictable results, and he never displays any great knowledge of tactics or strategy, only getting promoted because everyone above him keeps dying.)

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* TheAce: Rico is damn near good at everything he does. The guy [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. He's not a bad solider, and has some serious talent several genuine badass moments, such as his single-handed takedown of a soldier and not only that he's really smart in combat strategy as shown when he's able to beat an opposing team and take up leadership when he needs to. (This is arguably subverted, as tanker, but one of his first acts as a squad leader is to tell one of his men to remove his helmet ''in the middle of a live-fire exercise'', with predictable results, and he never displays any great knowledge of tactics or strategy, only getting promoted because everyone above him keeps dying.)
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They can't be Always Chaotic Evil and Ambiguously Evil - those tropes don't overlap.


* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Although it's deliberately left unclear whether the Bugs started the war or if the humans did, they are absolutely merciless in battle and kill the humans without restraint.
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* AllAsiansKnowKarate: In the novel, he was able to defeat Sergeant Zim in hand to hand combat.

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* AllAsiansKnowKarate: AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: In the novel, he was able to defeat Sergeant Zim in hand to hand combat.

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