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Author: Chabal2

Jan 24th 2012 at 3:23:03 AM

* Warhammer40K:
** The minimal requirements to play a game are two units of troops and the HQ. Meaning you have Imperial Guard generals directing operations from the field rather than in a fortified bunker miles away. 
*** Taken even further in DawnOfWar, where the command squad is the Guard's only melee unit until they finally upgrade to the final tier. Meaning the general and his retinue take on everything the other factions throw at them, from armored (or unarmored but huge) {{Blood Knight}}s to 
** GauntsGhosts has Colonel-Commissar Gaunt leading large-scale operations from the front, given the rank of colonel to facilitate the parperwork.
** Tau Ethereals are considered nearly godlike by the lower castes, with the Tau being physically incapable of disobeying their orders,[[KeystoneArmy conferring bonuses but huge drawbacks if they die]], and yet are often seen deployed into battle. Which is why it's especially hilarious in DawnOfWar to see them charging headlong into melee.
* Averted in ArtemisFowl: Commander Root is technically too high up to participate in field actions, but quickly reactivates himself when the situation calls for it (he has quite a bit of influence with the commanding officer).
* BuckDanny: The other characters note that Buck should be a general by now (the series has such a bad case of ComicBookTime that pilots who joined for WorldWar2 are still the same age and flying to this day), though he remains a colonel so he can still fly missions.