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| 5 | [[caption-width-right:300:Making the galaxy safe for humanity. One planet at a time. ]] |
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| 7 | Military Science Fiction is a subgenre of both ScienceFiction and [[MilitaryAndWarfareTropes Military Fiction]], commonly sliding into the SpaceOpera territory. At its most basic, Military Science Fiction is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Science Fiction that focuses on the military]], but the genre has more specific nuances than that. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | TheProtagonist in this genre is normally part of the [[UsefulNotes/CommonRanks chain of command]] (or [[FieldPromotion becomes part of it in progress]]), while an ensemble cast is TheSquad. The story is usually set against the backdrop of a large-scale (space) war but war is optional. Instead, the story may focus on a SpaceCadetAcademy or a beleaguered garrison on a BleakBorderBase. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | The ScienceFiction part mostly manifests in futuristic weaponry and vehicles (first of all, {{Cool Starship}}s), while the organization structure is mostly based upon contemporary [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks US]] or [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Commonwealth military]]. It should come as no surprise that a high percentage of MSF writers are military veterans. The important role of veterans in writing serious MSF explains why MSF differs from SpaceOpera, even those Space Operas that focus on huge intergalactic wars. Whereas MSF tends to have a more accurate depiction of military chains of command and strategic doctrine, in Space Opera, the depiction of battles tends to be more about visually exciting {{spectacle}} and RuleOfCool. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Often, writers cheat a little by having a MildlyMilitary organization instead of realistic military for the sake of good story. One particular subgenre of MSF in VideoGames is ASpaceMarineIsYou. Another that's especially particular (but by no means exclusive) to anime is the RealRobotGenre. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | The acronym MSF may also refer to [[MundaneDogmatic Mundane Science Fiction]], a generally unrelated genre of sci fi. |
| 16 | ---- |
| 17 | !!Tropes commonly used in MSF (in addition to most MilitaryAndWarfareTropes): |
| 18 | [[index]] |
| 19 | * AirborneAircraftCarrier |
| 20 | * AirJousting |
| 21 | * AlienInvasion |
| 22 | * ApocalypseHow |
| 23 | * ArmCannon |
| 24 | * AttackDrone (rapidly becoming TruthInTelevision) |
| 25 | * BleakBorderBase (if on another planet or moon) |
| 26 | * BoardingParty |
| 27 | * BoardingPod |
| 28 | * TheBrigadier |
| 29 | * BugWar |
| 30 | * CloneArmy |
| 31 | * DeathRay |
| 32 | * DropPod |
| 33 | * DropShip |
| 34 | * EarthShatteringKaboom |
| 35 | * EscapePod |
| 36 | * ExposedStarshipBridge |
| 37 | * ForgottenSuperweapon |
| 38 | * GalacticConqueror |
| 39 | * HumansAreWarriors |
| 40 | * HumongousMecha |
| 41 | * HyperspaceArsenal |
| 42 | * KillerRobot |
| 43 | * KillSat |
| 44 | * KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter |
| 45 | * MagneticWeapons |
| 46 | * AMechByAnyOtherName |
| 47 | * MilitarySuperhero |
| 48 | * MiniMecha |
| 49 | * NukeEm |
| 50 | * YeOldeNuclearSilo |
| 51 | * PersonOfMassDestruction |
| 52 | * PlanetBaron |
| 53 | * PlasmaCannon |
| 54 | * PowerHarness |
| 55 | * PoweredArmor |
| 56 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy |
| 57 | * PuttingOnTheReich |
| 58 | * RealRobotGenre |
| 59 | * RobotSoldier |
| 60 | * RobotWar |
| 61 | * RockBeatsLaser |
| 62 | * SapientTank |
| 63 | * ScientistVsSoldier |
| 64 | * SovietSuperscience |
| 65 | * SpaceBattle |
| 66 | * SpaceCadet |
| 67 | * SpaceCadetAcademy |
| 68 | * SpaceFighter |
| 69 | * SpaceMarine |
| 70 | * ASpaceMarineIsYou |
| 71 | * SpaceNavy |
| 72 | * SpiderTank |
| 73 | * StandardSciFiArmy |
| 74 | * StandardSciFiFleet |
| 75 | * StandardStarshipScuffle |
| 76 | * StupidJetpackHitler |
| 77 | * SuperRobotGenre |
| 78 | * SuperSoldier |
| 79 | * WarFromAnotherWorld |
| 80 | * TheWarOfEarthlyAggression |
| 81 | [[/index]] |
| 82 | ---- |
| 83 | !!Works with notable Military Science Fiction elements include: |
| 84 | [[index]] |
| 85 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 86 | |
| 87 | [[folder:Multimedia Franchises]] |
| 88 | * The ''[[Franchise/AlienVsPredator Alien/Predator/AVP]]'' franchise(s) sometimes flirt with military science fiction, depending on the movie or work. |
| 89 | ** Although the ''{{Franchise/Alien}}'' series '''never''' involves warfare in its storyline at all, as they are more like [[SciFiHorror monster movies set in outer space]]; however soldiers still end up serving as major characters in a few installments anyways. |
| 90 | *** ''{{Film/Aliens}}'' started the trend, with SpaceMarines (a very iconic fixture of military sci-fi) showing up to try and fight the titular Alien monsters. |
| 91 | *** ''Film/AlienResurrection'' takes place on a secret military research station orbiting over Earth. |
| 92 | *** ''VideoGame/Alien3TheGun'' |
| 93 | *** ''VideoGame/AliensExtermination'' |
| 94 | *** ''VideoGame/AliensArmageddon'' |
| 95 | *** ''VideoGame/AlienBlackout'' |
| 96 | *** ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines'' |
| 97 | *** ''VideoGame/AliensDarkDescent'' |
| 98 | *** ''VideoGame/AliensFireteamElite'' |
| 99 | *** ''VideoGame/AliensInfestation'' |
| 100 | *** ''VideoGame/AlienTrilogy'' |
| 101 | * ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', in the human side of the story |
| 102 | ** ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'' |
| 103 | ** "VideoGame/AvatarFrontiersOfPandora" |
| 104 | ** Meanwhile the ''{{Franchise/Predator}}'' series is much more consistently militaristic, with the protagonists in all but [[Film/Predator2 the second movie]] consisting mostly of experienced soldiers who are pitted in combat against the titular Predators, who are [[ProudWarriorRace deadly alien warriors]] that [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame enjoy hunting and killing other warriors]]. |
| 105 | *** ''{{Film/Predator}}'' |
| 106 | *** ''{{Film/Predators}}'' |
| 107 | *** ''Film/ThePredator'' |
| 108 | * The ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' franchise incorporates both military and sci-fi elements in its Assassin-Templar conflict storyline. The past segments usually have plots related to conflicts or other military-related events such as the [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Third Crusade]] and the [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey Peloponnesian War]] with Isu technology and temples scattered throughout the world. The present segments also incorporate sci-fi elements as well with the protagonist reliving the lives of an Assassin inside the Animus, a virtual reality machine developed by the Templar-run Abstergo Industries. |
| 109 | * ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' |
| 110 | * ''Franchise/GIJoe'' |
| 111 | * ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', pretty much every incarnation of it, except ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'', ''Anime/ModelSuitGunplaBuildersBeginningG'', and ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters''. |
| 112 | * The whole ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' franchise revolves around a galactic war between humans and aliens in the distant future. |
| 113 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'' |
| 114 | * ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' |
| 115 | * ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' and her various spinoffs and adaptations, such as [[Film/SpaceBattleshipYamato the live action movie]] and ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199''. |
| 116 | * ''Franchise/StargateVerse'' |
| 117 | ** ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' |
| 118 | ** ''Series/StargateSG1'' |
| 119 | *** ''Film/StargateTheArkOfTruth'' |
| 120 | *** ''Film/StargateContinuum'' |
| 121 | ** ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' |
| 122 | ** ''Series/StargateUniverse'' |
| 123 | * ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'' |
| 124 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'' drifts in and out of the subgenre; later entries in the franchise tend to make it more explicitly military, a tendency which [[Creator/GeneRoddenberry its original creator]] violently opposed. |
| 125 | ** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is the most militaristic canon series. |
| 126 | ** ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' is ''very'' militaristic, so much so that it took fan outcry to get the developers to patch diplomatic solutions into missions. |
| 127 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'' is obviously this; [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin just as the title suggests]], it's mostly about epic warfare in space. Many main characters are soldiers, diplomats, or both, and much attention is given to extensive battle scenes in all ''Star Wars'' movies and most other works. |
| 128 | * The ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' franchise's backstory involves a post-apocalyptic future conflict, in which [[BigBad Skynet]] ([[AIIsACrapshoot a rogue military computer network]]) triggered a [[WorldWarIII global nuclear war]] to destroy human civilization, and then deploys an army of {{killer robot}}s in a genocidal war to exterminate the last human survivors. Skynet and the [[LaResistance Human Resistance]] then both make frequent use of {{time travel}} in efforts to change the pre-war past (and thus the outcome of the future war). |
| 129 | * ''Franchise/WingCommander'', particularly [[Literature/WingCommander the novels by William Forstchen]], and ''WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy''. |
| 130 | [[/folder]] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 133 | * ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' |
| 134 | * ''Anime/AmaimWarriorAtTheBorderline'' |
| 135 | ** ''Anime/AmaimWarriorAtTheBorderlineUltraSteelOgreGear'' |
| 136 | * ''Anime/ArgentoSoma'' |
| 137 | * ''Anime/{{Argevollen}}'' |
| 138 | * ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVotoms'' |
| 139 | * ''Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel'' |
| 140 | * ''Anime/AssaultLilyBouquet'' |
| 141 | * ''Anime/BlueSubmarineNo6'' |
| 142 | * ''Anime/{{Flag}}'' |
| 143 | * ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' |
| 144 | ** ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' |
| 145 | ** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' |
| 146 | ** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellArise'' |
| 147 | ** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellSAC2045'' |
| 148 | * ''Manga/{{Grey}}'' |
| 149 | * ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'' |
| 150 | * ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' |
| 151 | ** ''Anime/GundamEvolve'' |
| 152 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' |
| 153 | ** ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin'' |
| 154 | ** ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamThunderbolt'' |
| 155 | ** ''Literature/MobileSuitGundamTwilightAXIS'' |
| 156 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' |
| 157 | ** ''Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer'' |
| 158 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'' |
| 159 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'' |
| 160 | ** ''Manga/MobileSuitGundam0083Rebellion'' |
| 161 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'' |
| 162 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' |
| 163 | ** ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamEcoleDuCiel'' |
| 164 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91'' |
| 165 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamMSIGLOO'' |
| 166 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' |
| 167 | ** ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray'' |
| 168 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' |
| 169 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDFreedom'' |
| 170 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'' |
| 171 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' |
| 172 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' |
| 173 | *** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'' |
| 174 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' |
| 175 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam'' |
| 176 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' |
| 177 | ** ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' |
| 178 | ** ''Manga/GundamSentinel'' |
| 179 | ** ''Literature/MobileSuitGundamHathawaysFlash'' |
| 180 | ** ''Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam'' |
| 181 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' |
| 182 | * ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' |
| 183 | * ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', which takes the franchise's ''Gundam'' influences to its logical conclusion as the title character grows up to become a captain in Mid-Childa's military. |
| 184 | * ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' |
| 185 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', though less so when the AlienInvasion premise began to play second fiddle to the psychology and introspection. |
| 186 | * ''Manga/RedEyes'' |
| 187 | * ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' |
| 188 | * ''Anime/RobotechIITheSentinels'' |
| 189 | * ''Anime/ScarletNexus'' |
| 190 | * ''Anime/STRAINStrategicArmoredInfantry'' |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 194 | * ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' |
| 195 | * ''ComicBook/DeffSkwadron'' |
| 196 | * ''ComicBook/RogueTrooper'' |
| 197 | * ''ComicBook/TankVixens'' |
| 198 | * ''ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron'' |
| 199 | [[/folder]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 202 | * ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'' |
| 203 | * ''Manga/Evangelion303'' |
| 204 | * ''Fanfic/FromHarvestToTheArk'' |
| 205 | * ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'' |
| 206 | * ''Fanfic/ToTheStars'' |
| 207 | * ''Fanfic/HuntersOfDeath'' |
| 208 | * ''WebAnimation/StarWarsRicosBrigade'' |
| 209 | * ''Fanfic/ThePriceOfFlight'' [[note]]A steampunk/fantasy SF variant[[/note]] |
| 210 | * ''Fanfic/ThroughATemple'' |
| 211 | * ''Fanfic/TiberiumWars'' |
| 212 | * ''Fanfic/UnitedWeStand'' |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Film -- Animated]] |
| 216 | * ''Anime/FutureWar198X'' |
| 217 | * ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' |
| 218 | ** ''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995'' |
| 219 | ** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplexSolidStateSociety'' |
| 220 | * ''Anime/PsychoPassTheMovie'' |
| 221 | ** ''Anime/PsychoPassSinnersOfTheSystem'' |
| 222 | ** ''Anime/PsychoPass3FirstInspector'' |
| 223 | ** ''Anime/PsychoPassProvidence'' |
| 224 | * ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' |
| 225 | [[/folder]] |
| 226 | |
| 227 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 228 | * ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' |
| 229 | * ''Film/BattleLosAngeles'' |
| 230 | * ''Film/TheCreator2023'' |
| 231 | * ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' |
| 232 | * ''Film/GhostInTheShell2017'' |
| 233 | * ''Film/TheGladiators'' |
| 234 | * ''Film/IndependenceDay'' |
| 235 | ** ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'' |
| 236 | * ''Film/ManOfSteel'' |
| 237 | * ''Film/OutsideTheWire'' |
| 238 | * ''Film/{{Robowar}}'' |
| 239 | * ''Film/SleepDealer'' |
| 240 | * ''Film/{{Soldier}}'' |
| 241 | * ''Film/{{Spectral}}'' |
| 242 | * ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' |
| 243 | * ''Film/TheTomorrowWar'' |
| 244 | * ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' |
| 245 | * ''Film/UniversalSoldier'' |
| 246 | ** ''Film/UniversalSoldier1992'' |
| 247 | ** ''Film/UniversalSoldierTheReturn'' |
| 248 | ** ''Film/UniversalSoldierRegeneration'' |
| 249 | ** ''Film/UniversalSoldierDayOfReckoning'' |
| 250 | * ''Film/WarDog'' |
| 251 | [[/folder]] |
| 252 | |
| 253 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 254 | * ''Literature/EightySixEightySix'' |
| 255 | * ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfStefonRudel'' |
| 256 | * ''Literature/Aeon14'' by M.D. Cooper |
| 257 | * ''Literature/AlexisCarew'' by J.A. Sutherland |
| 258 | * ''Literature/AllYouNeedIsKill'' |
| 259 | * ''Literature/{{Antares}}'' by Michael [=McCollum=] |
| 260 | * ''Literature/Area51'' by Bob Mayer |
| 261 | * ''Literature/{{Armor}}'' by Creator/JohnSteakley |
| 262 | * ''Literature/AshesOfEmpire'' series, but Eric Thomson. |
| 263 | * ''Literature/BallLightning'' |
| 264 | * ''Literature/{{Bolo}}'' series, originally by Creator/KeithLaumer |
| 265 | * Literature/CastleFederation by Glynn Stewart |
| 266 | * The ''Literature/ChildeCycle'' by Creator/GordonRDickson, notably ''Dorsai!'' and ''Tactics of Mistake''. |
| 267 | * ''Literature/{{Cilva}}'' |
| 268 | * The ''Literature/CoDominium'' series is the best-known of Creator/JerryPournelle's works, but is hardly the only example of the exquisitely [[ShownTheirWork well-researched]] military SF he writes. His bibliography also includes the lesser-known but no-less loved ''Janissaries'' series, co-authored with Roland Green. |
| 269 | * ''Literature/TheCobraTrilogy'' |
| 270 | * ''Literature/CombatantsWillBeDispatched'' |
| 271 | * ''Literature/ConfederationOfValor'' by Creator/TanyaHuff. |
| 272 | * ''Literature/TheConquerorsTrilogy''. |
| 273 | * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfOldGuy'' features a society of intelligent super-tanks a la 'Literature/{{Bolo}}'' and the adventures of one amongst their number, [[MeaningfulName "Old Guy"]]. |
| 274 | * Creator/DavidDrake does quite a bit of [=MilSF=]. Like with Ringo, below, he's also written in the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series (Drake's Honorverse short story "A Grand Tour" influenced what became the ''Literature/{{RCN}}'' series, with [[TheCaptain the dashing Captain]] and his [[BadassBookworm librarian from Hell]] friend/sidekick as the primary focus). Notable Drake series (an incomplete listing): |
| 275 | ** ''Literature/BelisariusSeries''. |
| 276 | ** ''Literature/TheCitizenSeries'', with John Lambshead |
| 277 | ** ''Literature/TheGeneralSeries'' |
| 278 | ** ''Literature/HammersSlammers'' |
| 279 | ** ''Literature/RanksOfBronze'' |
| 280 | ** ''Literature/{{RCN}}'' |
| 281 | ** ''Literature/{{Redliners}}'' |
| 282 | * ''Literature/CombatKSeries'' |
| 283 | * ''Literature/DeathsHead'' series by David Gunn |
| 284 | * ''Literature/DemonFour'' |
| 285 | * ''Literature/DirigentMercenaryCorps'' by Rick Shelley |
| 286 | * ''Literature/TheDragonNeverSleeps'' by Creator/GlenCook |
| 287 | * ''Literature/DreadEmpiresFall'' Trilogy, by Creator/WalterJonWilliams |
| 288 | * ''{{Literature/Embedded}}'', by Creator/DanAbnett |
| 289 | * ''Literature/TheEmberWarSaga'' by Richard Fox |
| 290 | * ''Literature/EncryptionStraffe'' |
| 291 | * ''Literature/EndersGame'', by Creator/OrsonScottCard |
| 292 | * ''Literature/ExpeditionaryForce'' |
| 293 | * ''Literature/TheExtinctionCycle'' by Creator/NicholasSansburySmith |
| 294 | * ''Literature/FirstColony'' |
| 295 | * ''Literature/TheFlightEngineer'' |
| 296 | * ''Literature/TheForeverWar'' |
| 297 | * ''Literature/TheFourHorsemenUniverse'' |
| 298 | * ''Literature/{{Frontlines}}'' |
| 299 | * ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' |
| 300 | ** ''Literature/FullMetalPanicAnother'' |
| 301 | * ''Literature/GalacticMarines'' series |
| 302 | * The ''Literature/GalaxyOnFire'' series, by Joe Kassabian: |
| 303 | ** ''Literature/CitizenOfEarth'' |
| 304 | ** ''Literature/TheGreatTraitor'' |
| 305 | * ''Literature/TheGenesisFleet'' |
| 306 | * ''Literature/GenocidalOrgan'' |
| 307 | * ''Literature/HeavyObject'' |
| 308 | * ''Literature/{{Hellburner}}'' by Creator/CJCherryh focuses on a moderately realistic SpaceFighter and its crew. |
| 309 | * ''Literature/TheHelmsmanSaga''. |
| 310 | * ''Literature/HereBeDragons'' by Craig Alan |
| 311 | * ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTheGalaxy'' series by Creator/AndreyLivadny. Most books deal with fights between human governments, factions, corporations as well as against aliens. Most protagonists tend to be members of the military (usually the Confederate fleet). |
| 312 | * ''Literature/InterstellarGunrunner'' |
| 313 | * ''Literature/KnownSpace'': The ''Man-Kzin Wars'' series. |
| 314 | * ''Literature/KrisLongknife'' series by Mike Shepherd |
| 315 | * Creator/TomKratman's [=MilSF=] works, in addition to his work in ''Literature/LegacyOfTheAldenata'': |
| 316 | ** ''Literature/{{Caliphate}}'' |
| 317 | ** ''Literature/CarrerasLegions'' |
| 318 | * The ''{{Literature/Lacuna}}'' series by David Adams is basically this. |
| 319 | * The Literature/{{Lensman}} series, by Creator/EEDocSmith, is mostly about the adventures of individual Lensmen, but it also features major military actions involving enormous starship formations (usually laden with an overexuberant description of the scale of energies being hurled back-and-forth). |
| 320 | * ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'' |
| 321 | * ''Literature/TheLastHunter'' by JN Chaney and Terry Mixon |
| 322 | * ''Literature/TheLostFleet'' series |
| 323 | * ''Literature/LucifersStar'' by Creator/CTPhipps combines this with SpaceOpera -- a story of TheEmpire's best pilot after his side loses. |
| 324 | * ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'' |
| 325 | * ''Literature/TheMakoSaga'' |
| 326 | * ''Literature/MuvLuvAlternativeTotalEclipse'' |
| 327 | * ''Literature/TheNamelessWar'' trilogy by Edmond Barrett |
| 328 | * ''Literature/NewKashubiaSeries'' |
| 329 | * Christopher Nuttall: |
| 330 | ** ''Literature/AngelInTheWhirlwind'' |
| 331 | ** ''Literature/ArkRoyal'' |
| 332 | ** ''Literature/TheEmpiresCorps'' |
| 333 | * ''Literature/TheOccupationSaga'': A PornWithPlot WorkCom starring a human from VichyEarth who is conscripted into the occupying aliens' SpaceMarine corps. |
| 334 | * ''Literature/OldMansWar'' |
| 335 | * ''Literature/TheOsmerianConflict'' |
| 336 | * ''Literature/PoorMansFight'' |
| 337 | * ''Literature/PrimitiveWar'' |
| 338 | * ''Literature/RebuildWorld'', featuring PrivateMilitaryContractors called "Hunters" in a {{Cyberpunk}} setting. |
| 339 | * ''Literature/RememberToAlwaysBeBrave'' |
| 340 | * ''Literature/ResidentEvil'' |
| 341 | * Creator/JohnRingo's writing currently spans multiple genres, but he started his literary career writing Military Science Fiction. The [=MilSF=] works: |
| 342 | ** ''Literature/CouncilWars'' |
| 343 | ** ''Literature/IntoTheLookingGlass'' |
| 344 | ** ''Literature/PrinceRoger'' series (aka ''Empire of Man'', co-written with Creator/DavidWeber) |
| 345 | ** ''Literature/LegacyOfTheAldenata'' |
| 346 | ** ''Literature/TroyRising'' |
| 347 | * ''Literature/{{Schwarzesmarken}}'' |
| 348 | * ''Literature/SeafortSaga'' |
| 349 | * ''Literature/ShadowOps'' |
| 350 | * ''Literature/SiobhanDunmoore'' |
| 351 | * ''Literature/SixthColumn'' |
| 352 | * ''Literature/SpaceAcademy'' by Creator/CTPhipps is an AffectionateParody of SpaceOpera and MilitaryScienceFiction with a RagtagBandOfMisfits In Space. |
| 353 | * ''Literature/SpaceForce2018'' by Jeremy Robinson is an AffectionateParody of big budget AmericaSavesTheDay movies. |
| 354 | * ''Literature/SpotsTheSpaceMarine'' |
| 355 | * ''Literature/StarCarrier'' |
| 356 | * ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': Several series in focus in particular detail on the regular militaries of the Republics and the Empire: |
| 357 | ** ''Literature/TheBlackFleetCrisis'': The A-plot deals with a conflict between the New Republic and the Duskhan League, an alien polity on its coreward border, with the newly created NRDF Fifth Battle Group front-and-center. |
| 358 | ** ''Literature/RepublicCommandoSeries'': Stars clone commandos of the Grand Army of the Republic during the clone wars, along with their Mandalorian and Jedi allies. |
| 359 | ** ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'': Primarily the Empire, in the person of Grand Admiral Thrawn and his flag captain Gilad Pellaeon and their subordinates. The regular New Republic Defense Force is somewhat OutOfFocus. |
| 360 | ** ''Literature/XWingSeries'': Ten novels with New Republic starfighter pilots of two different [[DoAnythingSoldier special operations groups]] in the starring role. |
| 361 | * ''Literature/StarshipOperators'' |
| 362 | * ''Literature/SolarWarden'' |
| 363 | * The ''Literature/{{Sten}}'' series, written by two men who are (respectively) ex-CIA and ex-military, craft a very cool saga about a SpaceMarine who eventually graduates into an {{Ambadassador}}. |
| 364 | * ''Literature/StoneKing'' |
| 365 | * ''Literature/TakeshiKovacs'' series, particularly ''Broken Angels''. |
| 366 | * The ''Literature/TauCetiAgendaSeries'', by Creator/TravisSTaylor |
| 367 | * ''Literature/TheirsNotToReasonWhy'' by Creator/Jean Johnson is a rare example with a female protagonist and an abundance of women in the supporting cast. |
| 368 | * ''Literature/TourOfTheMerrimack'', a series by R. M. Meluch |
| 369 | * ''{{Literature/Valhalla}}'' by Ari Bach features a chapter in the military of 2230 and eleven more chapters in a pseudo-military more militaristic than the main military. |
| 370 | * ''Literature/VictoriaANovelOf4thGenerationWar'', by military theorist William S. Lind, is a near-future example, following an ex-Marine staff officer and military consultant through several wars between various of the DividedStatesOfAmerica in the 2030s. |
| 371 | * ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'', by Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold, has many elements of this, though it varies from book to book. |
| 372 | * ''Franchise/Warhammer40000ExpandedUniverse'': Very much so when the Imperial Guard or Imperial Navy are the lead characters, not so much the Space Marines (who behave more as religious knights). |
| 373 | ** ''Literature/AstraMilitarum'' |
| 374 | ** ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' |
| 375 | ** ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'' |
| 376 | ** ''Literature/TheLastChancers'' |
| 377 | ** ''Literature/{{Titanicus}}'' |
| 378 | * ''Literature/{{Worldwar}}'' |
| 379 | * ''Literature/TheWarAgainstTheChtorr'' novels by David Gerrold. |
| 380 | * Creator/DavidWeber's work is primarily in this genre, though he has written pure fantasy works. The [=MilSF=] works: |
| 381 | ** ''Literature/EmpireFromTheAshes'' |
| 382 | ** ''Literature/HellsGate'' |
| 383 | ** ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' |
| 384 | ** ''Literature/ManticoreAscendant'', a SpinOff prequel series of ''Honor Harrington'' co-written by Creator/TimothyZahn. |
| 385 | ** ''Literature/OutOfTheDark'' |
| 386 | ** ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'' |
| 387 | ** The four ''TabletopGame/{{Starfire}}'' novels with Steve White (''Crusade'', ''In Death Ground'', ''The Shiva Option'', and ''Insurrection''). |
| 388 | * ''Literature/WhoNeedsMen'' sees a high-tech LadyLand fighting a Vietnam-like war against guerrillas from a more normal, but primitive society. |
| 389 | [[/folder]] |
| 390 | |
| 391 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 392 | * ''Series/BabylonFive'' had its fair share of various nasty [[WarIsHell conflicts]]: |
| 393 | ** ''Series/{{Crusade}}'', spinoff series to ''Babylon Five'', and whose TroubledProduction is the stuff of legends. |
| 394 | * ''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'' |
| 395 | ** ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'' |
| 396 | *** ''Series/Galactica1980'' |
| 397 | ** ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' |
| 398 | *** ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaBloodAndChrome'' |
| 399 | * "[[Recap/BlackMirrorMenAgainstFire Men Against Fire]]", an episode of the anthology series ''Series/BlackMirror''. |
| 400 | * ''Series/SeaQuestDSV'' |
| 401 | * ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'' |
| 402 | [[/folder]] |
| 403 | |
| 404 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 405 | * ''TabletopGame/AT43'' |
| 406 | * ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' |
| 407 | ** And by extension, the Franchise/BattleTechExpandedUniverse. |
| 408 | * ''TabletopGame/BeyondTheGatesOfAntares'' |
| 409 | * ''TabletopGame/MutantChronicles'' |
| 410 | * ''TabletopGame/PlanetMercenary'' |
| 411 | * TabletopGame/{{Traveller}} RPG series. A large part of it has to do with the military aspects. |
| 412 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', and most of its spin-off literature, notably ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'' and ''Literature/CiaphasCain''. |
| 413 | ** ''TabletopGame/RogueTrader'' |
| 414 | ** ''TabletopGame/{{Deathwatch}}'' |
| 415 | ** ''TabletopGame/OnlyWar'' |
| 416 | [[/folder]] |
| 417 | |
| 418 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 419 | * ''VideoGame/AgentArmstrong'' |
| 420 | * ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'' |
| 421 | * ''VideoGame/ArmorinesProjectSWARM'' |
| 422 | * ''VideoGames/ArtemisSpaceshipBridgeSimulator'' |
| 423 | * ''VideoGame/AssaultRetribution'' |
| 424 | * ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvoltSeries'' |
| 425 | * ''VideoGame/Battlezone1998'' and ''Battlezone II'' |
| 426 | * ''VideoGame/Battlefield2142'' |
| 427 | * ''VideoGame/BiolabWars'' |
| 428 | * ''VideoGame/BloodyWolf'' |
| 429 | * ''VideoGame/CTwelveFinalResistance'' |
| 430 | * ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'': while the series is largely historical or modern, some installments feature futuristic elements like doomsday weapons (from [[KillSat Kill Sats]] to bio-engineered plagues), [[PoweredArmor exosuits]], fully automated robot armies, cyborgs, railguns, zombies, and even [[https://callofduty.fandom.com/wiki/Cryptids aliens]]. |
| 431 | ** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' |
| 432 | ** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'' |
| 433 | ** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsIII'': also an example of CyberPunk. |
| 434 | ** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts'' |
| 435 | ** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyInfiniteWarfare'': the best example of these, as it has all of the above plus space warfare with the plot concerning a war between human-colonized Mars and Earth. |
| 436 | * ''VideoGame/CloudCutter'' |
| 437 | * ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'': |
| 438 | ** The ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries'' drifts in this direction, beginning TwentyMinutesInTheFuture and ending with all manner of sci-fi trappings. |
| 439 | ** The ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries'' is DenserAndWackier than Tiberian, focusing on a world altered by time traveling. |
| 440 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' series. At first it isn't assumed to have sci-fi elements, but the plot involves an alien invasion. |
| 441 | ** ''VideoGame/HardCorpsUprising'' |
| 442 | * ''VideoGame/CounterSide'' |
| 443 | * ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' |
| 444 | ** ''VideoGame/Crysis3'' |
| 445 | * ''VideoGame/DefendersOfEkron'' |
| 446 | * ''VideoGame/DemonFront'' |
| 447 | * ''VideoGame/DolphinBlue'' |
| 448 | * ''VideoGame/DustFiveOneFour'', a GaidenGame of ''VideoGame/EVEOnline'' whose backstory has capsuleer technology applied to PoweredArmor instead of starships. |
| 449 | * ''VideoGame/{{Einhander}}'' |
| 450 | * ''VideoGame/EmpireEarth'', in the later epochs. |
| 451 | * ''{{VideoGame/Fallout}}'' |
| 452 | * ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'' |
| 453 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fracture}}'' |
| 454 | * ''VideoGame/FrontMission'' |
| 455 | ** ''VideoGame/FrontMission1'' |
| 456 | ** ''VideoGame/FrontMission2'' |
| 457 | ** ''VideoGame/FrontMission3'' |
| 458 | ** ''VideoGame/FrontMission4'' |
| 459 | ** ''VideoGame/FrontMission5'' |
| 460 | ** ''VideoGame/FrontMissionEvolved'' |
| 461 | ** ''VideoGame/FrontMissionGunHazard'' |
| 462 | ** ''VideoGame/LeftAlive'' |
| 463 | * The ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' games, books, and comics. |
| 464 | * ''VideoGame/GhostInTheShellFirstAssaultOnline'' |
| 465 | * ''VideoGame/GirlCafeGun'' |
| 466 | * ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'' |
| 467 | * ''VideoGame/GoddessOfVictoryNikke'' |
| 468 | * ''VideoGame/GunForce'' |
| 469 | * ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' |
| 470 | * ''VideoGame/HardEdge'' |
| 471 | * ''VideoGame/HeavyWeapon'' is a more humorous, cartoony take on the genre. |
| 472 | * ''VideoGame/{{Helldivers}}'' |
| 473 | * ''VideoGame/HelldiversII'' |
| 474 | * ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'' |
| 475 | * ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}'' |
| 476 | * ''VideoGame/{{Instinct}}'' |
| 477 | * ''VideoGame/{{Intrusion 2}}'' |
| 478 | * ''VideoGame/IronMeat'' |
| 479 | * ''VideoGame/IronMarines'' |
| 480 | * ''{{VideoGame/Killzone}}'' |
| 481 | * ''VideoGame/{{Kreed}}'' |
| 482 | * The ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' video game series: |
| 483 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Mechassault}}'' |
| 484 | ** ''Videogame/MechWarrior'' |
| 485 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'' |
| 486 | * ''VideoGame/MercsOfBoom'' |
| 487 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' is a series of [[StealthBasedGame stealth-action games]] that revolve around military espionage and geopolitical conflicts in modern-day Earth, so there are no aliens or spaceships. But it does involve genetically-engineered clones and [[{{Supersoldier}} mutant/cyborg soldiers]], [[AIIsACrapshoot rogue computers]] and [[AttackDrone weaponized robots]], oh and of course the titular [[HumongousMecha bipedal walking tanks]] of the same name. |
| 488 | * ''VideoGame/MetalSlug''. While the series doesn't start off as sci-fi, it becomes this in later sequels, which involve alien invasions and future soldiers. |
| 489 | ** ''VideoGame/MetalSlugCodeJ'' -- 2021 3D-remake of the above |
| 490 | * ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'', occasionally. Samus is established as having been in the Galactic Federation Army, and ''Videogame/MetroidPrime'', ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'', ''Videogame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'', and ''Videogame/MetroidOtherM'' feature GF soldiers and marines as characters. |
| 491 | * ''VideoGame/{{Onslaught}}'' |
| 492 | * ''VideoGame/OperationMatriarchy'' |
| 493 | * ''VideoGame/OutZone'' |
| 494 | * ''VideoGame/ProjectNimbus'' |
| 495 | * ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' |
| 496 | ** ''VideoGame/QuakeII'' |
| 497 | ** ''VideoGame/QuakeIV'' |
| 498 | * ''{{VideoGame/Resistance}}'' |
| 499 | * ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus'' |
| 500 | * ''VideoGame/Section8'' series |
| 501 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowComplex'' |
| 502 | * ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', while still a JRPG like the rest of the series, ditches the UrbanFantasy and ComingOfAge elements in favor of Space Marines from TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture exploring an alternate dimension infested with angels and demons. |
| 503 | * ''VideoGame/SnowbreakContainmentZone'' |
| 504 | * ''VideoGame/SpaceBeastTerrorFright'' |
| 505 | * ''VideoGame/SpaceDebris'' |
| 506 | * ''Franchise/StarCraft''[[/index]] |
| 507 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'' video games[[index]] |
| 508 | ** ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront'' (and sequels/reboots) |
| 509 | *** ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII'' |
| 510 | *** ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontRenegadeSquadron'' |
| 511 | *** ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontEliteSquadron'' |
| 512 | *** ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront2015'' |
| 513 | *** ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017'' |
| 514 | ** ''VideoGame/StarWarsEmpireAtWar'' |
| 515 | ** ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando'' |
| 516 | ** ''[[VideoGame/RogueSquadron Star Wars: Rogue Squadron]]'' |
| 517 | ** ''[[VideoGame/XWing Star Wars: X-Wing]]'' (and sequels) |
| 518 | * ''VideoGame/{{Starsiege}}'', and its pre-/sequels. |
| 519 | * ''VideoGame/StarshipTroopersTerranCommand'' |
| 520 | * ''VideoGame/StarCitizen'', chiefly the "Squadron 42" storyline section. |
| 521 | * ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion'' |
| 522 | * ''VideoGame/SteelHarbinger'' |
| 523 | * ''VideoGame/SuperCyborg'' |
| 524 | * ''VideoGame/TemplarBattleforce'' |
| 525 | * ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'', especially the second game which involves trying to stop a KillSat. |
| 526 | ** ''VideoGame/RazingStorm''. |
| 527 | * ''VideoGame/{{Titanfall}}'' |
| 528 | ** ''VideoGame/Titanfall2'' |
| 529 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ubersoldier}}'' |
| 530 | * ''VideoGame/UniverseAtWar'' |
| 531 | * ''VideoGame/VivisectorBeastWithin'' |
| 532 | * ''VideoGame/WarFrontTurningPoint'', AlternateHistory UsefulNotes/WorldWarII with futuristic weapons |
| 533 | * ''VideoGame/WarGamesDefcon1'' |
| 534 | * The ''VideoGame/XCom'' series, which has you commanding a multinational military force to combat alien invaders. |
| 535 | ** ''VideoGame/XComUFODefense'' |
| 536 | ** ''VideoGame/XComTerrorFromTheDeep'' |
| 537 | ** ''VideoGame/XComApocalypse'' |
| 538 | ** ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' |
| 539 | ** ''VideoGame/TheBureauXCOMDeclassified'' |
| 540 | ** ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' |
| 541 | ** ''VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad'' |
| 542 | * ''VideoGame/{{Xenonauts}}'' |
| 543 | [[/folder]] |
| 544 | |
| 545 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 546 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' |
| 547 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles'' |
| 548 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection'' |
| 549 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga'' |
| 550 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy'' |
| 551 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueSeason14'' |
| 552 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheShisnoTrilogy'' |
| 553 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueZero'' |
| 554 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueFamilyShatters'' |
| 555 | * ''WebAnimation/SpaceKing'' |
| 556 | * ''WebAnimation/StarshipRegulars'' is an AffectionateParody of the genre. |
| 557 | [[/folder]] |
| 558 | |
| 559 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 560 | * ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''; while the main cast is a complement of Mercenaries, they tend to become more organized as the stories progress and move away from the Gag-A-Day format. Also, various governmental militaries have been featured, either as background/secondary characters, or as the people ''hiring'' the main characters. |
| 561 | * ''Webcomic/StarFighter'' is an erotic romance between soldiers on a SpaceNavy, who are engaged in a war against the InsectoidAliens the Colterons. In addition to the romance plot, the story also deals with the tide of war and political machinations within the miliatary hierarchy. |
| 562 | * ''Webcomic/{{XRS}}'' A military sci fi webcomic about a deadly new super-weapon. |
| 563 | [[/folder]] |
| 564 | |
| 565 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 566 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' |
| 567 | * ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' |
| 568 | * ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'' |
| 569 | * "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E17WarIsTheHWord War Is the H-Word]]" is an episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' that [[ArmedFarces parodies various war movie tropes]], with Fry and Bender joining Earth's military [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext just to get a store discount on chewing gum, only to be deployed to another planet to fight a pointless war against a species of ball-shaped aliens]]. |
| 570 | ** [[/index]]Any episode with {{General|Ripper}} [[MilesGloriosus Zapp Brannigan]] will involve some sort of [[ArmedFarces humorous militaristic misadventures]] in space. And the overall ''Futurama'' show really likes to parody both ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''Franchise/StarWars''.[[index]] |
| 571 | * ''WesternAnimation/InvasionAmerica'' |
| 572 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}'' |
| 573 | * Some episodes of ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'', such as: |
| 574 | ** ''[[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsLucky13 Lucky 13]]'' |
| 575 | ** ''[[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsTheSecretWar The Secret War]]'' |
| 576 | ** ''[[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsShapeShifters Shape-Shifters]]'' |
| 577 | ** ''[[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsLifeHutch Life Hutch]]'' |
| 578 | * ''WesternAnimation/RobotechTheShadowChronicles'' |
| 579 | * ''WesternAnimation/ShadowRaiders'' |
| 580 | [[/folder]] |
| 581 | |
| 582 | [[/index]] |
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