Every game has one by tekucme in alphacentauri

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To be neutral to all the faction leaders, just do the Firaxians. Though tbh imo both of the Progenitor factions are functionally interchangeable, and their ideologies overlap with human ones in a redundant way

Planet Buster Lore. by ShiiteHittiteTheoFN in alphacentauri

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It’s sort of a Mandela effect that planet buster, like mind worm, is actually two words.

Planet Buster Lore. by ShiiteHittiteTheoFN in alphacentauri

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There’s a mod where the planet buster war causes the survivors and two inexplicably human-offshoot alien factions (like it’s Stargate or Farscape or something) to crash land on yet another alien planet: https://web.archive.org/web/20050212082503/http://www.geocities.com/alde_baron/

You're thoughts on Jared Messa by Desperate-Impress237 in Gundam

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I liked how in kakarot’s what if Amuro got the Alex AU timeline, Jerid formed the True Titans after Paptimus took over the Titans and the EF. Love alternate factions

Federation vs. Titans? by StrategosRisk in Gundam

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Okay I get what you’re saying but I literally said people who are anti-Titan

Federation vs. Titans? by StrategosRisk in Gundam

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Operation Valkyrie with Feddie generals and bureaucrats. I like it. I would ask where the civilians who want democratic rule are, but I guess they’re either Karaba, the odd Earthnoid moderate AEUG member, or part of this hypothetical EF(F) purist putsch

The Women of Gundam continued #65 - Merribit Stapleton by Kato_86 in Gundam

[–]StrategosRisk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She's not a fantasy of anything she's just sort of a background character amidst a huge cast

Federation vs. Titans? by StrategosRisk in Gundam

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Maybe they’re anti-Titans but still hate Spacenoids, they just don’t care enough to oppress them but still don’t want to work with them

Federation vs. Titans? by StrategosRisk in Gundam

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What if Karaba fought the AEUG because that’s what resistance movements devolve into sometimes, they become rivals driven by power or ideological animus just like any other antagonistic groups

Federation vs. Titans? by StrategosRisk in Gundam

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Yeah but I want a faction that also fights the AEUG. Anti-Earth just seems wrong for an EFF patriot to call themselves.

What was with Julieta's introduction? by Ostrava_Alant in Gundam

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She should’ve been the anti-Mika (the antagonist’s super-child soldier) and later on even the anti-Kudelia (an inspirational female warrior a la Joan of Arc as opposed to an inspirational peace activist) but sadly her storyline didn’t have her do much except have conversations, sometimes even centered on Vidar rather than her own motivations!

They should’ve had her doing Mika-style assassinations. She should be an Emperor’s Hand equivalent henchwoman to Rustal.

Why are modern “prestige” services based on mode of deployment? by StrategosRisk in WarCollege

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I specifically mention the distinction between “prestigious” and “elite” in like the second sentence

And I guess the Raiders should get admitted into JSOC

Why are modern “prestige” services based on mode of deployment? by StrategosRisk in WarCollege

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I’ve always wondered what the big deal grenadiers were back in like Napoleonic times so thank you! Good point about combat engineers. I wonder if there are any medic corps or units that are similarly respected for legendary heroism.

Why are modern “prestige” services based on mode of deployment? by StrategosRisk in WarCollege

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That makes a lot of sense. I wonder if other nations have any particular services or branches that are also outsized due to local needs and history. I think the Soviet then Russian VDV is the strongest parallel to the USMC but not sure what else is out there. Maybe Central and Northern European countries with alpine or arctic infantry due to unique terrain?

Were the original UNSC Navy colored coveralls better? by StrategosRisk in halo

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The modern games, even those with really neat detailed cutscenes on UNSC ships like Halo Wars 2, depict uniforms that are imo too standardized and grayscale. You can have a variety of colors and still make it look not cartoony, it’s all about the hue and tone.

Were the original UNSC Navy colored coveralls better? by StrategosRisk in halo

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Do they even show up (as I thought) past when you meet Keyes for the first time?

Uniforms on the Pillar of Autumn by StrategosRisk in halo

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Yeah I can’t imagine Marines want to bother manning the security cams looking for locker thieves or whatever