[Setekh]

Originally posted by an0n
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...................... Babylon 5?

*phases into hyperspace and runs like hell*

Hey an0n, where do you live?

Prepare the mass drivers

[Shrike]

Originally posted by Su-tehp
And Shrike, there are Marine pilot squadrons in the good ol' US of A. These guys have to go to boot camp, the same as the rest of the grunts. Hell, even the Marine JAG lawyers have to go to boot camp! So why is a Marine grunt/pilot dual purpose squadron so hard to believe?

Boot camp is very different from being a pilot AND being a grunt.  Boot is basic training, every Marine is taught to fight.  But you don't see the Marine pilots in their blackhawks and harriers and ospreys going and storming the beaches next week.  You have a role, be in pilot, grunt, armor crewman or whatever and you stay there.

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Shrike
You have a role, be in pilot, grunt, armor crewman or whatever and you stay there.

Or shell catcher third class!

[Shrike]

Silence in the ranks, soldier!

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Styxx


Or shell catcher third class!

all hail the regimental cook!

[Nico]

Originally posted by Shrike
Boot camp is very different from being a pilot AND being a grunt.  Boot is basic training, every Marine is taught to fight.  But you don't see the Marine pilots in their blackhawks and harriers and ospreys going and storming the beaches next week.  You have a role, be in pilot, grunt, armor crewman or whatever and you stay there.

That's funny coz Luke Skywalker does the same (banzai I do a bombing run on a Detah Star! taliho I do a strike against a ground based shield generator!), but nobody will criticize in coz it's SW

[Styxx]

But Luke was a Jedi!

* everyone goes "oooohhhh" *

[diamondgeezer]

Right, for the record S:AAB rocked, ruled, 0wned and was great at a side angle. I loved it to bits, and that final episode was shockingly bold (unless they'd already scrapped a second season) and just generally really, really good. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time Vansen and Phouse were out in that gunship, and that thing with the exploding ambassador was the best trick I ever did see on the part of the enemy.

Also good: Pearly, and that one where Hawk goes commando-ing with that other dude.

Summary - S:AAB = the Bollox. Thank you.

[Styxx]

It was a good show indeed, if a tad unrealistic. But that's expected in all sci-fi. A worse example of military organization would be star trek, where it's not pilots that do the grunt work - it's the commanding officers.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Styxx
But Luke was a Jedi!

* everyone goes "oooohhhh" *

And what the hell did Leia do on Endor? She's nothing, she's a princess damnit! Nobody knew she was vader's daughter etc etc. What's more ridiculous, a pilot/marine, or a princess/marine/ ewoks Bride ?

[Styxx]

You realize that was sarcasm, right?

[Shrike]

Venom seems to be under the mistaken impression that Star Wars is supposed to depict a modern military force.

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Shrike
Venom seems to be under the mistaken impression that Star Wars is supposed to depict a modern military force.

Aaaah...

[Nico]

Originally posted by Shrike
Venom seems to be under the mistaken impression that Star Wars is supposed to depict a modern military force.

mmh, you're one to talk
You can say what you want, nobody could be able to explain what the hell did Leia there

[Shrike]

Hey, the Rebel Alliance isn't exactly a proper military force.  As compared to the guys in S:AAB, which are supposed to be in a near-future extension of the US armed forces.

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Shrike
Hey, the Rebel Alliance isn't exactly a proper military force.  As compared to the guys in S:AAB, which are supposed to be in a near-future extension of the US armed forces.

And that's what speaks so well for the empire... defeated by a bunch of puny rebels that use princesses and teddy bears as infantry...

[Zeronet]

Leia is force capable....Anakin wasnt trained in the force yet had lightning reflexes..

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Zeronet
Leia is force capable....Anakin wasnt trained in the force yet had lightning reflexes..

Aaaahhhh.... that explains everything. Now into the teddy bears part.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Zeronet
Leia is force capable....Anakin wasnt trained in the force yet had lightning reflexes..

excepted nobody knew that during the endor part ( Well, Luke knew, but he also knows how long it takes to control it)

[Zeronet]

Originally posted by venom2506


excepted nobody knew that during the endor part ( Well, Luke knew, but he also knows how long it takes to control it)

Your point?