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{{trope}}
[[Military Science Fiction]] is a subgenre of both [[Science Fiction]] and [[Military and Warfare Tropes|Military Fiction]], commonly sliding into the [[Space Opera]] territory. At its most basic, [[Military Science Fiction]] is [[Exactly What It Says
[[The Protagonist]] in this genre is normally part of the chain of command (or [[Field Promotion|becomes part of it in progress]]), while an ensemble cast is [[The Squad]]. The story is usually set against the backdrop of a large-scale (space) war but war is optional. The [[Science Fiction]] part mostly manifests in futuristic weaponry and vehicles (first of all, [[Cool Starship|Cool Starships]]), while the organization structure is mostly based upon contemporary [[Yanks With Tanks|US]] or [[The UK Armed Forces|Commonwealth military]].
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* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]
* [[Powered Armor]]
* [[Putting
* [[Real Robot]]
* [[Rock Beats Laser]]
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=== Works with notable [[Military Science Fiction]] elements include : ===
* ''[[Alien (
* ''[[All You Need Is Kill]]''
* [[Antares]] by Michael McCollum
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* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic]]''
** ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]''
* ''[[
** And by extension, the [[
* [[Bolo]], originally by [[Keith Laumer]]
* [[
* The [[Childe Cycle]] by [[Gordon R. Dickson]], notably ''Dorsai!!'' and ''Tactics of Mistake''.
* The [[
* The [[
* ''[[Confederation of Valor]]'' by [[Tanya Huff]].
* ''[[Crusade]]'', spinoff series to ''Babylon Five'', and whose [[Troubled Production]] is the stuff of legends.
* [[David Drake]] does quite a bit of MilSF. Like with Ringo, below, he's also written in the ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[The General]]''
** ''[[Belisarius Series]]''.
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*** ''[[Redliners]]''.
* ''[[Dread Empires Fall]]'' Trilogy, by Walter J. Williams.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[The Forever War]]''
* ''[[
* [[Gundam]], pretty much every incarnation of it, except ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam
* The ''[[Halo (
* ''[[The Helmsman Saga]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Kris Longknife]]'' series, by Mike Shepherd
* The ''[[
* ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]]''
* The [[Lensman]] series, by [[
* ''[[The Lost Fleet]]'' series
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
* The ''Man-Kzin Wars'' novels set in [[Larry Niven]]'s [[Known Space]].
* The ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[New Kashubia Series]]''
* ''[[Old Mans War]]''
* ''[[
** ''[[Red vs. Blue:
** ''[[Red vs. Blue:
* [[John Ringo]]'s writing currently spans multiple genres, but he started his literary career writing [[Military Science Fiction]]. The MilSF works:
** ''[[Council Wars]]''
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** ''[[Posleen War Series]]''
** ''[[Prince Roger]] Series'' (aka ''Empire of Man'', co-written with [[David Weber]])
** ''[[
* ''[[Rogue Trooper]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Sixth Column (
* ''[[Space: Above and Beyond]]''
* ''[[Spots the Space Marine]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Stargate (
* ''[[
* ''[[Starsiege]]'', and its pre/se-quels.
* ''[[
** ''[[
* ''[[
* The ''[[Sten]]'' series, written by two men who are (respectively) ex-CIA and ex-military, craft a very cool saga about a [[Space Marine]] who eventually graduates into an Ambadassador.
* The [[Takeshi Kovacs]] series, particularly ''Broken Angels.''
* The [[Tau Ceti Agenda Series]], by Travis S. Taylor
* ''[[Tour of the Merrimack]]'', a series by R. M. Meluch
* [[
* ''[[
* ''[[The War Against the Chtorr]]'' novels by David Gerrold.
* [[David Weber]]'s work is primarily in this genre, though he has written pure fantasy works. The MilSF works:
** ''[[Empire From the Ashes]]''
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[Out of the Dark]]''
** ''[[Safehold]]''
** The four ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[X Wing Series (Comic Book)|X Wing Series]]''
* ''[[Vorkosigan Saga]]'', by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]], has many elements of this, though it varies from book to book.
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