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{{quote|''Space battles are always [[This Is Reality|a lot more exciting on TV]] than they are in real life...''|'''Col. John Sheppard''', ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''}}
This is the [[Super-Trope]] for many [[Tropes in Space|tropes]] and clichés concerning ship-to-ship combat... [[Ship-to-Ship Combat|the]] ''[[Ship-to-Ship Combat|literal]]'' [[Ship-to-Ship Combat|kind]]. <small>IN SPAAAAACE!!!</small>
[[Space Fighter]]s have [[Old School Dogfighting]]. [[Standard Sci-Fi Fleet|Capital ships]] get this trope instead, and you can think of it as "''[[History of Naval Warfare|Very]]'' [[History of Naval Warfare|Old School Sea Fighting]]." Founded on the idea that [[Space Is an Ocean]], it harks back to the age of [[Wooden Ships and Iron Men]], when large warships, [[More Dakka|making up in fire-power]] [[Mighty Glacier|what they lacked in manoeuvrability]], pounded each other with cannon fire until one finally took enough damage to be forced to withdraw (or until a [[Attack Its Weak Point|lucky shot]] [[One-Hit Kill|hit a]] [[Stuff Blowing Up|powder magazine]]). The [[The Laws and Customs of War|honour and military tradition]] of those long-gone days will often be evoked as well.
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To see the different kinds of ship likely to be involved, inspect the [[Standard Sci-Fi Fleet]]. If the ships are [[The Battlestar|Battlestars]], this trope may occur side-by-side with [[Old School Dogfighting]]. This trope is not to be confused with [[Space Battle]]s, though there is certainly overlap.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'': There is a space battle scene fitting this trope.
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