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* [[Evolutionary Levels]]: All over the place; the struggle between humans and Bugs is portrayed as one of biological imperative, not political choice. Rico visits a planet with low radiation and wonders if it will "retard" the development of future inhabitants. |
* [[Evolutionary Levels]]: All over the place; the struggle between humans and Bugs is portrayed as one of biological imperative, not political choice. Rico visits a planet with low radiation and wonders if it will "retard" the development of future inhabitants. |
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* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: The Thirty Second Bomb, certainly truth in advertising, designed as a psychological warfare device to frazzle nerves. |
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: The Thirty Second Bomb, certainly truth in advertising, designed as a psychological warfare device to frazzle nerves. |
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{{quote|'''Thirty Second Bomb''': I'm a 30 second bomb! I'm a 30 second bomb! 29, 28...}} |
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* [[Faster-Than-Light Travel]]: Handwaved with the [[Minovsky Physics|"Cherenkov drive."]] [[Viewers Are Geniuses|Cherenkov radiation is a bluish glow given off when particles exceed the speed of light in the medium they are traveling in, like high energy electrons from a nuclear reactor exceed the speed of light in water.]] |
* [[Faster-Than-Light Travel]]: Handwaved with the [[Minovsky Physics|"Cherenkov drive."]] [[Viewers Are Geniuses|Cherenkov radiation is a bluish glow given off when particles exceed the speed of light in the medium they are traveling in, like high energy electrons from a nuclear reactor exceed the speed of light in water.]] |
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* [[A Father to His Men]]: Every officer and most non-coms -- maybe excepting only the inexperienced. |
* [[A Father to His Men]]: Every officer and most non-coms -- maybe excepting only the inexperienced. |
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