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* The final plot mission of ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' is named "Suicide Mission" because no ship (except the bad guys) has ever returned after trying to use the Omega-4 Mass Relay. Whether it actually results in anyone dying or not is dependent on how you played the game up to that point and your choices during the mission.
* One occurs at the end of ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2''. With the rest of their squad dead, Soap and Price exact revenge against Gen. Shepherd by taking on the entirety of Shepherd's so-called "Shadow Company". As Soap put it best, "We've got one good UMP. They've got a thousand." And as a testament to their [[Badass|sheer]] [[Determinator|force of will]], they succeed and kill Shepherd, along with several hundred Shadow Company soldiers.
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** In the ''Battle for Azeroth'' expansion, the Alliance does this as part of their plan prior to the Battle of Dazar'alor. sending a small force of Kamikaze soldiers to invade through the swamps of Nazmir while cloaking the swamp in mist using magic to make the small force seem larger than it appears. This small force is cut down with ease, but it diverts the Horde army so that the ''true'' Alliance fleet can assault Dazar'alor itself. This leads to the Battle of Dazar'alor Raid Instance, where the Horde is dealt their most serious defeat in the war to date.
* Occurs throughout the ''[[Halo]]'' series, to the point where this is the only reason the Covenant rank of Arbiter even exists; at moments of extraordinary crisis, the Prophets will pick a disgraced Elite with a distinguished combat record to become the Arbiter, and send him on suicide missions of great importance so that he can regain his honor upon death. Unusually for this trope, the Arbiters are generally held in high regard by the rest of the Covenant.
** On the lower end of the Covenant military hierarchy, hordes of [[Cannon Fodder|Grunts]] are often sent out to die for the sole purpose of making the enemy waste their ammunition.
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