Lore & History
18 entries in the Starship Troopers compendium.
Mobile InfantryThe ground combat force of the Terran Federation, where Rico serves from recruit to officeBug WarsHumanity's desperate fight for survival against the relentless Arachnid swarm.Planet KlendathuThe homeworld of the Arachnid species and the focal point of humanity's interstellar war.Kings RowThe bustling street where a future hero began his journey.Whiskey OutpostA fallen bastion signaling the Arachnid advance into Federation space.The Great WarThe Bugs don't negotiate. They swarm. And the Mobile Infantry is all that stands between tThe FederationA democracy where the ballot is earned in blood, and the war never truly ends.The ClustersA billion minds thinking as one, and none of them want you alive.The Battle of Planet PWhen the swarm swallows the line, only the Mozambique can silence the planet.Citizen's Military ServiceIn the Federation, the ballot is earned with blood, sweat, and a powered suit.ArachnidsA million minds, one hunger, zero mercy.Democratic ServiceIn the Federation, your voice is not a birthright—it is a badge you earn.We are the ones who make a standA rallying cry that is really a mirror held up to the viewer's own gullibility.Satirical fascismA propaganda machine that accidentally broadcasts its own indictment.Starship Troopers (1959)A veteran's classroom becomes a battlefield of ideas about duty, democracy, and the cost oEdward NeumeierThe satirical architect who turned Heinlein's war into a mirror held up to our own.Robert A. HeinleinThe Navy veteran who forged humanity's most enduring war against the stars.Paul VerhoevenThe director who turned a bug war into a mirror held up to every propaganda machine on Ear
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