iggymcmuffin's review
4.0
Surprisingly good. The story is interesting. The military tactics are grounded in real military history. The characters were mostly compelling.
The glaring problems including:
- the insane political situation: let's shut down our entire military the moment an armistice is signed and decommission all our ships because we immediately trust the enemy implicitly and have peacenicks bending over backwards to accomodate them despite the protracted generational war
- the unprofessional military attitudes: everyone seems to have taken a lesson form captain kirk and is bucking authority. They argue with their commanders and disobey rules and there are no consequences. Worse even those in authority disobey rules (Adm. Tolwyn cutting through enemy space all alone in a fighter risking getting killed/capture. Also Commander & Chief taking charge of a marine detachment and getting killed in action instead of Commanding and Chiefing.
The glaring problems including:
- the insane political situation: let's shut down our entire military the moment an armistice is signed and decommission all our ships because we immediately trust the enemy implicitly and have peacenicks bending over backwards to accomodate them despite the protracted generational war
- the unprofessional military attitudes: everyone seems to have taken a lesson form captain kirk and is bucking authority. They argue with their commanders and disobey rules and there are no consequences. Worse even those in authority disobey rules (Adm. Tolwyn cutting through enemy space all alone in a fighter risking getting killed/capture. Also Commander & Chief taking charge of a marine detachment and getting killed in action instead of Commanding and Chiefing.
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