Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Apr 19, 2021 18:50:19 GMT
Hey Y'all...... So in working on my personal STAR WARS Saga, the story follows one particular character on her life journey (which includes training to be and becoming a Jedi Master of course), I have tried to have different topics of focus for each book (demonstrating how she moves through her career and through life), and Book #4 I want to be very Starfighter-focused (in the spirit of the X-Wing novels, or even BSG).
But for much of the series, the main cast of characters are either planet-hopping or drifting in Space, on the run...jumping from system to system. There have been a handful of instances especially in the early stories where ground bases are established and services like an Army are put to proper use, they feel like they have a home ....But those scenes are few and far between because I wanted to paint the picture that the good guys are temporarily homeless having left the Capital and given up their authority, their safety/protection and the need to call any one place 'home'.
While that definitely lends itself to being centered on the Navy and being a 'Space Opera/Science Fantasy'......the random thought that I had while thinking about this was, "what would a land-based branch of service like the Army do in Space, without a planet to land on? WIthout physical land-based battles to engage in? They would feel like a fish out of water, so to speak. How would their personnel be put to use? What would officers or soldiers in the Army or Marines do to make themselves useful out in Space (or at sea if we are talking about Earth) if there was no land to land on?"
I mean in AOTC, SOLO and even Rogue One we see the Army being put to use on a planet's surface--they're serving their purpose and doing what they were trained for. But, wjat if....in the case of BSG or Empire Strikes Back, they had to jump from system to system and stay on the move....drifting through Space with no place to call "Home" ?
The Navy has their spacecraft and starfighters and starfighter pilots.....But what does an Army soldier do while drifting out in space?
Any thoughts or ideas that anyone has to share on this topic would be helpful and appreciated. Also fun to hear your insights!
Thanks
But for much of the series, the main cast of characters are either planet-hopping or drifting in Space, on the run...jumping from system to system. There have been a handful of instances especially in the early stories where ground bases are established and services like an Army are put to proper use, they feel like they have a home ....But those scenes are few and far between because I wanted to paint the picture that the good guys are temporarily homeless having left the Capital and given up their authority, their safety/protection and the need to call any one place 'home'.
While that definitely lends itself to being centered on the Navy and being a 'Space Opera/Science Fantasy'......the random thought that I had while thinking about this was, "what would a land-based branch of service like the Army do in Space, without a planet to land on? WIthout physical land-based battles to engage in? They would feel like a fish out of water, so to speak. How would their personnel be put to use? What would officers or soldiers in the Army or Marines do to make themselves useful out in Space (or at sea if we are talking about Earth) if there was no land to land on?"
I mean in AOTC, SOLO and even Rogue One we see the Army being put to use on a planet's surface--they're serving their purpose and doing what they were trained for. But, wjat if....in the case of BSG or Empire Strikes Back, they had to jump from system to system and stay on the move....drifting through Space with no place to call "Home" ?
The Navy has their spacecraft and starfighters and starfighter pilots.....But what does an Army soldier do while drifting out in space?
Any thoughts or ideas that anyone has to share on this topic would be helpful and appreciated. Also fun to hear your insights!
Thanks
