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* ColonelBadass: Hawthorne [[spoiler:who ends up demoted to a private in a penal unit after disobeying orders halfway the game and gets replaced by Colonel Ava Cortez.]]
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* ColonelBadass: Hawthorne Hawthorne, [[spoiler:who ends up demoted to a private in a penal unit after disobeying orders halfway through the game and gets replaced by Colonel Ava Cortez.]]
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* DeathFromAbove: The Fleet Liaison Officer is capable of calling in TAC Fighter airstrikes on Bug positions.
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* FriendlyFireproof: Averted, but only because many units actually demonstrate trigger discipline and won't shoot through their fellows. This makes arranging your units to give each other a clear line of fire via fanning out or finding elevation an important part of the strategy. There are some exceptions to this, such as Snipers (whose aim is just that good) or fixed HMG emplacements ([[AcceptableBreaksFromReality which would have their utility crippled otherwise]]).
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* FriendlyFireproof: Averted, but only because many units actually demonstrate trigger discipline and won't shoot through their fellows. This makes arranging your units to give each other a clear line of fire via fanning out or finding elevation an important part of the strategy. There are some exceptions to this, such as Snipers (whose aim is just that good) or fixed HMG emplacements ([[AcceptableBreaksFromReality which would have their utility crippled otherwise]]). Also, they're not ''fireproof'', so ordering your units through an area where your engineers just tossed an incendiary grenade will get them killed.
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* GlassCannon: Most Mobile Infantry units tend to fall into this category, able to lay waste to hordes of Bugs at a distance but if the Arachnids manage to close to close range and engage them in melee they fall pretty quickly.
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** Multiple achievements are references to lines from the movies. Mostly the original ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' film, but "An army of angels" is a reference to ''Film/StarshipTroopers3Marauder''.
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* PrivateMilitaryContractors: These show up in the ''Raising Hell'' DLC as mercs working for [[MegaCorp Hephestar]] at Gehenna [[spoiler:and turn on the Mobile Infantry sent there after going rogue]].
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* GatlingGood: One of the Marauder variants mounts a large anti-infantry Gatling gun.
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* CallForward: The Power Suit Troopers are shown as high-tier units and are early models of the more-commonplace PoweredArmor seen in ''WesternAnimation/StarshipTroopersInvasion''.
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* CallForward: The high-tier Power Suit Troopers are shown as high-tier units and are early models of the more-commonplace PoweredArmor seen in units that become more commonplace by the time of ''WesternAnimation/StarshipTroopersInvasion''.
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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Subverted with the "elite" Marauder contingent sent in for the final push [[spoiler:to capture the Brain Bug]]. While capable of holding their own, unlike the ones General Rico sends to the fray these bright-colored variants are explicitly described as glorified propaganda fodder for the cameras and have to be protected from Bug attacks.
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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Subverted with the "elite" Marauder contingent sent in for the final push [[spoiler:to capture the Brain Bug]]. While capable of holding their own, unlike the ones General Rico sends to the fray these bright-colored variants are explicitly described as glorified propaganda fodder set-pieces meant to look pretty for the cameras cameras, and have to be protected from Bug attacks.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone who's seen the source material will know the that the Battle of Klendathu, as portrayed in the tutorial mission, ends in complete disaster for the Terrans.
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* ForegoneConclusion: ForegoneConclusion:
** Anyone who's seen the source material will knowthe that the Battle of Klendathu, as portrayed in the tutorial mission, ends in complete disaster for the Terrans.Terrans.
** The ''Raising Hell'' DLC, which involves a Terran operation on the planet Gehenna, all but confirms that humanity eventually wins in the Kwalasha campaign.
** Anyone who's seen the source material will know
** The ''Raising Hell'' DLC, which involves a Terran operation on the planet Gehenna, all but confirms that humanity eventually wins in the Kwalasha campaign.
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* GuiltFreeExterminationWar: Much like the films and novel, humanity has no real qualms in wiping out every last Bug from the galaxy. This is further underscored by the Chemical Reaction update, which features new scenarios involving the Terran Federation's experiments on [=WMDs=] that, if not for being aimed at the Arachnids, would be considered war crimes.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:After a daring, if costly victory]], the Terran forces are redeployed elsewhere to keep up the momentum. Just because the Arachnids are dealt with on Kwalasha doesn't mean the war's over.
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* CallForward: The Power Suit Troopers are shown as high-tier units and are early models of the more-commonplace PoweredArmor seen in ''WesternAnimation/StarshipTroopersInvasion''.
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* ActionPrologue: The tutorial mission takes place with the initial assault on Klendathu before shifting focus for the fight over Kwalasha.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone who's seen the source material will know the that the Battle of Klendathu, as portrayed in the tutorial mission, ends in complete disaster for the Terrans.
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* MoodWhiplash: Much like the films, there's a jarring dissonance between the gung-ho propaganda and the grittier realities on the ground.
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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Subverted with the "elite" Marauder contingent sent in for the final push [[spoiler:to capture the Brain Bug]]. While capable of holding their own, unlike the ones General Rico sends to the fray these bright-colored variants are explicitly described as glorified propaganda fodder for the cameras and have to be protected from Bug attacks.
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* CivilWarcraft: A few missions involve dealing with local insurgents and rebellious prisoners, in addition to the Bugs.
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* CivilWarcraft: A few missions involve dealing with local insurgents and rebellious prisoners, in addition to the Bugs. This also forces you to change tactics when taking on said human enemies, as they're more than happy to shoot back.
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** The marauder mechs get their name and appearance from the otherwise much maligned direct-to-DVD sequel of the Verhoeven film ''Film/StarshipTroopers3Marauder''.
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* WeHaveReserves: The Arachnids certainly do and the Terrans can reinforce depleted reserves with fresh reinforcements as long as they are within range of a radio tower.
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* WeHaveReserves: WeHaveReserves:
** The Arachnids certainly do and the Terrans can reinforce depleted reserves with fresh reinforcements as long as they are within range of a radiotower.tower.
** [[spoiler:The Terran Federation's higher-ups are also willing to throw many soldiers into a costly feint operation to fool the Arachnids into a trap.]]
** The Arachnids certainly do and the Terrans can reinforce depleted reserves with fresh reinforcements as long as they are within range of a radio
** [[spoiler:The Terran Federation's higher-ups are also willing to throw many soldiers into a costly feint operation to fool the Arachnids into a trap.]]
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* AFatherToHisMen: Colonel Hawthorne is shown to take care of his men that [[spoiler: he is willing to be court-martialed for insubordination over his refusal to sacrifice his men to pointlessly hold the line. Later, he was demoted and assigned to 5th Division's penal battalions--which he assumed command after all the officers of the division were wiped out--in the final mission.]]
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** The marauder mechs get their name and appearance from the otherwise much maligned direct-to-dvd sequel of the Verhoven film ''Film/StarshipTroopers3Marauder''.
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** The marauder mechs get their name and appearance from the otherwise much maligned direct-to-dvd direct-to-DVD sequel of the Verhoven Verhoeven film ''Film/StarshipTroopers3Marauder''.
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''Starship Troopers: Terran Command'' is a RealTimeStrategy game based on the 1997 movie ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' by Creator/PaulVerhoeven. The game places you in the command of a Mobile Infantry division sent to prevent the important mining world of Kwalasha from falling into the hands of the Arachnids.
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''Starship Troopers: Terran Command'' is a RealTimeStrategy game based on the Starship Troopers universe that began with the 1997 movie ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' by Creator/PaulVerhoeven. The game places you takes place between the third and fourth movie in the series, placing the player in command of a Mobile Infantry division sent to prevent the important mining world of Kwalasha from falling into the hands of the Arachnids.
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* DeadlyGas: The Chemical Reaction update added the new Chemical Trooper unit as well as two new scenarios focused on them; Chemical Reaction and Expanding Gases.
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* FriendlyFireproof: Averted, but only because many units actually demonstrate trigger discipline and won't shoot through their fellows. This makes arranging your units to give each other a clear line of fire via fanning out or finding elevation an important part of the strategy. There are some exceptions to this, such as Snipers (whose aim is just that good) or fixed HMG emplacements ([[AcceptableBreaksFromReality which would have their utility crippled otherwise]]).
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* MythologyGag:
** Rico from the original movie has apparently made it all the way to General by the time the game takes place.
** The marauder mechs get their name and appearance from the otherwise much maligned direct-to-dvd sequel of the Verhoven film ''Film/StarshipTroopers3Marauder''.
** Rico from the original movie has apparently made it all the way to General by the time the game takes place.
** The marauder mechs get their name and appearance from the otherwise much maligned direct-to-dvd sequel of the Verhoven film ''Film/StarshipTroopers3Marauder''.
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* CloseRangeCombatant: The higher-tier ''[[Film/StarshipTroopers2HeroOfTheFederation E-Pulse Troopers]]'' are much more effective at repulsing waves of onrushing bugs with shorter range than the regular Rifle Squad as the tradeoff.
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* CloseRangeCombatant: The higher-tier ''[[Film/StarshipTroopers2HeroOfTheFederation E-Pulse Troopers]]'' are much more effective at repulsing waves of onrushing bugs with shorter bugs, the tradeoff being an inferior range than the regular Rifle Squad as the tradeoff.Squad.
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* CloseRangeCombatant: The higher-tier ''E-Tech Troopers'' who are much more effective at repulsing waves of onrushing bugs.
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* CloseRangeCombatant: The higher-tier ''E-Tech Troopers'' who ''[[Film/StarshipTroopers2HeroOfTheFederation E-Pulse Troopers]]'' are much more effective at repulsing waves of onrushing bugs.bugs with shorter range than the regular Rifle Squad as the tradeoff.
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* ColonelBadass: Hawthorne [[spoiler:who ends up demoted to a private in a penal unit after disobeying orders halfway the game and gets replaced by Colonel Ava Cortez.]]
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* DefensiveFeintTrap: [[spoiler:The Terran Federation pulls one of these on large scale on Kwalasha in order to eradicate the Bugs and capture the Brain Bug]].
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* GatlingGood: One of the Marauder variants mounts a large anti-infantry Gatling gun.
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* WalkingTank: Marauders are heavily armed and armored bipedal vehicles designed to provide heavy fire support to your infantry squads. It comes in three variants; one armed with a heavy flamethrower, one with a Gatling gun and one mounting a powerful howitzer.
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* BlatantLies: Many of the news reports, especially early on, give the impression of the Arachnids being soundly defeated and life going back to normal on Kwalasha. It soon becomes evident, however, that reality doesn't match the propaganda.
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** The ''Rife Trooper'' is a large squad of grunts armed with long-range Morita rifles (but lacking the accuracy to use them effectively at a distance) that are at least capable of fending off incoming waves of Arachnids.
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''Starship Troopers: Terran Command'' is a RealTimeStrategy game based on the 1997 movie ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' by Creator/PaulVerhoeven. The game places you in the command of a Mobile Infantry division sent to prevent the important mining world of Kwalasha from falling into the hands of the Arachnids.
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* AlienInvasion: The Klendathu Arachnids are invading the Terran mining colony of Kwalasha and your job is to make sure they don't succeed at it.
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* CommunicationsOfficer: One of the Mobile Infantry's specialist units, allowing you to call in reinforcements in the field.
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** Mobile Infantry are Cannons. Their units pack impressive firepower but most of their units lack durability and they also lack the numbers of the Arachnids.
** Arachnids are the Horde, pumping out wave after wave of disposable shock troops with a few heavier units like tankers mixed in.
* GlassCannon: Most Mobile Infantry units tend to fall into this category, able to lay waste to hordes of Bugs at a distance but if the Arachnids manage to close to close range and engage them in melee they fall pretty quickly.
** Mobile Infantry are Cannons. Their units pack impressive firepower but most of their units lack durability and they also lack the numbers of the Arachnids.
** Arachnids are the Horde, pumping out wave after wave of disposable shock troops with a few heavier units like tankers mixed in.
* GlassCannon: Most Mobile Infantry units tend to fall into this category, able to lay waste to hordes of Bugs at a distance but if the Arachnids manage to close to close range and engage them in melee they fall pretty quickly.
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* PungeonMaster: The Terran Federation's broadcaster is sure fond of making puns like "It is a ore effort for the war effort" and "Don't Doubt This Redoubt".
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* BewareMyStingerTail: The appropriately-named Scorpion Bug that players will quickly come to despise, although it isn't used as a stabbing weapon like most cases. Rather it instead fires blasts of plasma like a living infantry support gun.
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* CannonFodder: Your standard Rifle Trooper squads will make up Both factions can deploy some form of basic, semi-disposable units that almost border on {{Mooks}};
** The ''Rife Trooper'' is a large squad of grunts armed with long-range Morita rifles (but lacking thebulk accuracy to use them effectively at a distance) that are at least capable of your army early on. fending off incoming waves of Arachnids.
** Arachnid Warriors are the most commonly seen bug on Kwalasha and are only really effective at swarming towards the Mobile Infantry in massed attacks.
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* CloseRangeCombatant: The higher-tier ''E-Tech Troopers'' who are much more effective at repulsing waves of onrushing bugs.
* DeathFromAbove: Theplayer Fleet Liaison Officer is capable of calling in TAC Fighter airstrikes on Bug positions.
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* PropagandaPiece: Every mission opens with one of these; a cartoon that usually completely fails to accurately portray the reality of the situation that you're going into.
* PropagandaPiece: Every mission opens with one of these; a cartoon that usually completely fails to accurately portray the reality of the situation that you're going into.
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* HopelessWar: Eventually, it becomes evident in the campaign that the Federation is losing ''horribly'' on Kwalasha, with the Mobile Infantry just barely holding on against the Arachnid onslaught. [[spoiler:Subverted, when it's revealed that it's part of a large-scale if costly feint, done to goad the Bugs into a trap of humanity's making.]]
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* HoldTheLine: A lot of the campaign missions center around defending critical positions like Fort Meru from relentless Bug onslaughts.
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''Starship Troopers: Terran Command'' is a RealTimeStrategy game based on the 1997 ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' by Creator/PaulVerhoeven. The game places you in the command of a Mobile Infantry division sent to prevent the important mining world of Kwalasha from falling into the hands of the Arachnids.
!!This game contains examples of:
* ActionPrologue: The tutorial mission takes place with the initial assault on Klendathu before shifting focus for the fight over Kwalasha.
* CannonFodder: Your standard Rifle Trooper squads will make up the bulk of your army early on.
* DeathFromAbove: The player is capable of calling in TAC Fighter airstrikes on Bug positions.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: As the campaign progresses the player can get access to heavily armed Marauder bipedal tanks to compliment their infantry squads.
* WeHaveReserves: The Arachnids certainly do and the Terrans can reinforce depleted reserves with fresh reinforcements as long as they are within range of a radio tower.
* ZergRush: Default tactic of the Arachnid army. Stronger units start to show up eventually, but even then the hordes will consist primarily of enormous numbers of standard Bugs.
!!This game contains examples of:
* ActionPrologue: The tutorial mission takes place with the initial assault on Klendathu before shifting focus for the fight over Kwalasha.
* CannonFodder: Your standard Rifle Trooper squads will make up the bulk of your army early on.
* DeathFromAbove: The player is capable of calling in TAC Fighter airstrikes on Bug positions.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: As the campaign progresses the player can get access to heavily armed Marauder bipedal tanks to compliment their infantry squads.
* WeHaveReserves: The Arachnids certainly do and the Terrans can reinforce depleted reserves with fresh reinforcements as long as they are within range of a radio tower.
* ZergRush: Default tactic of the Arachnid army. Stronger units start to show up eventually, but even then the hordes will consist primarily of enormous numbers of standard Bugs.
