Space marine
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Space marines are fictional soldiers that operate in outer space. Space marines are common in military science fiction-themed action movies and action games. The concept of mechanized Space Marines originated from Robert A. Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers (where they were called the Mobile Infantry) and was popularized by the ceramite-armoured, bolter-wielding crusading Space Marines of Warhammer 40,000. Commonalities in the various descriptions of Space marines include futuristic weapons and use as infantry in attacks on planets or boarding actions on Space Stations from spacecraft.
"Space Marine" is currently a trademark owned by Games Workshop for their table-top game Warhammer 40,000.
Not so fictional, however, is the United States Marine Corps's desire to expand into space. The "Hot Eagle" project considers the use of spacecraft to deliver marines to a target on the ground. "Within minutes of bursting into the atmosphere beyond the speed of sound – and dispatching that ominous sonic boom – a small squad of Marines could be on the ground and ready to take care of business within 2 hours."
Fictional space marines
- Starship Troopers (1959) - Mobile Infantry
- Star Trek series (since 1966) - Starfleet Marines Corps
- The Mote in God's Eye (1975) and related novels - Imperial Marines
- Falkenberg's Legion series (1976-1993) - The CoDominium Marines
- Star Blazers (1974)
- Dune (1977) - the Sardaukar (Dune universe)
- Traveller (1977)
- Star Wars (1977) - the Clone Troopers and the Imperial Stormtroopers
- Moonraker (1979)
- Aliens (1986) - United States Colonial Marines
- Metroid (1986) - Federation Troopers
- Warhammer 40,000 (1987) - the Space Marines and the Imperial Guard
- Exosquad (1993-1995) - Exotroopers (E-frame pilots) and Jumptroopers
- Honor Harrington series (1993)
- Doom (1994) - the United States Marine Corps
- Marathon (1994)
- (1995) - United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry
- Quake (1996)
- (1997) - United States Colonial Marines
- StarCraft (1998) - Terran Confederacy Marines
- Halo (2001-Present) - UNSC Marine Corps
- (2001) - the MACOs
- Battlestar Galactica (2004)
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