Trope-a-Day: Death From Above
Death From Above: In space, all death planetside, or at least the delivered hot and steaming kind, is Death From Above. When the going gets tough, the tough call for orbital fire support. What else...
View ArticleThe Emperors’ Sword: Some Notes
(I also want to note that I could equally well title this series “The Empresses’ Sword” – the word, after all, is identical and gender-affix free in the original Eldraeic. Not my fault that English is...
View ArticleTrope-a-Day: Kill Sat
Kill Sat: Oh, yeah. See also Death From Above and Wave Motion Gun, because there’s no artillery like ortillery, and no high ground like orbit. The orbital defense grid (it defends orbit from above,...
View ArticleTrope-a-Day: We Have Reserves
We Have Reserves: Heavily averted thanks to the quality-over-quantity philosophy of the Imperial Legions. Even the most kill-crazy of the Empire’s historical generals (which is to say, the House of...
View ArticleTrope-a-Day: Military Mashup Machine
Military Mashup Machine: Oh, several. Examining them by the categories of the original trope, we have: Land Battleship: This one, actually, they don’t have. Essentially, by the time it was practical...
View ArticleLightning Strikes
from the Eye-in-the-Flame Arms internal memeweave archives From: Aldysis Cyprium (Directorate)To: Diziet Cyprium (Director of Entertaining Research)Subject: FULGURANT TRIBULATION It’s not that we’re...
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