• @Shrike502
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    101 year ago

    Aye, pretty much. Complete with totally-not-Humvees, the usual trope of “future space military is just like present day USMC”, everyone being Anglo, etc

    • @PolandIsAStateOfMind
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      81 year ago

      And naming the supersoldier project “Spartan”, with obvious neonazi vibes, i half expected patches with “Molon labe” on them.

      • @Shrike502
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        101 year ago

        Well from what little I know about Halo, prior to the aliens the Earth government mostly waged war against its own people. Suppressing uprisings against shitty conditions and the oppression.

        In this context the name makes perfect sense.

        • @PolandIsAStateOfMind
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          31 year ago

          Even during the war. IIRC Halo: Reach starts when player is participating in smashing of outreach uprising, and during it they find planet being attacked by Covenant (which is known enemy by then).

          • @ComradeSalad
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            1 year ago

            “Oh shit, those aren’t communist rebels we can curbstomp easily, that’s a fucking Sangheeli Field Marshal”