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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Nim: [QB] Those are good examples. [QUOTE]Let's face it: modern combat, even/especially in real life, is mostly people staring at computer screens guiding or controlling their weapons at targets dozens, hundreds, or thousands of miles away.[/QUOTE]Will do. *indistinct noises* There. Fully faced. Now, let's face away from it again...towards gun cams, ramming speed, capital ship acrobatics, Slim Pickens whooping, and Shaka, when the walls fell. Reverend: [QUOTE]Well are we talking about science fiction or space opera here? They're not necessarily the same thing.[/QUOTE]Nuh-no, still firmly entrenched in sci-fi. When I said "space opera" I was referring to that particular capital ship duel in "Wing Commander", it had good dramatic and aesthetic flare for a straight-to-video astroturd. I agree, the most memorable battles of the Honorverse involve inspired improvisation or exploiting an opportunity, not just brute force. However, I'd say that both analogies (boxing and chess) are applicable to most Honorverse (and Hornblower) battles, in that both sides take a lot of fat licks before the situation changes or escalates, often through the point-defense margin of error. No one else could write stuff like "the faltering hulk was sent into oblivion by a storm of bomb-pumped laser fury". Well, I guess several others could, but no one would. *rimshot* [/QB][/QUOTE]
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