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Posted by: Sierra 1993DJC
Space Opera List
And if you look at the Military Sci-Fi list you can see Halo there too, I prefer to look at the description then lists, this is wikipedia after all...
Posted by: switch 104 sv
Posted by: Vercetti24
Halo is Military Sci-Fi, not Space Opera...
And the two are mutually exclusive? Star Wars has a large military factor in it and it is beyond doubt a Space Opera.
Just because there's a military it doesn't mean something is a Military Sci-Fi, the first way you ca recognize Military Sci-Fi is the Military being the most important in the story and the chain of command and all its branches resemble RL Military (usually US Military). Second thing is that Military Sci-Fi tends to be more realistic and morally grey (at least Human Military), SW is Science-Fantasy and pretty black and white...
Part of description of Military Sci-Fi from wikipedia:
"Traditional military values of bravery, sacrifice, sense of duty, and camaraderie are stressed, and the action is usually described from the point of view of a soldier or officer. Typically, the technology employed is more advanced than present-day and described in detail. In some stories, however, technology is fairly static, and weapons that would be familiar to present-day soldiers are employed, but other aspects of society have changed. For example, women may be accepted as equal partners in combat roles. Wars are not primarily won by research and development, or even logistics, but by willpower, bravery, tactical foresight, and other military virtues. In many stories technological advances are central to plot development."
Also another way to see the difference between both is to look at the designs of human warships, if they are blocky, ugly and have no fancy colors then the chance is higher it's Military Sci-Fi, if they are more round, have fancy colors and just look good then the chance is higher it's Space Opera. This is of course not always true.