EP136: Bright Red Star by Bud Sparhawk.
Today's Escape Pod story was some hard core military science fiction. While the background premise, humanity at war with an implacable, uncompromising alien foe, is a bit tired, the details of this story were fresh and realistic. The technological elements were handled well, with enough detail that you could picture and understand the gear. But there was enough emotion, enough humanity, to make the story compelling even as the horrible understanding grows in the listener.
Though the story isn't one of my favorites--it's a bit bleak, lol-- the writing here is superior, giving us vivid characters and a fully realized milieu in just a few thousand words.
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Although I haven't watched Starship Troopers in a while, the Mormons settling a planet - causing the war with the aliens was a good plot point.
Mix in the plot of Space Above and Beyond, make it boring and dull, and you have got the photocopy of a photocopy called "Bright Red Star".
I hope the chigs - oops shards don't attack without apparent reason or rationale, or do anything to the human's brains.... cause that would be just a blatant rip off. Wouldn't want that.....
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