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Wouldn't they really be called something else entirely? The term marine implies a soldier who specialises in sea based warfare or deploying from sea.
by jiggy2011 14y ago
Wouldn't they really be called something else entirely?
The term marine implies a soldier who specialises in sea based warfare or deploying from sea.
- waterlesscloud 14y agoThe sci fi tradition of calling a fleet of combat starships a "navy" leads to the soldiers who deploy from those ships being called "marines". It makes a certain kind of sense.
- jellicle 14y agoHumans rarely use new words when old words will do. When we were looking for a word to use for "thing that keeps us alive in space", "ship" was the obvious one since we already had a word for "thing that keeps us alive on the ocean". When we are looking for a word for "soldiers that accompany ships in space", "marines" is almost certainly the word that is going to be used.
- illuminate 14y agoThey're "like" Marines, first to drop, only in space.