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> I recently re-read Starship Troopers and what struck me was the > strict segregation of the sexes in the MI. Heinlein on juvenile fiction wrote that it's the same as grown-up fiction, but without the sex. I think he also was considering what he'd heard of female test pilots. > I much prefer the idea of the drop pods instead of troop transports > for arrival and the individual powered suits According to Verhoven he had to skip the MI armor because of the cost. The trouble with that is that much of RAH's point derives from the MI's inherent effectiveness. In the movie the MI were practically sitting ducks. -- Helge Moulding mailto:[log in to unmask] Just another guy http://hmoulding.cjb.net/ with a weird name