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OK, so you have your great commander, your mighty flagship, your quirky second-in-command/sidekick, and your elite fighter squadrons. Despite all this, probably due to plot reasons, the enemy has boarded your vessels. Who will command your Marines to repel the boarding party?

Suggestions:
Master Chief (my choice)
Samus Aran
Han Solo
Nimitz (Honor Harrington's treecat)
Beowulf
Generic Black Dude

Johnny Rico of Rico's Roughnecks from Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein.

or

Tyr Anasazi from Andromeda.

OK, so you have your great commander, your mighty flagship, your quirky second-in-command/sidekick, and your elite fighter squadrons. Despite all this, probably due to plot reasons, the enemy has boarded your vessels. Who will command your Marines to repel the boarding party?

Suggestions:
Master Chief (my choice)
Samus Aran
Han Solo
Nimitz (Honor Harrington's treecat)
Beowulf
Generic Black Dude

Master Yoda, in Episodes II and III. That midget kicks ass with a lightsaber, no doubt he´ll kick ass commanding my Marines.

Hmmm.... I'd say... The Arrogant man/The tall man/The prince. If you got that, you need to get out more. If you had to wiki it, you need to stay in more. Trapped both ways!

Think about it, kill anything, rematerialize anywhere....

That or Samus Aran.

Zeratul. Nothing better than a permantly cloaked killer who has excellent leadership abilities :p

If I got my Su-35-based Veritech... I'll be the one boarding the enemy.

If not... I'll be having the russian mafia team from Black Lagoon, with Balalaika as commander.

Sam F. Jackson - Sam Fuckin' Jackson

NS-5s from I, Robot, or else one of the several known models of Terminator would make up my ground troops. I'd arm them with Star Wars blasters and thermal detonators, and equip them with some of that lightsaber resistant armor, or just upgrade them with exo-skellatons of the stuff. For something slightly more mundane, the Grand Army of the Republic, but upgraded to a full suit of Jango Fett's armor apiece. Actually, that's still pretty outlandish.;) Obi-wan Kenobi would make an excellent commander: He's brilliant at outmanuvering superior opponents, incredibly lucky whatever he says about luck, and is a good negotiator who understands the human cost of war and will avoid it if he can. He also possesses all the tactical advantages of sensing the Force.

Of the choices available, Master Chief or Han Solo would be my commander. Since I know little about Master Chief (he's the guy from halo, right?), I would have to go with Han Solo. He's tough, courageous, a good shot, and has some experience at covert ops. He'd be excellent if my Marines had to deal with criminal activity at any point, given his knowledge and expertise in that area. And don't forget that before he became a smuggler, he was supposedly top in his class at the Imperial Academy(though I think he was Navy, not Marines). Finally, I've already picked Lando as my fleet commander, so it makes sense to have some one who'd worked with him before and trusts his abilities in the role of commanding the Marines. The only down side is he would suck in a hostage situation.:(

Sergeant Apone from Aliens.

"All right sweethearts, what are you waiting for, breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the corps. A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal is a banquet. Every paycheck a fortune. Every formation a parade. I love the corps!"

Shame he dies so ignominiously...

Sergeant Apone from Aliens.

"All right sweethearts, what are you waiting for, breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the corps. A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal is a banquet. Every paycheck a fortune. Every formation a parade. I love the corps!"

Shame he dies so ignominiously...

Man didn't know how to lead a proper retreat.

Samus gets my vote.

Man didn't know how to lead a proper retreat.

Samus gets my vote.
Primarily because he didn't know they were on top of him before he could react, and his commanding officer was an arse-wipe.

But his dialogue was awesome.

You just need 1 person: Gunnery Sgt. Hartman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1zGjiqV5cE). The enemy will simply run away screaming, or will hide in a corner begging for his mother :D

I'm no expert on military tactics, least of all modern squad-based tactics, but from what I've heard, the Marines in Aliens screwed up rather badly.

In the end, they lost to unarmed animals. Smart, vicious animals to be sure, but there was no excuse, after the initial ambush, for the shear number of disasters that occurred. Green as grass they were, methinks (shakes head sadly). Plus there armor seemed of rather poor quality to me, what they had of it.

I'm no expert on military tactics, least of all modern squad-based tactics, but from what I've heard, the Marines in Aliens screwed up rather badly.

In the end, they lost to unarmed animals. Smart, vicious animals to be sure, but there was no excuse, after the initial ambush, for the shear number of disasters that occurred. Green as grass they were, methinks (shakes head sadly). Plus there armor seemed of rather poor quality to me, what they had of it.
Well, yeah, they did have their heavy weapon leading the assault and all sorts of shit.

But I think they out-class the marines of Halo, for example, who appear to do nowt but wait for the Master Chief to turn up. If you've ever watched the atrocious advertising dealy for Halo 3 which involved "interviewing" "veterans", you'll know what I mean. Most of the UNMC's tactics across an entire battle front appeared to consist of waiting for the Master Chief to turn up.

Sgt. A.J. Johnson.

"Dear Humanity... we regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"

Sgt. A.J. Johnson.

"Dear Humanity... we regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"
Otherwise known as Sgt Apone.

OK, so you have your great commander, your mighty flagship, your quirky second-in-command/sidekick, and your elite fighter squadrons. Despite all this, probably due to plot reasons, the enemy has boarded your vessels. Who will command your Marines to repel the boarding party?

Suggestions:
Master Chief (my choice)
Samus Aran
Han Solo
Nimitz (Honor Harrington's treecat)
Beowulf
Generic Black Dude

Mr. T ! or mister rogers (see the ultimate battle of ultmate destiny)

Sgt. A.J. Johnson.

"Dear Humanity... we regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"
Man love his Quotes
Halo
Men, we led those dumb bugs out to the middle of nowhere to keep 'em from gettin' their filthy claws on Earth. But, we stumbled onto somethin' they're so hot for, that they're scramblin' over each other to get it. Well, I don't care if it's God's own personal anti-son-of-a-bitch machine, or a giant hoola hoop, we're not gonna let 'em have it! What we will let 'em have is a belly full of lead, and a pool of their own blood to drown in! Am I right, Marines?

Halo 3
"Crazy fool. Why do you always jump? One of these days you're gonna land on something as stubborn as you are... And I don't do bits and pieces."

Otherwise known as Sgt Apone.

for full Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson

Nimitz, hands down.

Anyone who doesn't take a danger detecting, buzzsaw of doom as their sidekick is just boring.

Nimitz, hands down.

Anyone who doesn't take a danger detecting, buzzsaw of doom as their sidekick is just boring.

You mean danger-detecting, celery-eating buzzsaw of doom. I think the Protector of Grayson might want one of those 'cats...

Honor Harrington blows. I started out the series with mixed feelings, but around book ten I just gave up. So many poorly drawn characters I could barely keep track of, pro-military, pro-vigilantism drivel, overly melodramatic style, and seemingly contradictory information.

And that whole thing about slowed-down aging, with twenty year olds who look like kids. That's somehow just creepy.

I hate Honor Harrington, and most of the corrupt, degenerate bastards who inhabit that universe would look good staring down the barrels of a few thousand 200 Gigaton Turbolasers and saying "I unconditionally surrender." Let's see you weasel out of that one, Harrington!

Sarge from RvB.

Just kidding.

Sgt. Johnson and Zeratul are both excellent options.

Analysis:
1. Admiral: Lando Calrissian (Star Wars)
2. Flagship: the USS Defiant (Star Trek)
3. Sidekick: Clank (Ratchet & Clank games, Playstation 2, 3 and PSP)
4. Fighter squadron: Wraiths & Valkyries (StarCraft & Brood War)
5. Marines CO: If I'm gonna keep things this diverse, I'm gonna call on the unnamed cyborg from Marathon.

Two-Gun from John Ringo's Vorpal Blade.

Power Armour, Marine Force Recon trained, and twin cut down .50 BMG Barretts he can do the two-gun mojo with.

Commander: Lando (Star Wars)

Flagship: Star Destroyer(various possible models(Star Wars)

Side kick: Chewbacca(Star Wars)

Fighters: A-wing/B-wing or Tie Interceptor/Tie Defender combo(Star Wars)

Marines: Terminators(Terminator), NS 5's(I, Robot), or Clone troopers(Star Wars), commanded by Obi-wan Kenobi(Star Wars)

Dalek Sec, obviously, before he went all soft

What about the Troopers from the book Starship Troopers. Highly trained marines in powered exoskeletons with a whole fucking armory on them.

So in conclusion: My admiral is Jim Raynor, my flagship is the Hyperion battlecruiser, my sidekick is Hk-47, my fighters consist of Valkyries Missle Frigates, and my Marine Commander is Zeratul.

as you can tell, I love the Starcraft tech :)

Who else should lead Marines but Sergeant Stryker?

Hmmmmm........

A tie between The Immortal Emporer Of Mankind, Master Chief, and Revan.

What about the Troopers from the book Starship Troopers. Highly trained marines in powered exoskeletons with a whole fucking armory on them.

QFT. remember at the beginning when they attacked the Skinnies?

"I'm a bomb! I'm a bomb! 10-9-8-"

Doomguy, ftw.

I mean, c'mon, the dude fought his way into hell. You think he couldn't handle a little boarding action?

Um. Whut?

Just lock the section down and pressurize it, or have automatic turrets.

Sarge from RvB.

Just kidding.

Sgt. Johnson and Zeratul are both excellent options.

Analysis:
1. Admiral: Lando Calrissian (Star Wars)
2. Flagship: the USS Defiant (Star Trek)
3. Sidekick: Clank (Ratchet & Clank games, Playstation 2, 3 and PSP)
4. Fighter squadron: Wraiths & Valkyries (StarCraft & Brood War)
5. Marines CO: If I'm gonna keep things this diverse, I'm gonna call on the unnamed cyborg from Marathon.

Admiral-General Hammit (sp?). The old general from stargate SG-1
Flagship-Some epic battleship from Sins of a Solar Empire. Probably either the Kol or the Sova.
Sidekick-no idea
Fighters-something capable of deploying drones which eat away at the enemy ships hull
Marines-I'd have an army of heavily armed and armored cyborgs, and they'd be led by Yoda

Alright for marines defending from a boarding action there's only one choice.

Michael Garibaldi.

leading an army of Spartans (Halo, not 300).

And you know, I wanted badly to choose Worf, but I just can't put my marines under the command of a guy who can't hit a man sized target with a phaser at 10 feet or who gets pwned easily by a possessed Betazoid.

First Lt. Andressen and Master Sergeant Cryborne of course, who else?

The ewok chieften, I want to see what someone who can defeat stormtroopers with teddy bears can do with starship troopers.

If it was us boarding them then I'd want Solid Snake to lead a boarding party to their mothership's bridge.

Master Chief is a good grunt but it's Cortana that is clever enough to be a good commander.

Lieutenant Colonel Jean Dubois

A short colonel in the MI, enough said.

OK: so far I have:
Fleet Commander: Horatio Hornblower (Okay, so a bit of change in technology - he'll work it out)
Ship: Krikket battle cruiser
Sidekick: Maxwell Smart (Hey... if I'm going to have an massive intergalactic war I'm gonna have a humerous massive intergalactic war...)
Fighter squadron: Daleks (they can fly in space)
Marine commander: Colonel Potter (MASH)

I will clone Lunatic Goofballs and create an army of clowns. And I will arm them with the worlds funniest joke.
And rocket propelled pies.

I've got:

Fleet Commander: Sir Molle (EVE Online)
Flagship: Free planet (Lensman novels)
Sidekick: Lunatic Goofballs (NationStates General)
Fighter Squadron: Corsair Titans (Freelancer) and Minmatar Rifters (EVE Online)
Marine Commander: Master Chief (Halo). A bunch of other guys - notably Gordon Freeman (Half-Life 2), Samus Aran (Metroid), Chuck Norris (The Internet), and Samuel Fuckin' L. Jackson (Hollywood) are IN the Marines, but MC is in charge.

Well if going for Marines In Space (TM), truly you have to go for proper Space Marines.

I vote Logan Grimnar and a squad of his finest Space Wolves (in terminator armour, of course).

Technoviking!

DALEKS!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXwBDQK2ZeE)

We need someone of wit and resourcefulness so Sgt Bilko.

Since everybody else is listing theirs:

Fleet Commander: Captain John Sheridan
Flagship: The SDF-1 Macross
Sidekick: Austin Powers
Fighter Squadrons: StarFuries
Marines: Michael Garibaldi leading power armored Spartans (From Halo, not 300)
Vacation: Shore Leave Planet

Fleet Commander: Lt. Commander Justy Ueki Tylor
Flagship: Soyokaze OR USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A
Sidekick: Spock
Fighter Squadrons: Veritechs
Marines: First Lt. Andressen and Master Sergeant Cryborne
Vacation Place: Shore Leave Planet

Ok, I'm ready to take on the invading fleet and... well... Tylor won't crush it, but he won't loose either.

If it has to be "marines" it has to be him:
Gunnery Sgt. "Gunny" Highway (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtUH11e0PEE)

Fleet Commander: Lt. Commander Justy Ueki Tylor
Flagship: Soyokaze OR Macross... tho the Andromeda would also do.
Second in Command: Spoor Aron Sekpadao Letopanyu Peneju (Spaurh aronn Saicspath Nimh Laitpanr Painaigh) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characters_in_Crest_of_the_Stars)
Sidekick: Sister Stephanie 'Steve' Oskowski (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096582/)
Fighter Squadrons: Drones (ala Gundam X or Andromeda)
Marines: REPLICATORS! (via Stargate SG-1) and the Soyokaze's marines!
Vacation Place: with my fleet commander and second in command? :p

Gandalf.

OK, so you have your great commander, your mighty flagship, your quirky second-in-command/sidekick, and your elite fighter squadrons. Despite all this, probably due to plot reasons, the enemy has boarded your vessels. Who will command your Marines to repel the boarding party?

Suggestions:
Generic Black Dude

He's busy filling the token minority role.