Heroism is when you land wave after wave of unsupported light infantry onto a hostile planet with no preparatory bombardment, air support, armor, or even crew served weapons. Beauty is when you have your fleet orbiting dumbly above said planet, not providing any support, being easy targets for ground fire.
Klendathu drop was such obvious satire scene that probably the only people who could never get it are dudes raised on US movies about Vietnam and Market Garden Operation. Which is probably exactly what we are seeing.
Heroism is when you land wave after wave of unsupported light infantry onto a hostile planet with no preparatory bombardment, air support, armor, or even crew served weapons. Beauty is when you have your fleet orbiting dumbly above said planet, not providing any support, being easy targets for ground fire.
Klendathu drop was such obvious satire scene that probably the only people who could never get it are dudes raised on US movies about Vietnam and Market Garden Operation. Which is probably exactly what we are seeing.