I’ve been reading a military sci-fi book series about soldiers who can be resurrected, essentially infinitely. Being military sci-fi, many of the books are about battles that start with either traveling or fighting in space but are resolved on the ground. It’s not explicitly said, but the resources seem to be essentially endless.
As such, when transitioning from ship-based to ground-based combat, the troops follow an unreliable process that involves jumping into a shell that is then fired at the ground like a bullet. Since they can be resurrected, not much care is put into making the launch process terribly consistently survivable.
People who don’t survive their launch, especially recruits, are called “splats.”
Also makes a handy melee weapon in a pinch
1d4 bludgeoning with 1d6 poison on a crit.
Also psychological damage, at least 1d10. I mean, could you imagine someone attacking you with a live platypus?
Splatypus
I’ve been reading a military sci-fi book series about soldiers who can be resurrected, essentially infinitely. Being military sci-fi, many of the books are about battles that start with either traveling or fighting in space but are resolved on the ground. It’s not explicitly said, but the resources seem to be essentially endless.
As such, when transitioning from ship-based to ground-based combat, the troops follow an unreliable process that involves jumping into a shell that is then fired at the ground like a bullet. Since they can be resurrected, not much care is put into making the launch process terribly consistently survivable.
People who don’t survive their launch, especially recruits, are called “splats.”
edit: Spelling.
What is this book series called??
Undying Mercenaries by BV Larson
Be warned: while I am enjoying the stories, the books could have used quite a bit more proofreading.
Right on, appreciate it! Honestly from what you were saying it just sounds like helldivers to me lol
There are definitely comparable elements of the premises.
Smackypus