![]() ![]() ![]() After this, the Federation goes to war and the series follows their attempts to defeat the "bugs", especially by capturing part of the Arachnid ruling class. While Johnny is in training, an alien species known as the "Arachnids" attacks Buenos Aires, resulting in the death of Johnny's family (only his mother in the books, his entire family in the film). Johnny joins the 'Mobile Infantry', the primary foot soldiers of the Federation (depicted in the book as having advanced armored suits equipped with jetpacks and nuclear weapons). Much of the series focuses on the experiences of Juan "Johnny" Rico and the lessons he learns enlisting in military service along with his hometown friends, Carmen Ibanez (a love interest who becomes a pilot) and Carl (who, in the films, is shown as being a psychic who joins military intelligence). ![]() Military service is voluntary, but required to earn the full rights of citizenship, such as holding office and voting. In this future, human society is now ruled by the Terran Federation, a government run by military veterans. The series is set hundreds of years in the future, after a collapse of Western democracy and many resulting wars. Heinlein and the satirical 1997 film adaptation by screenwriter Edward Neumeier and director Paul Verhoeven. ![]() Starship Troopers is an American military science fiction media franchise based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert A.
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