Proposal to Name Destroyer After SF Author

So I do not think that I am a parasite on society. But by no means do I think that being a soldier or even participating in a war (= killing other beings) is the only way to serve society or have a say in your countries democracy.

However the book SST did not say that serving in the military was the only way to complete Federal Service. Just a requirement to hazard ones life in service to society. The book follows the career of a soldier (Mobile Infantry) but during a medical check, a doctor tells Rico that the check is just to determine what a person can do. Not sure if this is correct but from memory, the doctor says that if all a person can do is feel fuzz on a caterpillar, thats what they will do for their Federal Service (although in a hostile environment).

In every way people are given the chance not to complete their service, so that only those who show determination, don't foul up or get unlucky, manage to complete it. If people get their impression of the book from watching the film, don't. The film was a complete 180 of the book. No women in the Mobile Infantry, the infantry were an elite unit, small in number, fighting in highly complex powered armour.