Darren New wrote:
> Bill Pragnell wrote:
>> I think it's military - quicker to say 'klick' than 'kilometre/er'. 
>> That you think of SF speaks volumes about how much military-heavy SF 
>> there is  out of hollywood!
> 
> Mostly books, really. And I have read a number of SF books involving 
> futuristic armies and such, so I suppose that explains it.

Yup, SF vs sci-fi, sorry. Joe Haldeman's a favourite of mine, read any 
of his? The Forever War is a particularly scintillating military-based 
novel.

> Of course, space ships are just like ocean ships, so of course you use 
> military terms in space, yes? ;-)

There's Klingons off the starboard bow, cap'n

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