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[Grimsen]

The Australian-American war.

 

[foxtrot3d]

It's from a blog I wrote a while ago.

The quotes are from the actual sourcebook.

Ah I thought so, great write up though.

 

[Professor Renegade]

Oh, I'm not sure if it really counts as a war but the last few episodes of Gurren Lagann get fucking HYPE.

 

[Currygan]

I see the Dominion War has already been posted, my work here is done

also, I don't care if I sound like a dork, but loved the final battle at Hogwarts. Flitwick capping death-eaters like it was nothing

 

[Human Resources]

The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion by Henry Darger

 

[Fj0823]

The Clone Wars and the Galactic Civil War

 

[Jigorath]

New Jersey vs New York in The Sopranos. Mob Wars are always fun.

 

[jph139]

The Trojan War

Surprised no one else has dropped this one - really cool in concept and execution. The fleet of ships, the heroes, the gods, Hector vs. Achilles, the Trojan Horse, and finally the Fall of Troy... absolute classic.

 

[Megalosaro]

Surprised no one else has dropped this one - really cool in concept and execution. The fleet of ships, the heroes, the gods, Hector vs. Achilles, the Trojan Horse, and finally the Fall of Troy... absolute classic.

Trojan War is legit. The build up to the war And aftermath is great too.

True story, I'm working on an rpg. One of the sections about a war between too countries the main character is involved in. I based the war on the Trojan war.

 

[TheXbox]

Does the jihad from Dune count as a war? I'm not sure I'd call it a favorite, but it's easily the most impressive.

Dune Messiah spoilers:

Spoiler

Paul kills hundreds of billions of people, renders hundreds of planets uninhabitable, wipes out various religions, compares himself to Hitler and Genghis Khan just to demonstrate how paltry their efforts were compared to his.

 

[CreepingFear]

I don't think anyone brought up Cyberdyne vs Humanity, right? The war against the machines.

 

[lt519]

I'm on a Sci-Fi kick so I'll go with something like Battlestar Galactica (movie) or The Forever War (book).

 

[RyanDG]

Does the jihad from Dune count as a war? I'm not sure I'd call it a favorite, but it's easily the most impressive.

Dune Messiah spoilers:

Spoiler

Paul kills hundreds of billions of people, renders hundreds of planets uninhabitable, wipes out various religions, compares himself to Hitler and Genghis Khan just to demonstrate how paltry their efforts were compared to his.

That's a good one...

I was also considering Armageddon in the Hyperion Cantos as well. Plus the

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future war

from the same series.

 

[cj_iwakura]

The Kilrathi War from WC1-3 is pretty great.

 

[kyser73]

Bug War in Starship Troopers.

The Butlerian Jihad.

Spoiler

Basically requires humanity to sacrifice trillions in order to just draw level with the Thinking Machines (who are insanely brutal)

.

The Atreides/Harkonnen feud.

As someone mentioned earlier, Red Storm Rising.

Borg vs Species 8472.

In B5

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the war between the Shadows and Vorlons

which spans millions of years.

The Apocalypse War in Judge Dredd.

Some backwater conflict that happens a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

 

[Blargonaut]

All the wars between all the factions in Warhammer Fantasy and 40k.

Butlerian Jihad in Dune and the UNSC-Covenant war in Halo (I love the extended universe novels) are also great. For some reason the Battle of the Ten Towns in Icewind Dale sticks out to me, I just remember that great intro movie with the illustrations.

 

[RuinerPrime]

The never ending war in Warhammer 40k of course

 

[Seductivpancakes]

The Dominion War

I'm so glad this was posted already. I fell its one of the most significant event ever told in a fictional story on TV since the war drags on for more than as season.

I also love the Gundam UC wars, Horus Heresy, and Battletech Clan Invasion.

 

[Aztechnology]

The entire Warhammer 40k universe.

It's suprisingly interesting and there's plenty of depth and lore. Unfortunately it's all covered up by the focus on Space Mahreeeens.

The never ending war in Warhammer 40k of course

 

[HORRORSHØW]

big brother v goldstein

 

[Aon]

Although this thread seems to have taken on a definite science fiction focus, I really enjoy the story of Riftwar in Raymond E Feist's Magician. Great exploration of time.

Also as others have said, the forever war is a pretty amazing piece of fiction.

 

[Lord Morairty007]

Great Galactic War(Star Wars)
War of the Ring(Lord of the rings)
Cylon War(Battlestar Galactica)
War of Conquest(A Song of Ice and Fire series)

 

[Frecklestein]

console wars

 

[unholyrevenger72]

All of the wars from the Black Company Books

 

[BKatastrophe]

So, one of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn't belong:
Heaven's War - Darker Than Black

Civil War - Marvel Comics

"The Mother of all Omelets, Jack!"

Summit War/Whitebeard War from One Piece

Great way to end the first half of the series that put the established power relations on their head and paved the way for a timeskip. Fantastic buildup and the impact of Whitebeard's and Ace's death were too real.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Klendathu

 

[industrian]

The Earth Minbari war from Babylon 5, mainly for the way it ended.

The minbari cut a bloody swath through the galaxy, obliterating every human settlement they come across effortlessly. They lose a total of 1 ship the entire war, and that was only due to a sneak attack with a nuke.

By the time they reach Earth, only a handful of ships are in defense of Earth, in a battle the realize no chance of victory or even survival, but is merely to by time for people to flee the planet. Meanwhile Earth is screaming it's unconditional surrender, a nd is ignored. After the minbari obliterate Earths defenses, they pause, for no apparent reason, surrender themselves.

how much of a mind f*** must that have been? Even their own military is confused. the humans obviously accept, and their only real condition is stop killing us.

Its just interesting to see humans not as equal warriors, or even scrappy underdogs, as their so often portrayed, but just completely outclassed.

They destroyed more than one Minbari ship. What you refer to was the single battle that Earthforce won.

Equally as frustrating as the entire war being started over a misunderstanding concerning exposed gun batteries.

It was a clusterfuck of unmatched proportions.

1) Earthforce's pride at beating the Dilgar gave them the idea that they were the big dick in the universe.
2) They let a trigger-happy captain lead the expedition into Minbari space (IIRC they weren't even supposed to make first contact with the Minbari, but the captain wanted them to get a closer look at the Minbari ships as this information may get him promoted.)
3) The Minbari's stealth systems caused havoc with Earthforce ships, stopping them from retreating.
4) The cultural misunderstanding of open gun ports made the Earthforce ships think they were going to get attacked so they fired first.
5)

Spoiler

The leader of the Minbari being killed in the attack and his young protégé Delenn getting all emotional about it and demanding the genocide of the human race in revenge.

The Minbari war was the foundation of Babylon 5 and it has ramifications throughout the series. Not just for the characters, but for how Earth eventually transforms through the show. The Earth Alliance Civil War that builds from this transformation is a high point of the series, providing arguably its greatest episode ("Severed Dreams").

The B5 Universe provided lots of interesting wars.

 

[54-46!]

Gundam 0079 is fantastic indeed.

am I the only one that's bothered by the fact that the ships are all aligned vertically? It's mother fucking 3D space. Spice that shit up.

 

[Baraka in the White House]

The War of Five Kings from ASOIAF has always intrigued me, mainly because of how the "good" guys let a series of very stupid and/or selfish and short-sighted decisions muck up what should have been a curb-stomping of the Lannisters and Co.

Also, wars in EVE are great. I'd never play the game but I enjoy reading about it.

 

[TheGreatDirector]

Gundam's One Year War and the Titan/AEUG War some of the best damn interpretations of conflict I've ever seen.

 

[ShadowSoldier89]

Second Europan War - Valkyria Chronicles

Crystal War - FFXI

 

[Shmuppers]

Spoiler

New

Band of The Hawk V.S

Spoiler

Guts

 

[GrandHarrier]

The Earth Minbari war from Babylon 5, mainly for the way it ended.

This is a real good one too. And gave us one of my favorite quotes from the series.

"The humans, I think, knew they were doomed. But where another race would surrender to despair, the humans fought back with even greater strength. They made the Minbari fight for every inch of space. In my life, I have never seen anything like it. They would weep, they would pray, they would say goodbye to their loved ones and then throw themselves without fear or hesitation at the very face of death itself. Never surrendering. No one who saw them fighting against the inevitable could help but be moved to tears by their courage…their stubborn nobility. When they ran out of ships, they used guns. When they ran out of guns, they used knives and sticks and bare hands. They were magnificent. I only hope, that when it is my time, I may die with half as much dignity as I saw in their eyes at the end. They did this for two years. They never ran out of courage. But in the end…they ran out of time."

 

[Carcetti]

Culture vs Idirans war since it started my favorite scifi book series or Babylon 5 alliance vs Shadows and Earth in B5.

 

[MrChom]

World war three from clancy's Red Storm Rising. Great time period scenario for what ww3 would have looked like at that time.

That book....I've read it three times through and it's still fantastic as a page turner. For me it has to be a toss-up between that, and the Manticore/Haven Wars in the Honor Harrington series. Right from their somewhat ineptly done beginnings through the fall of the President of the PRH right through to the conclusion when Haven's seconds from winning the war....and falls to a bluff from a crippled ship.

God it's magnificent.

 

[Kaiterra]

How can you beat the Super Robot Wars?

 

[Currygan]

I also want to punch myself for forgetting this; intergalactic/parallel world mutant cat-mouse war

 

[Ebris]

IN THE GRIM DARKNESS OF THE FAR FUTURE, THERE IS ONLY WAR.

 

[industrian]

This is a real good one too. And gave us one of my favorite quotes from the series.

And directly after that quote...

Are we on? This is... this is the President. I have just been informed that the midrange military bases at Beta Durani and Proxima 3 have fallen to the Minbari advance. We've lost contact with Io and must conclude that they too have fallen to an advance force. Our Military Intelligence believes that the Minbari intend to bypass Mars and hit Earth directly and the attack could come at any time.

We have continued to broadcast our surrender and a plea for mercy and they have not responded. Therefore we can only conclude that we stand at the twilight of the human race. In order to buy time for our evacuation transports to leave Earth, we ask for the support of every ship capable of fighting to take part in a last defense of our home world.

We will not lie to you, we do not believe that survival is a possibility. We believe that anyone who joins this battle will never come home. But for every ten minutes we can delay the military advance, several hundred more civilians may have a chance to escape to neutral territory. Though Earth may fall, the human race must have a chance to continue elsewhere.

No greater sacrifice has ever been asked of a people. But I ask you now to step forward one last time, one last battle to hold the line against the night. May God go with you all.

 

[TipsyArchmage]

Probably the war with the Pannion Domin from the Malazan series

its intense the whole way through and the end of it is fucking heartbreaking

 

[WorldStar]

 

[f0lken]

So overlooked in this thread

 

[HK-47]

The Forever War

The Iridian-Culture War

 

[Khaos_Knight]

The One Year War, The Gryps conflict, and All three Neo Zeon Wars from Mobile Suit Gundan, Zeta Gundam, ZZ Gundam, Char's Counterattack and Unicorn.

Spoiler

SIEG ZEON!!!!

The Reaper war from Mass Effect.

 

[Almighty]

I was going to say the Dominion War from Deep Space 9, but the Earth-Minbari War does give it a good run. Though while we are on the subject it annoys me more then it should how much shit the Minbari gave Sheridan for destroying the Black Star when those mother fuckers were fighting a war to wipe out an entire species.

 

[Surface of Me]

Human-Locust war in Gears, particularly because of how the three games in the main trilogy convey tone so well. Each game feels exactly like it's premise. The first you're fighting a new and mysterious enemy, and trying to get a small force to destroy them from the inside. The second, the two sides know each other already, and it feels like a full scale, last ditch efforts war. Both sides pulling out the big guns. And the third, the events of the 2nd have ravaged the planet and it's almost a fight to see who gets to be last to die on the rock. Didn't appreciate or realize how well the series works as a trilogy until a while after the 3rd released.

 

[Moonkid]

Since the general war from Warhammer 40,000 has been taken, I'll pick the Horus Heresy which still deserves a videogame adaptation of some sort. Just take the engine from Space Marine and give the greenlight Sega!

 

[Drifters]

The Forever War. Gruesome deaths, sex and an amazing usage of time dilation.

This is the only correct answer. Man that book was amazing.

 

[Red Arremer]

Just to explain my personal choice of the Earth Civil War from Babylon 5 a bit further, it's because I feel like it's a conflict that is heavily undervalued by many but also extremely reminiscent of what could happen to our society if it reaches critical mass with its war against terror within itself. More interesting than the escalation of the conflict into open war is the build-up to it, as well.