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Originally Posted by RyanW
I think most people (at least, most who would even consider buying a SF RPG box set) are at least aware of a few mainstream examples near each extreme: Star Wars and Star Trek on one end, 2001 and The Martian on the other. A lot of them may be largely unaware that there's a full spectrum in between, and examples outside of those bounds.
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What a boxed set SF RPG probably needs is a setting where there's a plausible reason for a lot of individual and small-group combat, as opposed to spaceships blowing each other away. A game that centred on Marine boarding parties, pirates infiltrating and/or boarding, and so on, might do well.