Aliens RPG

[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by cptbutton

I've always assumed that one of the main jobs of the Colonial Marines was "bug hunts", i.e. exterminating (or at least suppressing) inconvenient low tech sophont species, with the pretext that they are merely animals.

Not sure how drop ship firepower helps that, though the nerve gas certainly makes sense.

I always assumed that to be military black humor, not a representation that the Colonial Marines are Nazi wannabes. When they are fighting they are usually fighting aliens. Who may or may not be low-tech, and are likely to be pretty tough customers whether or no. Military humor can be pretty grisly.