Randomiser wrote:We haven't actually got enough information about the role of Attack Shuttles to say anything very much about the extent of their capabilities. Just sayin'
One could imagine they were used by marines, but what on earth for? Indeed, what would you use marines for? Nimue Chweriau thinks somewhere, I think it's around slapping down that uppity, misogynist guard officer, that a humongous proportion of the TF forces were Marines (IIRMC it's 1/4) What their tasks were in a space war against an enemy that had no interest in conquering, as opposed to destroying, any ground area, is never explained.
Well, the books did state that the federation ( in their initial counterattack ) pushed into Gbaba territory and took captives/planets from them... BEFORE the full Gbaba fully mobilized. Point being, taking planets takes a ton of ground units.