Talk:Bug (Starship Troopers)

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We should get images of the various types of bugs.-

"Brain Bug—Leader of a Bug colony. It is created when a colony's size reaches three hundred generations. In the Movie, it is fed by drinking a human's brain."

I think it was not feeding on human brain, it was "learning" about humans that way. It was not explained, but seems more sensible. - Despil, 14:29, Jun 08 2005

There's no such thing as a Worker Bug in the movies. This should be removed from the page. Chariot Bugs may do the manual labour but we have no evidence that they do anything other than carry the Brain Bug around.

There were two new types of Bugs in 'Hero of the Federation', the Parasite Bug and the Spy Bug. The Parasite Bug is the spider-like creature that crawls into a person's mouth and the Spy Bug is the caterpillar-like creature that the Parasite Bug metamorphoses into. The Spy Bug controls the person's body and creates more Parasite Bugs.

Tehre is also mention on the novel of a Royal Caste, Queens. I don't recall it having any more detail than that, other than they had never found one, dead or alive. Also, this page is for Bug in general, not specifically on the movie alone.

The article says that workers are identicle to the warriors, this is different to the book. Near the beginning (I think, I read a lot of the book in one go) Rico says how he was taught the difference between the bugs and near the end of the book (the section mentioned in the article) Rico tells one of his 'trigger-happy' officers to look at the bugs he is shooting. --TheMightyShoeHorn 21:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There are slight anatomical differences between the Workers and Warriors, but the main difference between the two in the book is that Warriors will charge forward with Lasers, while Workers will run from the fight. Also, in the book, only the Royals are really smart. The Workers and Warriors are about as smart as chimps. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.126.92.60 (talk • contribs).

Ah, the Royals are never seen, just suspected. Only the Brain bugs are the confirmed intelligent bugs.--TheMightyShoeHorn 19:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Royals are mentioned quite often in the book if I remember correctly, though keep in mind the book Bugs and movie Bugs are vastly different and may as well be considered different aliens entirely. And in the book, generally speaking the MI attempted to avoid shooting Workers since that amounts to civilian casualties essentially.

Do these castes only apply to the movie? Or are they based on the book? That needs to be explained at the opening of the topic heading.

The similarities are obviously many in number, however the book clearly states that most bugs on the surface are workers, the warrior caste while similar are fewer in numbers and can be distinguised from workers. What the Book states about the bugs should be kept seperate as they are different media with someone interpretation of the arachnid forces. There are so many differances in plot, characters, enemies and suchforth that they are not comparable however many similarities there are —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.149.255.197 (talk) 09:37, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Basically, the movies are only Starship Troopers in name. The book is an entirely different setting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.74.214.129 (talk) 13:28, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]