The sense of duty, the difficulty of reconciling respect for orders and ethical issues: these are good elements for a scenario. But military characters have other assets: they are at the service of a cause greater than themselves, and they explore countries whose culture is unknown to them. Properly exploited, these elements provide a good basis for great sagas.
- Stargate SG-1 / Amazon / Science-Fiction / The airforce has discovered an artifact that opens a gate to new planets. A small team (an archeologist, a physicist and an alien human warrior), led by a grumpy colonel, explores these worlds and leads the fight again a fearsome ennemy : the Goa’ulds.
- Rome / Amazon / History / Two soldiers in Cesar’s elite legion, two lifes torn between family and politics
- Woman at war / Netflix / History / France, 1914, on the border with Germany. In the midst of terrible fighting, four women struggle to heal the wounded and protect their families