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Space warfare in science fiction
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<p><a href="/facts/Space_warfare/IgTrM0bV">Space warfare</a> is a main theme and central setting of <a href="/facts/Science_fiction/d9hE2Lwt">science fiction</a> that can trace its roots back to classical times, and to the "future war" novels of the 19th century. With the modern age, directly with franchises as <i><a href="/facts/Star_Wars/9Y5j3IPP">Star Wars</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek/kKGkVK5y">Star Trek</a></i>, it is considered one of the most popular general sub-genres and themes of science fiction. An interplanetary, or more often an <a href="/facts/Interstellar_war/KTBHy36I">interstellar or intergalactic war</a>, has become a staple <a href="/facts/Plot_device/RkNc0shX">plot device</a>. Space warfare has a predominant role, it is a central theme and at the same time it is considered parent, overlapping genre of <a href="/facts/Space_opera/dA55c3Vs">space opera</a> and <a href="/facts/Space_Western/aDzKoEqz">space Western</a>. </p>