Fictional space marines have been included in a variety of short stories, novels, films, television, and games from the 1930s to the present.

Literature Author Title Year(s) published Unit name Bob Olsen "Captain Brink of the Space Marines" 1932 Space Marines Bob Olsen "The Space Marines and the Slavers" 1936 Space Marines E. E. Smith Lensman series 1934–1954 Galactic Marines Robert A. Heinlein "Misfit" 1939 Space Marines John York Cabot "Sergeant Shane of the Space Marines" 1941 Space Marines John York Cabot "The Odds on Sergeant Shane" 1941 Space Marines John York Cabot "Sergeant Shane Goes to War" 1942 Space Marines Duncan Farnsworth "Flight from Farisha" 1942 Space Marines D. D. Sharp "Pillage of the Space-Marine" 1943 Space-Marines Bob Courtney "Aid to the Enemy" 1943 Space-Marines Robert A. Heinlein "The Long Watch" 1949 Space Marines Theodore Cogswell "The Spectre General" 1952 Imperial Space Marines Carey Rockwell Treachery in Outer Space 1954 Space Marines Carey Rockwell Sabotage in Space 1955 Space Marines G. Harry Stine Rocket Man 1955 Space Marines Eric Frank Russell "The Waitabits" 1955 Space-Marines Randall Garrett "Needler" 1957 Space Marines Eric Frank Russell Wasp 1957 Space Marines (Sirian Combine) Robert F. Young "Passage to Gomorrah" 1959 Space Marines Robert A. Heinlein Starship Troopers 1959 Mobile Infantry Kenneth Bulmer "Of Earth Foretold" 1960 Space Marine Kenneth Bulmer "Earth's Long Shadow" 1960 Space Marine Harry Harrison The Stainless Steel Rat 1961 Space Marines Andre Norton Star Hunter 1961 Space Marines H. Beam Piper Little Fuzzy 1962 Space Marines H. Beam Piper The Cosmic Computer 1963 Space Marines Frank Herbert Dune 1965 Sardaukar Joe Haldeman The Forever War 1974 United Nations Exploratory Force (UNEF) Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle The Mote in God's Eye and related novels 1975 Imperial Marines Jerry Pournelle and S. M. StirlingThe Prince or Falkenberg's Legion series 1976–1993; 2002 CoDominium MarinesOrson Scott CardEnder's Game1985MarinesDavid WeberStarfire series 1990–present Federation Navy Marine Corps David Weber Honor Harrington series 1992–present Royal Manticoran Marine Corps (RMMC) of the Star Kingdom of Manticore, et cetera David Sherman and Dan Cragg StarFist series 1997–present Confederation Marine Corps Ian Douglas Heritage Trilogy Legacy trilogy Inheritance trilogy 1998–present United States Marines Corps, United Star Marine Corps R. J. Pineiro "Flight of Endeavour" 2001 United Nations Security Council Space Marines John Ringo Into the Looking Glass Vorpal Blade Claws That Catch The Manxome Foe 2005–present Allied Space Marines John Varley Rolling Thunder 2008 Martian Naval CorpsJames S. A. CoreyThe Expanse series2011–2022Martian Marine Corps and United Nations Marine CorpsM.C.A. HogarthSpots the Space Marine2012Space Marine

Films and television Director Title Year(s) published Unit name Michael E. Briant Doctor Who serial "Death to the Daleks" 1973–1974 Marine Space Corps George Lucas Star Wars 1977–present Galactic Marines of the Grand Army of the Republic, originally known as the 21st Nova Corps. The Rebel Alliance has an entire regiment of Space Operations, nicknamed "Rebel Marines". Stormtroopers and Clone Troopers also fit the space marine trope. Lewis Gilbert Moonraker 1979 United States Marine Corps on a space shuttle armed with lasers Leiji Matsumoto Star Blazers 1979–1984 Ground combat units found on the 11th planet are known as "Space Marines" James Cameron Aliens 1986 United States Colonial Marine Corps Jeff Segal Exosquad 1993–1994 Exofleet Jumptroops Douglas Netter and J. Michael Straczynski Babylon 5 1994–1998 EarthForce Marine Corps (also known as "Gropos" or "GROund POunderS") Glen Morgan and James Wong Space: Above and Beyond 1995–1996 United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry John Weidner Space Marines 1996 United Planets Marines Keiji Gotoh Kiddy Grade 2001–2002 GOTT Marine Corps Allan Kroeker, David Straiton, et al. Star Trek: Enterprise 2003–2005 Military Assault Command Operations (MACO) David Eick and Ronald D. Moore Battlestar Galactica 2004–2009 Colonial Marine Corps, Colonial Marine Corps Reserve Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper Stargate Atlantis 2004–2009 United States Marine Corps attached to the Atlantis Expedition James Cameron Avatar 2009 Former Marines and mercenaries working with the RDA Corporation on Pandora.Mark Fergus and Hawk OstbyThe Expanse (TV series)2015–2022Martian Marine Corps and United Nations Marine Corps Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi For All Mankind 2021 United States Moon Marines, members of the USMC who are an astronaut security and tactical force on the moon. Dylan Shipley Hammer and Bolter animated series 2022 Imperial Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines from Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000.Hammer and Bolter

Games Title Publisher Game type Year(s) published Unit name Starship Troopers Avalon Hill Board wargame 1976 Mobile Infantry Traveller Game Designers' Workshop Role-playing game 1977 Star Marines, Terran Confederation Marine Corps, Imperial Marine Force, Solomani Marine Corps, and Zhodani Consular Guard Space Marines Fantac/Fantasy Games Unlimited Wargaming; Tabletop game; Dice game 1977/1980 Terran UnionGuard Heavy Infantry, Azuriach Heavy Infantry Starfire series Task Force Games; Starfire Design Studio Board wargame 1979–present Federation Navy Marine Corps Space Marines Asgard Miniatures Science Fiction Miniature Line 1982–present Space Marine/Space Trooper. The miniatures in this line were created for use with Laserburn and are currently available through Alternative Armies Star Frontiers TSR, Inc. Role-playing game 1982–1985 Space Marine. The career name for NPCs with a focus in beam weapons. Metroid series Nintendo Action-adventure game 1986–presentGalactic Federation Marine Corps/07th Platoon Princess Ryan's Star Marines Simulations Tacticals (SIMTAC) 1/285 Scale Tabletop Miniatures Game 1986Princess Ryan's Star Marines Warhammer 40,000 series Games Workshop Miniature wargaming; Tabletop game; Dice game 1987–present Adeptus Astartes (Imperial Space Marine) Chapters, and also, to an extent, Chaos Space Marines. Wing Commander franchise Origin Systems, Inc. Space combat simulation 1990–1999Terran Confederation Marine Corps Duke Nukem series 3D Realms First-person shooter; Platform 1991–present Earth Defense Forces (EDF) Doom series id software First-person shooter 1993–present Marathon series Bungie First-person shooter 1994–present UESC (Unified Earth Space Council) Marines Quake series id software First-person shooter 1996–present SMC (Space Marine Corps) Marines, GDF (Global Defence Force) Unreal series Epic Games First-person shooter 1998–present UMS (Unified Military Services) Outwars Microsoft Third-person shooter; Tactical shooter 1998 Colonial MarinesBattlezoneActivisionfirst-person shooter; real-time strategy1998National Space Defense Force (NSDF), Cosmos Colonist Army/Communist Cosmonaut Army (CCA), Chinese Red Army (CRA), International Space Defence Force (ISDF) StarCraft series Blizzard Entertainment Real-time strategy 1998–present Confederate Marine Corps, the Dominion Marine Corps, the Alliance Marine Corps, the Alpha Corps, the United Earth Directorate Powered Infantry and numerous more Ground Control Sierra On-Line Real-time tactics 2000Crayven Corporation's Marines Halo series Xbox Game Studios First-person shooter; Real-time strategy 2001–present United Nations Space Command Marine Corps and the elite Orbital Drop Shock Trooper divisions (special forces qualified for drop pod insertion). Red Faction series THQ First-person shooter; Third-person shooter 2001–present Earth Defence Marine Corps (E.D.M.C.) and Earth Naval Guard (E.N.G.) Natural Selection Unknown Worlds Entertainment First-person shooter; Real-time strategy 2002–2007 Frontiersmen (human space marines) TimeSplitters 2 Eidos Interactive First-person shooter 2002 Space Marines (Sergeant Cortez and Corporal Hart) Killzone series SCEE First-person shooter 2003–present Interplanetary Strategic Alliance Marines TimeSplitters: Future Perfect Electronic Arts First-person shooter 2005 Space Marines (Sergeant Cortez) (This got changed during scripting as it was pointed out that Space Marine might infringe on Games Workshop name.) Mass Effect series Microsoft Game Studios; Electronic Arts Action role-playing game; Third-person shooter 2007–present designated personnel of the Systems Alliance Navy (no branch independence) Dead Space series Electronic Arts Survival horror; Third-person shooter 2008–present USM Marine Corps (a branch of the Earth Defense Force) Turok Touchstone Interactive Action game; First-person shooter 2008 Marines (also referred to as Commandos) Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard D3 Publisher Action game; Third-person shooter 2009 Space Marines Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta Bethesda Role playing game; First-person shooter 2009 American army medic Eliot Tecorian and the two surviving members of his squad are abducted by aliens, and assist the Vault Dweller in hijacking the spaceship. The player can also equip themself with pre-war power armor similar in appearance to the Marauder armor worn by the Mobile Infantry. Alien Swarm Valve Action game; Third-person shooter; Shoot-em-up; Top-down 2010 Space Marines – the game can be single player or 4 players co-op. There are 4 classes with 2 characters for each class: Officer, Special Weapons, Medic and Tech. Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon Slitherine Turn-based strategy 2014 Space Marines Wolfenstein: The New Order Bethesda Action-adventure, first-person shooter 2014 Weltraumsoldaten, WeltraummarinesoldatenHelldiversArrowhead Game StudiosFirst-person shooter, Shoot'em up2015–presentHelldivers, Super Earth Defense ForceBombshell3D Realmsmultidirectional shooter2016Global Defence Force (GDF)The Outer WorldsObsidian EntertainmentFirst-person shooter, Role-playing video game2019Mardets, short for Marine Detachment.

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