The concept of a super soldier is a common one. Faster, stronger, more precise, and what have you, fiction often likes to create said people in order to provide a challenge for the protagonists or have a dramatic story. Ranging Captain America over the Space Marines of Warhammer along with various militaries trying their own hand at creating them to even the Uruk Hai of Lord of the Rings, they have a long history in fiction and reality.
But what areas and activities do these super soldiers actually need to excel at? A man with the ability to breath under water is useful on occasion, but that doesn't necessarily make him a super soldier. Neither does the ability to fly.
So, assuming the corresponding attitudes at the given time perioud, what traits would super soldiers be enchanted with, at the time-period their creation started?
- c. AD 270 - 275, during Aurelian's reign, roman era
- 1865 - 1870, 5 years before the Franko-Prussian War
- 1953 - 1962, during the space race between the USA and the UdSSR
- 2015 - 2016, during Obama's final year in the Office
Personally, I believe that all time-periods tend to try and make their soldiers more enduring. In the earlier time-periods for example, being able to marsh longer and faster is a stratetic boon. Additionally, the soldiers would be made tougher and less likely to die while receiving medical attention.
What do you all think that realistically a military would try to enhance their super soldiers with?
But what areas and activities do these super soldiers actually need to excel at? A man with the ability to breath under water is useful on occasion, but that doesn't necessarily make him a super soldier. Neither does the ability to fly.
So, assuming the corresponding attitudes at the given time perioud, what traits would super soldiers be enchanted with, at the time-period their creation started?
- c. AD 270 - 275, during Aurelian's reign, roman era
- 1865 - 1870, 5 years before the Franko-Prussian War
- 1953 - 1962, during the space race between the USA and the UdSSR
- 2015 - 2016, during Obama's final year in the Office
Personally, I believe that all time-periods tend to try and make their soldiers more enduring. In the earlier time-periods for example, being able to marsh longer and faster is a stratetic boon. Additionally, the soldiers would be made tougher and less likely to die while receiving medical attention.
What do you all think that realistically a military would try to enhance their super soldiers with?