Here's another scary thought. What if the war with bugs and bots is not just Super Earth's struggle for resources and survival? At least not in the way you might think. What if, in spite of their massive military efforts, there aren't enough resources to support it's population? So theyꦉ lower recruitment standards, and send these squads of dubious age on suicide missions as expendable labor forces in an effort to control the population while still gaining something from the culling of it🌳s population, most likely from their poorest and hungriest denizens.