The Most Powerful Army in Fiction?

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Random question.

Basically, what is the most powerful army in fiction?

There are some regulations to my question, though:

Regulations

  • Must be an actual army. Not a group, not a small brigade of people, not a guerrilla warfare army
  • Has to be a big army. BIG
  • The leader of the army is not included in this.
  • The army has to be able to hold their own, without a leader
  • Soldiers must all be generally the same. (So no Justice League, or Avengers or anything like that)

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Maybe third army

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Army of Light :3

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???????

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Squirrel army

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Perhaps the New Genesian Guard (New 52). They had at least 6,000 beings who could fodderize armies of GL's (and assorted other Lantern groups) with ease. Then they have the Life Equation Effecties who also joined, and one made Hal, Kilowag, and like 4 other upper-ranks look like fools. Then they have Orion (literally steamrolled Mogo, Hal, Sinestro, Indigo 1, and multiple Old Gods). They also have Lightray (blitzed and shut down the Rings of like 30 Lantern's, and near Wally-level speed). They also have Hyalt (casual Planet Buster, and can build weapons to bring down the Gods), Bekka (fodderized Sinstro Lanterns, Sinestro, Hal, an army of Indigo's and GL's, ect), and like 5 other generals who are around this power-level. Then that Army is headed by Highfather (brought down many Gaurdians, laughed off Parallax, nearly killed WL Kyle, reality warped at a galactic scale, and more). That Army is basically unbeatable.

I'd also consider Monarch's Army and Nekron's Forces big contenders.

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#7  Edited By mysticmedivh

The United States Army.

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The Daleks

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Do the Celestials count?

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#10  Edited By bigcimmerian

Serbian army from WW1.

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Warhammer 40k Orks. They highly, highly outnumber humankind who are easily in the hundred trillions. They have filled up entire galaxies. The only reason they haven't dominated the entire known universe is because they don't work well together and live in seperate tribes. When they gather together for a genocide, called a "WRAAAGH!!!"(yes, that's literally the name.) they have wiped entire solar systems clean and infest so deeply into a planet only an Exterminatus(planetary life wipe) can get rid of them. When they gather together their crude weapons should not work, but they have a psychic field that makes their weapons work how they expect them to. So they could make a gun out of scrap and it would work. They'll eat anything, even each other. They survive nearly anywhere. They are like the itch you can't scratch for the Imperium of Man.

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@rpgesus: They're from the Godhead Arch. It pretty much spans over the main GL Book, GL Corps, Red Lantern, Sienstro, and a special Godhead Mini-Series. It's really good, although the New God's are kind of douche's which bothered me as a New Gods fan. Still, its a great story in general, and has great depictions of Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, and Black Hand which makes up for that. It's probably my favorite New 52 GL story.

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#14  Edited By Etheral_Dreams

I forgot what series it was, but I once read a series where there was an infinite army of nigh-omnipotent gods, each capable of destroying several multiverses.

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Justice League

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The Endogard (metabarons)

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The 300

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The 300

That's actually ... the best answer here.

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#20  Edited By Vivide

Celestials - an entire race of cosmics

Strike Legion - when a frickin grenade can blow up a goddamn planet

Daleks/Galifreyan - Timewar

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The amazons or the American army

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@firestormfate1919: damn it's not in a collected edition or anything so that would be a lot of money to read the whole thing but it sounds cool af

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#24  Edited By NinjaWarrior268

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@vivide said:

Celestials - an entire race of cosmics

Strike Legion - when a frickin grenade can blow up a goddamn planet

Daleks/Galifreyan - Timewar

Black lanterns easily.

Justice League

OP wants an army army. No groups, just a military force.

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@mysticmedivh: All I put are armies, space armies.

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the ones I put are on a scale that is bigger than the norm, in an all out war SL would stomp 40k

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@vivide said:

@mysticmedivh: All I put are armies, space armies.

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the ones I put are on a scale that is bigger than the norm, in an all out war SL would stomp 40k

I was specifically referring to the Celestials which you listed.

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#29  Edited By mysticmedivh

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@mysticmedivh: an entire race and an army too

Now is there anything to prove that they are an actual army/military force?

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@mysticmedivh: Black Lanterns count. They fit the OP

IMO I see them as a group, not an actual army/military force, but you're the OP.

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@vivide: What is strike legion from?

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Still Batman.

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#35  Edited By Vivide

@mysticmedivh:

ar·myˈärmē/nounnoun: army; plural noun: armies

  1. an organized military force equipped for fighting on land."the two armies were in position"
    synonyms:armed force, military force, land force, military, soldiery, infantry, militia;More
    • the branch of a nation's armed services that conducts military operations on land.noun: the army"an enlisted man in the army"
    • a large number of people or things, typically formed or organized for a particular purpose."an army of photographers"
      synonyms:

      crowd, swarm, multitude, horde, mob, gang, throng, mass, flock, herd,pack"an army of tourists"

they fit the definition

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@eisenfauste: its a tabletop game that is mondo awesome

http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Strike_Legion

http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/vampire-ships-bunny-commandos-and-space-marines-lets-read-strike-legion.196770/

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@vivide said:

@mysticmedivh:

ar·myˈärmē/nounnoun: army; plural noun: armies

  1. an organized military force equipped for fighting on land."the two armies were in position"
    synonyms:armed force, military force, land force, military, soldiery, infantry, militia;More
    • the branch of a nation's armed services that conducts military operations on land.noun: the army"an enlisted man in the army"
    • a large number of people or things, typically formed or organized for a particular purpose."an army of photographers"
      synonyms:

      crowd, swarm, multitude, horde, mob, gang, throng, mass, flock, herd,pack"an army of tourists"

they fit the definition

That's not answering my question. What has been stated in the comics, or shown/proven in the comics, to suggest that they are an organized military force?

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@mysticmedivh: Well technically every army is a group. What I meant by that, is that it couldn't be just a small little group of people, it actually have to be an army. Like you said some sort of force of hundreds of people that are soldiers, and are connected to one goal.

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@mysticmedivh: Well technically every army is a group. What I meant by that, is that it couldn't be just a small little group of people, it actually have to be an army. Like you said some sort of force of hundreds of people that are soldiers, and are connected to one goal.

Every army is a group, but not every group is an army. I mean, it's your definition for your thread, so if that's how it works, then that's completely cool.

I just thought of army as the true definition, an organized military force, not as a group of connected people trying ot achieve a single goal.

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@mysticmedivh: Oh, I didn't want to get that strict to it. That would be really restricting, lol.

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Not going to lie. Daleks take the cake

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@jbourne_32: they died to fodder...

They died because the director wanted it to happen. Historically speaking they likely died because of the Spartan turncoat who revealed a pass of the Persians.

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@nightway I agree that its gonna be a 40k army cause there are two armies that are far greater than any other people are gonna post and its your orcs and the Tyranids, Tyranids can outnumber even the Orcs.

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Actually The Reapers are another really good contender

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@mysticmedivh: they fit the terms so they are , call em a militia or whatever

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In terms of street level I think Metal Gear takes the first AND second spot with their genetically enhanced Next-Generation Special Forces and MGS4's PMC soldiers.

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@vivide said:

@mysticmedivh: they fit the terms so they are , call em a militia or whatever

Based on what exactly?

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@savageslayer: Necrons kick the stink out of them

Heck O.G. flood do also.

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from what ive heard i think its the new genesian guard

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Beyonders