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Saturday June 27, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Spec-Ops in Spaaaaaaace!: The popularization of Special Operations military formations continues, even though they represent a small minority of the world’s military forces. How can speculative Mil SF inform readers/watchers of the strengths and weaknesses of these “high-speed, low-drag” groups? Which MilSF properties incorporate SpecOps realistically? Can SpecOps over-exposure translate into humor for MilSF?
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Rick Partlow

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Rick Partlow is an Army veteran with a degree in History from Florida Southern College. He is the author of 51 military SF and space opera novels, including the Dragon Award finalist Direct Fire.
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LL Richman

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L.L. Richman has a diverse career background, having spent more than a decade working in radiation physics, and twice that as a director of film and video. Richman is also a pilot and has close ties to the special forces community.

Richman's series feature the pulse-pounding act... Read More →
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Casey Moores

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Casey Moores was a USAF rescue/special ops C-130 pilot for over 17 years- airdropping, air refueling, and flying into tiny blacked-out dirt airstrips in bad places using night vision goggles.  He’s been to those places and done those things with those people. Now he lives a quieter... Read More →
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Mike Massa

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Mike Massa has lived an adventurous life, including stints as a sailor, a banker, and a tech-head. He's lived outside the US for several years, beyond the usual military deployments. Mike writes novels and shorts in MilSF, SF, Fantasy, Horror, and non-fiction.

A lover of Liberty Con, he has been attending since 2007. Mike is married with three sons, and a growing cohort of grandsons, who check daily to see if today is the day they can pull down the old lion. Not yet... Read More →
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Kevin Ikenberry

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Kevin Ikenberry is a life-long space geek and retired Army officer. As an adult, he managed the U.S. Space Camp program, two Challenger Learning Centers, and served on active duty in space operations before Space Force was a thing. He’s an international bestselling science fiction... Read More →
Saturday June 27, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
M - Plaza Ballroom A/B Chattanooga Marriott Downtown 2 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402, USA

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