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Well, not that sci-fi has ever been a great source of technological wisdom, and I definately see where you're coming from, L4, and would more or less agree - I can't see anyone (well, very few people) today who would run in with a knife over shooting any kind of firearm.
But I'd say that it's partially due to the fact that armour doesn't effectively protect against firearms (well, it might, and if it does, then my argument is half moot), and that firearms aren't disdained as a weapon of war.
So two factors would need to arise: a) that armour is able to protect against firearms, and b) that close combat is once more seen as the ultimate expression of prowess and honour and suchlike. The latter is pretty much true in the 40k world, especially in terms of the Space Marines and their opponents of similar levels, and I would say, in that world, the former is also true.
It also brings to mind Dune, wherein laser weapons would react with energy shields to cause massive explosions, and I think prjectiles moving at high enough speeds would be stopped by the shields, and so one had to use hand weapons to duel with opponents. Now, as I said, sci-fi isn't necessarily an indicator of how things will be, and I think that unless we find some vastly more efficient way of armouring someone effectively against firearms, few people are going to rush in to use swords any time soon.
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), and I have been gobbling up anything I can get my grubby paws on since. 
As for the film version of Starship troopers, I was crying in the theatre when I saw it, so badly butchered it was. I also have several copies of the book (one of them is one of the original prints) and have a copy of the AH boxed game. 
And you are correct Mojarn, eventually you have to go toe-to-toe if you're going to capture an objective, but I'm sure you and most will agree, if you use ranged weapons properly, it will be easier because most of the enemy will be KIA/WIA ! 
And as Tas and i/drax said Heinlein is real SF !!! I still have my copy of the book, but I'm not sure where our copy of the game went !!!? 
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?However, your comments are true within the paradigm of the 40K rules. ?