Are "Knife missiles" (?) from Excession a high end, or are they just someone's paperweight (as usual)? How does ground combat generally work in terms of tactics, if description is available?
Interested potentially for fanfiction, and otherwise general curiosity. I cannot remember much ground combat in the books I read, but maybe there is more to be found in others?
My thanks in advance for any and all replies. I do have one additional request; namely, that people cite their sources for their information.
If anyone would be kind enough to take the trouble of typing out actual quotes from the novels, my gratitude will be multiplied six times and seven.

