"Dies the Fire" and it sequels by S.M. Stirling prominently feature a kilt wearing bunch. Its a sort of sci-fi turned middle ages The End Of The World As We Know It. (TEOTWAWKI)
.. the kilt had concealed a blaster strapped to one thigh and a knife to the other. He was aware of the present gentle customs against personal weapons, but he felt naked without them. Such customs were nonsense anyhow, foolishment from old women - there was no such thing as "dangerous weapons," only dangerous people.
--Robert Heinlein in Methuselah's Children
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