This novel does crib off the RPG quite a bit - there's references to arms being supplied to Linna 349 by the UPP, the Accipiter dropship is mentioned, the Xinjiang travels to 17 Phei Phei, Pham Dinh gets a cameo, there's reference to the Torin Prime civil war, Chinese troops use the AK-4047, we get a close-up look at the Australia Wars, and so on.
I like the RPG, but writers seem to be using it as a crutch now, rather than writing anything original. Take the RPG elements out of any recent Alien novel, and there's not a whole lot there.