History Awesome / Berserker

* The unarmed pacifist with [[spoiler:a terminal illness]], sent up to negotiate with an alien planet-cracker. He agrees to provide a piece of human flesh (his own) to prove that organic life is more complex than robotic, hence deserves to be protected rather than destroyed. The Berserker develops a bioweapon custom-made to attack the tissue sample, then tries to trick him into carrying said bioweapon back down to the planet and infecting it. What he ''gave'' it is [[spoiler:a piece of his metastatic cancer, which the "bioweapon" ''cures'']].
* The Earth commander who takes refuge in an impenetrable capsule deep within the gravity well of a black hole, using it to stay (relatively) immortal until descendants of the humans he fought alongside can find a way to rescue him. Whenever supposed rescuers arrive, he tests them by [[spoiler:telling them to "look around at the scenery for a while"]]. Only the genuine humans [[spoiler:are freaked out by it the way he was when ''he'' first saw it]].
* In the story "Wings Out of Shadow," a human, along with a bunch of artificial personalities from human history, is captured by the berserkers. [[LesCollaborateurs A "goodlife' human]] forces him to use the personalities to command small fighting spacecraft. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: the personalities are recreations of the greatest aces of WorldWarOne and perceive the berserkers' ships as hostile aircraft. Cue one epic CurbStompBattle.]]

* In the story "Wings from the Darkness," a human, along with a bunch of artificial personalities from human history, is captured by the berserkers. [[LesCollaborateurs A "goodlife' human]] forces him to use the personalities to command small fighting spacecraft. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: the personalities are recreations of the greatest aces of WorldWarOne and perceive the berserkers' ships as hostile aircraft. Cue one epic CurbStompBattle.]]

* The unarmed pacifist with [[spoiler:a terminal illness]], sent up to negotiate with an alien planet-cracker. He agrees to provide a piece of human flesh (his own) to prove that organic life is more complex than robotic, hence deserves to be protected rather than destroyed. The Berserker develops a bioweapon that destroys the sample, then tries to trick him into carrying said bioweapon back down to the planet and infecting it. What he ''gives'' it is [[spoiler:a piece of his metastatic cancer, which the "bioweapon" ''cures'']].

* The unarmed pacifist with [[spoiler:a terminal illness]], sent up to negotiate with an alien planet-cracker. He agrees to provide a piece of human flesh (his own) with which the Berserker can develop a bioweapon, and to carry said bioweapon back down to the planet and infect it. What he ''gives'' it is [[spoiler:a piece of his metastatic cancer]].