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* CharacterDevelopment: Starts out as being something of a wildcard prone to solving problems with violence, but mellows out over time. Ends up marrying Pierrot and the two have a kid, and she winds up as head of security for the [=G.O.B.=] She confirms that the First Series took part around twenty years prior to the start of the Third Series, so no surprises she developed in that time.

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* CharacterDevelopment: Starts out as being something of a wildcard prone to solving problems with violence, but mellows out over time. Ends up marrying Pierrot and the two have a kid, and she winds up as head of security for the [=G.O.B.=] She confirms that the First Series took part place around twenty years prior to the start of the Third Series, so no surprises she developed in that time.

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* CharacterDevelopment: Starts out as being something of a wildcard prone to solving problems with violence, but mellows out over time. Ends up marrying Pierrot and the two have a kid, and she winds up as head of security for the [=G.O.B.=] She confirms that the First Series took part around twenty years prior to the start of the Third Series, so no surprises she developed in that time.



* CharacterDevelopment: Starts out as a shameless xenophile, ends up Apex Speaker, then retires. By the Second Series his hair (and beard) is visibly greying too.



[[folder:Kuu-Drac]]
!!Kuu-Drac

The apex speaker of the GOB, and an old friend of Nogg's. Unfortunately, they split on less than friendly terms when Kuu-Drac accidentally killed off an entire sentient species in order to make a quick buck.

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[[folder:Kuu-Drac]]
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[[folder:Kuu-Drahc]]
!!Kuu-Drahc

The apex speaker of the GOB, and an old friend of Nogg's. Unfortunately, they split on less than friendly terms when Kuu-Drac accidentally Kuu-Drahc 'accidentally' killed off an entire sentient species in order to make a quick buck.






A sentient weapon that gets attached to Mauricio's arm.

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A sentient weapon that gets attached to Mauricio's arm. [[spoiler:Ultimately intended to be used to assassinate King, but 'disarmed' with the help of Devyat.]]



* DePower: [[spoiler:Devyat manages to tinker with Jabby's code and make it so it can't ''actually'' kill anyone, it just thinks it has.]]



* TheFool: Ruddock generally bumbles around and occasionally says intelligent things or does something surprisingly smart, but is otherwise pretty much entirely comic relief.
* TalkingAnimal: Whilst capable of moments of surprising intellectual depth (for a coyote), Ruddock is neveretheless still a coyote and often easily distracted.




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* WeaponizedHeadgear: Gets a laser strapped to his Approxiscan collar by Emily's boxbot. Hasn't figured out how to change it off "Kill", and it fires whenever he sneezes.




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* WarRefugees: Fled Eritrea due to persecution.



A homeless man who meets Aitana by chance. Has an odd way of thinking.

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A homeless man who meets Aitana by chance.chance, shortly after meeting Tesfay. Has an odd way of thinking.


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* EasySexChange: Born female, but transitions with the help of Emily, Tesfay, and the ship's doctor 'bot.


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!!Others

[[folder:Stangor]]
!!Stangor

A very round, fox-like alien who starts out pursuing Emily because her actions landed Stangor's parents behind bars, but works with the new crew on and off since they have nobody else who knows spaceships.
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* ParentalIssues: Stangor's parents disowned her (especially after Emily paid off their debts and had them set free in a rare moment of altruism) but apparently still love her dearly.
* SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism: Humanoid, but has a fox-like head and tail.
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!Others (Recurring/General/etc.)

[[folder:Mr. Zorilla]]
!!Mr. Zorilla

Father to Martina and Mauricio, though he never knew about the latter. Nogg visiting him to recount the stories of their deaths serves as the FramingStory for the First & Second Series.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Good lord, is he.
* Cyborg: [[spoiler:Mauricio briefly snaps and manages to turn Jabby into a lethal buzzsaw, and winds up slicing off one of Mr. Zorilla's arms. He gets a robot arm out of the deal.]]
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[[folder:Choan]]
!!Choan

A starship mechanic of questionable morals, but undeniably a GadgeteerGenius. Filthy rich as a result of Spacetrawler manufacture being shut down whilst she was given the plans to produce new stardrives.
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* CoolOldLady: It's not easy to gauge her age and she doesn't talk about it, but it's clear she's been around for a pretty long while.
* GadgeteerGenius: The only people in the setting who seem to be better with tech than Choan are the Eebs, Yuri, and the Mihrrgoot.
* InterspeciesRomance: Has a brief fling with Dimitri - and just about anyone else who passes through her shop, for that matter.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: In her own words? She doesn't take sides, she takes ''cash''. That said, sometimes she does things because they're the right thing to do, or because it amuses her. Preferably both.
* PlanetBaron: She got rich enough that she bought an entire planet. Last we heard about it she was planning to rename it ''Choan-Is-Awesome'' but the paperwork hadn't cleared yet.
* XanatosSpeedChess: 'Opportunistic' and 'crazy prepared' barely even ''begin'' to describe Choan. She plants bugs and trackers on her clients and anyone interesting (so, mostly humans).
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* CatchPhrase: '''''"BLOOD!"'''''
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%%* HalfHumanHybrid* HalfHumanHybrid: Played with. [[spoiler:Humans and Eebs come from a common ancestor, but diverged long enough ago, and are physically different enough, that they're considered different species.]]
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* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Dmitri theorizes that he can make himself immune to stunners by zapping himself with them enough times. [[spoiler: It works, and it lets him set up plenty of antics.]]

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* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Dmitri Dimitri theorizes that he can make himself immune to stunners by zapping himself with them enough times. [[spoiler: It works, and it lets him set up plenty of antics.]]
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* BishonenLine: Her cyborg upgrades cause her to look increasingly inhuman--then her most powerful, "AGodAmI" upgrade returns her to humanoid form, just with different skin color.

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* BishonenLine: Her cyborg upgrades cause her to look increasingly inhuman--then her most powerful, "AGodAmI" "godlike" upgrade returns her to humanoid form, just with different skin color.

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!Part 3:

!!Emily's New Crew:

[[folder:Ruddock]]
!!Ruddock

Emily's first new companion after leaving her friends behind. He is strong and loyal, and views Emily as a powerful friend who can do anything. Also, he's a coyote.
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* UndyingLoyalty: As should probably be expected from anything dog-like. Once he decides Emily is part of his pack, he refuses to leave her side.

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[[folder:Aitana]]
!!Aitana Serrano

A young girl whose parents were recruited by aliens. The aliens, rather than deal with the headache of a child, decided to kill her and erase all memories her parents had of her. She is rescued by Emily.
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* ActionSurvivor: She has no training or experience whatsoever, but she eavesdrops, and quickly realizes she needs to run when aliens are after her.

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[[folder:Tesfay]]
!!Tesfay Sheshy

A homeless man who meets Aitana by chance. Simple and practical.
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* TrueCompanions: Immediately declares Chiphu family after they worked together to save each other.

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[[folder:Chiphu]]
!!Chiphu Phuentsho

A homeless man who meets Aitana by chance. Has an odd way of thinking.
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* SkewedPriorities: When Tesfay asks him to kick a bomb into a sewer, he pauses. His country was ranked worst in the world at football, so he wanted to get it right.
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** In Red-9's case though, he had to be extremely drunk to even consider sleeping with her and they were sexually compatible [[spoiler: enough to interbreed.]]

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** In Red-9's case though, he had to be extremely drunk to even consider sleeping with her and they were sexually compatible [[spoiler: enough to interbreed.]]]] He mentions that he sees the Eebs as too childlike to be attractive.




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* VodkaDrunkenski: His beverage of choice.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: He acts as one to his daughter in the second series, constantly popping in (even on alien planets) "Just to check in".
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* HiddenDepths: [[https://www.baldwinpage.com/spacetrawler/2018/04/19/041918-stress-relief/ A surprisingly lovely tenor.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Her name means 'Nine' in Russian. Eebs don't have last names, so she's named after her mother, but in her father's native language.


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* ImpossibleThief: Among other things, she steals the entire contents of a pirate's cargo hold, and nobody notices for several hours.
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!!Interplanetary Amity:

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* BloodKnight: If Jabby thinks someone's done something wrong, and Mauricio agrees, then it'll dispense justice, [[DisproportionateRetribution and lots of it.]]


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* TriggerHappy: It's a living weapon, and it wants to serve its purpose.

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[[folder:Hwan]]
!!Hwan Choi

A Korean martial arts expert who was doing bodyguard work before he was recruited. Was technically dead when Nogg grabbed him.

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[[folder:Hwan]]
!!Hwan Choi

A Korean martial arts expert who was doing bodyguard work before he was recruited. Was technically dead when Nogg grabbed him.
[[folder:Devyat]]
!!Devyat

The daughter of Dmitri and Red-9.



* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Nogg concludes that he must be a great warrior, since he was thrown out of every martial arts school in South Korea. He failed to consider ''why'' Hwan was thrown out. [[spoiler: He actually ''is'' a very competent martial artist. The "getting thrown out of martial arts schools" is probably more due to his attitude. Or his addiction to painkillers.]]
* ChallengeSeeker: He considered working as a K-Pop band's bodyguard beneath him. He decides to join Nogg for the prospect of a "real challenge".
* FunctionalAddict: Needs a ''lot'' of painkillers to get through the day, but he's mostly on top of it.

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* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Nogg concludes that he must be HalfHumanHybrid
* WalkingSpoiler: Dmitri and Red-9 have
a great warrior, since he was thrown out of every martial arts school in South Korea. He failed to consider ''why'' Hwan was thrown out. [[spoiler: He actually ''is'' a very competent martial artist. The "getting thrown out of martial arts schools" is probably more due to his attitude. Or his addiction to painkillers.]]
* ChallengeSeeker: He considered working as a K-Pop band's bodyguard beneath him. He decides to join Nogg for the prospect of a "real challenge".
* FunctionalAddict: Needs a ''lot'' of painkillers to get through the day, but he's mostly on top of it.
kid! [[spoiler:A telekinetic kid!]]



[[folder:Joyce]]
!!Joyce Evans

An American corporate executive known for her charity work and honest business practices.

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!!Joyce Evans

An American corporate executive known for her charity
[[folder:Hwan]]
!!Hwan Choi

A Korean martial arts expert who was doing bodyguard
work and honest business practices.before he was recruited. Was technically dead when Nogg grabbed him.



* HonestCorporateExecutive: Despite making massive profits, she gave away most of her company's money to charity.

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* HonestCorporateExecutive: Despite making massive profits, she gave away most AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Nogg concludes that he must be a great warrior, since he was thrown out of her company's money every martial arts school in South Korea. He failed to charity.
consider ''why'' Hwan was thrown out. [[spoiler: He actually ''is'' a very competent martial artist. The "getting thrown out of martial arts schools" is probably more due to his attitude. Or his addiction to painkillers.]]
* ChallengeSeeker: He considered working as a K-Pop band's bodyguard beneath him. He decides to join Nogg for the prospect of a "real challenge".
* FunctionalAddict: Needs a ''lot'' of painkillers to get through the day, but he's mostly on top of it.



[[folder:Bikkie]]
!!Bikkie

An Australian boxer who was kidnapped as an infant, enslaved, and forced to fight for slop on a daily basis. He holds a deep and abiding hatred for nearly everyone, and he has the fighting skills to back it up. Also, he's a kangaroo.

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[[folder:Bikkie]]
!!Bikkie

[[folder:Joyce]]
!!Joyce Evans

An Australian boxer who was kidnapped as an infant, enslaved, American corporate executive known for her charity work and forced to fight for slop on a daily basis. He holds a deep and abiding hatred for nearly everyone, and he has the fighting skills to back it up. Also, he's a kangaroo.honest business practices.


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* {{Cyborg}}: While under the effects of a bliss patch, she allows the Med-Bot to turn her into this. She looks the same, but now has impenetrable skin and can melt metal with her hands.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Despite making massive profits, she gave away most of her company's money to charity.

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[[folder:Bikkie]]
!!Bikkie

An Australian boxer who was kidnapped as an infant, enslaved, and forced to fight for slop on a daily basis. He holds a deep and abiding hatred for nearly everyone, and he has the fighting skills to back it up. Also, he's a kangaroo.
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* EverythingsBetterWithLlamas: He just wanted to be an alpaca herder.


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[[folder:Jabby]]
!!Justice Arm Bot

A sentient weapon that gets attached to Mauricio's arm.
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* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Nogg concludes that he must be a great warrior, since he was thrown out of every martial arts school in South Korea. He failed to consider ''why'' Hwan was thrown out.

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* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Nogg concludes that he must be a great warrior, since he was thrown out of every martial arts school in South Korea. He failed to consider ''why'' Hwan was thrown out. [[spoiler: He actually ''is'' a very competent martial artist. The "getting thrown out of martial arts schools" is probably more due to his attitude. Or his addiction to painkillers.]]




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* FunctionalAddict: Needs a ''lot'' of painkillers to get through the day, but he's mostly on top of it.
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** In Red-9's case though, he had to be extremely drunk to even consider sleeping with her and they were sexually compatible [[spoiler: enough to interbreed.]]
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* OneManArmy: Eventually, she packs enough firepower to take down entire hoards of attackers by herself.
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The first of the human crewmembers shanghaied by Nogg. She is a Spanish college student who doesn't know what to do with her life. Her death is the reason Nogg returned to Earth, to tell her father of her fate. Despite having no training and even less experience, she quickly becomes the captain of the ''I.A. Starbanger''. She is good at coordinating her team and listening to their needs.

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The first of the human crewmembers shanghaied by Nogg. She is a Spanish college student from Argentina who doesn't know what to do with her life. Her death is the reason Nogg returned to Earth, to tell her father of her fate. Despite having no training and even less experience, she quickly becomes the captain of the ''I.A. Starbanger''. She is good at coordinating her team and listening to their needs.

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[[folder:Krep]]
!!Krep



* AnArmAndALeg: Near the climax, [[spoiler: he loses two of his tentacle-arms to particularly sadistic unclamped Eebs.]]
* CentipedesDilemma: Emily asking about his aiming six guns at once invokes this in him - it's even the trope picture.



* SnarkKnight: Krep, big time.

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* SnarkKnight: Krep, big time.Krep pretty much lives to snark at everything. Unsurprisingly, Nogg is his most frequent target.




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* MyBelovedSmother: Gurf's mother (a G.O.B. ambassador) is disappointed in Gurf's lack of ambition, the trouble he gets into, and that he ended up crewing under Nogg. She nags on him to do something more respectable.



* BatmanGambit: When arriving at the G.O.B., Emily deliberately secures Pierrot away from the rest of the team in a hidden location for four days, figuring that the rest of the group was wandering into a trap, and that he'd be able to help them out just by being himself. [[spoiler: She's correct on all counts.]]



* IndyPloy: More often than not, Emily prefers to think on her feet rather than plan things out.



* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Dmitri theorizes that he can make himself immune to stunners by zapping himself with them enough times. [[spoiler: It works, and it lets him set up plenty of antics.]]




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* TwinSwitch: Inadvertently - Nogg meant to grab his identical twin, Bill, instead (the computer couldn't tell the two apart due to them having the same genes).

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* ChallengeSeeker: He considered working as a K-Pop band's bodyguard beneath him. He decides to join Nogg for the prospect of a "real challenge".


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* PsychoForHire: He joins the mission because he's pissed at the world and wants to inflict some pain.
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'''Bikkie:''' ''BLOOD!''\\
'''Nogg:''' Um. Yeah. Okay.
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* PlayfulHacker
* PsychicPowers: She gains limited telekinesis from her Eeb brain implants.
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* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Possibly more symbolic than literal, but Yuri's descent into PTSD is accompanied by her cyborg implants becoming less human and more monstrous. In the end, Martina tells Yuri that if they're going to stay friends, she needs to remove all her weapons. This process [[spoiler: along with getting brain-clamped]] brings Yuri more-or-less back to her senses.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Martina is morally conflicted about killing, even in self-defense--but she's not afraid to stun-gun her own captain to insure that NoOneGetsLeftBehind. And, when backed into a corner, she is willing to kill if it's the only way to save more lives.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Martina is morally conflicted about killing, even in self-defense--but she's not afraid to stun-gun her own captain to insure that NoOneGetsLeftBehind. And, when backed into a corner, she is willing to kill if it's the only way to save more lives. It even prompts [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/10/31/spacetrawler-89/ a quip from Yuri]].
-->'''Yuri''': I think I'll avoid ever asking you for identification.
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* ArmCannon: One of her many weapons is a wrist blaster mounted on her gauntlet.


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* SlapSlapKiss: His relationship with Martina.

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* SarcasticDevotee: Has nothing but disdain for everyone around him, but he's 100% committed to the cause.
* SnarkKnight: Krep, big time.
* StarfishAlien: The least-human looking among the main cast. He's a hoofed quadruped with a single eye and six tentacle-arms above his mouth.



* RaisedByWolves: Or coyotes, in Emily's case. As a result, coyotes are the only creature she feels any kinship towards, and she prefers a loner's life. (Oddly enough, she still has no qualms about killing and eating coyotes.)




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* ManipulativeBastard: He ''piles'' on ranks of this [[http://spacetrawler.com/2012/10/02/spacetrawler-264/ late in the story]] through a mix of TheCharmer and HighSchoolHustler, in his project to [[spoiler:seize control of the GOB]].
-->'''Dimitri:''' "What can I do in 20 minutes, right?"
* AManIsAlwaysEager: "Xenophile" might be a polite word for Dimitri. It's not clear [[AnythingThatMoves how flexible his standards are when it comes to his own species]], but when he's finished trying to chat up all the other abducted human women, he assesses every alien species he meets for compatibility.
* ThePornomancer: When introduced, he's entertaining two bikini-clad women in a rowboat. Over the course of the story, he first propositions all the human females, then proceeds to seduce every remotely compatible alien female he can find, regardless of looks or shape.
* TooKinkyToTorture: In the process of trying to [[AcquiredPoisonImmunity immunize himself to stun gun shots]], Dimitri starts enjoying it... a bit much.



* SerialProstheses: Because she keeps upgrading and replacing her robot limbs.




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* PatrioticFervor:
-->'''Dustin:''' Long live the Australian federal constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy!
* TooDumbToLive: Dustin. [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/09/19/spacetrawler-77/ Trust in the authorities can be taken too far]].



!!New ''I.A. Starbanger'' crew:

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* YouNoTakeCandle: His speech is a little stilted, even with the translator chips. He also always speaks in the third person.

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* ThirdPersonPerson: Bikkie always talk this way.
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* DumbMuscle: Undisputedly the strongest member of the crew. And the dimmest.
* GeniusDitz: He has a [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/09/27/spacetrawler-172/ hidden talent for space combat]].



* BewareTheNiceOnes: Martina is morally conflicted about killing, even in self-defense--but she's not afraid to stun-gun her own captain to insure that NoOneGetsLeftBehind. And, when backed into a corner, she is willing to kill if it's the only way to save more lives.



* BerserkButton: He flips out violently if anyone hurts animals in his vicinity. Or brags to him about hurting animals. Or tries to make him eat meat.




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* InterspeciesRomance: He's briefly courted by a Qiyemp female. He breaks up with her on Carpsellon and leaves her to comfort the dying [[spoiler: Kuu-Drahc]], shortly before [[spoiler: the destruction of the planet]].
* SlapSlapKiss: His relationship with Martina.




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* CombatPragmatist: When she isn't the one with the most firepower, she wins by a combination of sheer cunning and occasional luck.
* HyperspaceArsenal / WalkingArmory: [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/07/31/spacetrawler-157/ As demonstrated here.]]
* SlapSlapKiss: Her relationship with Pierrot.




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* EthicalSlut: When put in a position where he realizes that he'd be exploiting someone for sex, no matter how willing they are and how biologically compatible they are, he refuses while [[DiscussedTrope saying he tried his whole life to avoid such a situation]]. Later, she seduces him on more equal terms.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Him and Choan.
* InterspeciesRomance:
** Shuar genuinely loves Dimitri; Dimitri doesn't care.
** Dimitri loves Dal, and she might reciprocate, [[spoiler:but she's more committed to the G.O.B.]]
** Dimitri and Haldeyis have a strong relationship until [[spoiler: his new job with the G.O.B. leaves him unable to spend time with her.]]



* AnimalEaredHeadband: She wears one, initially. Then she gets ''actual'' cat ears (well, ears from an alien who looks just like a humanoid cat, but whatever) grafted onto her head.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Yuri seems sweet, but she comes to enjoy excessive violence, and demonstrates a vindictive streak against those who've hurt her. For example, by cutting off one of her torturer's ears.
* BioAugmentation: In addition to having her limbs replaced with bionics, she has a cat-like alien's ears and Eeb brain tissue grafted to her. The latter of which allows her to use [[PsychicPowers telekinesis]] and understand Eeb technology.
* BishonenLine: Her cyborg upgrades cause her to look increasingly inhuman--then her most powerful, "AGodAmI" upgrade returns her to humanoid form, just with different skin color.
* {{Catgirl}}: She starts off with costume ears, but eventually surgically implants real cat-alien ears.
* CovertPervert: Yuri [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/03/17/spacetrawler-24/ has apparently done some things]] that even ''Dimitri'' finds obscene.
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* ActionGirl: She grows into one, more out of necessity than desire.
* ArtificialLimbs: In Book 3, she gets a prosthetic arm and eye to replace the ones the unclamped Eebs burned off. Unlike Yuri's, prosthetics, Martina's are practically indistinguishable from the originals.



A French pacifist/vegetarian with a violent streak. He quickly bonds with Emily, despite his insistence to the contrary.

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A French From Gabon, a French-speaking pacifist/vegetarian with a violent streak. He quickly bonds with Emily, despite his insistence to the contrary.



* {{Hypocrite}}: Repeatedly. He's strongly against violence, but when someone tests his limits, he hits back hard. He was initially recruited when he crashed a car he was in because the driver intentionally hit a mole.

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* AnimalWrongsGroup: He's willing to injure or kill humans (and other sapients) in defense of animals. His EstablishingCharacterMoment: the driver of the car he was in deliberately ran over a mole, so Pierrot punched the driver--while the car was still moving, causing it to crash.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Repeatedly. He's strongly against violence, but when someone tests his limits, he hits back hard. He was initially recruited when he crashed a car he was in because the driver intentionally hit a mole.\n



* ActionGirl: Begins the story as one. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is when she first meets Nogg, and her reaction is to attack him.
* BadassLongcoat: Wears a western-style duster, even over her LatexSpacesuit. Later, she upgrades it so that it can also be used as a ''hang glider''.



* AnythingThatMoves: Dimitri will [[NotHyperbole literally sleep with]] anything [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/08/29/spacetrawler-71/ that has a sexual compatibility over 50%]].



* ActionGirl: Grows into this role, especially as she gains more cybernetic upgrades.
* AnimalEaredHeadband: She wears one, initially. Then she gets ''actual'' cat ears (well, ears from an alien who looks just like a humanoid cat, but whatever) grafted onto her head.
* ArtificialLimbs: Torturers cut off all four of her limbs, so she gets robotic replacements. She keeps upgrading these, and at some points she even adds extra limbs.
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Her upgrades include a built-in space suit, allowing her to survive the near-vacuum of space without any external help.




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* {{Transhuman}}: She upgrades herself, both cybernetically and biologically, multiple times.


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* AssholeVictim: Victim, then asshole, then both simultaneously and continuously for the rest of the comic.
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Character page for the webcomic ''Spacetrawler''.

!Part 1:

!!Interplanetary Amnity:

[[folder:Nogg]]
!!Nogg

The captain of the ''I.A. Starbanger''. He lacks empathy, leadership skills, and is of average intelligence at best. He is usurped by Martina as leader almost immediately.
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* GeneralFailure: Nothing he has ever planned has ever gone right. Even his recruitment of the humans was mostly planned by the ship's computer, and he still managed to screw up Bill's recruitment.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kurp]]
!!Kurp

Nogg's second in command. He is angry and violent, but far more competent than Nogg. He still accedes to Martina's command when the time comes.
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* GoodIsNotNice: He's fighting to free an oppressed species from slavery largely simply because it is the right thing to do. He's still a jackass.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gurf]]
!!Gurf

The company's heavy lifter/mascot. He is dumb and kind-hearted by nature, but shows hints of intelligence in certain areas.
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* DumbIsGood: In a cynical galaxy, he is dumber than a box of rocks, but kind and generous to a fault.

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[[folder:Martina]]
!!Martina Zorilla

The first of the human crewmembers shanghaied by Nogg. She is a Spanish college student who doesn't know what to do with her life. Her death is the reason Nogg returned to Earth, to tell her father of her fate. Despite having no training and even less experience, she quickly becomes the captain of the ''I.A. Starbanger''. She is good at coordinating her team and listening to their needs.
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* ForegoneConclusion: We know the whole time she's going to die, because that's the whole reason Nogg came to Earth to tell her father her story.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pierrot]]
!!Pierrot Abdullahi

A French pacifist/vegetarian with a violent streak. He quickly bonds with Emily, despite his insistence to the contrary.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Repeatedly. He's strongly against violence, but when someone tests his limits, he hits back hard. He was initially recruited when he crashed a car he was in because the driver intentionally hit a mole.

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[[folder:Emily]]
!!Emily Taylor

An American drifter who was raised by coyotes. She is an extremely skilled fighter and a very passionate individual. Though she disagrees with Pierrot on nearly everything, she quickly comes to respect his unwavering commitment to his ideals.
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* TheBigGuy: She's the most combat-capable of the crew, on par with Yuri after her upgrades.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dmitri]]
!!Dmitri Sokolov

A Russian playboy with a silver tongue. Early in the story, he sells his grandmother's tea cookie recipe to an alien shopkeep, and the profits make him disgustingly rich for the rest of the story.
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* BoldlyComing: He is absolutely shameless about his love of alien women. Early on, Nogg says that he'll sleep with anything with a sexual compatibility above fifty percent, and Dmitri spends the rest of the story proving him right.
* TheCasanova: He sweet-talks alien women into bed within minutes of meeting them.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Yuri]]
!!Yuri Nakagawa

A Japanese hacker and otaku with an interest in cybernetics. She starts out calm and friendly, but quickly reveals a darker side.
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* MasterOfUnlocking: When it's an electronic lock, at least.
-->'''Nogg:''' I've locked the doors, you're all stuck here--\\
'''Yuri:''' I hacked the door, it's open.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dustin]]
!!Dustin Landing

An Australian conspiracy theorist and all-around idiot. Nogg was supposed to grab his twin brother, Bill, instead, but accidentally got Dustin. Nobody realized the mistake until Dustin woke up, at which point it was too late to go back.
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* TheDitz: He's a gullible idiot who always believes whatever is least beneficial to the rest of the crew. He repeatedly joins the GOB even after they stun him and treat him like a prisoner, renames Earth to Dustinia, and thinks he's the OnlySaneMan despite constant evidence to the contrary.
* FantasticRacism: He hates aliens, and constantly talks down on Dmitri for willing to have sex with them.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Red-9]]
!!Red-9

An unclamped eeb. The last in existence, as far as she can tell. She slips onto the ''I.A. Starbanger'' by pretending to be a normal eeb, and then works to trick the crew into helping her with her cause.
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* TheUnfettered: Both morally and literally. It's only when she unleashes insane unclamped eebs on the galaxy that she begins to reconsider her "free all eebs everywhere without exception" stance.

[[/folder]]

!!Galactic Organizational Body

[[folder:Kuu-Drac]]
!!Kuu-Drac

The apex speaker of the GOB, and an old friend of Nogg's. Unfortunately, they split on less than friendly terms when Kuu-Drac accidentally killed off an entire sentient species in order to make a quick buck.
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* AffablyEvil: Despite being a genocidal torturer, he's usually a friendly guy. His charisma is why he's apex speaker in the first place.

[[/folder]]

!Part 2:

!!New ''I.A. Starbanger'' crew:

[[folder:Hwan]]
!!Hwan Choi

A Korean martial arts expert who was doing bodyguard work before he was recruited. Was technically dead when Nogg grabbed him.
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* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Nogg concludes that he must be a great warrior, since he was thrown out of every martial arts school in South Korea. He failed to consider ''why'' Hwan was thrown out.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Joyce]]
!!Joyce Evans

An American corporate executive known for her charity work and honest business practices.
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* HonestCorporateExecutive: Despite making massive profits, she gave away most of her company's money to charity.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bikkie]]
!!Bikkie

An Australian boxer who was kidnapped as an infant, enslaved, and forced to fight for slop on a daily basis. He holds a deep and abiding hatred for nearly everyone, and he has the fighting skills to back it up. Also, he's a kangaroo.
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* YouNoTakeCandle: His speech is a little stilted, even with the translator chips. He also always speaks in the third person.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Anesu]]
!!Anesu Mutwa

A Zulu thief and stealth expert who initially rejected Nogg's offer, but then followed him onto the ship because it sounded like fun.
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* StealthHiBye: She pulls this on Nogg twice in her first page.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mauricio]]
!!Mauricio Monteros

A young Ecaudorian man who happens to be Martina's half brother. He was born shortly after the events of the first story, when Martina's father took a vacation to Ecaudor and had a one-night stand. Mauricio was not recruited by Nogg, but by Reemp, a weapons engineer who thought that one of Martina's relatives would be able to use his new weapon safely.
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* InTheBlood: Reemp recruits him under the theory that he will have the same moral fortitude as Martina, and thus be a perfect match for his human-only sentient weapon.

[[/folder]]

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