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** This conversation about what would happen if zombies joined the war.
--->'''Pavel''': Maybe the zombies would get out of control and we'd be forced to work with the Covenant to save our asses.
--->'''Frank''': Like that could ever happen.
--->'''Pavel''': The zombies?
--->'''Frank''': The working with the Covenant.
--->'''Pavel''': Maybe the zombies would get out of control and we'd be forced to work with the Covenant to save our asses.
--->'''Frank''': Like that could ever happen.
--->'''Pavel''': The zombies?
--->'''Frank''': The working with the Covenant.
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* PistolWhipping: Referenced when Frank is being interrogated by an Insurrectionist. He gets hit with the barrel and then delivers this line.
--->'''Frank''': You'd have better luck hitting me with the handle.
*PretentiousLatinMotto: Referenced when Frank carves phrases in latin on his new armor.
--->'''Frank''': You'd have better luck hitting me with the handle.
*PretentiousLatinMotto: Referenced when Frank carves phrases in latin on his new armor.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Chapter 81, mentioned above, involves doing an air drop on top of a tank with parachutes attached to it with Iron Man blasting through the main character's helmet speakers. You have to read it to understand the sheer awesomeness of the act.
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* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome: Played straight and then brutally subverted in Scarecrow's death. He uses a galling gun like an assault rifle before he is brutally killed by a needle explosion.]]
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* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome: Played straight and then brutally subverted in Scarecrow's death. He uses a galling gun like an assault rifle before he is brutally killed by a needle explosion.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: So far there have been two full chapters from different point of views. The first one was appropriately titled [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A Day In The Limelight]] and featured Pavel as the narrator. The second chapter featured UNSC Army Ranger Yevgeny Nezarian, narrating events happening in parallel to a previous chapter.
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* TheElevatorFromIpanema: This fanfiction has had several scenes when the characters have to take an elevator. So far, every single elevator scene has had a muzak arrangement playing in the background. There's usually lots of Lampshade Hanging from the characters involved. In fact, Eliza, the AI, started playing elevator music on all the ship's elevators with the intention of [[InvokedTrope invoking]] this.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Grass is noted as being an exceptional pilot in most UNSC craft for someone that doesn't actually do any flying. The skill comes in handy when the pilot of the Pelican the team is on is killed and she has to land it. She crash-landed upside down, but still, saved the team's lives.
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* BattleInTheRain: While there hasn't been a particularly memorable example, the author makes us aware that it is raining on quite some battles. It makes for a dreary atmosphere in an action-packed, relatively humorous fanfic.
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* BattleInTheRain: While there hasn't been a particularly memorable example, the author makes us aware that it is raining on quite some a few battles. It makes for a dreary atmosphere in an action-packed, relatively humorous fanfic.
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* [[BigFreakingGun BFG]]: The M102 Sledgehammer railgun is this in spades. Managing to take out Locust walkers with one or two shots.
* ChunkySalsaRule: The descriptions of headshots are lovingly detailed and take up to one paragraph just to describe just exactly how the alien's brains splattered the wall behind it.
* ChunkySalsaRule: The descriptions of headshots are lovingly detailed and take up to one paragraph just to describe just exactly how the alien's brains splattered the wall behind it.
* MythologyGag: The number seven pops up quite more often than it should.
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* TheUnfairSex: An 'inversion' when Pavel's girlfriend cheats on him, she is portrayed as a bitch. When he sets himself to sleep around with as many women as he can before actually breaking up with her Pavel is portrayed sympathetically.
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* TheUnfairSex: An 'inversion' ''inversion'' when Pavel's girlfriend cheats on him, she is portrayed as a bitch. When he sets himself to sleep around with as many women as he can before actually breaking up with her Pavel is portrayed sympathetically.
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* BattleInTheRain: While there hasn't been a particularly memorable example, the author makes us aware that it is raining on quite some battles. It makes for a dreary atmosphere in an action-packed, relatively humorous fanfic.
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* AuthorCatchphrase: 'Stay strong' is featured at the end of many chapters.
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* AwesomeMccoolname: Strongly averted when it comes to the call signs of the main characters. Grass, Caboose, and Bumblebee don't really inspire terror when you hear them, Snark and Angel aren't very intimidating either. The only cool-sounding call sign is Scarecrow. In a funny case of this, most of the characters have regular-sounding names (except for Arcangelo Lamberti), but the ships have some incredibly awesome names such as:
** UNSC 'Inconvenience' the ship were the main characters live and are deployed on.
** UNSC 'Disproportionate Retribution'
** UNSC 'Count Me In'
** UNSC 'Inconvenience' the ship were the main characters live and are deployed on.
** UNSC 'Disproportionate Retribution'
** UNSC 'Count Me In'
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Chapter 81, mentioned above, involves doing an air drop on top of a tank with parachutes attached to it with Iron Man blasting through the main character's helmet speakers. You have to read it to understand the sheer awesomeness of the act.
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* OnlySaneMan: The way that Caboose behaves sometimes makes it seem like he believes himself to be that. He's not entirely wrong either.
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Soon after Frank meets [[SoleSurvivor Pavel Klaus]], whom he becomes fast friends with. From that point on the duo starts earning their paycheck and kicking alien ass. The story is, paraphrasing the author, what you would get if you grabbed an extra from the Halo series and gave him the spotlight in a television series as opposed to a film. It has dealt with over nine years worth of war in 101 chapters. It's a pretty humorous fan fiction with very well-done action sequences that don't usually go over the top. Written fairly realistically (as realistically as you can get with {{ScienceFiction}}) it gives a different perspective on the Halo Universe.
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Soon after Frank meets [[SoleSurvivor Pavel Klaus]], whom he becomes fast friends with. From that point on the duo starts earning their paycheck and kicking alien ass. The story is, paraphrasing the author, what you would get if you grabbed an extra from the Halo series and gave him the spotlight in a television series as opposed to a film. It has dealt with over nine years worth of war in 101 more than 100 chapters. It's a pretty humorous fan fiction with very well-done action sequences that don't usually go over the top. Written fairly realistically (as realistically as you can get with {{ScienceFiction}}) it gives a different perspective on the Halo Universe.
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* DoorStopper: The story currently has over 550,000 words and counting. To put it into perspective, it's longer than the entire LordOfTheRings series.
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* VirtualSoundtrack: Used every now and then.
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* VirtualSoundtrack: Used every now and then. Two examples that stand out are Iron Man by Black Sabbath and To Glory by Two Steps From Hell
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* AuthorAppeal: Why else would there be so many attractive female characters in the cast?
* BadassBandolier: Caboose wears those.
** Bonus points for having shotgun shells on them.
* BadassBandolier: Caboose wears those.
** Bonus points for having shotgun shells on them.
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* PaintingTheFourthWall: There have been a couple of instances were Frank realizes that he had written down something wrong by how the other character says it.
--->'''Pavel''': [[spoiler: Catherine]]] was the girl, liked to be called [[[spoiler: Kat]]].\\
'''Frank''': [[spoiler: Kat]]? You mean [[spoiler: Cat]].\\
'''Pavel''': That's what I said.
--->'''Pavel''': [[spoiler: Catherine]]] was the girl, liked to be called [[[spoiler: Kat]]].\\
'''Frank''': [[spoiler: Kat]]? You mean [[spoiler: Cat]].\\
'''Pavel''': That's what I said.
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* TheUnfairSex: An 'inversion' when Pavel's girlfriend cheats on him, she is portrayed as a bitch. When he sets himself to sleep around with as many women as he can before actually breaking up with her Pavel is portrayed sympathetically.
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* VirtualSoundtrack: Used every now and then.
* VirtualSoundtrack: Used every now and then.
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* BadassBystander: Astrid, the girl from Chapter 102 runs across the battlefield to get help for her injured mother.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Frank gets called out by Commander Albaf on Chapter 107. It's not pretty.
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Soon after Frank meets [[SoleSurvivor Pavel Klaus]], whom he becomes fast friends with. From that point on the duo starts earning their paycheck and kicking alien ass. The story is, paraphrasing the author, what you would get if you grabbed an extra from the Halo series and gave him the spotlight in a television series as opposed to a film. It has dealt with over nine years worth of war in 101 chapters. It's a pretty humorous fan fiction with very well-done action sequences that don't usually go over the top. Written fairly realistically (as realistically as you can get with {{ScienceFiction}}) it gives a different take perspective on the Halo Universe.
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* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Frank, obviously.
** TheLancer: Pavel
** TheSmartGuy: Arcangelo "Angel" Lamberti. Although Camilla is probably the smartest member if the team Lamberti is the computer expert and gadgeteer.
** TheBigGuy: George Sutton, his call-sign, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Scarecrow]], says a lot. Robert "[[EmbarrassingNickname Bumblebee]]" Agnarsson also has some shades of this despite not being as physically intimidating has the advantage of being the squad member that carries the rocket launcher.
** TheChick: Camilla "Grass" Seppa
** SixthRanger: While not technically one, Grigori comes of as this at times, probably because Frank distrusts him.
** TheHero: Frank, obviously.
** TheLancer: Pavel
** TheSmartGuy: Arcangelo "Angel" Lamberti. Although Camilla is probably the smartest member if the team Lamberti is the computer expert and gadgeteer.
** TheBigGuy: George Sutton, his call-sign, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Scarecrow]], says a lot. Robert "[[EmbarrassingNickname Bumblebee]]" Agnarsson also has some shades of this despite not being as physically intimidating has the advantage of being the squad member that carries the rocket launcher.
** TheChick: Camilla "Grass" Seppa
** SixthRanger: While not technically one, Grigori comes of as this at times, probably because Frank distrusts him.
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*MoodWhiplash: Several filler chapters are humorous and soft. The action-heavy chapters are often DarkerAndEdgier. They still have some humor, but the change is sometimes a little bit sudden.
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* TrappedBehindEnemyLines: Occasionally
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*MildlyMilitary: The UNSC ''Inconvenience'' is seriously lacking on discipline.
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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Since the protagonist is an ODST this comes up sometimes.
* FriendlySniper: Snark
* TheMedic: Lockley is this.
* MilitaryBrat: Frank grew up as one.
* OneSceneWonder: The rocket launcher marine. [[spoiler: he was popular enough to come back as permanent squad member Robert Agnarsson.]]
* FriendlySniper: Snark
* TheMedic: Lockley is this.
* MilitaryBrat: Frank grew up as one.
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*FriendlySniper: Snark
*TheMedic: Lockley is this.
*MilitaryBrat: Frank grew up as one.
*OneSceneWonder: The rocket launcher marine. [[spoiler: he was popular enough to come back as permanent squad member Robert Agnarsson.]]
*FriendlySniper: Snark
*TheMedic: Lockley is this.
*MilitaryBrat: Frank grew up as one.
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*AlienInvasion: What'd you expect?
*CrazyEnoughToWork: Chapter 81. Full Stop.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Gabuka.
*ScrewTheWarWerePartying: Any chapter that involves [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin partying.]]
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*CrazyEnoughToWork: Chapter 81. Full Stop.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Gabuka.
*ScrewTheWarWerePartying: Any chapter that involves [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin partying.]]
* UrbanWarfare
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'''The Life''' is a {{Halo}} Fan Fiction dealing with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the life]] of one Francisco Castillo, better known as Frank. It starts off with Frank joining the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers and making it through [[TrainingFromHell boot camp]]. After he's done with he is deployed to fight the Covenant. His first mission ends up going not so well with Frank and his team having to make an emergency orbital jump to leave their crashing ship. Frank is the only survivor of his squad.
[[ItGotWorse It gets worse]]
Soon after Frank meets [[SoleSurvivor Pavel Klaus]], whom he becomes fast friends with. From that point on the duo starts earning their paycheck and kicking alien ass. The story is, paraphrasing the author, what you would get if you grabbed an extra from the Halo series and gave him the spotlight in a television series as opposed to a film. It has dealt with over nine years worth of war in 101 chapters. It's a pretty humorous fan fiction with very well-done action sequences that don't usually go over the top. Written fairly realistically (as realistically as you can get with {{ScienceFiction}}) it gives a different take on the Halo Universe.
It can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7100689/1/The_Life here.]]
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[[ItGotWorse It gets worse]]
Soon after Frank meets [[SoleSurvivor Pavel Klaus]], whom he becomes fast friends with. From that point on the duo starts earning their paycheck and kicking alien ass. The story is, paraphrasing the author, what you would get if you grabbed an extra from the Halo series and gave him the spotlight in a television series as opposed to a film. It has dealt with over nine years worth of war in 101 chapters. It's a pretty humorous fan fiction with very well-done action sequences that don't usually go over the top. Written fairly realistically (as realistically as you can get with {{ScienceFiction}}) it gives a different take on the Halo Universe.
It can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7100689/1/The_Life here.]]
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