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* MeltingPotNomenclature: Jasmine Anne Velasquez Candemir. She's a [[ForeignCussWord Mexican-swearing]] American with Latin American and Turkish surnames, cast as a black actress in the author's notes.
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* MultiethnicName: Jasmine Anne Velasquez Candemir. She's a [[ForeignCussWord Mexican-swearing]] American with Latin American and Turkish surnames, cast as a black actress in the author's notes.
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* PowerfulPeopleAreSubs: {{Implied}} with Tyria: she's the one tied down in their post-coital scene at the start of the story.
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* PowerfulPeopleAreSubs: {{Implied}} with Tyria: Captain Tyria, as she's the one tied down in their post-coital scene at the start of the story.
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* BrainsAndBondage[=/=]GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: The fic opens with a post-coital Tyria (rising star in Starfleet with ten lifetimes of memories from her symbiont) and husband Jolin Tabris (attorney and former JAG officer) realizing they have to untie her.
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* BrainsAndBondage[=/=]GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: BrainsAndBondage: The fic opens with a post-coital Tyria (rising star in Starfleet with ten lifetimes of memories from her symbiont) and husband Jolin Tabris (attorney and former JAG officer) realizing they have to untie her.
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** To ''The Literature/NewJediOrder''. [[spoiler:Tyria says she (probably actually her last host Adril Sark) worked on bioweapons to target the Jem'Hadar genome during the Dominion War, a project codenamed "Alpha Red". Alpha Red was the name given to a bioweapon developed by the New Republic to target Yuuzhan Vong and their creations.]]
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*** Tyria Sark's name is two letters off from [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Tyria_Sarkin_Tainer Tyria Sarkin]], a fighter pilot in the Creator/AaronAllston books of the ''Literature/XWingSeries''.
*** ''The Literature/NewJediOrder''. [[spoiler:Tyria says she (probably actually her last host Adril Sark) worked on bioweapons to target the Jem'Hadar genome during the Dominion War, a project codenamed "Alpha Red". Alpha Red was the name given to a bioweapon developed by the New Republic to target Yuuzhan Vong and their creations.]]
*** Tyria Sark's name is two letters off from [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Tyria_Sarkin_Tainer Tyria Sarkin]], a fighter pilot in the Creator/AaronAllston books of the ''Literature/XWingSeries''.
*** ''The Literature/NewJediOrder''. [[spoiler:Tyria says she (probably actually her last host Adril Sark) worked on bioweapons to target the Jem'Hadar genome during the Dominion War, a project codenamed "Alpha Red". Alpha Red was the name given to a bioweapon developed by the New Republic to target Yuuzhan Vong and their creations.]]
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* MixedAncestry[=/=]MultiethnicName: Jasmine Anne Velasquez Candemir. She's a [[ForeignCussWord Mexican-swearing]] American with Latin American and Turkish surnames, cast as a black actress in the author's notes.
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** The {{AI}} Edward is assigned to a ship named after [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet Edward the Black Prince of England]], and is cast as Creator/JamesPurefoy. Purefoy played the actual Prince Edward in ''Film/AKnightsTale''.
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** The {{AI}} ArtificialIntelligence Edward is assigned to a ship named after [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet Edward the Black Prince of England]], and is cast as Creator/JamesPurefoy. Purefoy played the actual Prince Edward in ''Film/AKnightsTale''.
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* ManEater: Velasquez was already established in ''Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack'' and "Fanfic/TheSilenceEnds" as a determinedly single ExtremeOmnisexual. Here she tries to vamp on EnsignNewbie Gilad Ronson (intending it as stress relief for herself), but she comes on too strong and he panics and runs.
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* ManEater: [[TheCasanova [=ManEater=]]]: Velasquez was already established in ''Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack'' and "Fanfic/TheSilenceEnds" as a determinedly single ExtremeOmnisexual. Here she tries to vamp on EnsignNewbie Gilad Ronson (intending it as stress relief for herself), but she comes on too strong and he panics and runs.
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* FantasticLegalWeirdness: Tyria's husband Jolin Tabris is a lawyer, and he mentions he's fighting a probate case against a joined Trill whose previous host {{will}}ed him half his estate. Tyria thinks the case could go constitutional, but Jolin jokingly suggests he might get the will tossed by citing legal precedent from the last time the same symbiont tried this.
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* FantasticLegalWeirdness: Tyria's husband Jolin Tabris is a lawyer, and he mentions he's fighting a probate case against a joined Trill whose previous host {{will}}ed {{will|AndInheritenceTropes}}ed him half his estate. Tyria thinks the case could go constitutional, but Jolin jokingly suggests he might get the will tossed by citing legal precedent from the last time the same symbiont tried this.
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* AMistakeIsBorn: {{Downplayed}}. In an emotional moment prompted by the description of a five-year-old boy infected with the [[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Teplan_blight Teplan blight]], Tyria Sark describes the conception of her daughter Sameen as "selfish" due to conveniently neglecting her contraception while honeymooning with her husband. The implication is not that she actually thinks Sameen was a mistake, but rather that she thinks she shouldn't have impulsively brought a child into [[CrapsackWorld that kind of world]].
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* PowerfulPeopleAresSubs: {{Implied}} with Tyria: she's the one tied down in their post-coital scene at the start of the story.
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* OhMyGods: Tyria (and Birail Riyannis in the author's other series ''Fanfic/BaitAndSwitchSTO'') tends to swear by Gaunt and his forty hosts, whom Gilad Ronson explains to be a legendary Trill symbiont reputed to be the first to ever take a Trill humanoid as a host.
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* OhMyGods: Tyria (and Birail Riyannis in the author's other series ''Fanfic/BaitAndSwitchSTO'') tends to swear by Gaunt and his forty hosts, whom Gilad Ronson explains to be a legendary Trill symbiont reputed by Tyria's host's ethnic group to be the first to ever take a Trill humanoid as a host.
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* MulticulturalAlienPlanet: Tyria is mentioned to be an "Iklani" once, and Ronson says that they revere Gaunt in a manner suggesting that he himself does not.
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* ColonyDrop: During their rebellion against the Dominion the Teplans apparently tried to warp a captured Jem'Hadar attack ship into the Karemma homeworld.
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* RammingAlwaysWorks: During their rebellion against the Dominion the Teplans apparently tried to warp a captured Jem'Hadar attack ship into the Karemma homeworld.
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* MixedAncestry[=/=]MultiethnicName: Jasmine Anne Velasquez Candemir. She's a [[ForeignCussWord Mexican-swearing]] American with Latin American and Turkish surnames, cast as a black actress in the author's notes.
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* YouMonster: Tyria calls B.S. on the Dominion's attempt to paint itself as the aggrieved party.
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* YouMonster: Tyria calls B.S. on the Dominion's attempt to paint itself as the aggrieved party.party in the conflict with the Teplans.
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* LanguageEqualsThought: Tyria apparently equates Vorta reincarnation-by-cloning to Trill symbionts' ability to BodySurf:
-->'''Tyria:''' ...so cut the crap and answer the comm before your next host has to explain this to the Founders!
-->'''Tyria:''' ...so cut the crap and answer the comm before your next host has to explain this to the Founders!
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* FantasticLegalWeirdness: Tyria's husband Jolin Tabris is a lawyer, and he mentions he's fighting a probate case against a joined Trill whose previous host {{will}}ed him half his estate. Tyria thinks the case could go constitutional, but Jolin jokingly suggests he might get the will tossed by citing legal precedent from the last time the same symbiont tried this.
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* PassedOverPromotion: Another captain in Tyria's task force, Merdok, apparently had several years seniority over her but was passed over in favor of the only very recently promoted Tyria because he wasn't certified to command in combat (he command's the fleet's hospital ship, ''[=McCoy=]''). Tyria warns her own chief medical officer not to step on his toes.
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* HistoricalRapSheet: According to Lord Protector Julyeen, Kilana (possibly an earlier incarnation of her) originally gave the order to deploy
the Teplan blight.
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Captain Tyria Sark, newly in command of USS ''Black Prince'', is on vacation with her husband when she's called back to duty early to enforce Federation protection of the Teplan homeworld. [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E24TheQuickening The Teplans had previously appeared as a one-shot species]] in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', having been inflicted with a slow extinction by plague in retaliation for rebelling against the Dominion. With Julian Bashir providing a vaccine to prevent new cases, the Teplans began to recover, which has now attracted Dominion attention; the Teplan government has asked for Federation protection, which Tyria is ordered to provide.
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Captain Tyria Sark, newly in command of USS ''Black Prince'', is on vacation with her husband when she's called back to duty early to enforce Federation protection of the Teplan homeworld. [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E24TheQuickening The Teplans had previously appeared as a one-shot species]] in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', having been inflicted with a slow extinction by plague in retaliation for rebelling against the Dominion. With Julian Bashir providing a vaccine to prevent new cases, the Teplans began to recover, which has now attracted Dominion attention; the Teplan government has asked for Federation protection, which Tyria is ordered to provide.provide... with not nearly enough resources that she can actually make a fight of it if the Dominion shows up.
* AlienNonInterferenceClause: Tyria does cite the Prime Directive in her interactions with the Teplans, but puts a twist on it. Rather than using it as an excuse ''not'' to get involved, she seems to regard it as a guideline to be cautious when she ''does'', such as being careful with the introduction of Federation technology to their technically warp-capable but still very battered civilization.
** WordOfGod [[invoked]] confirms that the ''Excelsior''-class USS ''Crazy Horse'' that appears in the fic is intended to be the same one that appeared occasionally in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. There's also ships in the flotilla named ''[=McCoy=]'' and ''Yar''.
** Tyria refers to the Dominion occupations of Benzar and Betazed, as well as their attempted genocide of Cardassia.
* GargleBlaster: Turns out Romulan ale even works on Vorta, who are normally immune to most toxins. Tyria bemusedly comments that "You're supposed to sip it a little slower", not drain your glass in one gulp.
* HistoricalRapSheet: According to Lord Protector Julyeen, Kilana (possibly an earlier incarnation of her) originally gave the order to deploy
the Teplan blight.
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Crossed with NotThatKindOfDoctor.
-->'''Dr. Irim Valder:''' Sir, I'm a general practitioner, not a pharmacologist.
* HistoricalRapSheet: According to Lord Protector Julyeen, Kilana (possibly an earlier incarnation of her) originally gave the order to deploy
the Teplan blight.
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Crossed with NotThatKindOfDoctor.
-->'''Dr. Irim Valder:''' Sir, I'm a general practitioner, not a pharmacologist.
* LocationThemeNaming: The ''Sao Paolo''-class escorts in Tyria's flotilla are all named for cities (''Erbil'' and ''Cape Town'' are on Earth, while ''New Samarkand'' comes from ''Literature/StarTrekTheLostEra'', located on Alpha Centauri III). The two ''Dakota''-class cruisers in the flotilla are named after Native American tribes, ''Tlingit'' and ''Croatoan''.
* ManEater: Velasquez was already established in ''Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack'' and "Fanfic/TheSilenceEnds" as a determinedly single ExtremeOmnisexual. Here she tries to vamp on EnsignNewbie Gilad Ronson (intending it as stress relief for herself), but she comes on too strong and he panics and runs.
* NoodleIncident: Tyria alludes to having met Q once, as well as implying she met her husband when he was sent to get her, then an EnsignNewbie, out of lockup.
* ManEater: Velasquez was already established in ''Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack'' and "Fanfic/TheSilenceEnds" as a determinedly single ExtremeOmnisexual. Here she tries to vamp on EnsignNewbie Gilad Ronson (intending it as stress relief for herself), but she comes on too strong and he panics and runs.
* NoodleIncident: Tyria alludes to having met Q once, as well as implying she met her husband when he was sent to get her, then an EnsignNewbie, out of lockup.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: During their rebellion against the Dominion the Teplans apparently tried to warp a captured Jem'Hadar attack ship into the Karemma homeworld.
** Upon describing how screwed-up the assignment is, Dr. Irim points out to Jazz Velasquez that a "shiny new advanced escort" has to count for something. Velasquez sarcastically retorts, "Yeah, [[Series/{{Firefly}} shiny]]."
** Gilad Ronson's excuse for why he doesn't want to sleep with Velasquez includes [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 a vague reference to needing to do some calibrations]].
** Gilad Ronson's excuse for why he doesn't want to sleep with Velasquez includes [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 a vague reference to needing to do some calibrations]].
** To ''The Literature/NewJediOrder''. [[spoiler:Tyria says she (probably actually her last host Adril Sark) worked on bioweapons to target the Jem'Hadar genome during the Dominion War, a project codenamed "Alpha Red". Alpha Red was the name given to a bioweapon developed by the New Republic to target Yuuzhan Vong and their creations.]]
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* TitleDrop: The title turns out in the end to be borrowed from a quote by Creator/LarryDavid: "A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied." [[spoiler:In the context, the Dominion had to accept Teplan independence and that its presence would be limited to an embassy, but the Federation cannot arm the Teplans or fortify Yarmta.]]
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* TakeAThirdOption: Tyria puts herself in a bind in part one, which is lampshaded by her comms officer Azira Shelon. Her orders say she's supposed to abandon the Teplans if the Dominion makes an issue of it, but she promises the Lord Protector "I'll do right by you." [[spoiler:When the Dominion comes, a third option presents itself: turns out ''neither'' side wants to fire the first shot, and Tyria is able to work out a diplomatic solution.]]
* TitleDrop: The title turns out in the end to be borrowed from a quote by Creator/LarryDavid: "A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied." [[spoiler:In the context, the Dominion had to accept Teplan independence and that its presence on-planet would be limited to an embassy, but the Federation cannot arm the Teplans or fortify Yarmta.]]
* TitleDrop: The title turns out in the end to be borrowed from a quote by Creator/LarryDavid: "A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied." [[spoiler:In the context, the Dominion had to accept Teplan independence and that its presence on-planet would be limited to an embassy, but the Federation cannot arm the Teplans or fortify Yarmta.]]
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* YouMonster: Tyria calls B.S. on the Dominion's attempt to paint itself as the aggrieved party.
-->'''Kilana:''' Yes, [the Teplans triggered the Dominion's original response] when they rejected the beneficence of the Founders and tried to warp a commandeered attack ship into the Karemma homeworld.\\
'''Tyria:''' Well, I don't condone that. ''(DeathGlare)'' Any more than I condone the deaths of 47 million Benzites, 70 million Betazoids, and, oh yes, eight ''hundred'' million Cardassians.\\
'''Kilana:''' We were at war.\\
'''Tyria:''' What happened in the occupied territories went well beyond war and you know it. I can't speak for the Teplans, but if what I saw at Weller's Star after the Jem'Hadar came through is your idea of 'beneficence', I'd've taken my chances.
-->'''Kilana:''' Yes, [the Teplans triggered the Dominion's original response] when they rejected the beneficence of the Founders and tried to warp a commandeered attack ship into the Karemma homeworld.\\
'''Tyria:''' Well, I don't condone that. ''(DeathGlare)'' Any more than I condone the deaths of 47 million Benzites, 70 million Betazoids, and, oh yes, eight ''hundred'' million Cardassians.\\
'''Kilana:''' We were at war.\\
'''Tyria:''' What happened in the occupied territories went well beyond war and you know it. I can't speak for the Teplans, but if what I saw at Weller's Star after the Jem'Hadar came through is your idea of 'beneficence', I'd've taken my chances.
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** The story takes place at around the same time as the Fek'Ihri invasion of Moab III from the Masterverse's main series, and includes an FNN report on the attack.
** The Vorta character Kilana previously appeared in [=DS9=] season 5's "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E02TheShip The Ship]]".
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** The Vorta character Kilana previously appeared in [=DS9=] season 5's "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E02TheShip The Ship]]".
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''[[http://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/comment/12857249/#Comment_12857249 A Good Compromise]]'' is a ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' fanfic by Tropers/StarSword, set in ''Fanfic/TheWarOfTheMasters'' SharedUniverse. It was written for [[http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1211146/unofficial-literary-challenge-20-coming-around-again Unofficial Literary Challenge #20: Coming Around Again]] on the ''STO'' forums.
Captain Tyria Sark, newly in command of USS ''Black Prince'', is on vacation with her husband when she's called back to duty early to enforce Federation protection of the Teplan homeworld. [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E24TheQuickening The Teplans had previously appeared as a one-shot species]] in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', having been inflicted with a slow extinction by plague in retaliation for rebelling against the Dominion. With Julian Bashir providing a vaccine to prevent new cases, the Teplans began to recover, which has now attracted Dominion attention; the Teplan government has asked for Federation protection, which Tyria is ordered to provide.
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!!This fanfic provides examples of the following tropes:
* BrainsAndBondage[=/=]GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: The fic opens with a post-coital Tyria (rising star in Starfleet with ten lifetimes of memories from her symbiont) and husband Jolin Tabris (attorney and former JAG officer) realizing they have to untie her.
-->'''Jolin:''' Let's see, now how did this go together, again? ''({{beat}})'' Just kidding.
* ContinuityNod: The Vorta character Kilana previously appeared in [=DS9=] season 5's "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E02TheShip The Ship]]".
* DetachmentCombat: USS ''Black Prince'' is a ''Hephaestus''-class advanced escort, in-game an alternate skin for the ''Prometheus''-class, so naturally it has multi-vector mode.
* {{Epigraph}}: [[https://youtu.be/wpSunpfXoCg "Sacrifice"]] from the soundtrack of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' volume 2. Seemingly intended to refer to the Dominion.
* ForeignCussWord: Rear Admiral Nazariy Levchenko, strongly indicated to be Ukrainian, describes the political crisis surrounding the Moab Confederacy as a "''povna sraka radoshchiv''", something like "ass full of joy". And then we have Jasmine Velasquez with Spanish "''pendejo''" and "''que puta tu madre!''"[[note]]"What a whore [[YourMom your mother]] is!"[[/note]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Levchenko refers to the Teplans asking for Federation protection "a new chapter in the story".
* PulledFromYourDayOff: Tyria is vacationing with her husband when she gets the call to lead the mission in the Gamma Quadrant.
-->'''Tyria:''' You know how it is. We're always on duty, especially when we're not.
* ShoutOut:
** The {{AI}} Edward is assigned to a ship named after [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet Edward the Black Prince of England]], and is cast as Creator/JamesPurefoy. Purefoy played the actual Prince Edward in ''Film/AKnightsTale''.
** The sensor-lock dogfight between the Starfleet flotilla and Jem'Hadar attack ships borrows bars from ''Film/TopGun'' ("We're engaged with five! Repeat, five! We're in deep shit!") and ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' (the term "painting the hull").
* ShownTheirWork: Tropers/StarSword admitted to surprise at how easy it was to map the behavior of the Teplan blight to real virology. In the fic, the characters describe the blight as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysogenic_cycle lysogenic virus]] that remains dormant until its repressor genes deactivate, at which point it kills its victim.
* TitleDrop: The title turns out in the end to be borrowed from a quote by Creator/LarryDavid: "A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied." [[spoiler:In the context, the Dominion had to accept Teplan independence and that its presence would be limited to an embassy, but the Federation cannot arm the Teplans or fortify Yarmta.]]
* TokenReligiousTeammate: Dr. Irim Valder is the only outwardly religious named character, [[PlanetOfHats as one might expect from a Bajoran]].
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Captain Tyria Sark, newly in command of USS ''Black Prince'', is on vacation with her husband when she's called back to duty early to enforce Federation protection of the Teplan homeworld. [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E24TheQuickening The Teplans had previously appeared as a one-shot species]] in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', having been inflicted with a slow extinction by plague in retaliation for rebelling against the Dominion. With Julian Bashir providing a vaccine to prevent new cases, the Teplans began to recover, which has now attracted Dominion attention; the Teplan government has asked for Federation protection, which Tyria is ordered to provide.
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!!This fanfic provides examples of the following tropes:
* BrainsAndBondage[=/=]GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: The fic opens with a post-coital Tyria (rising star in Starfleet with ten lifetimes of memories from her symbiont) and husband Jolin Tabris (attorney and former JAG officer) realizing they have to untie her.
-->'''Jolin:''' Let's see, now how did this go together, again? ''({{beat}})'' Just kidding.
* ContinuityNod: The Vorta character Kilana previously appeared in [=DS9=] season 5's "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E02TheShip The Ship]]".
* DetachmentCombat: USS ''Black Prince'' is a ''Hephaestus''-class advanced escort, in-game an alternate skin for the ''Prometheus''-class, so naturally it has multi-vector mode.
* {{Epigraph}}: [[https://youtu.be/wpSunpfXoCg "Sacrifice"]] from the soundtrack of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' volume 2. Seemingly intended to refer to the Dominion.
* ForeignCussWord: Rear Admiral Nazariy Levchenko, strongly indicated to be Ukrainian, describes the political crisis surrounding the Moab Confederacy as a "''povna sraka radoshchiv''", something like "ass full of joy". And then we have Jasmine Velasquez with Spanish "''pendejo''" and "''que puta tu madre!''"[[note]]"What a whore [[YourMom your mother]] is!"[[/note]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Levchenko refers to the Teplans asking for Federation protection "a new chapter in the story".
* PulledFromYourDayOff: Tyria is vacationing with her husband when she gets the call to lead the mission in the Gamma Quadrant.
-->'''Tyria:''' You know how it is. We're always on duty, especially when we're not.
* ShoutOut:
** The {{AI}} Edward is assigned to a ship named after [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet Edward the Black Prince of England]], and is cast as Creator/JamesPurefoy. Purefoy played the actual Prince Edward in ''Film/AKnightsTale''.
** The sensor-lock dogfight between the Starfleet flotilla and Jem'Hadar attack ships borrows bars from ''Film/TopGun'' ("We're engaged with five! Repeat, five! We're in deep shit!") and ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' (the term "painting the hull").
* ShownTheirWork: Tropers/StarSword admitted to surprise at how easy it was to map the behavior of the Teplan blight to real virology. In the fic, the characters describe the blight as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysogenic_cycle lysogenic virus]] that remains dormant until its repressor genes deactivate, at which point it kills its victim.
* TitleDrop: The title turns out in the end to be borrowed from a quote by Creator/LarryDavid: "A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied." [[spoiler:In the context, the Dominion had to accept Teplan independence and that its presence would be limited to an embassy, but the Federation cannot arm the Teplans or fortify Yarmta.]]
* TokenReligiousTeammate: Dr. Irim Valder is the only outwardly religious named character, [[PlanetOfHats as one might expect from a Bajoran]].
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