History Fanfic / Conquest

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The subsequent fate of Admiral Halsey after he's relieved of command and arrested is never revealed afterwards. Nor is it revealed what became of the Jem'Hadar the USS Carolina pursued through the wormhole at the beginning.

* ValuesDissonance: In-universe, the Empire has a strong dislike of transporter technology, since they believe it kills the user. The Federation think of it as no big deal, of course.

* ZergRush: The big reason the Empire wins is that, thanks to its hyperdrive, it can keep its whole fleet together and attack with hundreds or thousands of ships at once while the Federation has a hard time rallying together more than a few dozen at a time. The Federation's best battle is their stand at Earth, which was the only battle in the war where both sides had even mildly equal firepower.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The subsequent fate of Admiral Halsey after he's relieved of command and arrested is never revealed afterwards.

* CrossoverRelatives: The fic ends with the revelation that the ''Franchise/StarWars'' humanity is a [[Franchise/StarTrek Federation]] LostColony (after a heavily damaged Enterprise makes an emergency landing on prehistoric Coruscant).

''Conquest'' is a ''Franchise/StarWars''/''Franchise/StarTrek'' IntercontinuityCrossover fanfic. Written by Michael Wong, it is featured on
Website/StarDestroyerDotNet both as [[http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Fanfic/Conquest/index.html separate chapters]] and [[http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Fanfic/Conquest/Conquest.pdf in pdf form]]

* WhatTheHellHero: The Federation ships in the final battle [[spoilerLside with the Empire against the Rebels, because they cannot tolerate the tactic of destroying unarmed evacuation transports]].

--> "He is a ''Federation officer''!" Chang exploded. He looked at the ambassador with contempt plainly evident on his face. "Worthless politician ... you don’t wear the uniform," he snarled, "so you don’t know what it means. You don’t know what it means to risk your life in defense of your world. But I know what it means, and so does Picard. He never had a choice!"
--> "We ''always'' have a choice, Commander."
--> "Yes, we do, don’t we? Picard chose to accept Kanos’ offer because the alternative was to watch Imperial troops turn Earth into a smoking wasteland. But what about ''you?'' Your government signed a non−aggression pact with the Empire without even engaging them in battle! You got on your knees and begged for mercy, so you wouldn’t have to sacrifice any of your oh−so precious and oh−so ''superior'' Vulcan soldiers. While the rest of us were fighting and dying, you ''chose'' to cower in your homes. And now you condemn Picard for what ''he'' did? People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, Marek."

* CrapsackWorld: In the basic premise, the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy is this. The Rebel Alliance defeated the evil [[TheEmpire Galactic Empire]] and founded [[TheRepublic the New Republic]]… only for the New Republic to turn into a new Empire, because it can't survive the rigours of actually governing, as opposed to rebelling. Now the Empire governs the galaxy with very little opposition, except a new Rebel Alliance, which, in the very first chapter of the book, is virtually wiped out, and is shown to be pretty horrible in their own way.

* DetonationMoon: In the Battle of Earth, thanks to the ''Obliterator''.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: The Death Star, of course, [[spoiler: whose victims include Romulus, the Romulan homeworld.]] There's also the ''Obliterator'', an ''Eclipse''-class Super Star Destroyer.

* IGaveMyWord: This is Admiral Kanos's redeeming feature. He offers the newly conquered Federation virtual autonomy (with only a trade tax) if they assist the Imperial loyalists against [[spoiler:Jacen's rebellion]]. When he (barely) wins, even his own closest subordinates expect him to break his word, but he keeps it.
* {{Intangibility}}: The flagship of the Federation's fleet, the ''USS Tanaka'', is fitted with a phasing device [[spoiler:useless against a tractor-repulsor beam combination]].

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Emperor Solo's new Empire is a few shades lighter than Palpatine's; the Senate still has a degree of power, the racism isn't as obvious, and they're actually willing to negotiate. They still wipe out planets on a daily basis, mind.

* NeverTellMeTheOdds: Riker says this to Data.

** Early on, the Enterprise-E faces off against forty Romulan warbirds. It manages to take down several of them, including the flagship, through clever tactics on Picard's part and overconfidence on the Romulan's, but it's so badly outgunned that it has no hope of winning.

* RammingAlwaysWorks: A memorable case when the Rebels are ambushed on their way to the wormhole. Out of the three Rebel ships, one has been destroyed, the other has all the systems offline—except for hyperdrive. Doesn't quite destroy the enemy ship, but creates enough havoc for the last ship to get through. Later in the book Kanos [[spoiler:when fighting Jacen's forces (read: the Death Star) in order to protect Jaina who is in the defenseless ''USS Tanaka'' orders Imperial ships to ''hyperdrive against the Death Star'']]

* TwistEnding: Some of the characters wonder why humans exist in both the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy and the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' galaxy. They speculate that Earth (in ''Franchise/StarTrek'') was colonised by people from the ''Star Wars'' galaxy. But at the end of the story, the crew of the starship ''Tanaka'' go through the disintegrating, destabilised wormhole. The last words of the book are when Q says:

* WhatTheHellHero: The Federation ships in the final battle side with the Empire against the Rebels, because they cannot tolerate the tactic of destroying unarmed evacuation transports.

* CargoShip: Grand Moff Tharde has an... interesting attitude toward the Death Star.

* MoralEventHorizon: Ruk has every reason to dislike the Federation—but it's still evil for him to throw them to [[FateWorseThanDeath the Borg]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Empire and the Federation finally make peace, the Borg Collective is gone, Coruscant is founded in the past, a child with the Force is born in the Federation, and Jacen is killed. But the Romulans are likely going to be wiped out, umpteen billions are dead, including a lot of main characters, the original Empire is still evil, and Picard is going to need a lot of therapy.]]

* EarthShatteringKaboom: The Death Star, of course [[spoiler: her victims include Romulus, the Romulan homeworld]], and also the ''Obliterator'', an ''Eclipse''-class Super Star Destroyer.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Emperor Solo's new Empire is a few shades lighter than the old one; the Senate still has a degree of power, the racism isn't as obvious, and they're actually willing to negotiate. They still wipe out planets on a daily basis, mind.

* [[spoiler:CainAndAbel]]: [[spoiler:Jacen and Jaina]]. Amusingly this plot twist actually became canon with the same two characters in largely the same roles, though in canon [[spoiler:Jaina]] was purely good.

* [[spoiler: DetonationMoon]]: In the Battle of Earth, thanks to the ''Obliterator''.

* [[spoiler:OverrideCommand]]: The Empire has installed them on all captured ships.

Includes the following tropes:

* ValuesDissonance: In-universe, the Empire has a strong dislike of transporter technology, since they believe it kills the user.

* ZergRush: The big reason the Empire wins is that, thanks to its hyperdrive, it can keep its whole fleet together and attack with hundreds or thousands of ships at once while the Federation has a hard time rallying together more than a few dozen at a time. The Federation's best battle is their stand at Earth, which was the only battle in the war where both sides had equal firepower.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: A major reason the Federation loses is that they can't rally the galaxy together the way they did against the Dominion. The Romulans refuse to be paceful and employ their ChronicBackstabbingDisorder with disastrous results, the Empire approaches the Klingons first and gives them ships and free reign to conquer other territories, the Cardassians and Dominion aren't interested, and the Borg are too stubborn and proud to ally with anyone. Even the Federation member worlds don't take long to turn their back, after a series of {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s and Halsey's abandonment of them.

* ValuesDissonance: In-universe, the Empire has a strong dislike of transporter technology.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: A major reason the Federation loses is that they can't rally the galaxy together the way they did against the Dominion. The Romulans refuse to be paceful and employ their ChronicBackstabbingDisorder with disastrous results, the Empire approaches the Klingons first and gives them ships and free reign to conquer other territories, the Cardassians are still rebuilding, and the Borg are too stubborn and proud to ally with anyone.

* GeneralRipper: Halsey. He's a morally ambiguous character, given that he's absolutely ''right'' that the Federation won't survive without his less-than-ideal methods.

* SmugSnake: The Borg keep up their "resistance is futile" broadcasts even while losing the war.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: A major reason the Federation loses is that they can't rally the galaxy together the way they did against the Dominion. The Romulans refuse to follow the treaty and employ their ChronicBackstabbingDisorder with disastrous results, the Empire approaches the Klingons first and gives them ships and free reign to conquer other territories, the Cardassians are still rebuilding, and the Borg are too stubborn and proud to ally with anyone.

* YouHaveFailedMe. Mentioned to be used by Anakin. [[spoiler: Done by Jacen]].