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''Davion & Davion (Deceased)'' is a ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' fanfic written by drakensis in 2017 and 2018 ("Book 1: Idealist" was written for the 2017 National Novel Writing Month). The first draft of "Book 2: Loyalist" was completed by Christmas 2017 and finished posting by April 2018. "Book 3: [[spoiler: Secessionist]]", which concludes the trilogy, is reportedly finished as of April 2018, and currently being posted on the Spacebattles forum for review.
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''Davion & Davion (Deceased)'' is a ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' fanfic written by drakensis in 2017 and 2018 ("Book 1: Idealist" was written for the 2017 National Novel Writing Month). The first draft of "Book 2: Loyalist" was completed by Christmas 2017 and finished posting by April 2018. "Book 3: [[spoiler: Secessionist]]", which concludes the trilogy, is reportedly finished as of April 2018, and currently being had it's final chapter posted on the Spacebattles forum for review.
review on April 24, 2018.
* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: John fails to save the Star League but ultimately prevents the Dark Ages of the Succession Wars(and the formation of Comstar and likely the Clans, and thus by extension the Clan Invasion and Jihad), Hanse finally moves on, and John's granddaughter Victoria will help bring together a new alliance that, while not as complete as the Star League, will be dominant over the other powers.]]
* DistantFinale: The final chapter ends with [[spoiler: John's granddaughter Victoria forming a new alliance with the Terrans, Capellans, Pentagon/Outworlders, Taurians, and Canopians.]]
* InvisibleToNormals: Only John can see and hear Hanse.
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* JustYouMeAndMyGuards: A downplayed example, [[spoiler:Both John and Minoru had their bodyguards, but Minoru was spoiling for a one-on-one fight. John was ''not'', however, and also brought over two dozen tanks to the fight.]]
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* JustYouMeAndMyGuards: A downplayed example, [[spoiler:Both John and Minoru had their bodyguards, but Minoru was spoiling for a one-on-one fight.duel. John was ''not'', however, and also brought over two dozen tanks to the fight.]]]]
* MagnificentBastard: Hanse is Hanse, of course, and John learns well from his example.
* MagnificentBastard: Hanse is Hanse, of course, and John learns well from his example.
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''Davion & Davion (Deceased)'' is a ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' fanfic written by drakensis in 2017 and 2018 ("Book 1: Idealist" was written for the 2017 National Novel Writing Month). The first draft of "Book 2: Loyalist" was completed by Christmas 2017 and finished posting by April 2018. "Book 3: [[spoiler: Secessionist]]", which concludes the trilogy, is reportedly written finished as of April 2018, and currently being posted on the Spacebattles forum for review.
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* ThreeActStructure: The story is divided into three novel-length books, with the first, Idealist, acting as set-up prior to the Coup and the second, Loyalist, covering the confrontations of the aftermath. The third book, Secessionist, covers [[spoiler: the disintegration of the Star League.]].
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* ThreeActStructure: The story is divided into three novel-length books, with the first, Idealist, acting as set-up prior to the Coup and the second, Loyalist, covering the confrontations of the aftermath. The third book, Secessionist, [[spoiler: Secessionist]], covers [[spoiler: the disintegration of the Star League.]].
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* WhamLine: The ending of Idealist 21: [[spoiler: "...by the start of next year, then the Federated Suns will, with sorrow but resolution, secede from the Star League."]]
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* WhamLine: The ending of Idealist Loyalist 21: [[spoiler: "...by the start of next year, then the Federated Suns will, with sorrow but resolution, secede from the Star League."]]
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* ForWantOfANail: Once the Aramis Coup kicks off, John apologizes to Hanse, realizing that their plans could cause him to have never been born. [[spoiler:Years later, during the Succession War, Hanse realizes that John's grandson should have been born a month before. Fortunately, it seems to have no effect on Hanse's existence or memories.]]
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* JustYouMeAndMyGuards: A downplayed example, [[spoiler:Both John and Minoru had their bodyguards, but Minoru was spoiling for a one-on-one fight. John was ''not'', however, and also brought over two dozen tanks to the fight.]]
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** The lesson gets driven home on Robinson when John teaches it to Minoru.
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** Fuu 'O Hare is a double reference to Fubuki from Kancolle and Bucky 'o Hare.
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* BreakTheHaughty: The events at the first Robinson offensive from the Combine serve to deliver a swift gutpunch to the proud Combine and in particular Jinjiro Kurita, as the Dracs get their fleet caught in a brutal meatgrinder.
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* EasyLogistics: Averted extremely hard. Much of John and Hanse's planning involves ensuring that the AFFS can get as much equipment and supplies as possible, complete with emergency doomsday caches and hidden backup shipyards being constructed; in addition, Operation Oxbow is aimed at crippling the supply lines of his foes once hostilities are an inevitability, and it succeeds at bringing the Liao offensive to a dead halt and greatly weakening the Kurita pushes at Robinson. One of the supply raids was fortuitous enough to uncover a hidden cache of nuclear missiles, which the Suns were using up faster than they could produce as a result of their ASF heavy carrier doctrine relying on nukes for anti-ship warfare.
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* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Averted. The Ares Conventions aren't in effect and nukes are used in space in their hundreds. While more restraint is shown on the surface, the Rim Worlds Republic commanders are noted to use Atomic, Biological and Chemical Weapons with abandon to try to offset the SLDF's advantages in numbers and training.
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* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Averted. The Ares Conventions aren't in effect and nukes are used in space in their hundreds. While more restraint is shown on the surface, the Rim Worlds Republic commanders are noted to use Atomic, Biological and Chemical Weapons with abandon to try to offset the SLDF's advantages in numbers and training. The AFFS uses their nuclear arsenal strictly on military targets and primarily as anti-ship weapons in space combat.
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* TankGoodness: The AFFS and SLDF both use large numbers of armoured units, notably the Demon tanks prized by Marge Pritchard.
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* ThreeActStructure: The story is divided into three novel-length books, with the first, Idealist, acting as set-up prior to the Coup and the second, Loyalist, covering the confrontations of the aftermath. Astute readers have noted that something is likely to go badly wrong before the start of book three.
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* ThreeActStructure: The story is divided into three novel-length books, with the first, Idealist, acting as set-up prior to the Coup and the second, Loyalist, covering the confrontations of the aftermath. Astute readers have noted that something is likely to go badly wrong before The third book, Secessionist, covers [[spoiler: the start disintegration of book three.the Star League.]].
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* ActionGirl: Alexandra Davion, an officer in the jump-infantry who likes to lead from the front.
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''Davion & Davion (Deceased)'' is a ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' fanfic written by drakensis in 2017 and 2018 ("Book 1: Idealist" was written for the 2017 National Novel Writing Month). The first draft of "Book 2: Loyalist" was completed by Christmas 2017 and finished posting by April 2018. "Book 3: [[spoiler: Secessionist]]", which concludes the trilogy, is reportedly half-written written as of February April 2018, and currently being posted.
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* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: During the Aramis Coup, General Kerensky discovers that the SLDF is coming to regard John almost as highly as they do him. So he inducts John into the SLDF as a General. This both honors John and keeps his influence in the SLDF in check by firmly establishing his place in the Chain of Command.
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* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: During the Aramis Amaris Coup, General Kerensky discovers that the SLDF is coming to regard John almost as highly as they do him. So he inducts John into the SLDF as a General. This both honors John and keeps his influence in the SLDF in check by firmly establishing his place in the Chain of Command.
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* Standard SciFi Fleet – the Star League Navy. Most other navies are too small for a full range and tend to focus on two or three designs, filling out their ranks with obsolete SLDF ships such as the Aegis-class.
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* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: During the Aramis Coup, General Kerensky discovers that the SLDF is coming to regard John almost as highly as they do him. So he inducts John into the SLDF as a General. This both honors John and keeps his influence in the SLDF in check by firmly establishing his place in the Chain of Command.
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* Russian Guy Suffers Most
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* ShoutOut: Mary Kaga and Weiss (White) Plains are Kancolle references. Marge Pritchard’s entire crew are named for Hammer’s Slammers characters.
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* ShoutOut: The title itself is one to ''Series/RandallAndHopkirkDeceased'', with a similar situation.
** Mary Kaga and Weiss (White) Plains are Kancolle references. Marge Pritchard’s entire crew are named for Hammer’s Slammers characters.
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* SpiritAdvisor: Hanse becomes one for John, lending his considerable cunning to his ancestor's efforts.
* SpoilerTitle: Book Three's title gives a lot away about what the efforts of the first two acts will come to.
* SpoilerTitle: Book Three's title gives a lot away about what the efforts of the first two acts will come to.
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* ThemeNaming: Each act is a single word used to describe John's stance. "Idealist", for his decision to work towards keeping the Star League intact instead of simply preparing the Federated Suns for the coming storm; "Loyalist", for his steadfast support of Kerensky during the Coup, and [[spoiler: "Secessionist", after his final gambit to keep the Star League together ends with him pulling the trigger on it himself.]]
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* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression: The Outer Reaches Rebellion freed the colonies from Terra, leading to the formation of the states that later formed the Star League under Terran leadership and waged the Reunification War against the Periphery states. A great deal of the politics of the setting stems from these.
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* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression: The Outer Reaches Rebellion freed the colonies from Terra, leading to the formation of the states that later formed the Star League under Terran leadership and waged the Reunification War against the Periphery states. A great deal of the politics of the setting stems from these.these.
* WhamLine: The ending of Idealist 21: [[spoiler: "...by the start of next year, then the Federated Suns will, with sorrow but resolution, secede from the Star League."]]
* WhamLine: The ending of Idealist 21: [[spoiler: "...by the start of next year, then the Federated Suns will, with sorrow but resolution, secede from the Star League."]]
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* AcePilot: Curiously averted. While the FSN goes all in on carriers, not a single serving aerospace pilot is ever mentioned by name.
* DeadlyDecadentCourt: Unity City seems to be host to one and both House Marik and House Liao appear to rule over them.
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* The Emperor: Stefan Amaris is the self-proclaimed Emperor of the Star League.
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* TheFettered: Aleksandr Kerensky remains duty-bound despite every temptation... and provocation.
* InformedJudaism – other than their names there’s not much that identifies the Sandovals as Jewish.
* IronLady – Barbara Liao
* IronLady – Barbara Liao
* OldMoney: Count Johnston, who inherited one of the largest fortunes in the Federated Suns.
* ParentalSubstitute: John Davion to his cousin Mark. Stefan Amaris to Richard Cameron.
* PetTheDog: Takiro and Minoru Kurita clearly dote on little Zabu Kurita.
* PetTheDog: Takiro and Minoru Kurita clearly dote on little Zabu Kurita.
* RankUp: Susan Sandoval and Ethan Moreau rise rapidly through the ranks of the AFFS and SLDF respectively
* Russian Guy Suffers Most
* RussianGuySuffersMost: Aleksandr Kerensky's lot in life is not a happy one.
* ShoutOuts: Mary Kaga and Weiss (White) Plains are Kancolle references. Marge Pritchard’s entire crew are named for Hammer’s Slammers characters.
* RussianGuySuffersMost: Aleksandr Kerensky's lot in life is not a happy one.
* ShoutOuts: Mary Kaga and Weiss (White) Plains are Kancolle references. Marge Pritchard’s entire crew are named for Hammer’s Slammers characters.
* SpaceNavy: Every state has them, with the Federated Suns Navy being the most prominent in the story.
* Standard SciFi Fleet – the Star League Navy. Most other navies are too small for a full range and tend to focus on two or three designs, filling out their ranks with obsolete SLDF ships such as the Aegis-class.
* StateSec – Amaris’ Office of Planning and Doctrine sounds innocent enough. It isn’t.
* Standard SciFi Fleet – the Star League Navy. Most other navies are too small for a full range and tend to focus on two or three designs, filling out their ranks with obsolete SLDF ships such as the Aegis-class.
* StateSec – Amaris’ Office of Planning and Doctrine sounds innocent enough. It isn’t.
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* WarIsHell: By the liberation of Terra many of the SLDF are worn down to the point of medical relief for PTSD.PTSD.
* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression: The Outer Reaches Rebellion freed the colonies from Terra, leading to the formation of the states that later formed the Star League under Terran leadership and waged the Reunification War against the Periphery states. A great deal of the politics of the setting stems from these.
* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression: The Outer Reaches Rebellion freed the colonies from Terra, leading to the formation of the states that later formed the Star League under Terran leadership and waged the Reunification War against the Periphery states. A great deal of the politics of the setting stems from these.
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* TheAlcoholic – Ewan Marik
* AllThereInTheManual – Book 1 ends each chapter with an in-universe ‘sidebar’ discussing the setting
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* ApocalypseHow – The Amaris Empire was apparently so ruthless in 'defending' Lockdale that the planet can no longer support its population, adding a humanitarian crisis to the war.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion – [[spoiler:"What was stopping that man from having us detained or executed?"]]
* TheAtoner: John Davion feels immense guilt at the action and inaction on his part that would have contributed to the fall of the Star League and the outbreak of the Succession Wars.
* BadFuture: The history separating John's era and Hanse's. John's primary motivation on learning of it is to avert this.
* BarBrawl: Instigated by Pritchard’s tank crew, investigated by Moreau.
* TheBattlestar: The New Syrtis-class carriers, backbone of the Federated Suns Navy, combine large fighter complements and respectable firepower.
* BoringButPractical: To strength his armed forces, John prefers simple and affordable solutions over new and expensive advanced designs like new battleships.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion – [[spoiler:"What was stopping that man from having us detained or executed?"]]
* TheAtoner: John Davion feels immense guilt at the action and inaction on his part that would have contributed to the fall of the Star League and the outbreak of the Succession Wars.
* BadFuture: The history separating John's era and Hanse's. John's primary motivation on learning of it is to avert this.
* BarBrawl: Instigated by Pritchard’s tank crew, investigated by Moreau.
* TheBattlestar: The New Syrtis-class carriers, backbone of the Federated Suns Navy, combine large fighter complements and respectable firepower.
* BoringButPractical: To strength his armed forces, John prefers simple and affordable solutions over new and expensive advanced designs like new battleships.
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* TheClan: House Davion includes not only John, his wife Edwina, son Joshua and daughter-in-law Mary, but also Joshua's cousin Mark and a large number of other branches (Halder-Davions, Cameron-Davions, Green-Davions, Davions of Beaumont…).
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* DrivenByEnvy: The source of Robert Steiner's hatred of Aleksandr Kerensky.
* The Emperor: Stefan Amaris is the self-proclaimed Emperor of the Star League.
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** In particular, borrowing over half a trillion Star League dollars from Terran Hegemony banks on the eve of the coup. Normally no one would _dare_ default on Terran loans but with the Coup about to happen, John has an ironclad reason to decline to repay the loans.
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** In particular, borrowing over half a trillion Star League dollars from Terran Hegemony banks banks(particularly those Hanse said supported Amaris) on the eve of the coup. Normally no one would _dare_ default on Terran loans but with the Coup about to happen, John has an ironclad reason to decline to repay the loans.
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** Also the AFFS is only allowed to claim battlefield salvage from the Rim Worlds units rather than their SLDF allies, to prevent them from gaining advanced SLDF technology (more to appease other states than because the SLDF doesn't trust them). Of course, the Rim Worlds are equipping their units from Terran factories, meaning they're every bit as advanced.
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** Also the AFFS is only allowed to claim battlefield salvage from the Rim Worlds units rather than their SLDF allies, to prevent them from gaining advanced SLDF technology (more to appease other states than because the SLDF doesn't trust them). Of course, the Rim Worlds are equipping their units from Terran factories, meaning they're every bit as advanced.
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* RefugeInAudacity: John Davion plays on this multiple times during Book One.
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** In particular, borrowing over half a trillion Star League dollars from Terran Hegemony banks on the eve of the coup. Normally no one would _dare_ default on Terran loans but with the Coup about to happen, John has an ironclad reason to decline to repay the loans.
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* DisappearedDad: Barbara Liao has two sons but no known husband or partner in canon or in this AlternateUniverse. WordOfGod for this story is that Barbara has no acknowledged consort and chooses not to identify the father(s) because she finds the media speculation amusing.
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''Davion & Davion (Deceased)'' is a ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' fanfic written by drakensis in 2017 and 2018 (Book ("Book 1: Idealist Idealist" was written for the 2017 National Novel Writing Month). The first draft of Book "Book 2: Loyalist, Loyalist" was completed by Christmas 2017 and is currently being posted. Book 3, "Book 3", which concludes the trilogy, is reportedly half-written as of February 2018.
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* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Averted in that the navies throw nukes at each other at every opportunity but upheld to an extent in that the Rim World Republic's wanton use of them on surface targets, without regard to collateral damage, is condemned.
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After dying in 3052, Hanse Davion dreams of his distant ancestor John Davion and awakens as a ghost haunting him during the last few years of the Star League. Forewarned of the events of the future, John and Hanse combine their forces to try to avert the fall of the Star League. Unfortunately the arrogance and apathy of many of the Star League's leaders makes this an uphill struggle.
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After dying in 3052, Hanse Davion dreams of his distant ancestor John Davion and awakens as a ghost haunting him during in 2760, before the last few years of fall the Star League. Forewarned of the events of the future, John and Hanse combine their forces to try to avert the fall collapse of civilization into the Star League.Succession Wars. Unfortunately the arrogance and apathy of many of the Star League's leaders makes this an uphill struggle.
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* ExactWords: The Federated Suns government has some very specific contracts with manufacturers, guaranteeing the SLDF priority on war material... as long as nothing is sold to anyone hostile to the Federated Suns.
* ExactWords: The Federated Suns government has some very specific contracts with manufacturers, guaranteeing the SLDF priority on war material... as long as nothing is sold to anyone hostile to the Federated Suns.
* GloryHound: A major complaint about AFFS mechwarriors during the Periphery Uprising, leading them to neglect their support troops and their actual missions.
* GloryHound: A major complaint about AFFS mechwarriors during the Periphery Uprising, leading them to neglect their support troops and their actual missions.
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* OrwellianRetcon: Poor Janos Grec's family originally escaped the Amaris Coup only for this to be retconed that Grec chose not to invite them to New Avalon for Christmas 2766 as other SLDF troops would be without their families. He had no way of knowing the Amaris Coup would take place, cutting him off from them.
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* InsistentTerminology: See Powered Armour.
* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Averted in that the navies throw nukes at each other at every opportunity but upheld to an extent in that the Rim World Republic's wanton use of them on surface targets, without regard to collateral damage, is condemned.
* OrwellianRetcon: Poor Janos Grec's family originally escaped the Amaris Coup only for this to be retconed that Grec chose not to invite them to New Avalon for Christmas 2766 as other SLDF troops would be without their families. He had no way of knowing the Amaris Coup would take place, cutting him off fromthem.them.
* PoweredArmor: The SLDF jealously defends its monopoly of these with their Nighthawk Powered Armour. The Federated Suns justifies their own top secret programme as Battle Armour - entirely different.
* PraetorianGuard: The one remaining regiment of the Eighteenth Royal Mechanized Infantry Division becomes this for Aleksandr Kerensky
** The Davion Guards, the elite regiments of the AFFS, provide guards for First Prince John Davion.
* SoldierVsWarrior: With no major wars in a generation, a divide that becomes evident. John Davion goes out of his way to stamp out the warrior ethos from the AFFS, a lesson that not everyone learns.
* TankGoodness: The AFFS and SLDF both use large numbers of armoured units, notably the Demon tanks prized by Marge Pritchard.
* TheWarRoom: Quite a lot of them, with more than half a dozen factions sometimes using multiple headquarters.
* WarIsHell: By the liberation of Terra many of the SLDF are worn down to the point of medical relief for PTSD.
* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Averted in that the navies throw nukes at each other at every opportunity but upheld to an extent in that the Rim World Republic's wanton use of them on surface targets, without regard to collateral damage, is condemned.
* OrwellianRetcon: Poor Janos Grec's family originally escaped the Amaris Coup only for this to be retconed that Grec chose not to invite them to New Avalon for Christmas 2766 as other SLDF troops would be without their families. He had no way of knowing the Amaris Coup would take place, cutting him off from
* PoweredArmor: The SLDF jealously defends its monopoly of these with their Nighthawk Powered Armour. The Federated Suns justifies their own top secret programme as Battle Armour - entirely different.
* PraetorianGuard: The one remaining regiment of the Eighteenth Royal Mechanized Infantry Division becomes this for Aleksandr Kerensky
** The Davion Guards, the elite regiments of the AFFS, provide guards for First Prince John Davion.
* SoldierVsWarrior: With no major wars in a generation, a divide that becomes evident. John Davion goes out of his way to stamp out the warrior ethos from the AFFS, a lesson that not everyone learns.
* TankGoodness: The AFFS and SLDF both use large numbers of armoured units, notably the Demon tanks prized by Marge Pritchard.
* TheWarRoom: Quite a lot of them, with more than half a dozen factions sometimes using multiple headquarters.
* WarIsHell: By the liberation of Terra many of the SLDF are worn down to the point of medical relief for PTSD.
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* AntiAir: John Davion goes out of his way to obtain Blackjack battlemechs and Partisan tanks to fill this gap in his army.
* ExactWords: The Federated Suns government has some very specific contracts with manufacturers, guaranteeing the SLDF priority on war material... as long as nothing is sold to anyone hostile to the Federated Suns.
** Also the AFFS is only allowed to claim battlefield salvage from the Rim Worlds units rather than their SLDF allies, to prevent them from gaining advanced SLDF technology (more to appease other states than because the SLDF doesn't trust them). Of course, the Rim Worlds are equipping their units from Terran factories, meaning they're every bit as advanced.
* CapitalOffensive: While this is a goal through the Terran Hegemony campaign, several readers were quite vocal complaining that Kerensky didn't bypass Hegemony worlds to strike directly for Terra.
* GoodIsNotSoft: John Davion genuinely wants to be at peace with his neighbours... but it's possible to push him too far.
* ExactWords: The Federated Suns government has some very specific contracts with manufacturers, guaranteeing the SLDF priority on war material... as long as nothing is sold to anyone hostile to the Federated Suns.
** Also the AFFS is only allowed to claim battlefield salvage from the Rim Worlds units rather than their SLDF allies, to prevent them from gaining advanced SLDF technology (more to appease other states than because the SLDF doesn't trust them). Of course, the Rim Worlds are equipping their units from Terran factories, meaning they're every bit as advanced.
* CapitalOffensive: While this is a goal through the Terran Hegemony campaign, several readers were quite vocal complaining that Kerensky didn't bypass Hegemony worlds to strike directly for Terra.
* GoodIsNotSoft: John Davion genuinely wants to be at peace with his neighbours... but it's possible to push him too far.
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''Davion & Davion (Deceased)'' is a ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' written by drakensis in 2017 and 2018 (Book 1: Idealist was written for the 2017 National Novel Writing Month). The first draft of Book 2: Loyalist, was completed by Christmas 2017 and is currently being posted. Book 3, which concludes the trilogy, is reportedly half-written as of February 2018.
After dying in 3052, Hanse Davion dreams of his distant ancestor John Davion and awakens as a ghost haunting him during the last few years of the Star League. Forewarned of the events of the future, John and Hanse combine their forces to try to avert the fall of the Star League. Unfortunately the arrogance and apathy of many of the Star League's leaders makes this an uphill struggle.
You can find it on fanfiction.net [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12738224/1/Davion-Davion-Deceased here]].
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!!''Fanfic/Along Came A Spider'' provides examples of the next tropes:
* OrwellianRetcon: Poor Janos Grec's family originally escaped the Amaris Coup only for this to be retconed that Grec chose not to invite them to New Avalon for Christmas 2766 as other SLDF troops would be without their families. He had no way of knowing the Amaris Coup would take place, cutting him off from them.
After dying in 3052, Hanse Davion dreams of his distant ancestor John Davion and awakens as a ghost haunting him during the last few years of the Star League. Forewarned of the events of the future, John and Hanse combine their forces to try to avert the fall of the Star League. Unfortunately the arrogance and apathy of many of the Star League's leaders makes this an uphill struggle.
You can find it on fanfiction.net [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12738224/1/Davion-Davion-Deceased here]].
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!!''Fanfic/Along Came A Spider'' provides examples of the next tropes:
* OrwellianRetcon: Poor Janos Grec's family originally escaped the Amaris Coup only for this to be retconed that Grec chose not to invite them to New Avalon for Christmas 2766 as other SLDF troops would be without their families. He had no way of knowing the Amaris Coup would take place, cutting him off from them.
