History Fanfic / NoStarsInSight

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Ikharos when he starts offering alcoholic beverages to Elsie following his INeedAFreakingDrink moment.
-->'''Ikharos:''' What's your poison? Scotch? Wine? Cider? Beer? Orange juice?

* GhostShip: In the second chapter, Ikharos and his Cabal allies find a seemingly abandoned ColonyShip from humanity's GoldenAge in orbit of a strange anomaly surrounding the planet Kepler-186f. Naturally, Ikharos decides to investigate and encounters numerous hostile Exos and military-grade Frames aboard the vessel. He's forced to cut his visit short when a pair of Scornships are detected at the edge of the star system.

* SummonToHand: Ikharos is able to use his control over Resonant energy (gained from killing Rhulk) to summon [[BladeOnAStick Lubrae's Ruin]] to his hand at will.

** [[spoiler:In canon, Nezarec has been dead since the Collapse. There's even an entire season dedicated to gathering Nezarec's remains as ingredients for a magical tea that Saint-14 uses to awaken Osiris from his coma. Here, Nezarec appears to be alive and well, being part of the BigBadEnsemble and personally writing a message intended for Ikharos in Chapter 12.]]

* BackFromTheDead: Pirsis, a Wolf Baroness killed by Guardians as part of a bounty hunt during the ''House of Wolves'' expansion, appears in Chapter 11 as a revived Scorn Chieftain leading the attack on Formora's villa. Ikharos recognizes her and ensures that she is KilledOffForReal after besting her in a duel.

* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:This version of Nezarec is an amalgamation of his depictions in canon and his OCStandIn in ''Stargazer''. Like in ''Stargazer'', Nezarec is the one responsible for trapping Kepler-186f in an anomaly, is SparedByTheAdaptation, and has an ancient feud with the Hive. However, this version is also the master of the Nightmares like his canonical depiction.]]

The story can be read on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/41719347/chapters/104656839 Archive of Our Own]], [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/no-stars-in-sight-destiny-inheritance-cycle-crossover.1041052/ SpaceBattles.com]], and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14136831/1/No-stars-in-sight FanFiction.Net]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Not that Formora really had any other choice, but in order to permanently kill the Scorn Raider in Chapter 6, she resorts to [[spoiler:freeing Skuldu -- the Hive Ghost of Savathûn's second-in-command in the Lucent Hive -- from the locker that Ikharos had been keeping her imprisoned aboard the ''Shadow Trespass'', resulting in Skuldu reviving her Hive Lightbearer and setting both loose upon Vroengard.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Not that Formora really had any other choice, but in order to permanently kill the Scorn Raider in Chapter 6, she resorts to [[spoiler:freeing a Hive Ghost that Ikharos had imprisoned on the ''Shadow Trespass'', resulting in a Hive Lightbearer being set loose upon Alagaësia.]]

* VillainRespect: In his message to Ikharos in Chapter 12, [[spoiler:Nezarec]] expresses total admiration towards him for his victories over Oryx and Savathûn. He ends his message by saluting Ikharos as a WorthyOpponent and eagerly proclaiming that he can't wait to meet with him in-person.

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:In ''Stargazer'', Scipio was basically an expy of Rasputin, being a Warmind of [[BlueAndOrangeMorality questionable morality]] who is programmed to ensure the survival of the human race [[WellIntentionedExtremist at all costs]]. While he did come across as uncaring and aloof, he was ultimately on the heroes' side in their conflict with Nezarec's Strife Cult. Here, Scipio openly ''serves'' Nezarec and has developed a [[AGodAmI god complex]] over Alagaësia's humans. This gets downplayed since Chapter 12's interlude makes it clear that Nezarec's followers swayed Scipio to their side by singing some sort of BrownNote that altered his programming.]]

* EldritchAbomination: While the ''Exodus'' ship is making the transit through the anomaly in Chapter 3, there is a scene where Ikharos has to leave the relative safety of the ship and go outside in a spacesuit with a flare to signal his Ghost, who was piloting his jumpship when it had gotten lost in the anomaly. While floating in the empty void, Ikharos encounters several powerful and ancient entities native to the realm. [[spoiler:It's eventually explained in Chapter 8 that all of these entities are also prisoners of the anomaly and have spent millennia trying to escape.]]

** The story also dives a lot deeper into Formora's relationship with Enduriel and what her SelfImposedExile on Vroengard was like before Ikharos arrived, both of which are only provided as snippets in ''Stargazer''.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: Whereas Formora was horror-struck and fled in terror when she saw Cuaroc coming towards her while she was out in the open, Skuldu reacts to his appearance with awe and calls him the coolest Exo she's ever seen. This is understandable given how Skuldu is from a ScienceFiction setting where MechanicalLifeforms like Cuaroc are commonplace as opposed to Formora, who comes from a StandardFantasySetting. Also, Skuldu has never had to deal with Cuaroc trying to kill her every night like Formora has.