History Fanfic / TheTSABActurusWar

* MirrorMatch: Averted. While Dragon the bombardier does go up against Nanoha, ShockAndAwe KnifeNut Shank goes up not against Cinque or Fate but Vita, ColdSniper Hawkeye faces Fate rather than Vice and MoreDakka BarrierWarrior Brute has to settle for Signum rather than Yuuno, Arf or Zafira. On that note, Dragon is technically a fire mage and should probably have gone against Signum.

* AMillionIsAStatistic: Averted initially, as names were given to some of the RedShirts that died at the start to add more weight to them. YMMV on it's effectiveness.

* AMillionIsAStatistic: Example of the "Not Good" side of Administrivia/TropesAreTools. Early on the author tries to avert this by pinning names to individual ships and redshirts, but the average reader's response seems to range from finding it redundant and distracting to outright finding it a turnoff.

* AFatherToHisMen: Field Marshall Parker.

* AcePilot: The DRA has some.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Shank says this after his loss to Vita.
* BigDamnHeroes: Inverted when the Assault Troopers show up to help their muggle comrades.
* CoolPlane: The DRA's Lancer and eXperimental High-Maneuver Fighter (XHMF).
* CradlingYourKill: Shank did this for his first.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Being exposed to vacuum.

* FightsLikeANormal[=/=]KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: While the DRA does have mages and magic weapons, it also uses magic as an adjunct to projectile weapons eg. maintaining weapons and auto-loading tank rounds. Furthermore, the vast majority of its weapons are mass-based, such as standard rifles, tank guns, artillery pieces and starship coilguns.
* FixedForwardFacingWeapon: [[spoiler: ''Sacred War'''s particle cannon.]]

* GeneralRipper: Field Marshall Parker's old mentor was one of these.

* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Said by [[spoiler: the DRA's Rear Admiral Vaina as the ''Sacred War'' makes its LastStand.]]
* KillItWithFire: Thermobaric rounds are employed.
* KnuckleCracking: Brute does this before engaging Signum.

* MoralMyopia: The DRA has this.

* PunchClockVillain: Most of the DRA's grunts.

* ShootTheBullet: Nanoha does this with Divine Shooters. [[spoiler: The ''Sacred War'' does this with its particle cannon against TSAB Arc-en-Ciels during its LastStand.]]

* VillainousValour
* WarFic: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* WarIsHell: Not really a focus, but it's there.

* WorthyOpponent: Brute sees Signum as this.
* WouldNotHitAGirl: Brute subverts this, saying that he would rather not but needs to make an exception for Signum.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Used as point-defence systems. "Unless you were many millions of kilometers away, there was no dodging a laser."

'''''[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=162743 The TSAB - Acturus War]]''''' by rider of war a.k.a lord admiral belisarius ([[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5802489/1/The_TSAB_bActurus_b_War also available on FanFiction.net]]) is a ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' fanfic.

* ShowyInvincibleHero: Inverted, sort of. The author has admitted that the TSAB will win and the DRA will lose; the question is how badly will the DRA make the Bureau bleed to get that victory?

** DRA fighter squadrons [[ComicBook/XWingSeries Wraith]] and [[VideoGame/AceCombat Mobius]], as well as [[VideoGame/AceCombat AWACS Eagle Eye]].

* AMillionIsAStatistic: Example of the "Not Good" side of TropesAreTools. Early on the author tries to avert this by pinning names to individual ships and redshirts, but the average reader's response seems to range from finding it redundant and distracting to outright finding it a turnoff.

** The DRA ships [[VideoGame/AceCombat Razgriz]], [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Inferno, Dante, Virgil]], [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Za Warudo]], [[Music/{{Metallica}} Master of Puppets]], [[TheWickerMan Wicker Man]] and [[Film/RockyIII Eye of the Tiger]].

** The DRA ships [[AceCombat Razgriz]], [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Inferno, Dante, Virgil]], [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Za Warudo]], [[Music/{{Metallica}} Master of Puppets]], [[TheWickerMan Wicker Man]] and [[Film/RockyIII Eye of the Tiger]].

** DRA fighter squadrons [[ComicBook/XWingSeries Wraith]] and [[AceCombat Mobius]], as well as [[AceCombat AWACS Eagle Eye]].

** The DRA ships [[AceCombat Razgriz]], [[TheDivineComedy Inferno, Dante, Virgil]], [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Za Warudo]], [[Music/{{Metallica}} Master of Puppets]], [[TheWickerMan Wicker Man]] and [[Film/RockyIII Eye of the Tiger]].

** DRA fighter squadrons [[XWingSeries Wraith]] and [[AceCombat Mobius]], as well as [[AceCombat AWACS Eagle Eye]].

* TakeThat: Averted with [[Fanfic/TiberiumWars Pvt. Marona]] and [[Film/RebuildOfEvangelion 2LT Mari Shikinami]], who the author has stated were coincidences and no malice aforethought went into making them redshirts.

* {{BFG}}: The guns of [[spoiler: the DRA's artificial mages.]]

* RazorFloss: At one point, a [[{{Hellsing}} Walter Dornez]] {{Expy}} stonewalls a DRA advance until the Assault Troopers arrive.

** The DRA ships [[AceCombat Razgriz]], [[TheDivineComedy Inferno, Dante, Virgil]], [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Za Warudo]], [[{{Metallica}} Master of Puppets]], [[TheWickerMan Wicker Man]] and [[RockyIII Eye of the Tiger]].

** The [[BloodKnight battle-crazed]] tank commander [[{{Hellsing}} "Major" Max.]]

'''''[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=162743 The TSAB - Acturus War]]''''' by rider of war a.k.a lord admiral belisarius ([[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5802489/1/The_TSAB_bActurus_b_War also available on FanFiction.net]]) is a ''LyricalNanoha'' fanfic.

* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: While the DRA does have mages and magic weapons, it also uses magic as an adjunct to projectile weapons eg. maintaining weapons and auto-loading tank rounds. Furthermore, the vast majority of its weapons are mass-based, such as standard rifles, tank guns, artillery pieces and starship coilguns.

* AMillionIsAStatistic: Example of the "Not Good" side of TropesAreTools. Early on the author tries to avert this by pinning names to individual ships and redshirts, but [[HumansAreBastards the average reader's response seems to range from finding it redundant and distracting to outright finding it a turnoff.]]

** [[{{Bioshock}} "Would you kindly...?"]]

** The DRA ships [[AceCombat Razgriz]], [[TheDivineComedy Inferno, Dante, Virgil]], [[JoJosBizarreAdventure Za Warudo]], [[{{Metallica}} Master of Puppets]], [[TheWickerMan Wicker Man]] and [[RockyIII Eye of the Tiger]].

* [=~People's Republic Of Tyranny~=]: The DRA.

** The DRA ships [[AceCombat Razgriz]], [[TheDivineComedy Inferno, Dante, Virgil]], [[JoJosBizarreAdventure Za Warudo]], [[{{Metallica}} Master of Puppets]], [[TheWickerMan Wicker Man]] and [[{{Rocky}} Eye of the Tiger]].

* CrackingUp: Brute does this before engaging Signum.

* FakeUltimateMook: [[spoiler: The DRA artificial mages.]]