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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12656369/1/Vigilo-Confido Vigilo Confido]]'' is a {{Novelization}} of ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' written by Lighthearter. It begins shortly before Operation Gatecrasher, and chronicles the trials of the upstart XCOM resistance movement, shown primarily through the viewpoints of Commander Edward Gallant and Jane Kelly. However, there are [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many other perspectives,]] showing almost every conceivable view of the war. At the end of every chapter, the author includes an author's note that touches both on what happened in the fic and on his opinions about gameplay.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12656369/1/Vigilo-Confido Vigilo Confido]]'' is a {{Novelization}} of ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' written by Lighthearter. It begins shortly before Operation Gatecrasher, and chronicles the trials of the upstart XCOM resistance movement, shown primarily through the viewpoints of Commander Edward Gallant and Jane Kelly. However, there are [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many other perspectives,]] perspectives, showing almost every conceivable view of the war. At the end of every chapter, the author includes an author's note that touches both on what happened in the fic and on his opinions about gameplay.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Jane and Gallant may be the two leads, but Dragunova, Mox, Julie, Sylvie, Mariah, Evangeline, Bradford, Lily, the Assassin, Mendoza, Aileen, and ''more'' all get their days in the limelight, some more often than others.
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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Chapter 21 switches perspectives ''completely'', leaving the entire main cast behind for a whole chapter structured around [[spoiler:Zhang and his team.]] It happens again in 40, and after that in 45, though by that point [[spoiler:Zhang and Fatima]] had received several scenes in normal chapters.
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** It happens again in 40, and after that in 45, though by that point [[spoiler:Zhang and Fatima]] had received several scenes in normal chapters.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Bradford makes a casual reference to fistfighting a muton. [[RealityEnsues He immediately clarifies that he never said he won.]]
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Bradford makes a casual reference to fistfighting a muton. [[RealityEnsues He immediately clarifies that he never said he won.]]
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* ArcWords: Throughout Season Two, Gallant finds himself meditating on something his father said to him before he was crippled.
-->'''Michael Gallant''': "Sometimes, Edward, [[TheChainsOfCommanding being in command just means you get to choose who dies]]."
-->'''Michael Gallant''': "Sometimes, Edward, [[TheChainsOfCommanding being in command just means you get to choose who dies]]."
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The fic makes almost no effort to account for gameplay elements like turns and hit chance. Here, combat is handled realistically, equipment and upgrades that wouldn't be available until late in the game pop up much earlier, and soldiers aren't locked into certain promotions at certain levels.
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** It happens again in 40, and after that in 45, though by that point [[spoiler:Zhang and Fatima]] had received several scenes in normal chapters.
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** [[spoiler:"You may call me [[BigBad Angelis]]."]]
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** Chapter 45: [[spoiler:'''Ashes and Temples''']]
** Chapter 46: [[spoiler:Angelis approaches Gallant in his dreams.]]
** Chapter 46: [[spoiler:Angelis approaches Gallant in his dreams.]]
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* AscendedExtra: In the game, the "Angelis Ethereal" appears solely in the final mission to taunt the player from afar, never explicitly appearing in the flesh[[spoiler:(although it is possible it was one of the Avatars in the final room)]]. Here, she appears to be the BigBad.
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* KnightInSourArmor: Gallant is abrasive and coarse, with nothing good to say about much of anything, himself included. And yet, here he is, a fact he grouses about occasionally.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12656369/1/Vigilo-Confido Vigilo Confido]]'' is a {{Novelization}} of ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' written by Lighthearter. It begins shortly before Operation Gatecrasher, and chronicles the trials of the upstart XCOM resistance movement, shown primarily through the viewpoints of Commander Edward Gallant and Jane Kelly.
Kelly. However, there are [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many other perspectives,]] showing almost every conceivable view of the war. At the end of every chapter, the author includes an author's note that touches both on what happened in the fic and on his opinions about gameplay.
** The military funeral in Chapter 16.
* AuthorTract: Common in the author's notes, the most egregious example being the one for Chapter 14, where stun lancers make their first appearance. The note is literally titled "[[PrecisionFStrike Motherf***ing]] [[SuddenlyShouting STUN LANCERS]]" and goes on to rant about them for a while. The Rulers get a similar tract in 18.
* BrainyBrunette: [[WrenchWench Lily]], [[ActionGirl Jane]], and [[DefrostingIceQueen Dragunova]] all are brunettes and none lack smarts.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Gallant gets ''very'' touchy about people viewing him as a cripple.
* ExactWords: At one point when a mission is collapsing, Gallant orders Bradford to call Firebrand. Bradford argues that the team can't evac and simply leave the civvies to die. Gallant didn't want an EVAC - [[spoiler:he wanted an ''[[WeaponizedExhaust air strike.]]'']]
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* HeroicSacrifice: The straightest examples are Obsidian and Irina in the prologue, who both sacrifice themselves for Jane in one way or another.
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* HeroicSacrifice: The straightest examples are Obsidian [[spoiler:Obsidian and Irina in the prologue, who both sacrifice themselves for Jane in one way or another.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jane and Aileen are rarely apart and extremely close. Bradford and Gallant also have shades of this.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jane and Aileen are rarely apart and extremely close. Bradford and Gallant also have shades of this.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Jane and Gallant may be the two leads, but Dragunova, Mox, Julie, Sylvie, Mariah, Evangeline, Bradford, Lily, the Assassin, Mendoza, Aileen, and ''more'' all get their days in the limelight, some more often than others.
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** Jiaying Shen, Lily's cousin, joins at the beginning of Season Two. [[spoiler:Mariah Bradford also counts.]]
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Chapter 21 switches perspectives ''completely'', leaving the entire main cast behind for a whole chapter structured around [[spoiler:Zhang and his team.]]
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* UndyingLoyalty: No matter what happens to make people question Gallant's leadership, Bradford never has anything negative to say about him.
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* WhamEpisode:
** Chapter 14: [[spoiler: Mendoza is killed.]]
** Chapter 19: [[spoiler:Zhang, Annette, and the Furies]] [[BigDamnHeroes make their grand entrance in the nick of time.]]
** Chapter 27: The Avatar Project is revealed, and so is [[spoiler:the fact that Mariah is Bradford's daughter.]]
** Chapter 14: [[spoiler: Mendoza is killed.]]
** Chapter 19: [[spoiler:Zhang, Annette, and the Furies]] [[BigDamnHeroes make their grand entrance in the nick of time.]]
** Chapter 27: The Avatar Project is revealed, and so is [[spoiler:the fact that Mariah is Bradford's daughter.]]
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* [[ActionFilmQuietdramaScene Action Fic Quiet Drama Scene]]: Though the fic is full of action and fighting as XCOM and Advent do battle, there are quite a few moments where Gallant and others quietly sit and contemplate the odds and their decisions.
** There's an entire subplot in the first season set in Advent-controlled Paris, following a civilian going about her normal life, taking the VichyEarth and BigBrotherIsWatching aspects for granted. It brings home how different Earth has become in this future.
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** There's an entire subplot in the first season set in Advent-controlled Paris, following a civilian going about her normal life, taking the VichyEarth and BigBrotherIsWatching aspects for granted. It brings home how different Earth has become in this future.
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* BigDamnKiss: Happens in Chapter 25 between [[spoiler:Jane and David.]]
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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: As of the beginning of Season Two, Julie and Sylvie spend all their free time together, and when one is hurt the other completely loses their cool. [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend They're only friends, just ask them.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gallant is the straightest example of this trope, being [[DisabledSnarker snarky]] at best and downright hostile at worst. But no matter what he has to say to or about anyone, when the chips come down he moves mountains for his people.
** Dragunova is abrasive and detached, but when the team returns after the first retaliation mission, she's the first one to welcome them, seeming genuinely concerned for Jane's well-being. She also shares her rare cigarettes without being prompted.
* HeroesGoneFishing: Chapter 27 opens with Gallant, Shen, Tygan, Bradford, and Jane gathered together for...a game of Clue.
* HeroicSacrifice: The straightest examples are Obsidian and Irina in the prologue, who both sacrifice themselves for Jane in one way or another.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gallant is the straightest example of this trope, being [[DisabledSnarker snarky]] at best and downright hostile at worst. But no matter what he has to say to or about anyone, when the chips come down he moves mountains for his people.
** Dragunova is abrasive and detached, but when the team returns after the first retaliation mission, she's the first one to welcome them, seeming genuinely concerned for Jane's well-being. She also shares her rare cigarettes without being prompted.
* HeroesGoneFishing: Chapter 27 opens with Gallant, Shen, Tygan, Bradford, and Jane gathered together for...a game of Clue.
* HeroicSacrifice: The straightest examples are Obsidian and Irina in the prologue, who both sacrifice themselves for Jane in one way or another.
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* MamaBear: What motivates [[spoiler:Evangeline to survive in the black site? Realizing the aliens might go after Nathan next.]]
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* OriginalCharacter: Most of the soldiers count, but more prevalent is the [[PosthumousCharacter oft-mentioned, never-seen]] Penny Ferguson, Gallant's nurse and secretary during his tenure at XCOM.
** Gallant himself counts as one of these, considering the Commander in the game has virtually no physical presence and is never named or gendered.
** Gallant himself counts as one of these, considering the Commander in the game has virtually no physical presence and is never named or gendered.
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"Mariah Bradford...Dad."]]
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12656369/1/Vigilo-Confido Vigilo Confido]]'' is a {{Novelization}} of ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' written by Lighthearter. It begins shortly before Operation Gatecrasher, and chronicles the trials of the upstart XCOM resistance movement, shown primarily through the viewpoints of Commander Edward Gallant and Jane Kelly.
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!!This work provides examples of:
* [[ActionFilmQuietdramaScene Action Fic Quiet Drama Scene]]: Though the fic is full of action and fighting as XCOM and Advent do battle, there are quite a few moments where Gallant and others quietly sit and contemplate the odds and their decisions.
** There's an entire subplot in the first season set in Advent-controlled Paris, following a civilian going about her normal life, taking the VichyEarth and BigBrotherIsWatching aspects for granted. It brings home how different Earth has become in this future.
* AcePilot: Firebrand, with the attitude to match.
* ActionGirl: Jane Kelly is perhaps the most prominent, but Aileen Quinn, Da-Xia Liang, Elena Dragunova, Julie Richardson, and quite a few others certainly make the list.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Everything to do with Julian.
* AnswerCut: In Chapter 15, Gallant wonders "What the hell are we even fighting for?" after [[spoiler:losing half his field team in one op. The next scene shows Evangeline being abducted by Advent.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: It's ''XCOM-based''.
** [[spoiler:Carlos Mendoza is perhaps the most notable example, having been built up to have a personal history with the Chosen and a family to avenge, only to be killed instantly by a stun lancer in ''Advent Strikes Back''.]]
* BattleAmongstTheFlames: In Chapter 25, Jane and the Assassin handle the climactic sword duel in the burning ruins of the black site.
* TheCaptain: Jane slowly grows into this over the course of the first season.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: A major element is Gallant struggling with his role as the resistance's "savior" despite his ailments and his mistakes.
* CharacterDevelopment: As of the beginning of Season Two, Gallant is an awful lot more cheerful and sociable than he was previously, even going so far as to crack a practical joke on Shadow Man.
* DisabledSnarker: As a result of first a CareerEndingInjury and then twenty years in an alien LotusEaterMachine, Gallant is very bitter and very sick of everything happening around him, and veers between this and DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery.
* HopeSpot: After [[spoiler:Evangeline is sent to the black site]] she motivates herself to survive, no matter what it takes. [[spoiler:In her next scene, she is [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath refined]].]]
* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:Bradford gets hit with this by Mariah at the beginning of Season Two.]]
* MeaningfulName: Gallant's is obvious. So obvious, Bradford can't resist.
-->''"Sir, no one questions your personal gallantry." Was that a pun? Gallant almost whacked the XO on that alone.''
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Bradford makes a casual reference to fistfighting a muton. [[RealityEnsues He immediately clarifies that he never said he won.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Gallant seems to have considered being tapped to command the XCOM Project as this.
* SoleSurvivor: Gallant is implied to be this from his Ranger company.
** Jane is the only member of her resistance cell to make it through the first chapter. [[UpToEleven And then Gatecrasher, if you don't count Bradford.]]
* ShoutOut:
** The Warlock's mantra in Chapter 28:
-->[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings ''Things that are'', they told him. ''Things that were.'']]
-->[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings "And some things," he murmured, completing the mantra, "that have not yet come to pass."]]
** Bradford's sword is named "Glamdring".
** When Aileen sees [[spoiler:Jane emerge from the burning black site and engage the Assassin]], she screams ''"[[Film/PacificRim Come on, Irish! Kick her arse!]]"''
** Dragunova scoffs that XCOM [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises merely adopted the dark, while the Reapers were born in it.]]
** Bradford suggests that the Warlock may have "done a [[Film/TheManchurianCandidate Manchurian Candidate]]" on Sylvie.
* YouShallNotPass: In Chapter 24, Menace raids the black site and rescues the still-living captives. They put them on a train to safety, and then elect to stand their ground and draw the attention of the local Advent garrison to ensure the survivors' escape.
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!!This work provides examples of:
* [[ActionFilmQuietdramaScene Action Fic Quiet Drama Scene]]: Though the fic is full of action and fighting as XCOM and Advent do battle, there are quite a few moments where Gallant and others quietly sit and contemplate the odds and their decisions.
** There's an entire subplot in the first season set in Advent-controlled Paris, following a civilian going about her normal life, taking the VichyEarth and BigBrotherIsWatching aspects for granted. It brings home how different Earth has become in this future.
* AcePilot: Firebrand, with the attitude to match.
* ActionGirl: Jane Kelly is perhaps the most prominent, but Aileen Quinn, Da-Xia Liang, Elena Dragunova, Julie Richardson, and quite a few others certainly make the list.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Everything to do with Julian.
* AnswerCut: In Chapter 15, Gallant wonders "What the hell are we even fighting for?" after [[spoiler:losing half his field team in one op. The next scene shows Evangeline being abducted by Advent.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: It's ''XCOM-based''.
** [[spoiler:Carlos Mendoza is perhaps the most notable example, having been built up to have a personal history with the Chosen and a family to avenge, only to be killed instantly by a stun lancer in ''Advent Strikes Back''.]]
* BattleAmongstTheFlames: In Chapter 25, Jane and the Assassin handle the climactic sword duel in the burning ruins of the black site.
* TheCaptain: Jane slowly grows into this over the course of the first season.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: A major element is Gallant struggling with his role as the resistance's "savior" despite his ailments and his mistakes.
* CharacterDevelopment: As of the beginning of Season Two, Gallant is an awful lot more cheerful and sociable than he was previously, even going so far as to crack a practical joke on Shadow Man.
* DisabledSnarker: As a result of first a CareerEndingInjury and then twenty years in an alien LotusEaterMachine, Gallant is very bitter and very sick of everything happening around him, and veers between this and DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery.
* HopeSpot: After [[spoiler:Evangeline is sent to the black site]] she motivates herself to survive, no matter what it takes. [[spoiler:In her next scene, she is [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath refined]].]]
* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:Bradford gets hit with this by Mariah at the beginning of Season Two.]]
* MeaningfulName: Gallant's is obvious. So obvious, Bradford can't resist.
-->''"Sir, no one questions your personal gallantry." Was that a pun? Gallant almost whacked the XO on that alone.''
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Bradford makes a casual reference to fistfighting a muton. [[RealityEnsues He immediately clarifies that he never said he won.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Gallant seems to have considered being tapped to command the XCOM Project as this.
* SoleSurvivor: Gallant is implied to be this from his Ranger company.
** Jane is the only member of her resistance cell to make it through the first chapter. [[UpToEleven And then Gatecrasher, if you don't count Bradford.]]
* ShoutOut:
** The Warlock's mantra in Chapter 28:
-->[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings ''Things that are'', they told him. ''Things that were.'']]
-->[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings "And some things," he murmured, completing the mantra, "that have not yet come to pass."]]
** Bradford's sword is named "Glamdring".
** When Aileen sees [[spoiler:Jane emerge from the burning black site and engage the Assassin]], she screams ''"[[Film/PacificRim Come on, Irish! Kick her arse!]]"''
** Dragunova scoffs that XCOM [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises merely adopted the dark, while the Reapers were born in it.]]
** Bradford suggests that the Warlock may have "done a [[Film/TheManchurianCandidate Manchurian Candidate]]" on Sylvie.
* YouShallNotPass: In Chapter 24, Menace raids the black site and rescues the still-living captives. They put them on a train to safety, and then elect to stand their ground and draw the attention of the local Advent garrison to ensure the survivors' escape.
