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* MoleInCharge: To no one's surprise, Iblison's deal. [[spoiler:It turns out that there were far more than twelve ships in the Colonial exodus, in fact, there were over two dozen ships, but due to infighting and squabbles, the remainder were lost. One of them, carrying the Kelassent clan, managed to find four separate viable (if not particularly nice) planets and thrived there, developing anti-Goa'uld biotechnology, and furious at being cast aside by their more militant cousins, eventually worked out the means to return and take revenge upon them by basically throwing them to the wolves and taking better planets for themselves. As is, they have managed to deeply infiltrate the Colonial governments of several worlds, only to plan to abandon and cripple them as much as they can when leaving. Another plan is to abuse the Race members they have in custody until they manage to turn them into a fanatic army loyal to them.]]
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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope


** Clearly stated by Earth leaders that this would have happened to the Twelve Colonies if any of those nukes had destroyed a city, but UpToEleven.

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** Clearly stated by Earth leaders that this would have happened to the Twelve Colonies if any of those nukes had destroyed a city, but UpToEleven.up to eleven.
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Not So Different has been renamed, and it needs to be dewicked/moved


* NotSoDifferent: the Twelve Colonies and the Cylons, given that, here, the former do to the latter what the latter did to the former in the TV series.
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Disambiguating Orwellian Editor wicks between Internal Retcon, Cosmic Retcon and Forum Speak


* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: [[spoiler: Astartea, one of Baal's remaining children, approached the Colonies with an offer to ally against Earth. She even includes [[OrwellianEditor historical revisionism]] in her speech, giving the Colonials an edited history that collates better with their worldview. However, this fails when the Colonials realize everything she's saying is exactly what they want to hear, and therefore, most likely too good to be true.]]

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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: [[spoiler: Astartea, one of Baal's remaining children, approached the Colonies with an offer to ally against Earth. She even includes [[OrwellianEditor [[InternalRetcon historical revisionism]] in her speech, giving the Colonials an edited history that collates better with their worldview. However, this fails when the Colonials realize everything she's saying is exactly what they want to hear, and therefore, most likely too good to be true.]]
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* ThemeNaming: Some Colonials have names related to the Devil. One of the missionaries sent to Earth is named Lucy Ferro, and Pontiff Iblison's name is a variation on Iblis, a Satanic figure in Islamic lore.

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* ThemeNaming: Some Colonials have names related to the Devil. One of the missionaries sent to Earth is named Lucy Ferro, and Pontiff Iblison's name is a variation on Iblis, a Satanic figure in Islamic lore. Further, his family owns a MegaCorp named Morning Star Enterprises.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: A Colonial woman keeps annoying the air stewardess on a journey to Earth. While the stewardess keeps a perfect mask of stoicism, when the Colonial asks for a "nature documentary" to soothe her nerves about the threat Earth represents, she immediately recommends ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.
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* ThemeNaming: Some Colonials have names related to the Devil. One of the missionaries sent to Earth is named Lucy Ferro, and Pontiff Iblison's name is a variation on Iblis, a Satanic figure in Islamic lore.
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* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Lucy, the most ardently fanatical of the Colonial missionaries sent to proselytize on Earth, is the one that winds up renouncing her religion to marry a Baptist man.
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** Cornel Minas, Quorum Minority Leader, basically spends a good while preaching why Earth should be absorbed by the Colonies, and basically wonders why no top government officials have prostrated before him and received him in their central buildings even though it's only an unofficial meeting. Robert Kinsey Jr. tartly guides him through every insulting action and word (having heard the man's denigrating speeches back in the Colonies) and shows him why Earth detests the idea of joining the Colonies so badly, especially when they believe Earth would enter as junior partners. A humiliated Minas doesn't even begin to understand the sheer amount of hate Kinsey shows to the Colonies, but does leave the meeting feeling like he has sown the seeds for another Earth-Colonial war.

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** Cornel Minas, Quorum Minority Leader, basically spends a good while preaching why Earth should be absorbed by the Colonies, and basically wonders why no top government officials have prostrated before him and received him in their central buildings even though it's only an unofficial meeting. Robert Kinsey Jr. tartly guides him through every insulting action and word (having heard the man's denigrating speeches back in the Colonies) and shows him why Earth detests the idea of joining the Colonies so badly, especially when they believe Earth would enter as junior partners.partners and hand over their technology. A humiliated Minas doesn't even begin to understand the sheer amount of hate Kinsey shows to the Colonies, but does leave the meeting feeling like he has sown the seeds for another Earth-Colonial war.

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