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* A {{Harsher in Hindsight}} example, but when it's mentioned below about the comic when Tagon compares Petey's creators of the Tausennigans to, [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-12-01 "the unholy union of a koala bear and a hobbit" and the line of, "not everybody knows what a koala looks like,"]] considering certain real life developments of Wildfires in Australia ... What exactly is the status of Koalas in The Schlock Mercenary universe and how bad are they off on Earth? Possibly even a species which went extinct and is on the list of species to ressurect with genetic engineering?
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* Part of how Captain Tagon is a father to his men is that he knows what orders to give to the people serving under him. At one point, he has a conversation with Kevyn about some of his collaborations ending in disaster, which leads to Kevyn being ordered to stay on the ship, away from other people; however he ''isn't'' ordered to not think about a particular problem. When Tagon later asks Kevyn for his thoughts on that problem, Tagon specifically notes "I gave you an order with loopholes in it." And in another story, he asks a crew member for ideas on how to move some heavy equipment without the help of certain other equipment. When he decides she's figured out how to do it, all he says is "I see you've now figured it out in your head. More running and yelling now, please."
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* Petey didn't lie to the Tricameral Assembly about what was about to happen to them: [[JediTruth he just didn't mention that the frigate with the comically large orbital lance had nothing to do with it.]]
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* Petey didn't lie to the Tricameral Assembly about what was about to happen to them: [[JediTruth [[MetaphoricallyTrue he just didn't mention that the frigate with the comically large orbital lance had nothing to do with it.]]
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*** As if they have nothing better to do than learn Galstandard West and screw with a random warship for shits and giggles, even spying on him beforehand to make the prank sound plausible.
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** Somewhat un-horrified in hindsight; both organics and machines consider themselves the greatest threat (rather than [[NeverMyFault finding someone to blame]]), and their first priority is now, "How do I stop myself from doing that?"
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** Sadly, this Chekov's Gun never triggered.
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* [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-11-24 This]] sounds like a throwaway joke... Except that indeed it took an intergalactic war of extermination to make Tagon [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2020-07-24 get a wife]].
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**** [[spoiler: As the most part of galactic-spanning civilizations before current one. They all caught up on "crazy" part too late.]]
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** The connection between Petey's "ghost" and the Pa'anuri may share a far greater connection than mere symbolism; "Dark Matter Schlock's" [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2020-06-21 method of communication]] is almost identical to [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-10-13 the voice of the wraith]] who [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-05-04 drove Petey to insanity]]. Petey may have been crazy at the time, but he wasn't wrong; for mere "air in the pipes" to pass the TuringTest is nigh impossible, and thus far his "ghost" has never been explained... until now. It could well have been a Pa'anuri taunting him via the same method as Schlock.
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** Not "god" - "gods". He's highlighting his status as a fleetmind.
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* In [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-03-01 this comic]], we see Doyt accusing the original doctor of the Toughs of disguising himself as a woman, changing skin color, size, body shape, and even gender. In reality, the one he's accusing is Dr. Bunnigus, but it's played off as Doyt being a moron. Except that later, we see that the technology to do this [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-12-28 absolutely exists,]] and is used ''en masse'' by the Gavs. It doesn't end well, but the tech definitely exists, which means that Doyt's accusation might not be quite as stupid as the readers initially thought. Still wrong, of course, but it removes the accusation from the realm of "Doyt is so stupid he's reinterpreting the nature of reality to fit a preconcieved notion" to "Doyt suggesting something reasonable, if in the wrong context."
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* In [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-03-01 this comic]], we see Doyt accusing the original doctor of the Toughs of disguising himself as a woman, changing skin color, size, body shape, and even gender. In reality, the one he's accusing is Dr. Bunnigus, but it's played off as Doyt being a moron. Except that later, we see that the technology to do this [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-12-28 absolutely exists,]] and is used ''en masse'' by the Gavs. It doesn't end well, but the tech definitely exists, which means that Doyt's accusation might not be quite as stupid as the readers initially thought. Still wrong, of course, but it removes the accusation from the realm of "Doyt is so stupid he's reinterpreting the nature of reality to fit a preconcieved preconceived notion" to "Doyt suggesting something reasonable, if in the wrong context."
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** Aaand the [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-07-25 answer]] -- the denoument of Book 17 -- is logical but depressing; Intelligent life, both organic and non, has repeatedly wiped itself out ''specifically because'' immortality turned out to be simple. What's logical about that? Congratulations, troper, you're not the kind of amoral fanatic that enjoys {{Realpolitik}}, tends to end up controlling lots of military hardware, and thus gets '''''REALLY PISSED OFF''''' when all that hardware looks like it is about to become irrelevant because everyone they could threaten with it is immortal. Cue galactic genocide QED.
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** Aaand the [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-07-25 answer]] -- the denoument denouement of Book 17 -- is logical but depressing; Intelligent life, both organic and non, has repeatedly wiped itself out ''specifically because'' immortality turned out to be simple. What's logical about that? Congratulations, troper, you're not the kind of amoral fanatic that enjoys {{Realpolitik}}, tends to end up controlling lots of military hardware, and thus gets '''''REALLY PISSED OFF''''' when all that hardware looks like it is about to become irrelevant because everyone they could threaten with it is immortal. Cue galactic genocide QED.
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** The end of book 19 and beginning of book 20 puts an entirely different spin on things. A ''staggering'' number (at least nine digits) of those old civilizations are still alive, having left the galactic plane in [[PlanetSpaceship worldships]] any one of which could theoretically maintain a hundred times the current galactic population. Their reasons for doing so are so far unknown, although the heroes suspect it's simple safety in obscurity.
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*** [[spoiler: The answer, by the by, is yes. ''Petey'' is crazy enough to.]]
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