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* {{Foreshadowing}} - the {{Foreshadowing}}: The last entry in Abalkin's journal ends with [[spoiler: his cloak system suddenly starting to work, and then "The nerves of the locals snap and they start shooting...". " Guess what happens then in the actual story]].
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* HomeworldEvacuation: The scientists suspect (with good reasons) that this is what the Wanderers did to the natives of Hope, although their motivations are entirely unclear. As is par for the course whenever the Wanderers are supposed to be involved in something in the Noon Universe, quite a few of the scientists and virtually all of the COMCON-2 (the agency Maxim is a member of) representatives believe that the truth about the evacuation is much darker - although there is no hard evidence for that. On the other hand, the section describing the mission to Hope is written in a mildly horroresque style: the whole planet seems to be a rather weird place with things that should not have occured like that or even be there. This is possibly due to the Wanderers' involvement.
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* NoodleIncident: The "Massachusetts Nightmare" they mention. There are some hints on its nature dropped throughout the story though. [[spoiler:Namely the creation of a "new, non-human civilization on earth".]]
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* NoodleIncident: The "Massachusetts Nightmare" they mention. There are some hints on its nature dropped throughout the story though. [[spoiler:Namely the creation of a "new, non-human civilization on earth".]]
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*AwfulTruth: The "personality secret", a secret which even the person it relates to can never know. Coming to know it sets Lew on his path and Maxim says that he would have been much happier had Sikorsky never told him the truth: [[spoiler: Lew Albakins parents did not die in a tragic accident. They never existed. He is one of several people that have grown from human embryos found in an incubator on a distant planet, dated to be tens of thousands of years old. No one knows for sure the purpose or intent of these incubated embryos.]]
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* CreepyChild - Abalkin, though it's not his fault - see BreakTheCutie).
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* CreepyChild - CreepyChild: Abalkin was a strange, violent child, which might be due to him growing up as an orphan, or [[TykeBomb something else]].
* DaChief: Rudolf Sikorsky, AKA Wanderer, head of the Commision of Control [=ComCon-2=]. He's worked as Progressor for years, and has had his share of hair-raising adventures and strange cases. He knows a lot about the case of Lew Abalkin,though it's not his fault - see BreakTheCutie).but even as he orders Maxim on to the case, he explicitly tries to [[YouDoNotWantToKnow shield him from the truth at the heart of it.]]
* DaChief: Rudolf Sikorsky, AKA Wanderer, head of the Commision of Control [=ComCon-2=]. He's worked as Progressor for years, and has had his share of hair-raising adventures and strange cases. He knows a lot about the case of Lew Abalkin,
*HistoricalVillainUpgrade: An in-universe example. Maxim and the reader get to hear a lot about Sikorsky's thoughts on the matter, and know how conflicted and distraught he feels about the case of Lew Abalkin. We also know of his work on Saraksch and his tireless attempts to salvage a dystopian world. [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold But his actions as progressor are not publicized]], and as a result of the events in the books finale, by the time the Literature/TheTimeWanderers takes place, his name only lives on as the epitome of dangerous, hysteric paranoia over alien interference, the "Sikorsky Syndrome".
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: [=ComCon-2=] acts like this. It has two missions: handling Progressors, which are the agents of a near-utopian Earth trying to uplift alien civilizations [[TheEndJustifiesTheMeans with often less than utopian means]]. And ensuring the security of Earth by preventing dangerous and unpredictable technology to profiliate, [[TheMenInBlack if necessary by confiscating and wiping out any information on it]]. On a happy, peaceful Earth, [[SpiesAreDespicable their forceful actions and habitual secrecy make them rather unpopular with the general population]].
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: [=ComCon-2=] acts like this. It has two missions: handling Progressors, which are the agents of a near-utopian Earth trying to uplift alien civilizations [[TheEndJustifiesTheMeans with often less than utopian means]]. And ensuring the security of Earth by preventing dangerous and unpredictable technology to profiliate, [[TheMenInBlack if necessary by confiscating and wiping out any information on it]]. On a happy, peaceful Earth, [[SpiesAreDespicable their forceful actions and habitual secrecy make them rather unpopular with the general population]].
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* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick : Shchekn Itrch, the [[IntelligentGerbil Golovan]] co-worker of Abalkin
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* SitcomArchNemesis: The scientist Isaac Bromberg to RudolfSikorsky.
Sikorsky. For years they've been running into each other on cases/projects regarding novel scientific research, with neither one being able to permanently shut the other up. Their conflict stems from Sikorsky trying to contain or shut down a dangerous or unpredictable project, while Bromberg continuously argues for the free flow of all information. Bromberg does so in such a persistent and obnoxious manner that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness the usually cool and collected Sikorsky nearly comes to blows with him during their latest debate.]]
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*WorthyOpponent: Despite their enmity, Sikorsky and Bromberg bear a grudging respect for each other. After they've gotten the pent-up anger out of their system during their latest meeting by having a loud heated argument, they are able to have a more reasonable discussion about the case of the incubator/sarcophagus.
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* GhostPlanet: Hope, in the StoryWithinAStory about Abalkin's mission to the planet, is a textbook example. See HomeworldEvacuation below.
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''Beetle in the Anthill'' (Russian: "Жук в муравейнике") is the ninth and penultimate novel by the Creator/StrugatskyBrothers to be set in the Franchise/NoonUniverse.
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''Beetle in the Anthill'' (Russian: "Жук в муравейнике") is the ninth and penultimate novel by the Creator/StrugatskyBrothers to be set in the Franchise/NoonUniverse.
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More or less a direct sequel to ''Literature/InhabitedIsland''. Maxim, now older and more cynical, is assigned to track down a progressor named Leo Abalkin who may be [[LostSuperweapon an instrument]] of the [[{{Precursors}} Wanderers']] plot. While his boss views the progressor as a threat, our hero becomes increasingly ambivalent.
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More or less a direct sequel to ''Literature/InhabitedIsland''. Maxim, now older and more cynical, is assigned to track down a progressor named Leo Abalkin who may be [[LostSuperweapon [[ManchurianAgent an instrument]] of the [[{{Precursors}} Wanderers']] plot. While his boss views the progressor as a threat, our hero becomes increasingly ambivalent.
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* HomeworldEvacuation: The scientists suspect (with good reasons) that this is what the Wanderers did to the natives of Hope.
** However, their motivations are entirely unclear. As is par for the course whenever the Wanderers are supposed to be involved in something in the Noon Universe, quite a few of the scientists and virtually all of the COMCON-2 (the agency Maxim is a member of) representatives believe that the truth about the evacuation is much darker - although there is no hard evidence for that. On the other hand, the section describing the mission to Hope is written in a mildly horroresque style: the whole planet seems to be a rather weird place with things that should not have occured like that or even be there. This is possibly due to the Wanderers' involvement.
** However, their motivations are entirely unclear. As is par for the course whenever the Wanderers are supposed to be involved in something in the Noon Universe, quite a few of the scientists and virtually all of the COMCON-2 (the agency Maxim is a member of) representatives believe that the truth about the evacuation is much darker - although there is no hard evidence for that. On the other hand, the section describing the mission to Hope is written in a mildly horroresque style: the whole planet seems to be a rather weird place with things that should not have occured like that or even be there. This is possibly due to the Wanderers' involvement.
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* HomeworldEvacuation: The scientists suspect (with good reasons) that this is what the Wanderers did to the natives of Hope.
** However,Hope, although their motivations are entirely unclear. As is par for the course whenever the Wanderers are supposed to be involved in something in the Noon Universe, quite a few of the scientists and virtually all of the COMCON-2 (the agency Maxim is a member of) representatives believe that the truth about the evacuation is much darker - although there is no hard evidence for that. On the other hand, the section describing the mission to Hope is written in a mildly horroresque style: the whole planet seems to be a rather weird place with things that should not have occured like that or even be there. This is possibly due to the Wanderers' involvement.
** However,
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** However, their motivations are entirely unclear. As is par for the course whenever the Wanderers are supposed to be involved in something in the Noon Universe, quite a few of the scientists and virtually all of the COMCON-2 (the agency Maxim is a member of) representatives believe that the truth about the evacuation is much darker - although there is no hard evidence for that. On the other hand, the section describing the mission to Hope is written in a mildly horroresque style: the whole planet seems to be a rather strange (not in a good way) place, possibly due to the Wanderers' involvement.
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** However, their motivations are entirely unclear. As is par for the course whenever the Wanderers are supposed to be involved in something in the Noon Universe, quite a few of the scientists and virtually all of the COMCON-2 (the agency Maxim is a member of) representatives believe that the truth about the evacuation is much darker - although there is no hard evidence for that. On the other hand, the section describing the mission to Hope is written in a mildly horroresque style: the whole planet seems to be a rather strange (not in a good way) place, weird place with things that should not have occured like that or even be there. This is possibly due to the Wanderers' involvement.
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** However, their motivations are entirely unclear. As is par for the course whenever the Wanderers are supposed to be involved in something in the Noon Universe, quite a few of the scientists and virtually all of the COMCON-2 (the agency Maxim is a member of) representatives believe that the truth about the evacuation is much darker - although there is no hard evidence for that. On the other hand, the section describing the mission to Hope is written in a mildly horroresque style: the whole planet seems to be a rather strange (not in a good way) place, possibly due to the Wanderers' involvement.
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* {{Foreshadowing}} - the last entry in Abalkin's journal ends with [[spoiler: his cloak system suddenly starting to work, and then "The nerves of the locals snap and they start shooting...". Guess what happens then in the actual story]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}} - the last entry in Abalkin's journal ends with [[spoiler: his cloak system suddenly starting to work, and then "The nerves of the locals snap and they start shooting...". Guess what happens then in the actual story]]story]].
* HomeworldEvacuation: The scientists suspect (with good reasons) that this is what the Wanderers did to the natives of Hope.
* HomeworldEvacuation: The scientists suspect (with good reasons) that this is what the Wanderers did to the natives of Hope.
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* BrokenAesop: According to WordOfGod, the moral was meant to be somewhat along the lines of "even the best intentioned of Secret Service type agencies will naturally commit horrible acts purely due to the paranoia that is InherentInTheSystem" (comparable to how risk of crippling injury is inherent to most sports), but just how justified said acts were is [[YourMileageMayVary up to the individual reader]].
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* BrokenAesop: According to WordOfGod, the moral was meant to be somewhat along the lines of "even the best intentioned of Secret Service type agencies will naturally commit horrible acts purely due to the paranoia that is InherentInTheSystem" (comparable to how risk of crippling injury is inherent to most sports), but just how justified said acts were is [[YourMileageMayVary up to the individual reader]].sports).
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* BrokenAesop - according BrokenAesop: According to WordOfGod, the moral was meant to be somewhat along the lines of "even the best intentioned of Secret Service type agencies will naturally commit horrible acts purely due to the paranoia that is InherentInTheSystem", InherentInTheSystem" (comparable to how risk of crippling injury is inherent to most sports), but just how justified said acts were is [[YourMileageMayVary up to the individual reader]].
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* BrokenAesop - according to WordOfGod, the moral was "Secret Service is Evil", but the story allows many different interpretations.
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''Literature/BeetleInTheAnthill'' (Russian: "Жук в муравейнике") is the ninth and penultimate novel by the Creator/StrugatskyBrothers to be set in the NoonUniverse.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Tagorans (insectoid allies of humanity) reaction [[spoiler:to the fact that the humans, unlike them, decided to let the embryos in their sarcophagus mature.]] They evacuate all their personnel from Earth and ''every'' planet with humans on it, expel all humans from their homeworld, and break off contact for 25 years.
* ShowWithinAShow: Abalkin's old notes about his reconaissance mission with Shchekn in a hauntingly desolate city on Hope
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Tagorans Tagorans' (insectoid allies of humanity) reaction [[spoiler:to the fact that the humans, unlike them, decided to let the embryos in their sarcophagus mature.]] mature]]. They evacuate all their personnel from Earth and ''every'' planet with humans on it, expel all humans from their homeworld, and break off contact for 25 years.
* ShowWithinAShow: Abalkin's old notes about hisreconaissance reconnaissance mission with Shchekn in a hauntingly desolate city on Hope
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* NoodleIncident: The "Massachusetts Nightmare" they mention. There are some hints on its nature dropped throughout the story though. [[spoiler:Namely the creation of a "new non-human civilization on earth".]]
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* NoodleIncident: The "Massachusetts Nightmare" they mention. There are some hints on its nature dropped throughout the story though. [[spoiler:Namely the creation of a "new "new, non-human civilization on earth".]]
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* NoodleIncident: The "Massachusetts Nightmare" they mention. There are some hints on its nature dropped throughout the story though. [[spoiler:Namely the creation of a "new non-human civilization on earth".]]
** Also, there's mention of a "Captain Nemo" who seems to use bioreactors for something.
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* ChameleonCamouflage: Deconstructed when Abalkin explores a deserted planet, equipped with a suit that is supposed to give him whole-body ChameleonCamouflage. However, it malfunctions and doesn't actually do anything, so Abalkin takes off his helm for better vision. Then, just as he encounters the local HumanAliens, the suit suddenly powers up and presents him as a floating head, scaring the shit out of the locals (to the point where they open fire).
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