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* Catch22Dilemma: ''Dahak'' is caught in one of these at the beginning of the first book. He has orders to suppress the mutiny which cannot be altered or revoked, but an equally strong directive dictates that he can't fire on innocents, and destroying the mutineers' base himself would wipe out most of Earth's population as collateral damage. He also has to destroy anyone who tries to board without proper authorization codes, but no loyal officers with those authorization codes are alive, so ''Dahak'' is stuck without a crew who could handle things in a less destructive manner. A new layer is added to this dilemma when ''Dahak'' learns that the Achuultani are on the move again, as he also has an irrevocable directive to defend the Fourth Imperium -- but he can't leave Earth until the mutiny is dealt with. After wrestling with this dilemma for 50,000 years, ''Dahak'' gains enough sentience to TakeAThirdOption by press-ganging a new captain in order to break the stalemate.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: ''Dahak'' outright admits that if he had been capable of understanding the full ''intent'' of his captain's final orders during the initial mutiny, things would have played out quite differently. In the present, although many facets of the human experience are still incomprehensible to him, ''Dahak'' clearly feels emotions and has developed a dry wit Colin is certain he was never intended to have, as well as the ability to use some [[ExactWords flexible interpretations of his directives]] to accomplish his goals. [[spoiler:Book 2 later reveals that ''Dahak'' has grown advanced enough to outright ignore his core programming if he wants to.]]
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* {{Panspermia}} {{Panspermia}}: Colin initially struggles to believe that humans are descended from spacefarers because humans are related to other flora and fauna native to Earth. ''Dahak'' explains that the Achuultani had wiped out life on Earth in a previous invasion, but another species re-seeded Earth and many other planets with life, all of which is genetically related.
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* {{Understatement}}: ''Dahak'' is prone to this. His EstablishingCharacterMoment has him refer (apologetically) to Colin's kidnapping as an "inconvenience," which Colin, still reeling from the whole experience, promptly lampshades as a shining example of this trope. ''Dahak'' also refers to the sixteenth century as "recent," and his idea of "minor improvements" to enhance a human officer's performance is essentially a complete stripping and surgical overhaul of their body.
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* TakingYouWithMe: Several characters tried taking their enemies with them some them. Some succeeded.
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* TakeOverTheWorld: Since human political institutions were all corrupted by the mutineers, Colin employs the world's militaries and the Dahak to [[TheCoup overthrow them all]], integrates the military of the Asian Alliance in a similar coup, and conquers the Islamic nations to bring the entire Earth under the control of the Empire. For its own good, of course.
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* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: God ''damn it'', [[spoiler: [[WhatAnIdiot Gus]]]].Gus]].
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*** This doesn't actually have a reason for working, though, as the fighters wouldn't be anywhere near close enough together for that to hurt more than a minuscule number if any.
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* BabyFactory[=/=]{{Gendercide}}: After Dahak hacked the [[spoiler:AI viceroy of the Achuultani]], he made the following absolutely horrific discovery: the evil [[spoiler:AI ruling the Achuultani]] keeps the [[spoiler:female Achuultani around only long enough to harvest their ova, killing them right after that. It does that so as to prevent the Achuultani being loyal to their mate or offspring and be loyal only to their AI overlord.]]
