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* PutOnABus: Brakal disappears from the series after ''When the Guns Roar'', having left the military to become the new Shrehari regent until the Emperor comes of age.
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* PutOnABus: Brakal disappears from the series after ''When the Guns Roar'', having [[spoiler:having left the military to become the new Shrehari regent until the Emperor comes of age.age]].
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* PutOnABus: Brakal disappears from the series after ''When the Guns Roar'', having left the military to become the new Shrehari regent until the Emperor comes of age.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The first few books draw a lot of thematic inspiration from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', particularly after Creator/NicholasMeyer took over in the movie period. The Shrehari in particular are very like the Klingons in both looks and behavior.
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->'''[[HeroAntagonist Commander Brakal]]:''' She said ''what?'' ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny (busts out laughing)]]''
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->'''[[HeroAntagonist Commander Brakal]]:''' She said ''what?''
# ''On Stormy Seas'' (2022)
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Brakal hails ''Stingray'' in the first book, intending to demand Dunmoore's surrender (since he ostensibly has a superior ship). She declines the hail, saying she's busy and prefers not to speak with him until she's ready to discuss ''his'' surrender. Brakal finds this reply hilarious.
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* HeroAntagonist: Brakal, the {{deuteragonist}}, is an honorable, MyCountryRightOrWrong sort who considers Dunmoore a WorthyOpponent and thinks the war as idiotic as she does.
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* HeroAntagonist: Brakal, the {{deuteragonist}}, {{deuteragonist}} of the first six books, is an honorable, MyCountryRightOrWrong sort who considers Dunmoore a WorthyOpponent and thinks the war as idiotic as she does.does. [[spoiler:After losing to her one too many times, he's forced into retirement, only to organize an internal revolt against the Shrehari government that ends with him becoming the new regent and bringing the war to an end.]]
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The books draw a lot of thematic inspiration from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', particularly after Creator/NicholasMeyer took over in the movie period. The Shrehari in particular are very like the Klingons in both looks and behavior.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The first few books draw a lot of thematic inspiration from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', particularly after Creator/NicholasMeyer took over in the movie period. The Shrehari in particular are very like the Klingons in both looks and behavior.behavior.
* TimeSkip: Ten years pass between books 6 and 7 and another three between books 7 and 8.
* TruceTrickery: {{Downplayed}} in ''A Dark and Dirty War''. Siobhan is selected to lead a flotilla into TheNeutralZone after SpacePirates hijack a passenger liner and hide out there. While this violates the letter of the treaty with the Shrehari Empire, neither she nor the Commonwealth actually ''wants'' to restart the war (which she helped end in book 6), and since she's on the outs with the Commonwealth military bureaucracy, it's expected they'll offer her up as a sacrifice if the Shrehari make an issue of it. [[spoiler:The Shrehari turn out to be fine with making an exception for the incursion and nothing comes of it.]]
* TimeSkip: Ten years pass between books 6 and 7 and another three between books 7 and 8.
* TruceTrickery: {{Downplayed}} in ''A Dark and Dirty War''. Siobhan is selected to lead a flotilla into TheNeutralZone after SpacePirates hijack a passenger liner and hide out there. While this violates the letter of the treaty with the Shrehari Empire, neither she nor the Commonwealth actually ''wants'' to restart the war (which she helped end in book 6), and since she's on the outs with the Commonwealth military bureaucracy, it's expected they'll offer her up as a sacrifice if the Shrehari make an issue of it. [[spoiler:The Shrehari turn out to be fine with making an exception for the incursion and nothing comes of it.]]
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* ShoutOut: ''When the Guns Roar'' has Urag quote a modified version of Captain Ahab's "I will chase him" speech from ''Literature/MobyDick'' ({{justified}} as being from a work of Shrehari literature). {{Lampshaded}} by Brakal:
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* ShoutOut: ''When the Guns Roar'' has Urag quote a modified version of Captain Ahab's "I will chase him" speech from ''Literature/MobyDick'' ({{justified}} ({{justified|Trope}} as being from a work of Shrehari literature). {{Lampshaded}} by Brakal:
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* FantasyConflictCounterpart: In book 6, Dunmoore proposes to Admiral Petras that their task force adapt the tactics of German U-boat wolfpacks for their commerce-raiding mission against the Shrehari.
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* EvilRegent: The Shrehari emperor's father died when he was an infant. The dowager empress is ostensibly the regent, but was manipulated by corrupt cabinet ministers into signing off on the war against the human Commonwealth.
* FantasyConflictCounterpart: In book 6, Dunmoore proposes to Admiral Petras that their task force adapt the tactics of German U-boat wolfpacks for their commerce-raiding mission against the Shrehari. [[spoiler:They later duplicate the Doolittle Raid by blowing up several fuel stations in the Shrehari home system.]]
* FantasyConflictCounterpart: In book 6, Dunmoore proposes to Admiral Petras that their task force adapt the tactics of German U-boat wolfpacks for their commerce-raiding mission against the Shrehari. [[spoiler:They later duplicate the Doolittle Raid by blowing up several fuel stations in the Shrehari home system.]]
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* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Shrehari are basically [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG Klingons]] with the serial numbers filed off: beer-swilling, fight-loving, corrupted, but with a strong sense of honor nonetheless.
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Faced with a ship in disrepair, a crew on the verge of mutiny, rampant political corruption, and nightmares plaguing her sleep, Siobhan Dunmoore is in a fight for her very career. She'll redeem ''Stingray'' or die trying, even if it means a rematch with ''Victoria Regina'''s killer, Commander Brakal... who has quite a few problems of his own.
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Faced with a ship in disrepair, a crew on the verge of mutiny, rampant political corruption, and nightmares plaguing her sleep, Siobhan Dunmoore is in a fight for her very career. She'll redeem ''Stingray'' or die trying, even if it means a rematch with ''Victoria Regina'''s killer, Commander Brakal...Brakal of the cruiser ''Tol Vakash''... who has quite a few problems of his own.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The books draw a lot of thematic inspiration from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. The Shrehari in particular are very like the Klingons in both looks and behavior.
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* ShoutOut: ''When the Guns Roar'' has Urag quote a modified version of Captain Ahab's "I will chase him" speech from ''Literature/MobyDick'' ({{justified}} as being from a work of Shrehari literature). {{Lampshaded}} by Brakal:
-->'''Brakal:''' It is the phantom. The same ship we saw threatening Kilia Station under the guise of a corsair. By the demons of the Underworld, do you know what that means, Urag?\\
'''Urag:''' You will chase him around the Black Hole of Qax, and round the Demon Star, and round the Undying Ion Storm, and through the fires of the Ninth Hell before you give him up.\\
'''Brakal:''' Hah! A literate flag captain. Will miracles never cease? So I am to be the accursed Captain Qahb and my ship is to become the ''Tol Ehqad'' is that it?
* SpiritualSuccessor: The books draw a lot of thematic inspiration from''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', particularly after Creator/NicholasMeyer took over in the movie period. The Shrehari in particular are very like the Klingons in both looks and behavior.
-->'''Brakal:''' It is the phantom. The same ship we saw threatening Kilia Station under the guise of a corsair. By the demons of the Underworld, do you know what that means, Urag?\\
'''Urag:''' You will chase him around the Black Hole of Qax, and round the Demon Star, and round the Undying Ion Storm, and through the fires of the Ninth Hell before you give him up.\\
'''Brakal:''' Hah! A literate flag captain. Will miracles never cease? So I am to be the accursed Captain Qahb and my ship is to become the ''Tol Ehqad'' is that it?
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->'''Lt. Kathryn Kowalski:''' The Shrehari is hailing again, sir. He identifies himself as Commander Brakal of ''Tol Vakash''.\\
'''[[TheCaptain Capt. Siobhan Dunmoore]]:''' Mister Kowalski, pass my compliments to Commander Brakal and tell him Captain Dunmoore is too busy right now to renew the acquaintance. I prefer to wait until it's time to discuss his surrender.
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->'''[[HeroAntagonist Commander Brakal]]:''' She said ''what?'' ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny (busts out laughing)]]''
-->-- ''No Honor in Death''
The ''[[https://thomsonfiction.ca/siobhan-dunmoore-series.php Siobhan Dunmoore]]'' novels are a series of MilitaryScienceFiction books by Canadian author Creator/EricThomson.
Captain Siobhan Dunmoore, Commonwealth Navy, is aggressive. Where other commanders would flee, she goes on the attack. She's gotten more ships shot from under her than any other commander in the fleet, and the fact she gave as good as she got never seemed to matter. After barely saving the battleship ''Victoria Regina'' from complete destruction after her captain was killed in a Shrehari ambush, she's on the verge of cracking from stress when she's sent to command ''Stingray'', the last Type 203 missile frigate remaining in service... and [[ReassignedToAntarctica considered the unluckiest ship in the fleet]].
Faced with a ship in disrepair, a crew on the verge of mutiny, rampant political corruption, and nightmares plaguing her sleep, Siobhan Dunmoore is in a fight for her very career. She'll redeem ''Stingray'' or die trying, even if it means a rematch with ''Victoria Regina'''s killer, Commander Brakal... who has quite a few problems of his own.
Books in the series:
# ''No Honor in Death'' (2014)
# ''The Path of Duty'' (2015)
# ''Like Stars in Heaven'' (2016)
# ''Victory's Bright Dawn'' (2017)
# ''Without Mercy'' (2018)
# ''When the Guns Roar'' (2019)
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!!This book series provides examples of the following tropes:
* DirtyCoward: It's eventually revealed that ''Stingray'' was within response range when ''Victoria Regina'' came under attack. Commander Helen Forenza refused to respond to the DistressSignal, which was finally enough to get her relieved and CourtMartialed.
* FieryRedhead: Dunmoore has bright red hair and never shies from a fight.
* HeroAntagonist: Brakal, the {{deuteragonist}}, is an honorable, MyCountryRightOrWrong sort who considers Dunmoore a WorthyOpponent and thinks the war as idiotic as she does.
* InappropriatelyCloseComrades: Oh yeah, [[spoiler:Forenza was sleeping with her junior officers. One even tries to kill Dunmoore over it.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica:
** This is what Dunmoore's assignment to ''Stingray'' is made to look like. [[spoiler:Actually, her patron Admiral Nagira is using her as a catspaw against a corrupt admiral.]]
** After ''Stingray'' is finally decommissioned at the end of book three, Dunmoore is officially transferred to a desk job. ''Unofficially'', she's actually been transferred to Special Operations Command and put in charge of a battlecruiser-strength Q-ship, ''Iolanthe''.
* SpiritualSuccessor: The books draw a lot of thematic inspiration from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. The Shrehari in particular are very like the Klingons in both looks and behavior.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The corrupt and greedy direct this war, but men of honor, and women of honor, fight it."'']]
->'''Lt. Kathryn Kowalski:''' The Shrehari is hailing again, sir. He identifies himself as Commander Brakal of ''Tol Vakash''.\\
'''[[TheCaptain Capt. Siobhan Dunmoore]]:''' Mister Kowalski, pass my compliments to Commander Brakal and tell him Captain Dunmoore is too busy right now to renew the acquaintance. I prefer to wait until it's time to discuss his surrender.
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->'''[[HeroAntagonist Commander Brakal]]:''' She said ''what?'' ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny (busts out laughing)]]''
-->-- ''No Honor in Death''
The ''[[https://thomsonfiction.ca/siobhan-dunmoore-series.php Siobhan Dunmoore]]'' novels are a series of MilitaryScienceFiction books by Canadian author Creator/EricThomson.
Captain Siobhan Dunmoore, Commonwealth Navy, is aggressive. Where other commanders would flee, she goes on the attack. She's gotten more ships shot from under her than any other commander in the fleet, and the fact she gave as good as she got never seemed to matter. After barely saving the battleship ''Victoria Regina'' from complete destruction after her captain was killed in a Shrehari ambush, she's on the verge of cracking from stress when she's sent to command ''Stingray'', the last Type 203 missile frigate remaining in service... and [[ReassignedToAntarctica considered the unluckiest ship in the fleet]].
Faced with a ship in disrepair, a crew on the verge of mutiny, rampant political corruption, and nightmares plaguing her sleep, Siobhan Dunmoore is in a fight for her very career. She'll redeem ''Stingray'' or die trying, even if it means a rematch with ''Victoria Regina'''s killer, Commander Brakal... who has quite a few problems of his own.
Books in the series:
# ''No Honor in Death'' (2014)
# ''The Path of Duty'' (2015)
# ''Like Stars in Heaven'' (2016)
# ''Victory's Bright Dawn'' (2017)
# ''Without Mercy'' (2018)
# ''When the Guns Roar'' (2019)
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!!This book series provides examples of the following tropes:
* DirtyCoward: It's eventually revealed that ''Stingray'' was within response range when ''Victoria Regina'' came under attack. Commander Helen Forenza refused to respond to the DistressSignal, which was finally enough to get her relieved and CourtMartialed.
* FieryRedhead: Dunmoore has bright red hair and never shies from a fight.
* HeroAntagonist: Brakal, the {{deuteragonist}}, is an honorable, MyCountryRightOrWrong sort who considers Dunmoore a WorthyOpponent and thinks the war as idiotic as she does.
* InappropriatelyCloseComrades: Oh yeah, [[spoiler:Forenza was sleeping with her junior officers. One even tries to kill Dunmoore over it.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica:
** This is what Dunmoore's assignment to ''Stingray'' is made to look like. [[spoiler:Actually, her patron Admiral Nagira is using her as a catspaw against a corrupt admiral.]]
** After ''Stingray'' is finally decommissioned at the end of book three, Dunmoore is officially transferred to a desk job. ''Unofficially'', she's actually been transferred to Special Operations Command and put in charge of a battlecruiser-strength Q-ship, ''Iolanthe''.
* SpiritualSuccessor: The books draw a lot of thematic inspiration from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. The Shrehari in particular are very like the Klingons in both looks and behavior.
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