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* {{Robosexual}}: Er, sort of. Empire has a closeted minority of "technophiles" who... have a THING about robots. The nature of Lucia's interest in Mack is carefully left ambiguous. And it is also left vague what the technophiles DO, as robots are probably not equipped for "it" (and at least in Mack's case, it would be a Man of Steel/Woman of Kleenex situation.
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* {{Robosexual}}: Er, sort of. Empire has a closeted minority of "technophiles" who... have a THING about robots. The nature of Lucia's interest in Mack is carefully left ambiguous. And it is also left vague what the technophiles DO, as robots are probably not equipped for "it" (and at least in Mack's case, it would be a Man of Steel/Woman of Kleenex situation.ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex situation).
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* {{Mutant}}: With all the mad science going on in the city, a few mutagens entering the water were only to be expected. [[spoiler:Actually, it's this way by design since some of the Pilgrims can't even remotely pass for human. Once people get used to weirdos and psychics running around, more and more of them can come out of hiding]].
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* {{Mutant}}: {{Mutants}}: With all the mad science going on in the city, a few mutagens entering the water were only to be expected. [[spoiler:Actually, it's this way by design since some of the Pilgrims can't even remotely pass for human. Once people get used to weirdos and psychics running around, more and more of them can come out of hiding]].
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The short story starring the minor character Joseph Jung "Literature/GreybackInBlue" was published in the 2013 anthology book ''Robots versus Slime Monsters''.
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* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: [[spoiler:It's revealed that a lot of the more Sci-Fi elements that make Empire City so futuristic is thanks to a group of alien refugees that call themselves The Pilgrims, drip-feeding scientific innovation into the human population as part of their plan to make it more comfortable for them. The end result is a society that runs entirely on SchitzoTech.]]
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* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: [[spoiler:It's revealed that a lot of the more Sci-Fi elements that make Empire City so futuristic is thanks to a group of alien refugees that call themselves The Pilgrims, drip-feeding scientific innovation into the human population as part of their plan to make it more comfortable for them. The end result is a society that runs entirely on SchitzoTech.SchizoTech.]]
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* BenevolentAlienInvasion: [[spoiler:The Pilgrims aren't evil, nor do they have any intention of conquoring the planet. Them crash-landing on a planet that hadn't mastered space-travel was unplanned, and them [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum drip-feeding their advanced tech into Empire City and mutating its population]] is them trying to make it more comfortable for them to live in their society.]]
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* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: [[spoiler:It's revealed that a lot of the more Sci-Fi elements that make Empire City so futuristic is thanks to a group of alien refugees that call themselves The Pilgrims, drip-feeding scientific innovation into the human population as part of their plan to make it more comfortable for them. The end result is a society that runs entirely on SchitzoTech.]]
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* CloneDegeneration: Cloning tech exists and is available in Empire City, but it's very flawed. So far, all clones come out as bald albinos that can only speak backwards.
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Mack balks when he learns that his therapist has a computer in her apartment. She believes that one day, everyone will have at least one computer in their home, though since computers (even in Empire City) are nothing more than large, expensive calculators, he doesn't believe her.
