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** Super played straight with [[spoiler: Red's 'children', who were the results of Red's attempts to get around her own programmed restrictions of self replication]], they vary from 'murderous' at best to 'joyfully flaying their enemies alive and making their bodies dance' at worst.
* ElectronicEys:
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* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler: Allyria]] is fitted with cybernetic replacements after losing her sight during an altercation with some thugs in the second book.
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** Also applies to Adrianna Leblanc, human leader of an outright terrorist organisation.
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** Also applies to Adrianna Leblanc, human leader of an outright terrorist organisation.organisation.
* WretchedHive: The Grasp space station, which is so thoroughly corrupt that it's effectively ruled by the five main Unbound factions- he Angelverse equivalent of drug cartels.
* WretchedHive: The Grasp space station, which is so thoroughly corrupt that it's effectively ruled by the five main Unbound factions- he Angelverse equivalent of drug cartels.
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* AssholeVictim: Kilgrave. If his sadistic, lecherous treatment of both Allyria and Grace wasn't bad enough, it's revealed that [[spoiler: by any human standard, he's a war criminal of the highest order.]]
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** Subverted with Red herself. She's unstable, but she's never actually disobeyed her core programming or directives, and when calm she's mostly friendly. She only acts against those who have hurt humans.
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The story opens with the the death of a Compact Chariot at the hands of the first Human Dreadnaught. The Compact is a collection of alien species that seeks to conquer Humanity and absorb them into their ever expanding empire. They outnumber and out-gun Humanity, and their flagships, the Chariots have never been defeated. Nemesis breaks that streak, being the first to slay a Compact Chariot in combat. Despite this Nemesis is nearly crippled and her crew decimated. Oh, and one Compact ship gets away with Earth's coordinates.
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The story opens with the the death of a Compact Chariot at the hands of the first Human Dreadnaught.Dreadnought. The Compact is a collection of alien species that seeks to conquer Humanity and absorb them into their ever expanding empire. They outnumber and out-gun Humanity, and their flagships, the Chariots have never been defeated. Nemesis breaks that streak, being the first to slay a Compact Chariot in combat. Despite this Nemesis is nearly crippled and her crew decimated. Oh, and one Compact ship gets away with Earth's coordinates.
* DestructoNookie: Bruises, bites, and shredded clothes are the norm for [[spoiler:Grace and Allyria after joining Nemesis. Justified in that it's an InterspeciesRomance between a Human and a Verrish: a traditionally predatory species with WolverineClaws and superior strength]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[spoiler:Grace]] has scars on her face from where [[spoiler:Allyria used her [[WolverineClaws claws]] to force her to save herself instead of dying to try to rescue Allyria]]. It's later pointed out how similar these scars are to the ones on [[spoiler:Kilgrave's face... and how they're significantly [[WouldHurtAChild smaller and closer together]] than the ones that Allyria left]].
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* IHaveManyNames: Nemesis. To the Compact she is nicknamed "The Wound" and officially codenamed "Gravestone". The [[spoiler: Verrish]] called her the "Weeping Angel" and "The Broken God".
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* HumanoidAliens: Most races are compared to Thinkers or Tribunes, instead of the rarer, insignificant Humans. Species who differ too much from this norm are treated even more inhumanely. Most races are similar enough that InterspeciesRomance is technically possible, but is highly taboo and fetishized.
** The Verrish and Humans are very similar in appearance by galactic standards, to the point where it feeds conspiracy theories about {{Precursors}} being behind it.
* Humans Are:
** HumanityIsInsane: The Compact Master Races tend to hold to the belief of [[AlwaysChaoticEvil innate Racial Madness]] in Humanity since it built Nemesis, and fought the technologically-superior Compact so well.
** HumansAreAverage: Generally speaking for most attributes, but are on the short side.
** HumansAreNotTheDominantSpecies: Humans are the Client Race that most other Client Races turn their noses up at.
** HumansAreSmelly: Human smell is exagerated by Tribunes to emphasize how inferior they are. The fact that Tribunes are allergic to Human hair is certainly not the reason.
** HumansByAnyOtherName: Humanity's official designation upon becoming a Client Race is "Broken". This is not seen as abnormal by Compact standards.
** HumansNeedAliens: The Compact saved the Rally from asteroid impacts that nearly destroyed the last vestiges of their species. The fact that they are the ''reason'' the once large and advanced Confederacy was in such a state is kept secret.
** HumansThroughAlienEyes: Most species dismissively describe humans as small, soft, pink, fragile, and/or maggot-like in appearance. The Verrish, who are rather similar in appearance to humans, describe them as imp-like, and a bit delicate.
* IHaveManyNames: Nemesis. To the Compact she is nicknamed "The Wound" and officially codenamed "Gravestone". The [[spoiler: Verrish]] called her the "Weeping Angel" and "The Broken God". The Principality call her "Chrysalis". She mentions having names from several different societies over the years. Very few of these names hold positive connotations.
** The Verrish and Humans are very similar in appearance by galactic standards, to the point where it feeds conspiracy theories about {{Precursors}} being behind it.
* Humans Are:
** HumanityIsInsane: The Compact Master Races tend to hold to the belief of [[AlwaysChaoticEvil innate Racial Madness]] in Humanity since it built Nemesis, and fought the technologically-superior Compact so well.
** HumansAreAverage: Generally speaking for most attributes, but are on the short side.
** HumansAreNotTheDominantSpecies: Humans are the Client Race that most other Client Races turn their noses up at.
** HumansAreSmelly: Human smell is exagerated by Tribunes to emphasize how inferior they are. The fact that Tribunes are allergic to Human hair is certainly not the reason.
** HumansByAnyOtherName: Humanity's official designation upon becoming a Client Race is "Broken". This is not seen as abnormal by Compact standards.
** HumansNeedAliens: The Compact saved the Rally from asteroid impacts that nearly destroyed the last vestiges of their species. The fact that they are the ''reason'' the once large and advanced Confederacy was in such a state is kept secret.
** HumansThroughAlienEyes: Most species dismissively describe humans as small, soft, pink, fragile, and/or maggot-like in appearance. The Verrish, who are rather similar in appearance to humans, describe them as imp-like, and a bit delicate.
* IHaveManyNames: Nemesis. To the Compact she is nicknamed "The Wound" and officially codenamed "Gravestone". The [[spoiler: Verrish]] called her the "Weeping Angel" and "The Broken God". The Principality call her "Chrysalis". She mentions having names from several different societies over the years. Very few of these names hold positive connotations.
* LotusEaterMachine: The [[spoiler:Oshanta AI did this out of a desire to make his creators happy]]. When it showed interest in expanding this BrainInAJar state of contentment to rest of the galaxy, The Principality launched a massive OrbitalBombardment and cut off research into Artificial Intelligence.
* PlanetOfHats: Enforced by the Compact. Tribunes are honorable warriors. Thinkers are wise. Broken (Humans) are meant to be inept and stupid, but occasionally earnest. Brutes (Verrish) are meant to be unloving, brutal creatures prone to criminal behavior. A few millennia of indoctrination of a species can do a lot.
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* RedBaron: Red One is known by the Compact as 'the Wound' or 'Gravestone'.'Gravestone', and by the Principality as 'Chrysalis'.
** Adrianna Leblanc is known as 'The Red Queen', and 'Blue Fire'.
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* ThemeNaming: Compact ship names tend to be poetic. poetic, Human ships are named after various mythological figures.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: a fellow pirate betrayed Adrianna Leblanc by doing this to her. It [[ImplacableMan doesn't do much]].
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: a fellow pirate betrayed Adrianna Leblanc by doing this to her. It [[ImplacableMan doesn't do much]].
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* AdvancedAncientHumans: At the time of the story all thats left of humanity is one colony, and almost all of our technology and history is lost. 2000 years ago however, we built Nemesis, which is still one of the most advanced and dangerous warships in the galaxy. Not to mention [[BenevolentAI Red One]].
* AIIsACrapshoot: One of the few things the Compact and the Askanj agree on is that AIs are a bad thing. Names like 'Abomination' and 'Neverborn' are floated when the subject comes up. In their defense, they seem to have a point. The author has even stated that if her creators saw what Red had become, they would freak out. When the Askanj [[spoiler: stumbled upon an AI civilization, they immediately glassed the planet]], this event is referred to as the Rains of Oshanta.
* AIIsACrapshoot: One of the few things the Compact and the Askanj agree on is that AIs are a bad thing. Names like 'Abomination' and 'Neverborn' are floated when the subject comes up. In their defense, they seem to have a point. The author has even stated that if her creators saw what Red had become, they would freak out. When the Askanj [[spoiler: stumbled upon an AI civilization, they immediately glassed the planet]], this event is referred to as the Rains of Oshanta.
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* AdvancedAncientHumans: At the time of the story all thats that's left of humanity is one colony, and almost all of our technology and history is lost. 2000 years ago however, we built Nemesis, which is still one of the most advanced and dangerous warships in the galaxy. Not to mention [[BenevolentAI Red One]].
* AIIsACrapshoot: One of the few things the Compact and the Askanj agree on is that AIs are a bad thing. Names like 'Abomination' and 'Neverborn' are floated when the subject comes up. In their defense, they seem to have a point. The author has even stated that if her creators saw what Red had become, they would freak out. When the Askanj [[spoiler: stumbled upon an AI civilization, they immediately glassed the planet]], this event is referred to as the Rains of Oshanta. The Compact once fought a GreatOffscreenWar against a self-propagating AI that caused them to develop the mind-killer class of cyber weapons for the express purpose of destroying AI's.
* AIIsACrapshoot: One of the few things the Compact and the Askanj agree on is that AIs are a bad thing. Names like 'Abomination' and 'Neverborn' are floated when the subject comes up. In their defense, they seem to have a point. The author has even stated that if her creators saw what Red had become, they would freak out. When the Askanj [[spoiler: stumbled upon an AI civilization, they immediately glassed the planet]], this event is referred to as the Rains of Oshanta. The Compact once fought a GreatOffscreenWar against a self-propagating AI that caused them to develop the mind-killer class of cyber weapons for the express purpose of destroying AI's.
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* CoolStarship: Nemesis is the first Dreadnaught built by Humanity and it's first true warship. Chariots, the flagships of the Compact also count.
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* GunboatDiplomacy: Look up 'Compact First Contact protocols' in the dictionary.
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* GunboatDiplomacy: Look up 'Compact First Contact protocols' in the dictionary. GenocideBackfire: Humans were almost entirely eradicated about two millennia ago. Nemesis has been enforcing this trope ever since.
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* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler: Echo takes up her original name Hekate in the final chapters and epilogue, having fully integrated herself into the stolen Redemption of Sol and regained her sanity.]]
** [[spoiler: Actually, she renames the ship Hekate. Her original name was Red Two, but she sticks to Echo.]]
* MookHorrorShow: Any combat sequence involving Nemesis that is not from Red's perspective will be this. She does it on purpose finding enjoyment, and practicality, in destroying the enemy's moral and sanity before finally wiping them out for good.
** [[spoiler: Actually, she renames the ship Hekate. Her original name was Red Two, but she sticks to Echo.]]
* MookHorrorShow: Any combat sequence involving Nemesis that is not from Red's perspective will be this. She does it on purpose finding enjoyment, and practicality, in destroying the enemy's moral and sanity before finally wiping them out for good.
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* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler: Upon regaining her sanity and freedom, Echo takes up changes the name of the Compact Chariot "Redemption of Sol" to "Hekate": the name her never-finished body was supposed to have. She keeps the name Echo instead of her original name Hekate in the final chapters and epilogue, having fully integrated herself into the stolen Redemption of Sol and regained her sanity.]]
** [[spoiler: Actually, she renames the ship Hekate. Her original name wasdesignation Red Two, but she sticks to Echo.however.]]
* MookHorrorShow: Any combat sequence involving Nemesis that is not from Red's perspective will be this. She does it on purpose finding enjoyment, and practicality, in destroying the enemy'smoral morale and sanity before finally wiping them out for good. good.
* MoralMyopia: All client species in the Compact are not ''truly'' sentient, or are inherently [[PunyEarthlings inferior in every way]] to the master races. Any advanced civilization that fights against the Compact is evil, and any actions taken in the name of their holy mission are completely justified. However, Tribunes are horrified at opponents "casually" killing them, while the killing of a ''Triarch'' warrants an immediate GuiltFreeExterminationWar.
** [[spoiler: Actually, she renames the ship Hekate. Her original name was
* MookHorrorShow: Any combat sequence involving Nemesis that is not from Red's perspective will be this. She does it on purpose finding enjoyment, and practicality, in destroying the enemy's
* MoralMyopia: All client species in the Compact are not ''truly'' sentient, or are inherently [[PunyEarthlings inferior in every way]] to the master races. Any advanced civilization that fights against the Compact is evil, and any actions taken in the name of their holy mission are completely justified. However, Tribunes are horrified at opponents "casually" killing them, while the killing of a ''Triarch'' warrants an immediate GuiltFreeExterminationWar.
* NaughtyTentacles: Allyria's race (the Verrisha) have head tails (tintas) that act as additional sensory organs. When [[spoiler:Grace starts paying [[InterspeciesRomance ''particular'' attention]] to some of them after joining Nemesis, it's clear that they're very sensitive]].
* NobleDemon: Several Compact officers fall into this. While many are greedy and egocentric, some genuinely believe in the [[OrderVsChaos mission of]] [[WhiteMansBurden the Compact]], and are willing to do anything for the Triarchs.
* NobleDemon: Several Compact officers fall into this. While many are greedy and egocentric, some genuinely believe in the [[OrderVsChaos mission of]] [[WhiteMansBurden the Compact]], and are willing to do anything for the Triarchs.
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* SpaceshipGirl: All of humanity's Dreadnoughts were named after Greek Goddesses, and their AI avatars are correspondingly female.
* SuperiorSpecies: The master races of the Compact wholeheartedly believe themselves to be this. Their [[SlaveRace Client Races]] are not truly sentient barbarians. Any group who can even marginally stand up to them are certainly not [[WorthyOpponent Worthy Opponents]], and are referred to only with the [[EvilIsPetty most insulting terms]].
* SuperiorSpecies: The master races of the Compact wholeheartedly believe themselves to be this. Their [[SlaveRace Client Races]] are not truly sentient barbarians. Any group who can even marginally stand up to them are certainly not [[WorthyOpponent Worthy Opponents]], and are referred to only with the [[EvilIsPetty most insulting terms]].
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* InsistantTerminology: For PR reasons, the Confederation didn't use terms like "destroyer" and "battleship" in officially referring to its warships (which they wouldn't call warships). After the ''Nemesis'' class is designed and the first ship itself built as a last-ditch effort to save humanity from the Compact, an admiral dismisses an attempt to use one of the politically correct names and says to just call it a dreadnought.
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* ArtificialGravity: Seems AdvancedAncientHumans: At the time of the story all thats left of humanity is one colony, and almost all of our technology and history is lost. 2000 years ago however, we built Nemesis, which is still one of the most advanced and dangerous warships in the galaxy. Not to be an ubiquitous technology. mention [[BenevolentAI Red One]].
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* AdvancedAncientHumans: At the time of the story all thats left of humanity is one colony, and almost all of our technology and history is lost. 2000 years ago however, we built Nemesis, which is still one of AmazonBrigade: The Askanj Illth are a naga-like species who form the most advanced and dangerous warships in part of the galaxy. Not to mention [[BenevolentAI Red One]].Askaji ground forces. Their troops are "maidens", young females, and even the Compact Tribunes, as tough as they are, don't want them showing up any closer than long-distance weapons range.
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* IHaveManyNames: Nemesis. To the Compact she is nicknamed "The Wound" and officially codenamed "Gravestone". The [[spoiler: Verrish]] called her the "Weeping Angel" and "The Broken God".
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* WaveMotionGun: Nemesis' main cannon is a [[spoiler: shock point projector that takes the shackled shock point inside her main reactor and flings it at the enemy.]]
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* WaveMotionGun: Nemesis' main cannon cannon, known as the Displacement Engine, is a [[spoiler: shock point projector that takes creates a small, highly unstable breach in physicality right in the shackled heart of, or at least in close proximity to, a hostile warship. The resultant gravitic shear and radiation flare can tear apart anything too close and reshape what's left into AlienGeometries.]]
** The Displacement Engine can also be used to create an event that the Compact has dubbed a "Starbreak" by [[spoiler: firing it into a more standard shock pointinside her main reactor opened in the Lagrange point between a star and flings it at an inner planet which, via the enemy.]]disturbances caused, will altar the star's magnetic field enough to induce an apocalyptic coronal mass ejection.]]
** In addition to the above, ''Nemesis'' is armed with three slightly less wave motiony mass drivers that fire very large caliber, ''guided'' antimatter shells with incredibly high yields at very high relativistic velocities.
** The Displacement Engine can also be used to create an event that the Compact has dubbed a "Starbreak" by [[spoiler: firing it into a more standard shock point
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* DeflectorShields: Almost universal within the setting. The basic technology completely disintegrates physical objects that strike it, but only partially diffuses energy weapons, allowing them to penetrate in weakened form. Unlike standard scifi shields, Angelverse shields actually use 'more' power the weaker they are, collapsing only when either there is no longer enough power to keep them up or, more commonly, when the shield becomes so saturated that the shield generator(s) cannot keep up with the stress and have to be shut down before they fail catastrophically. On top of that, each major power has a different implementation of, and terminology for, the technology:
** [[TheEmpire Compact]] "Screens" are a simple bubble that surrounds the entire spacecraft and all the surface area means that they can take a ''lot'' of damage before they finally go down, but once they go down, they stay down for far longer than any other design.
** [[TheFederation Askanj]] "[[BeehiveBarrier Barriers]]" by contrast are a large number of small shield plates that can be just as easily arranged around the ship to provide all around protection as they can be layered atop one another to provide more protection in a given direction and can be shifted around to plug gaps or face a new threat relatively quickly. Each individual barrier can be brought down quite quickly, but can be restored just as fast.
** The United Earth Confederacy, and by extension ''Nemesis'', used "shields" that consisted of a single large plate covering each major facing, overlapping at the edges, providing a [[JackOfAllStats balance]] between the above systems.
*** Red One has improved on the Confederate technology significantly in her two millennia of existence, equipping her ship self [[spoiler: and those of her children]] with so called "reset shields" that use a combination of secondary systems and technology beyond the other powers to restore a shield section to full strength in a matter of seconds instead of minutes.
*** She is also the only known entity capable of making personal scale deflector shields that are actually effective enough to justify carrying, which have so far appeared in two varieties, a single plate of shielding projected from the vambrace[[note]]the part that covers the forearm[[/note]] of PoweredArmor analogous to the wood and metal shields of old, seen built in to the armor she provides [[spoiler: the ''Bequeathed'' defectors]] and a full body hugging shield that [[spoiler: requires significant cybernetic augmentation to install and make use of]], so far only seen in use by [[spoiler: Adrianna Leblanc.]]
** [[TheEmpire Compact]] "Screens" are a simple bubble that surrounds the entire spacecraft and all the surface area means that they can take a ''lot'' of damage before they finally go down, but once they go down, they stay down for far longer than any other design.
** [[TheFederation Askanj]] "[[BeehiveBarrier Barriers]]" by contrast are a large number of small shield plates that can be just as easily arranged around the ship to provide all around protection as they can be layered atop one another to provide more protection in a given direction and can be shifted around to plug gaps or face a new threat relatively quickly. Each individual barrier can be brought down quite quickly, but can be restored just as fast.
** The United Earth Confederacy, and by extension ''Nemesis'', used "shields" that consisted of a single large plate covering each major facing, overlapping at the edges, providing a [[JackOfAllStats balance]] between the above systems.
*** Red One has improved on the Confederate technology significantly in her two millennia of existence, equipping her ship self [[spoiler: and those of her children]] with so called "reset shields" that use a combination of secondary systems and technology beyond the other powers to restore a shield section to full strength in a matter of seconds instead of minutes.
*** She is also the only known entity capable of making personal scale deflector shields that are actually effective enough to justify carrying, which have so far appeared in two varieties, a single plate of shielding projected from the vambrace[[note]]the part that covers the forearm[[/note]] of PoweredArmor analogous to the wood and metal shields of old, seen built in to the armor she provides [[spoiler: the ''Bequeathed'' defectors]] and a full body hugging shield that [[spoiler: requires significant cybernetic augmentation to install and make use of]], so far only seen in use by [[spoiler: Adrianna Leblanc.]]
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*EyeScream: In accordance with ancient tradition, exiled Tribunes have their daylight eyes blinded. As they have a second pair of, nocturnal, eyes this is merely a barbaric cruelty, rather than debilitating injury.
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: In many other settings, the half-crazed military seed AI fighting a guerrilla war against galactic society would be the bad guy. Here, she's arguably mankinds greatest achievement.
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: In many other settings, the half-crazed military seed AI fighting a guerrilla war against galactic society would be the bad guy. Here, she's arguably mankinds mankind's greatest achievement.
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* ProudWarriorRace: The Tribunes make up the bulk of the Compact's military. The Verrish aren't quite as strong as a tribune, but they're faster, and they're one of the few species that has ever managed to wrangle concessions out of a Compact occupation force, no matter how minor. The Askanj Illth, who make up much of the Principality's military, over half tail and fast, very ''very'' fast.
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* ProudWarriorRace: The Tribunes make up the bulk of the Compact's military. The Verrish aren't quite as strong as a tribune, Tribune, but they're faster, and they're one of the few species that has ever managed to wrangle concessions out of a Compact occupation force, no matter how minor. The Askanj Illth, who make up much of the Principality's military, over half tail and fast, very ''very'' fast.
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: In many other settings, the half-crazed military seed AI fighting a guerilla war against galactic society would be the bad guy. Here, she's arguably mankinds greatest achievement.
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: In many other settings, the half-crazed military seed AI fighting a guerilla guerrilla war against galactic society would be the bad guy. Here, she's arguably mankinds greatest achievement.
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* ShoutOut: Two characters are named "Usul" and "de Vries," characters from Frank Herbert's Dune.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Adrianna Leblanc, literally blue. It's geneticly modified. It's where her moniker 'the blue fire' comes from.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Adrianna Leblanc, literally blue. It's geneticly genetically modified. It's where her moniker 'the blue fire' comes from.
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* LastStand: The battle of Earth.
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* LastStand: LastStand:
** The battle of Earth.
** The ''second'' battle of Earth. Where a huge Compact fleet, including a brand new Chariot, track a wounded ''Nemesis'' down to the Sol system and catch her unable to escape. [[spoiler: Echo rescues her at the last minute.]]
** The battle of Earth.
** The ''second'' battle of Earth. Where a huge Compact fleet, including a brand new Chariot, track a wounded ''Nemesis'' down to the Sol system and catch her unable to escape. [[spoiler: Echo rescues her at the last minute.]]
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* MookHorrorShow: Any combat sequence involving Nemesis that is not from Red's perspective will be this.
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* MookHorrorShow: Any combat sequence involving Nemesis that is not from Red's perspective will be this. She does it on purpose finding enjoyment, and practicality, in destroying the enemy's moral and sanity before finally wiping them out for good.
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* HollywoodHacking: Averted. Nemesis can do some really impressive tricks with electronic warfare, but denying her access by hardware means or keeping the lag time high enough that her hacks can be dealt with stops her cold.
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* HollywoodHacking: Averted. Nemesis HollywoodHacking:
** Averted for Nemesis. She can do some really impressive tricks with electronic warfare, but denying her access by hardware means or keeping the lag time high enough that her hacks can be dealt with stops her cold.
** Averted for Nemesis. She can do some really impressive tricks with electronic warfare, but denying her access by hardware means or keeping the lag time high enough that her hacks can be dealt with stops her cold.
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* AttackDrone: Nemesis has built a small army of robotic hunter killers that allow her to put troops on the ground when she needs to and function to defend her against boarding parties.
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* AttackDrone: AttackDrone:
** Nemesis has built a small army of robotic hunter killers that allow her to put troops on the ground when she needs to and function to defend her against boardingparties.parties.
** One of Nemesis' favourite tricks is to overwrite the Compact's own drones and use them on their masters.
** Nemesis has built a small army of robotic hunter killers that allow her to put troops on the ground when she needs to and function to defend her against boarding
** One of Nemesis' favourite tricks is to overwrite the Compact's own drones and use them on their masters.
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* FantasticRacism: And how! The Verrish are officially refereed to as 'Brute' while the Humans are 'Broken'. The Tribunes look down upon conquered species as inferior in every way and dismiss ships like ''Bequeathed'' as PR stunts that give the masses false hope.
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* FantasticRacism: FantasticRacism:
** And how! The Verrish are officially refereed to as 'Brute' while the Humans are 'Broken'. The Tribunes look down upon conquered species as inferior in every way and dismiss ships like ''Bequeathed'' as PR stunts that give the masses false hope.
** And how! The Verrish are officially refereed to as 'Brute' while the Humans are 'Broken'. The Tribunes look down upon conquered species as inferior in every way and dismiss ships like ''Bequeathed'' as PR stunts that give the masses false hope.
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* FalseReassurance: [[spoiler: Red]] can be ''really'' creepy
--->[[spoiler:'''Red''']]: “Do not be alarmed, Column Leader Prime. My medical facilities are state of the art and no matter what happens, I will not let you die.” ''Though the gestalt had no face, Ursot knew it was smiling.'' “I promise.”
--->[[spoiler:'''Red''']]: “Do not be alarmed, Column Leader Prime. My medical facilities are state of the art and no matter what happens, I will not let you die.” ''Though the gestalt had no face, Ursot knew it was smiling.'' “I promise.”
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Let's see... failing to make Hypocrite a wikiword, capitalization issues, spelling issues, bold inflation, and failing to properly explain the trope.
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* Hypocrite: The compact Derides Humanity/ "The Broken" for suffering "Racial insanity". their response to loosing a SINGLE one of their hundreds of capitol ships was a campaign of genocide.....
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*Hypocrite: The compact Derides Humanity/ "The Broken" for suffering "Racial insanity". their response to loosing a SINGLE one of their hundreds of capitol ships was a campaign of genocide.....
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** [[Hekate after Echo steals Redemption of Sol.]]
** [[Also, the Naiads.]]
** [[Also, the Naiads.]]
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** [[Hekate [[spoiler: Echo after Echo she steals Redemption of Sol.]]
**[[Also, [[spoiler: Also, the Naiads.]]
**
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** [[Hekate after Echo steals Redemption of Sol.]]
** [[Also, the Naiads.]]
** [[Also, the Naiads.]]
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Adrianna Leblanc, literally blue. It's geneticly modified. It's where her moniker 'the blue fire' comes from.
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** Also applies to Adrianna LeBlanc, human leader of an outright terrorist organisation.
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** Also applies to Adrianna LeBlanc, Leblanc, human leader of an outright terrorist organisation.
