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* PoisonousFriend /PsychoSupporter: Morgan is this to Drakon in spades, as he fully realizes when he learns that [[spoiler: her psych eval was fake and she has ''serious'' issues.]]
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* PsychoSupporter: Morgan is this to Drakon in spades, as he fully realizes when he learns that [[spoiler: her psych eval was fake and she has ''serious'' issues.]]
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* ItIsPronouncedTropay: Readers may be tempted to read the name of the planet Kane as similar to 'cane', but it's in a group of Hawaiian themed planets and thus pronounced 'kah-nay', with long vowels.
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** The "tarnished knight" of the title is named Artur Drakon (cf. [[KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]]).
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** The "tarnished knight" of the title is named Artur Drakon (cf. [[KingArthur [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]]).
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The protagonists have this attitude toward the snakes and generally it is agreed that it is justified.
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* ThePurge: A regular danger while being a member of the Syndics. The protagonists perform a rare heroic version when they proceed to utterly wipe out the snakes (StateSec) within their system.
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* StarcrossedLovers: Captain Bradamont and Colonel Rogero are an inversion of this. They come from opposite sides of a longstanding war but both their sides want them to continue to be able to continue so they can create some sort of backdoor channel between them.
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* UndyingLoyalty:
** The protagonists eventually get this from the people of Midway and their forces.
** The Snakes are a dark reflection of this as they're willing to commit suicide attacks and give up their lives to prop up the failing Syndic system.
** The protagonists eventually get this from the people of Midway and their forces.
** The Snakes are a dark reflection of this as they're willing to commit suicide attacks and give up their lives to prop up the failing Syndic system.
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* WeHaveReserves: The Syndic's attitude toward their subordinates. It is a major reason why our antiheroes rebel.
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* ZergRush: How the Syndics used to fight their wars and why Black Jack was able to utterly tear them apart. Figuring out how ''not'' to fight like this is one of the secrets to Midway's winning independence.
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* TwentyFourHourArmor: After it's made clear that someone is trying to assassinate Bradamount when she's on a ship full of former Syndic prisoners of war, she wears Rogero's armor at all times until the end of the journey. RealityEnsues and the smell is utterly horrific when she takes it off.
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* TwentyFourHourArmor: After it's made clear that someone is trying to assassinate Bradamount when she's on a ship full of former Syndic prisoners of war, she wears Rogero's armor at all times until the end of the journey. RealityEnsues and the The smell is utterly horrific when she takes it off.
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* ThrownOutTheAirlock: This happens to one unfortunate StateSec official.
--> '''BridgeBunny:''' Something is being ejected from C-143.
--> '''The captain of C-143''' ''(serenely)'': We have just disposed of the last snake, CEO Iceni.
--> '''Iceni:''' Out of an airlock?
--> '''Captain of C-143''': That particular ISS agent delighted in undermining my authority with my crew, CEO Iceni.
--> '''BridgeBunny:''' Something is being ejected from C-143.
--> '''The captain of C-143''' ''(serenely)'': We have just disposed of the last snake, CEO Iceni.
--> '''Iceni:''' Out of an airlock?
--> '''Captain of C-143''': That particular ISS agent delighted in undermining my authority with my crew, CEO Iceni.
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* BadassGrandpa: Specialist Dupree, a minor character in the third book who became a PropagandaHero after holding off an Alliance Company during the ForeverWar with less than ten other (surviving) men. They were promised early retirement as a reward (only to be sent back to the front once the news crews left) and he mentions having killed a few snakes who thought he was too young to fight while defecting during the Battle of Ulindi.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Colonel's Morgan and Malin serve this excellently for the first two books, as well as being a male-female example of ThoseTwoGuys, although this comes to en end early in the third book when Morgan is sent out of the system on a mission and Malin remains behind.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Both Drakon and Iceni have made and continue to make morally questionable decisions, but they're by far better than what they're trying to replace.
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* GreyAndBlackMorality: Both Drakon and Iceni have made and continue to make morally questionable decisions, but they're by far better than what they're trying to replace.
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* BadassGrandpa: Specialist Dupree, a minor character in the third book who became a PropagandaHero after holding off an Alliance Company during the ForeverWar with less than ten other (surviving) men. They were promised early retirement as a reward (only to be sent back to the front once the news crews left) and he mentions having killed a few snakes who thought he was too young to fight while defecting during the Battle of Ulindi.
* BloodKnight: A variant with Colonel Gaiene. It's not that he enjoys killing or fighting, it's just that fighting is one of the few things that makes him feel alive anymore.
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* BloodKnight: A variant with Colonel Gaiene. It's not that he enjoys killing or fighting, it's just that fighting is one of the few things that makes him feel alive anymore.
* AFatherToHisMen: Drakon has a reputation as this, and mostly delivers on it, caring deeply about his senior officers, and feeling a sense of loyalty to the average grunt as well.
* ISurrenderSuckers: Attempted multiple times by snake warships.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Drakon, Iceni and their officers work hard for this, with Marphissa once risking getting dangerously close to an Enigma-occupied world to retrieve a trio of human survivors.
* StateSec: Internal Security/the Snakes, with shades of SecretPolice.
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%%* TheVamp: Morgan.
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* BloodKnight: A variant with Colonel Gaiene. It's not that he enjoys killing or fighting, it's just that fighting is one of the few things that makes him feel alive anymore.
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* ChessMasterSidekick: Drakon and Iceni are the ones in charge, but Malin is the one with some of the most detailed and long-term plans for Midway's future, as well as being one of their most innovative combat strategists.
* BloodKnight: A variant with Colonel Gaiene. It's not that he enjoys killing or fighting, it's just that fighting is one of the few things that makes him feel alive anymore.
* BloodKnight: A variant with Colonel Gaiene. It's not that he enjoys killing or fighting, it's just that fighting is one of the few things that makes him feel alive anymore.
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* PoisonousFriend/PsychoSupporter: Morgan is this to Drakon in spades, as he fully realizes when he learns that [[spoiler: her psych eval was fake and she has ''serious'' issues.]]
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* PoisonousFriend/PsychoSupporter: PoisonousFriend /PsychoSupporter: Morgan is this to Drakon in spades, as he fully realizes when he learns that [[spoiler: her psych eval was fake and she has ''serious'' issues.]]
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* TheLostLenore: Colonel Gaiene's wife Lara died while siring as TheCavalry for his unit several years before the main series, and according to Drakon, it broke him. He's sunk so low since, as a direct result of his grief, that he barely feels worthy of mentioning her name out loud.
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* TheLostLenore: Colonel Gaiene's wife Lara died while siring serving as TheCavalry for his unit several years before the main series, and according to Drakon, it broke him. He's sunk so low since, as a direct result of his grief, that he barely feels worthy of mentioning her name out loud.
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* TheLostLenore: Colonel Gaiene's wife Lara died while siring as TheCalvary for his unit several years before the main series, and according to Drakon, it broke him. He's sunk so low since, as a direct result of his grief, that he barely feels worthy of mentioning her name out loud.
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* TheLostLenore: Colonel Gaiene's wife Lara died while siring as TheCalvary TheCavalry for his unit several years before the main series, and according to Drakon, it broke him. He's sunk so low since, as a direct result of his grief, that he barely feels worthy of mentioning her name out loud.
