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* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: What humanity lacks in resources and population it attempts to make up for in improvisation and thousands of years of unique tricks and gambits. It gets to the point that there are complaints of "unfair wolfling tricks" lodged by species ''in the process of trying to eradicate humanity.'' The finest of these is probably [[spoiler:Streaker arriving in Earth orbit and making a series of empty threats, then spending every resource they have just to survive the counterattack. They emerge from the debris announcing they are prepared to discuss (their) surrender, and the invaders all panic and run away.]]

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* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: What humanity lacks in resources and population population, it attempts to make up for in improvisation and thousands of years of unique tricks and gambits. It gets to the point that there are complaints of "unfair wolfling tricks" lodged by species ''in the process of trying to eradicate humanity.'' The finest of these is probably [[spoiler:Streaker arriving in Earth orbit and making a series of empty threats, then spending every resource they have just to survive the counterattack. They emerge from the debris announcing they are prepared to discuss (their) surrender, and the invaders all panic and run away.]]



* DysonSphere: Retired species live in fractal worlds that are similar to dyson spheres built around red dwarf stars from hydrogen snow impregnated with carbon fibers. The structure also extends inward towards the star in fractal patterns to maximize "window space".

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* DysonSphere: Retired species live in fractal worlds that are similar to dyson spheres Dyson spheres, built around red dwarf stars from hydrogen snow impregnated with carbon fibers. The structure also extends inward towards the star in fractal patterns to maximize "window space".



* TechnologyUplift: In addition to the genetic modification patron races provide their clients with technology from the Library, even humanity was given limited access when they made first contact.

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* TechnologyUplift: In addition to the genetic modification modification, patron races provide their clients with technology from the Library, even humanity was given limited access when they made first contact.
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* AlienLunch: Tom Orley, critically low on supplies and being hunted by a variety of aliens for weeks, takes to eating the aliens he kills. Hey, it's technically not cannibalism...

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trope was renamed per TRS


* BalefulPolymorph: Harry gets bitten by a [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext living idea]] in the middle of thinking "I'll be a monkey's uncle" and winds up with white fur and a tail.


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* ForcedTransformation: Harry gets bitten by a [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext living idea]] in the middle of thinking "I'll be a monkey's uncle" and winds up with white fur and a tail.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Each novel has a least a half-dozen viewpoint characters, to show complex events from all the necessary angles. Occasionally dips into AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent when the story necessitates a single chapter from some new perspective.
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** Some patron and step-patron species are exceedingly cruel to their clients, not only mistreating individuals or severely discriminating and oppressing client species, but sometimes subjecting them to downright horrific species-wide genetic changes without consent.%%The worst (that we know of) are probably the Nr~klat (patrons of the Karrank%), the Tandu, and the Oaillie (inventors of the master rings); but the Fonnir, Soro, Pila, and [=Nght6=] are also quite awful.%%ZCE -- why are these specific cases examples?

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** Some patron and step-patron species are exceedingly cruel to their clients, not only mistreating individuals or severely discriminating and oppressing client species, but sometimes subjecting them to downright horrific species-wide genetic changes without consent.%%The The worst (that we know of) are probably the Nr~klat (patrons of (made the Karrank%), Karrank% into living mining equipment), the Tandu, Tandu (keep their clients semi-sapient), and the Oaillie (inventors of the Jophur master rings that enslave their other component rings); but the Fonnir, Soro, Pila, and [=Nght6=] are also quite awful.%%ZCE -- why are these specific cases examples?

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