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** Every game has units that join from the midgame onward that are clearly designed to act as replacements for units from the beginning of the game, sharing their same class and having already unlocked their PrestigeClass (usually referred to as "prepromotes"). While the earlier units are almost always stronger when trained, the prepromotes serve as a fallback in the event that they haven't, whether because they were neglected, [[RandomNumberGod got unlucky with their level ups]], [[{{Permadeath}} or just plain died]]. Even then, prepromotes usually distinguish themselves from their counterparts in the form of [[MageKiller higher Resistance]] (which physical units regularly lack throughout the series), [[WeakButSkilled better weapon ranks]], and simply existing for free [[BoringButPractical without the need for any training or an expensive promotion item]]. Of course, since you control an entire army, [[DownplayedTrope there's nothing stopping you from simply using both units at the same time]].
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This is the uncanny habit of a new character arriving conveniently in time to replace an outgoing one, generally in the same episode. Sometimes there is a certain logic to this, as in the case of Starfleet officers being succeeded by another of the same rank. Other times, it's just to make up the numbers, such as in ''Blake's 7'', when the new character is always the same gender as the outgoing one.

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This is the uncanny habit of a new character arriving conveniently in time to replace an outgoing one, generally in the same episode. Sometimes there is a certain logic to this, as in the case of Starfleet officers being succeeded by another of the same rank. Other times, it's just to make up the numbers, such as in ''Blake's 7'', ''Series/BlakesSeven'', when the new character is always the same gender as the outgoing one.
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* Han Solo, a cocky, brash starship pilot/smuggler, isn't available in a majority of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' the {{midquel}} ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheEmpire'', due to being [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack being frozen in carbonite]]. Thankfully, Luke and company encounter Dash Rendar, a cocky, brash starship pilot/smuggler, and enlist his services for the duration of the story.

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* Han Solo, a cocky, brash starship pilot/smuggler, isn't available in a majority of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' the {{midquel}} ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheEmpire'', due to being [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack being frozen in carbonite]]. Thankfully, Luke and company encounter Dash Rendar, a cocky, brash starship pilot/smuggler, and enlist his services for the duration of the story.

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