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* While many Zenoiran vassals in ''VideoGame/UnicornOverlord'' are usually greedy, ambitious, wicked, or brainwashed, Lord Gaston stands out for being outright insane. Thanks to a childhood plagued with starvation and a violent military career, he is obsessed with making sure that those in his fiefdom never go hungry, which would be a benign goal if that wasn't his only concern. Almost the entirety of his province's labor is devoted to making sure the communal larder never goes empty and everyone has regular rations, but this has caused the rest of its infrastructure to wither. Gaston responds to any concerns about his policies with threats of violence if not the act itself or accusations that the critic is actively trying to starve the citizenry. While no one under him can bring themselves to denounce him as outright evil, his reign is so exhausting and stressful that not only do a fistful of his knights defect to the Liberation Army the first chance they get but the people who understood why he did what he did aren't too sorry to see Gaston go when Alain dispatches him.
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* While many Zenoiran vassals in ''VideoGame/UnicornOverlord'' are usually greedy, ambitious, wicked, desperate, blackmailed, or brainwashed, Lord Gaston stands out for being outright insane. Thanks to a childhood plagued with starvation and a violent military career, he is obsessed with making sure that those in his fiefdom never go hungry, which would be a benign goal if that wasn't his only concern. Almost the entirety of his province's labor is devoted to making sure the communal larder never goes empty and everyone has regular rations, but this has caused the rest of its infrastructure to wither. Gaston responds to any concerns about his policies with threats of violence if not the act itself or accusations that the critic is actively trying to starve the citizenry. While no one under him can bring themselves to denounce him as outright evil, his reign is so exhausting and stressful that not only do a fistful of his knights defect to the Liberation Army the first chance they get but the people who understood why he did what he did aren't too sorry to see Gaston go when Alain dispatches him.
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* While many Zenoiran vassals in ''VideoGame/UnicornOverlord'' are usually greedy, ambitious, wicked, or brainwashed, Lord Gaston stands out for being outright insane. Thanks to a childhood plagued with starvation and a violent military career, he is obsessed with making sure that those in his fiefdom never go hungry, which would be a benign goal if that wasn't his only concern. Almost the entirety of his province's labor is devoted to making sure the communal larder never goes empty and everyone has regular rations, but this has caused the rest of its infrastructure to wither. Gaston responds to any concerns about his policies with threats of violence if not the act itself or accusations that the critic is actively trying to starve the citizenry. While no one under him can bring themselves to denounce him as outright evil, his reign is so exhausting and stressful that not only do a fistful of his knights defect to the Liberation Army the first chance they get but the people who understood why he did what he did aren't too sorry to see Gaston go when Alain dispatches him.
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* ""Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'': "Control" centers around Bayliss and Pembleton investigating the murder of the family of a high-ranking officer in the U.S. Navy. Bayliss eventually realizes that the officer killed them himself because his ex-wife wanted to get back together after their divorce, [[ControlFreak further disrupting his sense of control over his life]].
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* ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'': "Control" centers around Bayliss and Pembleton investigating the murder of the family of a high-ranking officer in the U.S. Navy. Bayliss eventually realizes that the officer killed them himself because his ex-wife wanted to get back together after their divorce, [[ControlFreak further disrupting his sense of control over his life]].
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* ""Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'': "Control" centers around Bayliss and Pembleton investigating the murder of the family of a high-ranking officer in the U.S. Navy. Bayliss eventually realizes that the officer killed them himself because his ex-wife wanted to get back together after their divorce, [[ControlFreak further disrupting his sense of control over his life]].
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* ''Webcomic/SleipnirEquineInvaderFromJupiter'': General Kincaid is a gleeful {{warhawk}} who's downright giddy for the chance to nuke what he believes to be an incoming asteroid, and when it's protested that Russia and China may take umbrage he sneers that they can bitch to the President about it. When Sleipnir makes Earthfall, he immediately launches an attack on them--deliberately almost destroying the Williams' ranch in the process--and wants to recruit Clint to build newer and better ballistic missiles to prep for World War III. [[spoiler:When Fafnir and Tick Tock are spawned, General Kincaid decides to let them run rampant through Austin, Texas to bait Sleipnir back to Earth, kill Sleipnir when they're weakened fighting the "gecko" and "rabbit", and then mop up the two remaining kaiju with a nuke--threatening to strap a soldier to the bomb when he expresses reluctance to comply with the orders.]]
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* ''Webcomic/SleipnirEquineInvaderFromJupiter'': General Kincaid is a gleeful {{warhawk}} who's downright giddy for the chance to nuke what he believes to be an incoming asteroid, and when it's protested that Russia and China may take umbrage he sneers that they can bitch to the President about it. When Sleipnir makes Earthfall, he immediately launches an attack on them--deliberately almost destroying the Williams' ranch in the process--and wants to recruit Clint to build newer and better ballistic missiles to prep for World War III. [[spoiler:When Fafnir and Tick Tock are spawned, General Kincaid decides to let them run rampant through Austin, Texas to bait Sleipnir back to Earth, kill Sleipnir when they're weakened fighting the "gecko" and "rabbit", and then mop up the two remaining kaiju with a nuke--threatening to strap a soldier to the bomb when he expresses reluctance to comply with the orders.]]
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** [[spoiler:Admiral Buenamigo]] turns out to be this in "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS3E10TheStarsAtNight The Stars at Night]]", willing to risk lives, [[spoiler:derail the Treaty of Bajor]], and ultimately commit mass murder for the sake of getting a pet project off the ground. [[spoiler:Said pet project is a class of automated starship with a [[AIIsACrapshoot flaw in the AI]] that predisposes any given vessel of the class to going AxCrazy due to [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters daddy issues]], which ends up causing both his death and the deaths of numerous other personnel on Douglas Station, the ''Van Citters'', and the ''Cerritos''.]] It turns out the reason Starfleet admirals are so prone to this (filling up half the folders on this page) is the competitive atmosphere at Starfleet [=HQ=] -- once these Admirals are [[DeskJockey stuck behind a desk]], they have to do something big to stand out from the crowd, leading to these ill-advised ventures… though this is the excuse [[spoiler: Buenamigo]] claims, which rings a bit hollow in light of them having worked on their particular pet project when they were still a ''Lieutenant Commander''.
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** [[spoiler:Admiral Buenamigo]] turns out to be this in "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS3E10TheStarsAtNight The Stars at Night]]", willing to risk lives, [[spoiler:derail [[spoiler:put the Treaty of Bajor]], Bajor in jeopardy by [[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS3E06HearAllTrustNothing derailing negotiations with the Karemma]]]], and ultimately commit mass murder for the sake of getting a pet project off the ground. [[spoiler:Said pet project is a class of automated starship with a [[AIIsACrapshoot flaw in the AI]] that predisposes any given vessel of the class to going AxCrazy due to [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters daddy issues]], which ends up causing both his death and the deaths of numerous other personnel on Douglas Station, the ''Van Citters'', and the ''Cerritos''.]] It turns out the reason Starfleet admirals are so prone to this (filling up half the folders on this page) is the competitive atmosphere at Starfleet [=HQ=] -- once these Admirals are [[DeskJockey stuck behind a desk]], they have to do something big to stand out from the crowd, leading to these ill-advised ventures… though this is the excuse [[spoiler: Buenamigo]] claims, which rings a bit hollow in light of them having worked on their particular pet project when they were still a ''Lieutenant Commander''.
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** [[spoiler:Admiral Buenamigo]] turns out to be this in "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS3E10TheStarsAtNight The Stars at Night]]", willing to risk lives and ultimately commit mass murder for the sake of getting a pet project off the ground. [[spoiler:Said pet project is a class of automated starship with a [[AIIsACrapshoot flaw in the AI]] that predisposes any given vessel of the class to going AxCrazy due to [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters daddy issues]], which ends up causing both his death and the deaths of numerous other personnel on Douglas Station, the ''Van Citters'', and the ''Cerritos''.]] It turns out the reason Starfleet admirals are so prone to this (filling up half the folders on this page) is the competitive atmosphere at Starfleet [=HQ=] -- once these Admirals are [[DeskJockey stuck behind a desk]], they have to do something big to stand out from the crowd, leading to these ill-advised ventures… though this is the excuse [[spoiler: Buenamigo]] claims, which rings a bit hollow in light of them having worked on their particular pet project when they were still a ''Lieutenant Commander''.
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** [[spoiler:Admiral Buenamigo]] turns out to be this in "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS3E10TheStarsAtNight The Stars at Night]]", willing to risk lives lives, [[spoiler:derail the Treaty of Bajor]], and ultimately commit mass murder for the sake of getting a pet project off the ground. [[spoiler:Said pet project is a class of automated starship with a [[AIIsACrapshoot flaw in the AI]] that predisposes any given vessel of the class to going AxCrazy due to [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters daddy issues]], which ends up causing both his death and the deaths of numerous other personnel on Douglas Station, the ''Van Citters'', and the ''Cerritos''.]] It turns out the reason Starfleet admirals are so prone to this (filling up half the folders on this page) is the competitive atmosphere at Starfleet [=HQ=] -- once these Admirals are [[DeskJockey stuck behind a desk]], they have to do something big to stand out from the crowd, leading to these ill-advised ventures… though this is the excuse [[spoiler: Buenamigo]] claims, which rings a bit hollow in light of them having worked on their particular pet project when they were still a ''Lieutenant Commander''.
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** [[spoiler:Admiral Buenamigo]] turns out to be this in "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS3E10TheStarsAtNight The Stars at Night]]", willing to risk lives and ultimately commit mass murder for the sake of getting a pet project off the ground. [[spoiler:Said pet project is a class of automated starship with a [[AIIsACrapshoot flaw in the AI]] that predisposes any given vessel of the class to going AxCrazy due to [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters daddy issues]], which ends up causing both his death and the deaths of numerous other personnel on Douglas Station, the ''Van Citters'', and the ''Cerritos''.]] It turns out the reason Starfleet admirals are so prone to this (filling up half the folders on this page) is the competitive atmosphere at Starfleet [=HQ=] -- once these Admirals are [[DeskJockey stuck behind a desk]], they have to do something big to stand out from the crowd, leading to these ill-advised ventures.
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** [[spoiler:Admiral Buenamigo]] turns out to be this in "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS3E10TheStarsAtNight The Stars at Night]]", willing to risk lives and ultimately commit mass murder for the sake of getting a pet project off the ground. [[spoiler:Said pet project is a class of automated starship with a [[AIIsACrapshoot flaw in the AI]] that predisposes any given vessel of the class to going AxCrazy due to [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters daddy issues]], which ends up causing both his death and the deaths of numerous other personnel on Douglas Station, the ''Van Citters'', and the ''Cerritos''.]] It turns out the reason Starfleet admirals are so prone to this (filling up half the folders on this page) is the competitive atmosphere at Starfleet [=HQ=] -- once these Admirals are [[DeskJockey stuck behind a desk]], they have to do something big to stand out from the crowd, leading to these ill-advised ventures.ventures… though this is the excuse [[spoiler: Buenamigo]] claims, which rings a bit hollow in light of them having worked on their particular pet project when they were still a ''Lieutenant Commander''.
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* In ''Literature/TheLostFleet'' the degredation of military training during the ForeverWar means that most officers were promoted based on a mix of political ability and percieved agressiveness which leads to a number of admirals having questionable abilities. In particular Admiral Otropa and a number of other admirals supported the creation of the Dark Ships, a fleet of AI controlled ships which [[AIIsACrapshoot went rogue]] and starting attacking friendly systems.
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** {{Subverted}} with Admiral Zelle. She comes accross at first as a violent BloodKnight with an extreme hatred for all Romulans. However, [[spoiler:she's actually an Undine Infiltrator so she's not insane, just deliberately working against the Federation.]]
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* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'': Admiral Sadaki Munetake is a very self-centered, egotistical person who cares nothing about the lives of the people below him. To gain favor with the United Earth Forces, he betrayed the Nadesico and tried to hand the ship over to the United Earth Forces, and when that failed, he escaped. Unfortunately, he was spotted by Gai Daigouji during his escape, and immediately shot him, getting the murder filed as "self-defense". Once the Nadesico returned from Mars and agreed to work with the UEF, Munetake was assigned to the Nadesico, and eventually was cornered by Akito about Gai's murder. Munetake tried to defend himself, but the guilt was secretly eating him up inside, until he finally snapped [[spoiler:and was killed when he hijacked an experimental aestivalis and overloaded its rail cannon, while trying to attackan ally ship thinking it was of Jovian origin]].
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