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* The Pirate Queen Alanda Ryle may have been inspired by [[Anime/QueenEmeraldas Pirate Queen Emeraldas]], who is also an honorable LadyOfWar with a bone to pick with the Hegemony and a top-of-the-line dreadnought to challenge them.

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* The Pirate Queen Alanda Ryle may have been inspired by [[Anime/QueenEmeraldas [[Manga/QueenEmeraldas Pirate Queen Emeraldas]], who is also an honorable LadyOfWar with a bone to pick with the Hegemony and a top-of-the-line dreadnought to challenge them.
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* The suggested character appearances include a stillsuit.
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* Aside form the nobles, guilds, and religious fanatics, the PortalNetwork-building {{Precursors}} are also known as the Ur.


* One of the Pilot's special abilities is called "Leaf on the Wind", referencing Wash's [[spoiler:FamousLastWords]].

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* One of the Pilot's special abilities is called "Leaf on the Wind", referencing Wash's [[spoiler:FamousLastWords]].[[spoiler:last words]].

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* The suggested names list for new Scoundrels contains items like Ed, Faye, Jet, and Spike.

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* The suggested names list for new Scoundrels characters contains items like Ed, Faye, Jet, and Spike.



* The Cerberus crew's ship upgrade "Personal Vehicles" is basically Spike, Jet, and Faye's folding fighter spaceships.

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* The Cerberus crew's ship upgrade "Personal Vehicles" is basically inspired by Spike, Jet, and Faye's folding foldable fighter spaceships.



* Suggested Scoundrel names also include Gurney, Leto, and Paul.

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* Suggested Scoundrel character names also include Gurney, Leto, and Paul.



* The whole idea of galaxy-spanning High Guilds holding monopolies on entire industrial sectors appears to mimic ''Dune''[='=]s Spacing Guild -- its closest in-game counterpart would be the Starsmiths (although they only hold the monopoly on ''building'' spaceships, not piloting them, as well). The Makers Guild and its ''yaru'' clones also bear striking similarities to Bene Tleilax and their ''gholas'' (with some [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Kaminoan/Legends Kaminoan]] inspiration mixed in).

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* The whole idea concept of galaxy-spanning High Guilds holding that hold monopolies on entire industrial sectors appears to mimic ''Dune''[='=]s Spacing Guild -- its closest in-game counterpart would be the Starsmiths (although they only hold the monopoly on ''building'' spaceships, not on piloting them, as well). The Makers Guild and its ''yaru'' clones also bear striking similarities to Bene Tleilax and their ''gholas'' (with some [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Kaminoan/Legends Kaminoan]] inspiration mixed in).

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* Likewise, the idea of scions of a few noble houses administering entire sectors of the galaxy has probably come from the [[https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/House_Major Houses Major]] (Atreides, Harkonnens, and so on).

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* The series has contributed the most Scoundrel names to the list: Aria, Garrus, Kasumi, Liara, Miranda, Mordin, Samara, Saren, Thane, and Zaeed.

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* The series has contributed the most Scoundrel character names to the list: Aria, Garrus, Kasumi, Liara, Miranda, Mordin, Samara, Saren, Thane, and Zaeed.



* More Scoundrel names: Finn, Han, Hondo, Jango, Kalo, Lando, Poe, Rey, and Tarkin.
* One of the Scoundrel's special ability is "Shoot First" -- undoubtedly named after the "Han Shot First" controversy.

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* More Scoundrel character names: Finn, Han, Hondo, Jango, Kalo, Lando, Poe, Rey, and Tarkin.
* One of the Scoundrel's special ability abilities is "Shoot First" -- undoubtedly named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_shot_first "Han Shot First" controversy.shot first"]] meme/controversy.

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* The Muscle's signature "item" called "Fine Martial Arts Style" is basically Spike's Jeet Kune Do or an equivalent.
* The Cerberus crew's ship upgrade "Personal Vehicles" is basically Spike, Jet, and Faye's folding fighter spaceships.


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* One of the Muscle's signature items is a [[ICallHerVera rifle named "Vera"]], whose description is a word-for-word quote from Jayne about ''his'' Vera.
* One of the Pilot's special abilities is called "Leaf on the Wind", referencing Wash's [[spoiler:FamousLastWords]].
* A rather subtle one, but the Fake Transponder ship upgrade is basically the "crybaby" fake distress beacon from [[Recap/FireflyE01Serenity "Serenity"]].


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* The Stitch's starting ability is called [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder "I'm a Doctor, Not a..."]] -- after [[Characters/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Bones McCoy's]] famous quote.


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* One of the Scoundrel's special ability is "Shoot First" -- undoubtedly named after the "Han Shot First" controversy.
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* The LaserBlade-wielding cult of Vigilance is an obvious send-up to the Jedi Order from ''Franchise/StarWars''. One of their apprentices is a brash, but friendly young man named [[SdrawkcabName Ulek]] Spacedancer -- read, a dead-ringer for Luke Skywalker in ''Film/ANewHope'', -- while one of their elders, Quai-Rosh, may be a shout-out to Qui-Gon Jinn from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.

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* The LaserBlade-wielding cult of Vigilance is an obvious send-up to the Jedi Order from ''Franchise/StarWars''.Order. One of their apprentices is a brash, but friendly young man named [[SdrawkcabName Ulek]] Spacedancer -- read, a dead-ringer for Luke Skywalker in ''Film/ANewHope'', -- while one of their elders, Quai-Rosh, may be a shout-out to Qui-Gon Jinn from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.

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* The suggested names list for new Scoundrels contains items like [[Literature/{{Dune}} Gurney, Leto, Paul]], [[Anime/CowboyBebop Ed, Faye, Jet, Spike]], [[Franchise/StarWars Finn, Han, Hondo, Jango, Kalo, Lando, Poe, Rey, Tarkin]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Aria, Garrus, Kasumi, Liara, Miranda, Mordin, Samara, Saren, Thane, and Zaeed]].
* Sahar is a [[Literature/{{Dune}} strange-suited, blue-eyed mystic from the desert planet]] of Shimaya. Also, the whole idea of galaxy-spanning High Guilds holding monopolies on entire industrial sectors appears to mimic ''Dune''[='=]s Spacing Guild -- its closest in-game counterpart would be the Starsmiths (although they only hold the monopoly on ''building'' spaceships, not piloting them, as well). The Makers Guild and its ''yaru'' clones also bear striking similarities to Bene Tleilax and their ''gholas'' (with some [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Kaminoan/Legends Kaminoan]] inspiration mixed in).

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* The suggested names list for new Scoundrels contains items like [[Literature/{{Dune}} Gurney, Leto, Paul]], [[Anime/CowboyBebop Ed, Faye, Jet, Spike]], [[Franchise/StarWars Finn, Han, Hondo, Jango, Kalo, Lando, Poe, Rey, Tarkin]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Aria, Garrus, Kasumi, Liara, Miranda, Mordin, Samara, Saren, Thane, and Zaeed]].
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* Suggested Scoundrel names also include Gurney, Leto, and Paul.
* Sahar is a [[Literature/{{Dune}} strange-suited, blue-eyed mystic from the desert planet]] planet of Shimaya. Also, Shimaya -- a dead ringer for spice-imbibing Fremen of Arrakis (although no equivalent of Spice is mentioned in the game).
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whole idea of galaxy-spanning High Guilds holding monopolies on entire industrial sectors appears to mimic ''Dune''[='=]s Spacing Guild -- its closest in-game counterpart would be the Starsmiths (although they only hold the monopoly on ''building'' spaceships, not piloting them, as well). The Makers Guild and its ''yaru'' clones also bear striking similarities to Bene Tleilax and their ''gholas'' (with some [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Kaminoan/Legends Kaminoan]] inspiration mixed in).in).

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* The "Ghosts" are four scientists trapped between life and death, three of whom are named [[Characters/GhostBusters Pol, Roy, and Eegon]] (strangely, the fourth isn't Winston, but a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr physicist named Nils Boyer]]).

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* The Pirate Queen Alanda Ryle may have been inspired by [[Anime/QueenEmeraldas Pirate Queen Emeraldas]], who is also an honorable LadyOfWar with a bone to pick with the Hegemony and a top-of-the-line dreadnought to challenge them.

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* The series has contributed the most Scoundrel names to the list: Aria, Garrus, Kasumi, Liara, Miranda, Mordin, Samara, Saren, Thane, and Zaeed.

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* A splinter faction of [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Urbots]] seeking to establish an independent RobotRepublic refer to themselves as "Conclave 01" ([[Anime/TheAnimatrix Zero-One]]).

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* More Scoundrel names: Finn, Han, Hondo, Jango, Kalo, Lando, Poe, Rey, and Tarkin.



* The Church of the Stellar Flame is a bunch of zealots hell-bent on purging anything they see as impure, such as Ur artifacts, unorthodox mystic practices, and heretic/xeno cults. To this end, they enjoy official Hegemonic backing, command cohorts of PoweredArmor-clad [[ChurchMilitant battle nuns]], and deploy Inquisitors to investigate potential heresies -- very much like the [[Characters/Warhammer40000Imperium Ecclesiarchy]] from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''.
* The Pirate Queen Alanda Ryle is an honorable LadyOfWar with a [[Anime/QueenEmeraldas bone to pick with the Hegemony and a top-of-the-line dreadnought to challenge them]].
* The "Ghosts" are four scientists trapped between life and death, three of whom are named [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Pol, Roy, and Eegon]] (strangely, the fourth isn't Winston, but a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr physicist named Nils Boyer]]).
* A splinter faction of [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Urbots]] seeking to establish an independent RobotRepublic refer to themselves as "Conclave 01" ([[Anime/TheAnimatrix Zero-One]]).

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* The Church of the Stellar Flame is a bunch of zealots hell-bent on purging anything they see as impure, such as Ur artifacts, unorthodox mystic practices, and heretic/xeno cults. To this end, they enjoy official Hegemonic backing, command cohorts of PoweredArmor-clad [[ChurchMilitant battle nuns]], and deploy Inquisitors to investigate potential heresies -- very much like the [[Characters/Warhammer40000Imperium Ecclesiarchy]] from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''.
* The Pirate Queen Alanda Ryle is an honorable LadyOfWar with a [[Anime/QueenEmeraldas bone to pick with the Hegemony and a top-of-the-line dreadnought to challenge them]].
* The "Ghosts" are four scientists trapped between life and death, three of whom are named [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Pol, Roy, and Eegon]] (strangely, the fourth isn't Winston, but a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr physicist named Nils Boyer]]).
* A splinter faction of [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Urbots]] seeking to establish an independent RobotRepublic refer to themselves as "Conclave 01" ([[Anime/TheAnimatrix Zero-One]]).
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* The suggested names list for new Scoundrels contains items like [[Literature/{{Dune}} Gurney, Leto, Paul]], [[Anime/CowboyBebop Ed, Faye, Jet, Spike]], [[Franchise/StarWars Finn, Han, Hondo, Jango, Kalo, Lando, Poe, Rey, Tarkin]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Aria, Garrus, Kasumi, Liara, Miranda, Mordin, Samara, Saren, Thane, and Zaeed]].
* Sahar is a [[Literature/{{Dune}} strange-suited, blue-eyed mystic from the desert planet]] of Shimaya. Also, the whole idea of galaxy-spanning High Guilds holding monopolies on entire industrial sectors appears to mimic ''Dune''[='=]s Spacing Guild -- its closest in-game counterpart would be the Starsmiths (although they only hold the monopoly on ''building'' spaceships, not piloting them, as well). The Makers Guild and its ''yaru'' clones also bear striking similarities to Bene Tleilax and their ''gholas'' (with some [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Kaminoan/Legends Kaminoan]] inspiration mixed in).
* The LaserBlade-wielding cult of Vigilance is an obvious send-up to the Jedi Order from ''Franchise/StarWars''. One of their apprentices is a brash, but friendly young man named [[SdrawkcabName Ulek]] Spacedancer -- read, a dead-ringer for Luke Skywalker in ''Film/ANewHope'', -- while one of their elders, Quai-Rosh, may be a shout-out to Qui-Gon Jinn from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
* The Church of the Stellar Flame is a bunch of zealots hell-bent on purging anything they see as impure, such as Ur artifacts, unorthodox mystic practices, and heretic/xeno cults. To this end, they enjoy official Hegemonic backing, command cohorts of PoweredArmor-clad [[ChurchMilitant battle nuns]], and deploy Inquisitors to investigate potential heresies -- very much like the [[Characters/Warhammer40000Imperium Ecclesiarchy]] from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''.
* The Pirate Queen Alanda Ryle is an honorable LadyOfWar with a [[Anime/QueenEmeraldas bone to pick with the Hegemony and a top-of-the-line dreadnought to challenge them]].
* The "Ghosts" are four scientists trapped between life and death, three of whom are named [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Pol, Roy, and Eegon]] (strangely, the fourth isn't Winston, but a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr physicist named Nils Boyer]]).
* A splinter faction of [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Urbots]] seeking to establish an independent RobotRepublic refer to themselves as "Conclave 01" ([[Anime/TheAnimatrix Zero-One]]).
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