History Videogame / EmperorBattleForDune

* SpawnBroodling: The Tleilaxu has two units that can do this, one is for infantry, the other for vehicles.

* DeflectorShields: Employed by the Ordos in a few of their tanks. When a laser beam hits the shield, both units are destroyed.

* FireForgedFriends: Post-''Dune 2000'', relations between the Atreides and Fremen are strained until an enemy assault on Caladan during a diplomatic meeting between the two helps them iron things out. Notable in that [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Duke Achillus himself]] fights on foot in the mission where this occurs, probably a big reason the Fremen decide the Atreides are worthy allies.

* AlternateContinuity: ''Emperor'' is treated as sequel to ''Dune 2000'' (as such they are also a separate continuity from the original ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' novels and the [[Film/Dune1984 1984 film]]) but there are some differences between the two continuities. Emperor Corrino's death is depicted as it takes place in the Ordos ending of ''Dune 2000'', but it is mentioned to have taken place in Kaitain. The House leaderships are also {{Retcon}}ned to their ''Emperor'' incarnation, which isn't too hard to achieve since we never saw them in Dune 2000. The Emperor, who ''was'' seen, is also retconned to having been named Shaddam IV instead of Frederick IV, but Frederick was a pure [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] name in ''Dune 2000'', and never actually said on-screen.

* ChainsawGood: The Harkonnen Buzzsaw is a huge circular saw blade with a cockpit and mounted machine guns. [[{{Squick}} To say nothing of what it does to infantry]], it can be used to break up spice fields, disrupting your enemies' economy.

* DopplegangerAttack: The Ixian Projector can create seemingly harmless duplicates of any unit, in order to fool an enemy. In truth, while they rapidly lose health and disappear upon taking damage or colliding with an enemy unit, their weapons are fully functional. Projectors thus become {{Game Breaker}}s once you have access to Harkonnen [[MacrossMissileMassacre missile tanks]].

** Allying with the Tleilaxu gives you access to Contaminators, which convert slain infantry into more of themselves. The [[NightmareFuel scary part]] as that they can also do this to ''vehicles'' with their Leech unit.

* SuicideAttack: The Harkonnen Devastator can be ordered to self-destruct, detonating the reactor and damaging any units or buildings within the area of effect.

* UterineReplicator: Played with as the Tleilaxu's [[{{squick}} axolotl]] [[BodyHorror tanks]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Mentats from ''Dune 2000'' are never seen again.
** It is not made clear what became of Shafla, Cilix and Elara. The lab was most likely destroyed when the Emperor Worm was bombed, and we do see what appears to be it's wreckage. The final [[RedEyesTakeWarning shot]] of the ending suggests ''something'' happened, but that's it.
* WorkerUnit: The ubiquitous, beetle-like Spice Harvester (presented exactly as they appeared in the 1984 film) and the Construction Yard. Carryalls also function as such, automatically ferrying harvesters to and from spice fields. Tyically these carryalls are entirely automated and uncontrollable (though they will automatically ferry a damaged unit to an available repair pad), but you may build more expensive Advanced Carryalls that can be given orders.

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* AlternateContinuity: ''Emperor'' is treated as sequel to ''Dune 2000'' (as such they are also a separate continuity from the original ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' novels and the [[Film/{{Dune}} 1984 film]]) but there are some differences between the two continuities. Emperor Corrino's death is depicted as it takes place in the Ordos ending of ''Dune 2000'', but it is mentioned to have taken place in Kaitain. The House leaderships are also {{Retcon}}ned to their ''Emperor'' incarnation, which isn't too hard to achieve since we never saw them in Dune 2000. The Emperor, who ''was'' seen, is also retconned to having been named Shaddam IV instead of Frederick IV, but Frederick was a pure [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] name in ''Dune 2000'', and never actually said on-screen.

** Gunseng really isn't much better at that point. At least he directs his violence ''at'' someone instead of just jumping around throwing a tantrum. That said, Gunseng directs his violence against his underlings, while Copec recognises that he can have a [[ExpendableClone Ghola]] of his intended victims made instead.

* IWantThemAlive: Both Gunseg and Copec want the Executrix or Achillus alive when attack their respective homeworld and quickly throw a fit when they find they were killed in the fighting and can't torture them. Gunseg is so pissed off with the former being killed when their palace is set on fire he decides to kill the soldiers who set the fire.

* NotHyperbole: Gunseg makes a speech before the final level ending with the chant "Failure is death!" His Mentat tells you that this is no exaggeration.

* BadBoss: House Harkonnen and Ordos proudly wear this as a hat. The intro shows that both of them pulled a YouHaveFailedMe on your predecessor and do the same to you if you do if you perform poorly. The Harkonnen are especially brutal; Rakan, after seeing the player character, says to his mentat "if this one performs as badly as the last one I'll have you strangled along with him." [[spoiler:After the betrayal of the Guild leaves them stranded on an enemy's home planet, either of the Baron's sons threaten to kill their mentat unless he quickly comes up with a way off the planet.]] Gunseng is especially brutal, if the player attacks the Ordos homeworld, he demands the soldiers who burned down the Executrix's great hall be brought him so can torture them as punishment for denying him the opportunity to torture the Executrix.

* BadBoss: House Harkonnen and Ordos proudly wear this as a hat. The intro shows that both of them pulled a YouHaveFailedMe on your predecessor and do the same to you if you do if you preform poorly. The Harkonnen are especially brutal, Rakan after seeing the player character says to his mentat "if this one preforms as badly as the last one I'll have you strangled along with him." [[spoiler: After the betrayal of the Guild leaves them stranded on an enemy's home planet, either of the Baron's sons threaten to kill their mentat unless he quickly comes up with a way off the planet.]] Gunseng is especially brutal, if the player attacks the Ordos homeworld, he demands the soldiers who burned down the Executrix's great hall be brought him so can torture them as punishment for denying him the opportunity to torture the Executrix.

* IWantThemAlive: Both Gunseg and Copec want the Executrix or Achillus alive when attack their respective homeworld and quickly throw a fit when they find they were died and can't torture them. Gunseg is so pissed off with the former being killed when their palace is set on fire he decides to kill the soldiers who set the fire.

* TheFundamentalist: House Tleilaxu are "religious zealots who preach ceaselessly about the evils of machines." It both goes with and contrasts with the original novels: the Tleilaxu appeared as amoral traders of squicky technology. In reality, they were a religious order, hiding their true nature from the universe.

* AllianceMeter: Of a sorts. You can undertake specific missions to earn the trust of any one of the five sub-factions, each one giving you access to EliteMooks with various capabilities. [[spoiler: Though the Spacing Guild always turn against you by the game's end.]] There are limitations, however. Certain factions will not ally with others in the campaign, but in multiplayer you can select any two before a match. Specifically, the Tleilaxu and Ix are outright hostile to each other, while the Sardaukar and Fremen often clash with the former as well. That's not to say you can't have Sardaukar/Fremen ''and'' Tleilaxu allies, but be careful which missions you pick; some will require you to attack your ally's faction, which breaks your alliance.

* BenevolentBoss: Duke Achillus. Unlike Rakan and the Executrix, he is not bringing in a new strategist because he killed the old one and isn't dismissive of the player on first sight. If the player does do poorly, he threatens to replace instead of kill them, though due to distrust with the Freemen caused by the player's failures, [[GoodIsNotNice he hands the player over to the Freemen as a gesture of goodwill]]. And when his mentat feels guilt over [[spoiler: not seeing the Guild's betrayal]], he tells him to get a hold of himself.

* HyperCompetentSidekick: The Sardaukar Caid, while already portrayed in the Atreides storyline as wise and savvy, is in the Ordos storyline able to immediately catch on to House Ordos' subversive strategy [[spoiler:of installing an imposter (or, more precisely, a ghola) of the late emperor as the puppet ruler]] while his superior falls right for it.

* HyperCompetentSidekick: The Sardaukar Caid, while already portrayed in the Atreides storyline as wise and GenreSavvy, is in the Ordos storyline able to immediately catch on to House Ordos' subversive strategy [[spoiler:of installing an imposter (or, more precisely, a ghola) of the late emperor as the puppet ruler]] while his superior falls right for it.

* HyperCompetentSidekick: The Sardaukar's Caid, while already portrayed in the Atreides storyline as wise and GenreSavvy, is in the Ordos storyline able to immediately catch on to House Ordos' subversive strategy [[spoiler:of installing an imposter (or, more precisely, a ghola) of the late emperor as the puppet ruler]] while his superior falls right for it.

* HyperCompetentSidekick: The Sardaukar's Caid, while already portrayed in the Atreides storyline as wise and GenreSavvy, is in the Ordos storyline able to immediately catch on with House Ordo's subversive strategy [[spoiler:of installing an imposter (or, more precisely, a ghola) of the late emperor as the puppet ruler]] while his superior falls right for it.
* IllTakeThatAsACompliment: After Gunseng questions the wisdom behind Rakkan's "sublime thought" of attacking Atreides and Ordo passengers on the Spacing Guild highliner, thus a violation of a Great Convention rule stating that the "War of Assassins" must be limited to the planet Arrakis......

-->'''Copec''': Great Convention? Is my baby brother a soldier or a diplomat?

* IllTakeThatAsACompliment: After Gunseng questions the wisdom behind Rakkan's "sublime thought" of attacking Atreides and Ordo passengers on the Spacing Guild highliner, thus a violation of a Great Convention rule stating that the fighting must be limited to the planet Arrakis......

* IllTakeThatAsACompliment: After Gunseng questions the wisdom behind Rakkan's "sublime thought" of attacking Atreides and Ordo passengers on the Spacing Guild highliner, thus a violation of the Great Convention:

* VeteranUnit: Factions that retain there units are rewarded by said units gaining experience and in some cases sharing it with future units.

* AlternateContinuity: ''Emperor'' is treated as sequel to ''Dune 2000'' (as such they are also a separate continuity from the original ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' novels and the [[Film/{{Dune}} 1984 film]]) but there are some differences between the two continuities. Emperor Corrino's death is depicted as it takes place in the Ordos ending of ''Dune 2000'', but it is mentioned to have taken place in Kaitain. The House leaderships are also {{Retcon}}ned to their ''Emperor'' incarnation, which isn't too hard to achieve since we never saw them in Dune 2000.

* BenevolentBoss: Duke Achillus. Unlike Rakan and the Executrix, he is not bringing in a new strategist because he killed the old one and isn't dismissive of the player on first sight. If the player does do poorly, he threatens to replace instead of kill them, though due to distrust with the Freemen caused by the player's failures, [[GoodIsNotNice he hands the player over to the Freemen as a gesture of goodwill]]. and when his mentat feels guilt over [[spoiler: not seeing the Guild's betrayal, he tells him to get a hold of himself and that

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Harkonnen. Due to them being a [[PlanetOfHats Planet Of]] {{Jerkass}}es, the Fremen cannot be made to ally with them in ''Emperor''s campaign. [[spoiler: [[EnemyMine Until]] [[LesserOfTwoEvils the final mission]].]]

* ColourCodedArmies: The Atreides are blue, the Harkonnens are red and the Ordos are green. This more stereotypical color scheme is different to that seen in the book (and faithfully represented by the David Lynch film) in which the Atreides wear green with a red hawk symbol and the Harkonnens wear blue with a gryphon symbol. The game also substitutes that gryphon with a more stereo-typically 'evil' ram's head, since the designers used the ''Literature/DuneEncyclopedia'' as a resource. (The Encyclopedia erroneously has the Harkonnen symbol a ram).

* TheEngineer: Used to capture and repair structures. The Harkonnen version carries a [[CherryTapping pistol]] for self-defense.

* ExperiencePoints: Your units earn them. Atreides infantry that reach maximum level can be sent back into their barracks; the unit is [[PermanentlyMissableContent lost forever]] but all subsequently produced units of that type start with an extra level. Do this multiple times to be able to produce elite units on command.

* GenreBlind: House Ordos, of all people. They trust the Tleilaxu ''much'' more than the other factions. Their technology is also unsuited to Dune warfare, as they rely heavily on shields for defense, whose vibrations attract sandworms. Although they do use a lot of hovering tanks, which ''don't'' attract worms.

* KillItWithFire: A favorite tactic of House Harkonnen; they have both flamethrower infantry and flame tanks, both of which are capable of instantly killing infantry. The latter is also very effective against buildings and massed Tleilaxu units. For whatever reason, Inkvine fluid also sets infantry on fire.

* MusicalNod: Frank Klepacki's part of the soundtrack is especially guilty for this. Prepare to spot riffs from his previous work, ''Rise of the Harkonnen'', '''quite''' a lot...

** Gunseng really isn't much better at that point. At least he directs his violence ''at'' someone instead of just jumping around throwing a tantrum. That said, Gunseng directs his violence against his underlings, while Copec recognizes that he can have a [[ExpendableClone Ghola]] of his intended victims made instead.

* SuicideAttack: The Ordos saboteurs (justified that these are [[ArtificialHuman gholas]]) and Eye in the Sky, and Ix infiltrator.

* TheUnfought: You never fight the Emperor Worm since your goal is to kill it before it is finished.