History Webcomic / Starfighter

* {{Uke}}: Abel is thin and {{Twink}}-ish, sexually inexperienced, high-class, and considerably more innocent and noble than Cain. He usually bottoms.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Cain has an impromptu one in his cockpit after barely missing the antimatter cannon fired by the space station at the enemy fleet. If Abel hadn't figured out his Fighter was a tad unstable before...Also, Praxis has this, while looking at a picture of Abel, and fantasizing that Abel comes to his room, all beat up, and seduces Praxis.

* SlapSlapKiss: After their first mission, Abel is convinced that Cain is a psycho and starts verbally chewing him out. Cain's response is to kiss him. Then, CoitusEnsues.

* AxCrazy: The [[AlphaBitch nastier]] Navigators seem to think all Fighters are this. They're probably wrong, but [[BloodKnight Cain]] doesn't do much to avert the stereotype. However, Praxis and Encke seem relatively stable, and there are hints that is less an issue of disposition & more a class issue.
* BastardBoyfriend: Cain bites Abel, calls him his bitch,is generally cocky and sadistic in a sexy, kinky way that Abel finds irresistably attractive even as he resents it. As their relationship develops, Cain becomes less violent and more emotionally open.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted. That scar is ''permanent''.
* BetaCouple: Keeler and Encke. While their romantic involvement is only ever implied, they do seem to have the most respectful and healthy relationship as fighter and navigator shown so far, specially true considering that most fighters and navigators dislike each other. [[spoiler: Explicitly confirmed at the end of Chapter 5.]]

* InterClassRomance: Abel is the son of one of Earth's most powerful politicians, Cain is a low-life criminal from the desolate Mars colonies.

* BetaCouple: Keeler and Encke. While their romantic
involvement is only ever implied, they do seem to have the most respectful and healthy relationship as fighter and navigator shown so far, specially true considering that most fighters and navigators dislike each other.

* JerkAss: Cain's idea of saying hello and getting to know his new roommate/navigator involves ''biting his face'' to "mark" him as his property. [[spoiler:As of the latest comic, it's been made clear he's warned all the other Fighters not to even ''talk'' to Abel, and he's ready to hand out a beating to [[DoggedNiceGuy Praxis]] for daring to speak to Abel for a few moments in the hallway.]]

* RealMenHateAffection: Interestingly, Cain doesn't seem to mind post-sex cuddling.

** The latest page has introduced the Terran battleship ''Sleipnir''.
* RidingIntoTheSunset: In volume 5, [[spoiler: the comic ends with Cain and Abel riding off on a motorcycle into the dim Martian sunset. It's implied that they're going off to make contact with Keeler and Enke, but conveys the vaguer promise of them going off to a future of adventure together.]]

* ExtyYearsFromNow

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Every Fighter and Navigator are given a CodeName that they must use on the ship. Using someone's real name is forbidden unlesss in private and around specific persons - like, say, lovers. This includes Cain and Abel. [[spoiler: Abel's birth name is given as Ethan in his dream and Cain's is revealed as Alexei later on when he talks about his past. Revealing their secret birth names to each other is a sign of intimacy and how far their relationship has progressed.]]

* TheAce: Both Cain and Abel show signs of being this: Cain's a darker and nastier version, while Abel plays it straighter, being both skilled and the first Navigator to volunteer for [[spoiler: what may be a suicide mission]].

* AxCrazy: The [[AlphaBitch nastier]] Navigators seem to think all Fighters are this. They're probably wrong, but [[BloodKnight Cain]] doesn't do much to avert the stereotype. However, Praxis and Encke seem relatively stable, and there are hints that is is less an issue of disposition and more a class issue.
* BastardBoyfriend: Cain bites Abel, calls him his bitch, and is generally cocky and sadistic in a sexy, kinky way that Abel finds irresistably attractive even as he resents it. As their relationship develops, Cain becomes less violent and more emotionally open.

* BetaCouple: Keeler and Encke. While their romantical involvement is only ever implied, they do seem to have the most respectful and healthy relationship as fighter and navigator shown so far, specially true considering that most fighters and navigators dislike each other.

* BastardBoyfriend: Cain acts like a classic Unconflicted type at the outset, but some of his behaviour might mark him as a candidate for Conflicted development, or bring him out of the category altogether.
** As of Chapter 3, Cain has gotten a ''lot'' better, and his relationship with Abel is starting to look more egalitarian.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Every Fighter and Navigator are given a CodeName that they must use on the ship. Using someone's real name is forbidden unlesss in private and around specific persons - like, say, lovers. This includes Cain and Abel. [[spoiler: Abel's birth name is given as Ethan in his dream and Cain's is revealed as Alexei later on when he talks about his past. Revealing their secret birth names to each other is a sign of intimacy and how far their relationship has progressed.]]

* {{Uke}}: Abel is thin and Twink-ish, sexually inexperienced, high-class, and considerably more innocent and noble than Cain. He usually bottoms.

* {{Animesque}}

* TheMasochismTango: A fairly literal example, as Cain gives Abel a permanent scar, and really seems to take an interest when Abel tries to punch him out and later returns the lip-scarring favour by scratching Cain bloody in the heat of the moment.
** Later chapters seems to show that their relationship is getting better.

* NoNameGiven: Cain and Abel are only known by their codenames. [[spoiler: Abel's birth name is given as Ethan in his dream and Cain's is revealed as Alexei later on when he talks about his past.]]
** Every Fighter and Navigator are given a CodeName that they must use on the ship. Using someone's real name is forbidden unlesss in private and around specific persons - like, say, lovers.

* RebelliousPrincess: Gender-flipped, from the looks of Abel's backstory.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Naming your protagonists "Cain" and "Abel"? [[SarcasmMode Obviously, happy and fluffy times are ahead.]]

->--'''Cain''', to Abel.

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Cain's interactions with Abel have this vibe at first. Not so much later...

** The... ''thing'' Bering, Cook and Cain are working on is called Project Thebes, an obvious reference to the Theban Sacred Band, an army of male lovers. [[spoiler: And Chapter 5 reveals that seducing Able was part of the plan]].

* CastFullOfGay: Necessary for the genre. Most of the characters on the all-male military fleet have gay relationships or crushes. [[spoiler: This trope is {{Exploited}] by the higher-ups with a new technology that requires fighter-navigator pairs to be lovers in order to work.]]

-->'''Cain'''

** The... ''thing'' Bering, Cook and Cain are working on is called Project Thebes, an obvious reference to the Theban Sacred Band, an army of male lovers. [[spoiler: now, whether or not seducing Abel is part of the plan...]]

* ReallyGetsAround: Commander Cook often sleeps with younger Navigators and was once in a relationship with Jules (Phobos).

* MacGuffin: the "Jump Drive", a piece of WarpDrive technology stolen from the Colterons [spoiler: and installed on the Reliant] that Bering and Cook try to make work.