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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[AngstWhatAngst I want to be wrong,]] [[ConflictingLoyalty but]] [[TheFriendNobodylikes no-one here]] [[BelligerentSexualTension wants to fight me]] [[CantLivewithThemCantLivewithoutThem like you do.]]'']]
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4	->''"So what do you say? A little easy work for a little leeway."''
5	-->-- '''Contractor'''
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7	'''''Line Rockets''''' is an in-progress [[WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]] fan comic about a convict named Jax who, in exchange for early release from prison, agrees to assist Star Command in infiltrating and taking down a drug ring she used to be a part of. You can read it [[http://hazard-girl.deviantart.com/gallery/46961217 here,]] [[http://linerockets.webcomic.ws/ here]] or even [[http://line-rockets.tumblr.com/ here!]]
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9	The other major players include:
10	* [[IronLady Enora]], Jax's antisocial caseworker whose motivations are unclear.
11	* [[TheAce Ves]], Jax's very skilled brother who still remains employed in the drug ring, and is [[TheDragon the remaining right hand]] of:
12	* [[DiabolicalMastermind Zod]], Jax's former boss, now the head of the large operation the "[[WellIntentionedExtremist good guys]]" are attempting to dismantle.
13	* [[DitzyGenius Enif]], Ves's assistant and apprentice. Inattentive and a bit ditsy, but very smart and ruthless just like her boss.
14	* [[LoveableRogue Ochak]], Appears in flashbacks, presumably Jax's only real friend from her days as a criminal.
15	* [[WrenchWench Rose]], Jax's old friend and one of the only people she can trust. She used to sell weapons to Zod.
16	* [[PunchClockVillain Penumbra,]] a former Zurg operative who defected, reluctantly now on the Zod side of the conflict. Not that he has much choice.
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18	Through a ContrivedCoincidence [[Characters/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand XR]], who Jax is not fond of, becomes Jax's partner; and the two are forced to put up with each other for the duration of the mission.
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20	'''WARNING!''' This page contains spoilers! They are under spoiler covers, but because this comic is in-progress, if you read them you will still have to wait for them to come to be in the comic itself. I recommend not actually looking at them. I mostly made this page so I could keep myself on track! - hazardgirl
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23	!!Dear Tropers, this comic provides examples of:
24	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Gender-flipped. Especially freeing for XR, for whom the law is just about his entire life despite being the only member of the team openly accepting of moral ambiguity.
25	* {{Antihero}}: Both Jax and XR, though whether or not they qualify as "heroes" is up for debate.
26	* AsceticAesthetic: The Parhelia's motif, in stark contrast to the {{Zeerust}} of Star Command (and some of the other planets).
27	* AsYouKnow: Enif starts to do this in Chapter 4 while talking to Ves, but he cuts her off, reminding her that he's the one who gave her the information in the first place.
28	%%* AttentionWhore: XR and Jax, respectively.
29	%%* BackInTheSaddle: Commander Nebula, eventually.
30	* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Jax for XR, eventually [[spoiler: the Parhelia for Star Command.]]
31	* BelligerentSexualTension: So very, very much. Enough that they're assumed to be a couple ''because'' of their constant fighting.
32	%%* BlackAndGreyMorality: Discussed.
33	%%* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The main driving force of the comic.
34	* BreakTheHaughty: Jax succeeds so often in her criminal endeavors she begins to think she is untouchable. The moment she's alone, she is [[spoiler: captured, tortured and raped.]]
35	* CainAndAbel
36	* ClusterFBomb:
37	-->'''Jax''': Just shut the '''fuck''' up, XR! ''I am not keeping things from you!'' But I am sick to '''fuck''' of your bitching! I can drive a ship if I have to, so either shut your '''fucking''' mouth and get behind the '''fucking''' controls or get off this '''fucking''' ship and find your own '''fucking''' way to wherever the '''fuck''' you want to go! I'm done with this!
38	%%* ConflictingLoyalty
39	* CrapsaccharineWorld: One of the major points of the comic is to deconstruct the [[AnthropicPrinciple suspiciously]] AdventureFriendlyWorld of the original series.
40	* CynicismCatalyst: Jax's [[ColdBloodedTorture capture by a rival gang]].
41	* DangerousDeserter: Penumbra. If he's going to die, he's going to do it on his own terms.
42	* DarkerAndEdgier: Than WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearofStarCommand, which is a major goal of the comic.
43	%%* DeconstructionFic
44	* DividedWeFall: The Parhelia and Star Command have a bigger enemy to face than each other, Zurg and his new army.
45	* DoesNotKnowHowToSayThanks: XR has never before experienced the kind of respect Jax shows him. It takes him a while to realize that's whats happening, and even longer to talk to her about it.
46	* EatingTheEyeCandy: Jax is completely oblivious to how XR is affected by her state of undress.
47	%%* EveryoneCanSeeIt
48	%%* EvilOnlyHasToWinOnce
49	* {{Expy}}: A HotBlooded yet somehow innocent ActionGirl with NoSocialSkills teams up with a DeadpanSnarker undercover soldier to defeat AVillainNamedZrg and [[Film/{{TheFifthElement}} save the galaxy with their love.]]
50	* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Unlike the original series.
51	%%* GameChanger: [[spoiler: Zurg's new plans.]]
52	%%* GoodOldFisticuffs: Jax's preferred fighting method.
53	%%* GoodTimesMontage
54	%%* GratuitousDiscoSequence
55	* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Jax and XR's [[SlapSlapKiss high-tension]] [[http://linerockets.webcomic.ws/comics/53/ sparring match in Chapter 7]].
56	* JustAMachine: A major source of conflict in the comic.
57	* KickTheDog: When a rival gang captures her, Jax gives away valuable information, [[InterrogatedForNothing but that wasn't the]] [[PastVictimShowcase point of the capture.]]
58	* LadykillerInLove: Depending on your view of XR, he's this when he begins to fall for Jax.
59	%%* LeParkour: Jax, where applicable. (Much to the surprise of XR.)
60	%%* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Natch.
61	%%* LoweredRecruitingStandards: A major alleged roadblock for Star Command.
62	%%* MagicVersusScience}: Jax and XR's partnership, loosely.
63	%%* MildlyMilitary: Star Command. Lampshaded.
64	* MissedHimByThatMuch: XR and Booster in the spaceport.
65	* MisfitMobilizationMoment: Pretty much the entire comic is this.
66	* NeckLift: Jax does this to Penumbra after they beat the crap out of each other.
67	* NeutralityBacklash: [[spoiler: Happens to Star Command, though they are not aware of their own neutrality.]]
68	* NobodyCanDie, NonlethalWarfare: Subverted, and lampshaded.
69	* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: By the end of the comic, [[spoiler: the galaxy is taking its first steps into war, and Space Rangers are refocusing their efforts. Civilians have made a dent in the Galactic Alliance system of peace-keeping, holding promise that when it all ends, there will be major alterations to galactic law. No more chances for casual wacky adventures, Star Command plans are being locked down tight and the entire galaxy is faced with change.]]
70	%%* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Our very own Evil Emperor Zurg.
71	* ObliviousToLove: Of the [[BrokenBird unworthy of love]] variety. XR tries to flirt with Jax multiple times, she never picks up on it.
72	* PersonalityPowers:
73	** Jax is no-nonsense, hot-blooded and violent by nature. She uses fire-powered-fisticuffs.
74	** XR is the most animated cast member, accustomed to being used and believing he personally doesn't stand for anything in particular has an immense array of weapons and gadgets.
75	** Ves is cold, clinical and methodical. Despite having natural powers like his sister, he prefers knives and small, quiet guns.
76	** Enif is energetic, bubbly and ruthless. She uses acrobatics, and colorful katanas.
77	** Penumbra is pragmatic and down-to-earth. He uses infantry-centered weapons and is no stranger to hand-to-hand combat.
78	%%* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: Jax's cuts and stab wound scars on her hip.
79	%%* PlotDrivingSecret: [[spoiler: The brewing war.]]
80	* PoliceAreUseless: As BigDamnHeroes Space Rangers are incredibly adept. At actual law enforcement, ''well''...
81	%%* RecruitingTheCriminal: The premise of the comic.
82	%%* RedOniBlueOni: Jax and Ves, respectively.
83	%%* {{Robosexual}}: Natch.
84	* RunningGag: Jax casually pushing XR over with her foot, Jax ComicallyMissingThePoint when XR tries to flirt with her, them being assumed to be a couple.
85	%%* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
86	* SecretWeapon: Zurg has a new one almost every episode, but this time [[spoiler: it's a [[HiddenArmyReveal Secret Army.]]]]
87	* ShoutOut
88	** Primus's name is a reference to ''[[Theatre/{{RUR}} Rossum's Universal Robots]]''.
89	** '''Jax''': "Okay, okay, don't go all [[Film/{{Alien}} Ellen Ripley]] on me!"
90	* SidekickGraduationsStick: XR is one of two main characters, neither of which is Buzz Lightyear.
91	* SoldierVsWarrior: XR vs. Jax
92	* SpaceOpera: Loosely.
93	* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Jax, who has been in prison for five years.
94	* SympatheticPOV: A major theme of the comic. While WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand's main focus is on the best of the best, Line Rockets follows the story of a depressed and chronically unlucky ex-con, and Team Lightyear's very own ChewToy.
95	%%* TagTeamTwins: Jax and Ves, back in the day.
96	%%* TeethClenchedTeamwork
97	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Averted. With Enora, Enif, Jax, Nida and Rose the comic adds ([[YMMV/{{HomePage}} much-needed]]) female characters to the original [[WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand BLoSC]] cast.
98	%%* TinyGuyHugeGirl
99	%%* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot
100	%%* {{Troperiffic}}
101	* TrueLoveIsExceptional: XR doesn't believe Jax is "girlfriend material", because she's a violent, crude and unfeminine bad girl. [[spoiler: he ends up ''proposing'' to her.]]
102	%%* VillainsActHeroesReact: A major theme of the comic.
103	%%* VillainessesWantHeroes: Jax and XR, in a very understated sense.
104	%%* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove
105	%%* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman
106	%%* WinYourFreedom
107	%%* WorthyOpponent: Both Ves and Zod eventually come to see Jax as this.
108	%%* WretchedHive: Trade World, where nearly all of the flashbacks take place.
109	%%* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre
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112	!!Characters:
113	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lrimagejax11.png]]
114	[[caption-width-right:350:"Oh, cry me a river! I'm not pushing you around! I just need you to ''stay out of my way.''"]]
115	'''Jax''', A former criminal who used to work for Zod, but was captured. She was in prison for five years before the start of the story, where she is given leave from her seven-year sentence to help take him down. If she is successful, she won't have to worry about being hunted by him when she is released, and she will gain early parole. [[PlotTwist Or that's the idea, anyway.]]
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117	%%* ALighterShadeOfBlack
118	%%* BadLiar: And how.
119	%%* BloodKnight
120	%%* BrokenBird
121	%%* BruiserWithASoftCenter
122	%%* DarkActionGirl
123	%%* ICouldaBeenAContender
124	%%* InnocentFanserviceGirl
125	%%* KnightInSourArmor
126	%%* NoSocialSkills
127	%%* PlayingWithFire
128	%%* PhlebotinumGirl
129	%%* ScaryTeeth
130	%%* SmokingIsCool
131	%%* TheQuietOne
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133	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lrimagexr.png]]
134	[[caption-width-right:350:"And my team... they're all good people, and I'm not like that. So if I need to get knocked around a little so they can save the galaxy over and over again, it's a small price to pay. And anyway, I like being a part of it."]]
135	'''XR''', Star Command's only robotic Space Ranger. Up until this point he has worked exclusively with Team Lightyear. If you need to read this character page to know who XR is, chances are you're not going to understand a big portion of the comic. He has [[Characters/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand his own character page]] on the [[WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command page]], but since he plays a very different role in the comic from the cartoon he has some new tropes of his own for this page as well.
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137	%%* BrattyHalfPint: Jax thinks he is a SpoiledBrat, but really he is ThePollyanna
138	%%* CaptainOblivious
139	%%* FishOutOfWater
140	%%* HiddenDepths
141	* InnocentlyInsensitive
142	--> '''XR''': First of all, I'm not going to mess up. Second, even if I did, So what? Someone else would put away this Zod guy, you'd go back to prison for another two years and have to eat prison food for another two years? You're a "bad guy"! You can handle it. But it's not going to happen because you're on the side of good, now. The winning side? You should be happy!
143	--> '''Jax''': Are you even... Listening to what's coming out of your mouth?!
144	%%* LetsGetDangerous
145	* MotorMouth: He's not actually that bad, but to Jax who doesn't speak much herself he's a major nuisance. That might have more to do with ''what'' he says, instead of how ''much'' he says.
146	%%* NobleBigotWithABadge
147	* OneRiotOneRanger: XR underestimates himself. Luckily, his team doesn't.
148	%%* RidiculouslyHumanRobot
149	%%* TalkingYourWayOut
150	* TheFriendNobodylikes: The comic takes a turn for the meta when XR explains to Jax that he knows nobody respects him, and that's why he acts so ridiculously sometimes.
151	%%* TheSoCalledCoward
152	%%* TookALevelInBadass
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154	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lrimageenora.png]]
155	[[caption-width-right:350:"I appreciate that, sir; but this is my responsibility, and I do prefer to think my credentials mean ''something''."]]
156	'''Enora Cooke''', Jax's case worker. Enora genuinely wants to help Jax and seal the gaps between Star Command and the criminals they put away, but it almost constantly met with resistance. Her motivations are unclear but she tries to do the right thing, even if that doesn't always correspond with what others tell her the right thing is. She is a bit socially awkward. While Jax represents the "criminal" side, Enora represents the paper-pushers.
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158	%%* ALighterShadeOfGrey
159	%%* {{Determinator}}
160	%%* HotLibrarian
161	%%* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
162	%%* IronLady
163	%%* OddFriendship: With Jax.
164	%%* PrimandProperBun
165	%%* MarriedToTheJob
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167	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lrimageves.png]]
168	[[caption-width-right:350:"He has to know this is all in vain. I'm going to find out anyway. I always do."]]
169	'''Ves''', Jax's ambitious and ruthless brother. Where Jax has often failed, Ves has often succeeded. He used to run their family's fishing company before it faced some troubles and he dropped it to find morally questionable opportunity on Trade World. He recruited Jax into Zod's gang and is still Zod's right hand. However, he's not fond of orders that don't please him, and Zod knows this, so they must maintain a balance between them.
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171	%%* AloofBigBrother: He's Jax's twin, but judging by his attitude alone, you wouldn't know it.
172	%%* AloofDarkHairedgirl
173	%%* ALphaBitch: A rare male example. Ves was this as a teenager, and never quite grew out of it. It's only ever worked to his advantage.
174	%%* BastardUnderstudy
175	%%* DragonWithAnAgenda
176	%%* KlingonPromotion
177	%%* ManipulativeBastard
178	%%* NotSoStoic
179	%%* OpportunisticBastard
180	%%* SociopathicSoldier: Though he is Zod's first lieutenant.
181	%%* SoftspokenSadist
182	%%* TheAce
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184	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lrimageenif.png]]
185	[[caption-width-right:350:"Aye-aye, Cap'!"]]
186	'''Enif''', Ves's bubbly, positive and ruthless right hand. Little is known about Enif's past other than she's a "blue-blooded" Tangean, she's very young (though nobody knows how young) and she is an extremely high-functioning individual. Despite this mystery, she has a huge presence in the Parhelia, and often acts as Ves's eyes, ears, and even voice. She seems to thoroughly enjoy her job, and gets along well with just about everyone. She's good natured, silly and helpful. However, she's not nearly as laid-back as her attitude suggests, and everybody knows it. She's domineering, sharp as a knife and extremely intelligent.
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188	%%* BunnyEarsLawyer
189	%%* GamerChick
190	%%* GenkiGirl: Loosely.
191	%%* GirlyBruiser
192	%%* LipstickLesbian
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194	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lrimageprimus.png]]
195	[[caption-width-right:350:"I don't care whether or not people are aware of it... I may be 'man-made' but I'll be damned if I'm going to go around calling myself 'servant'. Organics may have given us life, but it's no charity."]]
196	'''"Primus"''', Formerly known as Autopilot 99. Alleged robot supremacist, really all he wants is a little justice. Primus has been a part of the Parhelia for over five years, and is head of security. However, recently there has been an extreme amount of strain between he and his superiors. [[spoiler: Zurg's new army includes ''intelligent'' hornets, which he sends to attack the Parhelia almost daily with the war on their heels, and the Parhelia shoots them down like they would any other intruder. Primus obviously has some very strong reasons for fighting against this. They're sentient robots, and so is he. He can't shoot down his own kind! And asking him to do so is madness.]] Of course, the Parhelia would kill any intruders, organic or otherwise, sentient or non-sentient, but Primus never really thought about the moral implications until it started to affect him, personally.
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199	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lrimagezod.png]]
200	[[caption-width-right:350:"''Fear'' is a powerful tool, Jax. Use it."]]
201	'''Zod''', The head of a large gang. He used to be the head of a drug ring on Trade World, and employed Ves and Jax as his lieutenants before Jax was caught by a rival gang, then arrested. In the five years Jax was in prison, Zod has developed an empire and absorbed multiple gangs into his command. His motives are currently unclear, but he has a suspiciously strong grip on the mission Jax and XR have been sent on by Star Command.
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203	%%* AVillainNamedZrg
204	%%* BigBad:
205	%%* CardCarryingVillain: Played with.
206	%%* InsectoidAliens:

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