Line #34 FanFic/TheBattleOfNewMombasa


1	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579866/1/The_Battle_of_New_Mombasa The Battle of New Mombasa]]'' is a ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' fan fic by Thuggery, written mostly out of boredom as an attempt to detail what exactly went on during the events of ''VideoGame/Halo2'' and ''[[VideoGame/Halo3ODST ODST]]'' that the player would not see. Written similarly to the much more famous ''Fanfic/TiberiumWars'' by Creator/{{Peptuck}}, it follows soldiers and ordinary citizens around Mombasa during the Battle of Earth. The author/troper doesn't particularly want to toot his own horn (and quite frankly finds that sort of behavior sexually deviant and more than slightly physically impossible), he'll let the tropes invoked speak for themselves.
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3	Also, it updates fairly irregularly.
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6	!! Tropes in ''The Battle of New Mombasa'' include:
7	%%* AnyoneCanDie: Oh so very true, let's keep a running tally, shall we?
8	* AuthorAppeal: Weapons. Lots of them. As well as the military.
9	%%* CodeName: A whole ream of them, some of them serious and others less so.
10	%%* ColdSniper
11	%%* DrillSergeantNasty: Commander 'Sraomee plays one for his men, but is largely [[AFatherToHisMen a more sympathetic sort of guy]] when they can't see him.
12	* FridgeBrilliance: Lampshaded. The NMPD have highly-regulated military-grade weapons. Where did they come from?
13	%%* FriendlySniper
14	* FunWithAcronyms: [[TruthInTelevision My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment, Sir! - M.A.R.I.N.E.S.]]
15	%%* GunPorn
16	%%* HellFire: Covenant plasma weapons.
17	%%* ImprobablePilotingSkills: The Backswords, possibly justified in that the Skyhawk is [[RuleOfCool just that awesome]].
18	%%* InterserviceRivalry: The Marines, the Army, and the Navy.
19	* OhCrap: Colonial Militia, meet the Mgalekgolo. Watch the decapitated Mgalekgolo get back up and continue walking.
20	%%* PetTheDog: Already with the Sangheili Ranger Commanders, who generally behave much like ordinary humans.
21	* SuperSoldier: The ONI reconnaissance operators, which are apparently Diet Spartans.
22	* SemperFi: Somewhat subverted. The UNSC Marine Corps shows up, but the dominant focus is on pretty much everyone else. The author has voiced a certain distaste for focusing on the Marines.
23	* ShownTheirWork: The dialogue between the Skyhawk pilots verges on the incomprehensible if the results of their actions weren't made obvious. Said dialogue is based on brevity codes.
24	* ShoutOut: Already several:
25	** The Sangheili commander in the first chapter has some lines that deliberately call back to ''Film/FullMetalJacket''.
26	** The NMPD SWAT team members are all named after members of ''Series/TheUnit''.
27	** Plenty of requisite '7' references.
28	** The UNSC [[Series/DoctorWho Five Rounds Rapid]]
29	** Commander 'Sraomee has a conversation with one of his troopers that is highly reminiscent of something said in ''Series/GenerationKill''.
30	** In Chapter I, one of the characters' names is [[Creator/MarlonBrando Marlon]] [[Film/ApocalypseNow Kurtz]]
31	** Also in Chapter I, the character above reports to an Admiral [[Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Theodore Preston]]
32	** [[TabletopGame/BattleTech The junior detective in the prologue.]]
33	** Chapter II has mention of several veterans of [[Franchise/StarshipTroopers Zegema Beach.]]
34	** Colonel [[TabletopGame/BattleTech Thomas Hogarth]]. Not unusual considering that the author is a ''[=BattleTech=]'' fan.
35	%%* SophisticatedAsHell
36	%%* TankGoodness: The M808A "Deathstalker" MBT.
37	%%* TheWarRoom: Mentioned and shown with HIGHCOM-6.
38	%%* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The ANVIL-IV Air-to-Surface Missile.
39	%%* WarFic: Duh.
40	%%* WarIsHell: Oh yes it is...
41	%%* YourHeadAsplode: Used frequently but not all the time describing headshots.

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