[[http://www.void-dogs.com/ ''Void Dogs'']] is a {{fantasy}} SpaceOpera by AlexandraErin, better known for the adult fantasy series ''Literature/TalesOfMU''. This lighter, more comedic story follows the misadventures of the crew of the ''Shays Rebellion'', a deep space cargo ship owned by a shady businessman and manned by nameless {{RedShirt}}s and a crew of "lovable" rogues, including:

* Lilliana Corsair, scheming "den mother" and manager of the ship's affairs.
* Dick Unger, the pilot.
* Regan Bard, delusional mechanic. Possible exiled prince.
* Galatea Adams, oversexed computer expert.
* Leo Parda, a genetically altered cat man.
* Nick Bradley, a practitioner of the "clone lifestyle."
* Handy, [=AKA=] Handjob, one of a group of mass-produced parahumans with another set of arms instead of legs.

The ship's owner, Daniel Shays, doesn't care what the crew does as long as they keep the money coming in.

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!!Provides examples of:
* ActionSurvivor: Lilliana
* AnvilOnHead: When the ship is boarded, Handy drops various items including potted plants, a bowling ball and an anchor out of the air ducts onto the intruders. The incongruity of keeping things like potted plants, a bowling ball or an anchor in the duct system is noted.
* AuthorFilibuster: In a couple places, the action halts while the narration or a character explains something that bugs the author about science fiction. It's PlayedForLaughs.
* AWizardDidIt: FasterThanLightTravel, ArtificialGravity, anything else that's impossible or wildly improbable according to the laws of physics is said to be magic instead.
* {{BFG}}: Cicada's [=GSMR=] gun.
* {{BFS}}: Regan's monoedge sword.
* TheCaptain: Not present among this crew of sociopaths.
%%* CoolStarship: The ''Rebellion''
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Regan, full stop. Most of the time, she barely seems competent. When the fighting starts, it's a different story. It helps that she's also TheBerserker.
* CloudCuckoolander: Regan. Half of what she says is delusions. The other half is lies.
* TheCaper: The museum job.
* DeadpanSnarker: Leo.
* DirtyCoward: Daniel Shays. He's willing to throw non-essential personnel to a pursuing necromancer in order to make sure he gets away. Lilliana is a more pragmatic version of this.
* DramaticGunCock: Lampshaded. A button producing user selectable gun cock sound effects is built into Cicada's high-tech BFG.
* {{Expy}}: Handy is essentially one of Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's [[Literature/VorkosiganSaga quaddies]] with her ComicallySerious knob turned up to 11.
* FutureImperfect:
** One chapter includes references to Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti's ''Art/{{David}}'' {{sculpture|s}} and Creator/EdvardMunch's famous Art/{{The Scream|Munch}} poster.
** Not to mention Regan's favorite author, the great Irish writer MarcTwain!
** Plus New York city was believed to be a myth for a long time, "An English colony on the American coast, seriously?"
* InsistentTerminology: Regan insists on putting a ''the'' before all names or nicknames
* OrphanedEtymology: Lampshaded repeatedly, including a self deprecating reference to an "early 21st century writer" who was notorious for her insistence on repeatedly lampshading OrphanedEtymology.
* PoliceCodeForEverything: The ''Fickle Finger'''s security has a code for "exiled royalty has detonated a bottle". They also have one for "exiled royalty has detonated a turtle".
* ScheduleSlip: Seems to be getting better, though.
* SpacePeople: Liliana is a "space gypsy" while Handy is designed for zero-g work.
* {{Technobabble}}: ruthlessly mocked as scientific-sounding excuses for AWizardDidIt
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The museum job.
* UsedFuture: used, abused, and sold at a discount.
* WrenchWench: Regan, but don't call her a wench. She's actually the exiled prince of Nova Hibernia.
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