''Dimensional Eclipse'' is a GameMod for the ''VideoGame/FreeSpace'' series. Developed by [=Droid803=] and [=AndrewofDoom=], this mod is notable for the speed at which everything moves and the notable shift in power towards fighters, giving it a more ShootEmUp feel. It is possible to unlock and eventually fly as some of the fighters of renowned shoot em up games.

Michael "Mike" Mason is an {{Ordinary High School Student}} who eagerly awaits the continuation of his beloved ''[[{{Expy}} FireSpace]]'' series. After playing it only to be disappointed, he goes to bed for finals the next day only to wake up with a girl he's never seen in his life waiting for him outside his bed. She claims to come from the future in where humanity is under threat of invasion from an alien race known as the [[TheEmpire Exarchy]]. She believes the skill Mike has in ''[= FireSpace 2=]'' multiplayer, is [[Film/TheLastStarfighter just what humanity of the future needs to defeat the impending Exarchy threat]]. At first [[RefusalofTheCall Mike did not believe what he was told]], but after seeing a portal in his refrigerator he quickly changed his mind. After crossing the portal into the future, he begins his new life as a pilot of the Heaven's Alliance company Ishtar.

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!!''Dimensional Eclipse'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* AirstrikeImpossible: Two examples.
** The attack on the pirate hideout in the mission "Bunker Buster".
** The second half of "Fall".
* ApocalypseHow: Class 1 happens to Earth during the First Event, [[spoiler:And later Earth and Mars receive Class 5 destruction from the ''Amaterasu'' glassing the planets.]]
* BlandNameProduct:
** ''[[VideoGame/FreeSpace FireSpace]]''
** ''[[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Gladius]]''
** ''[[VideoGame/ThunderForce Lightning Force]]''
* BonusMaterial: "[=YuriFessa=]", the incomplete mission left in the Tech Room.
* BossOnlyLevel: "Bloody Talons"
* CatGirl: [[spoiler:Erika Seris a.k.a. ''Glaive 1'']]
* CerebusRollercoaster: Depending what route you get in the game, the mood shifts quite drastically back and forth.
* CoresAndTurretsBoss: The [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Big Core Rev 1.2]].
* CrossOver: Lots! Often justified as being as inspiration for practical designs to use for combat spacecraft.
** ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'': The Vic Viper is a playable fighter as well as Zubs and the Big Core and its variants showing up as enemies.
** ''VideoGame/WingsofDawn'': The Ray Mk IV is an unlockable fighter.
** ''VideoGame/ThunderForce'': The Fire LEO-04 "Rynex" is an unlockable fighter.
* DeadpanSnarker: Shizuku
* DegradedBoss: The second time ''Glaive 1'' appears [[spoiler:she]] isn't the focus of the mission anymore.
* EliteMooks: The Lerzidi
* {{Expy}}: Sort of, from ''VideoGame/WingsOfDawn''.
** Baltradaans -- Nordera
** Askaeldians -- Fura'ngle
** Lerzidi -- Zy
* FlunkyBoss: ''Glaive 1''
* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: Also happens to be a ShoutOut:
** Trainee
** Rookie
** Hotshot
** Ace
** Insane
* IKnowMortalKombat: Apparently Mike's skills in ''[=FireSpace=]'' allowed him to adjust to the future without much trouble.
* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: Zigzagged. Earth isn't the center of human civilization anymore, and is a lot worse off than most of the colonies. On the other hand, after [[spoiler:the Exarchy blasts it into a sea of fire]], everyone gets quite angry.
* GenreShift: The mission ''Shipping Manifests'' has the player flying a warship instead of a fighter.
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: The ''Amaterasu'']]
* MacrossMissileMassacre
* MoneyFetish: Megan
* NintendoHard: If you ever thought ''VideoGame/WingsOfDawn'' was hard...
* OhCrap: Everyone's reaction when they realize [[spoiler:they weren't even fighting the main Exarchy force.]]
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: The Heaven's Alliance
* PuppeteerParasite: The Askaeldians, though this is an unusual version. The original Askaeldian has no consciousness on its own, but rather undergoes something of a FusionDance once it has acquired a host, merging the original host's consciousness with it, as well as altering some of the host's biological structures, though not much is known otherwise. [[spoiler:Erika]] is probably one of these.
* TheQuietOne: Senya
* RedShirtArmy: Federated Terran Commonwealth Command or [=FedCom=].
* ShoutOut:
** In the mission "The Departure", there is a ship that is named the [[Franchise/DeadSpace Ishimura and is the first appearance of the Ncrsmrph race]].
** The Ray Mk IV [[VideoGame/ThunderForce Brigandine]].
** The [[IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels difficulty level names]] match those of ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}''.
** Also you may notice the Narayana- and Solaris-class ships from ''VideoGame/BluePlanet'' (there is even one called ''Solaris''), though this is may also be a case of PropRecycling. The reverse is true as well, the Blizzard is the new model for the UEF Lao Tze in ''Blue Planet''.
** Mike compares the opening plot to ''[[Film/TheLastStarfighter The Last Starbomber]]'', albeit with a TimeTravel twist.
** The pirate base mission [[VideoGame/ZeroWing ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US, SOMEBODY SET US UP THE BOMB, and YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE SO MAKE YOUR TIME]].
* ShrinkingViolet: Sora
* SpacePirates: The focus of the side missions
* TakeThat: [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 "Alpha 1 has become an hero by saving civillians from the Sheevan threat! You can more an heroes by buying the Downloadable Content!"]]
* TimeTravel
* WatchingTroyBurn: [[spoiler:When Earth was slagged by the ''Amaterasu'' and the heroes arrived a little late]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The ''Relentless'' and ''Descendent''.
* YuriFan: The captain of the ''[[VideoGame/WingsOfDawn CRYSTAL×MISUZU]]''.

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