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%%* BoobsOfSteel: "Hey, they float!"
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* HurtingHero: But very [[TheStoic stoically]].
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* RealityEnsues: The Emperor is the only person who knows where and how to get [=AM2=]. [=AM2=] is used for everything from starship fuel to ammunition. So after [[spoiler: he dies at the end of ''Revenge of the Damned'']], the Privy Council drives itself crazy trying to find where and how to get more, because they're rapidly running out of time until they run out- and then they're well and truly fucked.




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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The Emperor is the only person who knows where and how to get [=AM2=]. [=AM2=] is used for everything from starship fuel to ammunition. So after [[spoiler: he dies at the end of ''Revenge of the Damned'']], the Privy Council drives itself crazy trying to find where and how to get more, because they're rapidly running out of time until they run out- and then they're well and truly fucked.

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* TheFettered: Doesn't trust anyone with power, including ''himself'', which is why [[spoiler: his first incarnation arranged things so that none of his subsequent clones would be able to deviate from a moral standard enforced by the computer governing his resurrection facility]].

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* TheFettered: Doesn't trust anyone with power, including ''himself'', which is why [[spoiler: his first incarnation arranged things so that none of his subsequent clones would be able to deviate from a moral standard enforced by the computer governing his resurrection facility]].facility. The bomb in his body is designed to blow him up if his incarnation gets particularly psycho or cruel. He comes back insane in the last three books because it turns out his resurrection facility was badly damaged by a meteor (and he has the bomb surgically removed)]].


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* AmicableExes: They break up offscreen by the second book, but agree to be "Just friends." Though one time Bet sneaks into Sten's bed because she was feeling "really friendly."
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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: He's killed at the end of ''Revenge of the Damned'' and returns in ''[[CaptainObvious The Return of the Emperor]]'', but Sten permanently kills him in ''Empire's End''.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: He's killed at the end of ''Revenge of the Damned'' and returns in ''[[CaptainObvious The ''The Return of the Emperor]]'', Emperor'', but Sten permanently kills him in ''Empire's End''.]]
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* BadassNormal - while there are no 'supers' in this universe, as an average human (actually described as slight), he holds his own among much stronger extraterrestrials and HeavyWorlders

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* BadassNormal - while there are no 'supers' in this universe, as an average human (actually described as slight), he holds his own among much stronger extraterrestrials and HeavyWorlders{{Heavyworlder}}s

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* {{BadassNormal}} - while there are no 'supers' in this universe, as an average human (actually described as slight), he holds his own among much stronger extraterrestrials and HeavyWorlders

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* {{BadassNormal}} BadassNormal - while there are no 'supers' in this universe, as an average human (actually described as slight), he holds his own among much stronger extraterrestrials and HeavyWorlders



%%* BadAss: And how!
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%%* FriendlySniper

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%%* FriendlySniper* FriendlySniper - typically cheerful even on a mission, giving the nickname 'Cutie' to a target in one instance



%%* TheBigGuy

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%%* TheBigGuy* TheBigGuy - Bhors are big.



%%* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
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%%* * ReasonableAuthorityFigure - understands that as a leader among his people he has a lot of priorities to balance, so sometimes being a merchant has to take precedence over being the ProudWarriorRaceGuy
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%%* SupremeChef
* SupremeChef - has dug up old recipes to reminisce, and often uses cooking sessions as a backdrop when briefing a subordinate



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%%* ActionGirl* ActionGirl - meets Sten while on a raid to collect food for her team



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%%* DeadpanSnarker* DeadpanSnarker - nobody's ego is safe, not even their superior officers'
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%%* {{Badass}}

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%%* {{Badass}}* {{BadassNormal}} - while there are no 'supers' in this universe, as an average human (actually described as slight), he holds his own among much stronger extraterrestrials and HeavyWorlders



%%* ActionGirl

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%%* ActionGirl* ActionGirl - volunteers as Sten's bodyguard, and is the first chosen for many missions by her superiors
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%%* HeavyWorlder

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%%* HeavyWorlder* HeavyWorlder - from a high gravity world named Edinborough, which makes him a ViolentGlaswegian



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