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* ILoveNuclearPower: The ''New York''-class ships have four 100MW nuclear-thermal reactors providing shipboard power as well as propulsion. Of course, the only time it needs all four running at once is during actual superluminal operations.
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* PowerSource: The ''New York''-class ships have four 100MW nuclear-thermal reactors providing shipboard power as well as propulsion. Of course, the only time it needs all four running at once is during actual superluminal operations.
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* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Rates a solid 3.5. While the FTL drive and the Medusa are the OneBigLie in an otherwise realistic story, the only real implications explored are those of immediate concern to the plot.
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* BulletproofVest: Nathan dons one halfway through. RealityEnsues when he's shot in the chest, as he explicitly mentions how painful it is for practically the rest of the story. [[spoiler:Turns out he toughed out three broken ribs from the bullet impacts.]]
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* BulletproofVest: Nathan dons one halfway through. RealityEnsues Subverted when he's shot in the chest, as he explicitly mentions how painful it is for practically the rest of the story. [[spoiler:Turns out he toughed out three broken ribs from the bullet impacts.]]
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--> ''The position error for the average warp jump is roughly the volume of Jupiter, which I guess isn't bad, considering that we're covering one light-year every half hour. I'd be happy to have that kind of accuracy on the pistol range.''
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--> ''The position error for the average warp jump is roughly the volume of Jupiter, which I guess isn't bad, considering that we're covering one light-year every half hour.bad for a giant middle finger to the laws of physics. I'd be happy to have that kind of accuracy on the pistol range.''
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* BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Benzaio]]
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Evelyn Charles, Sgt. Smirnov, the entire command staff...]]
* ArtificialGravity: Downplayed in that only the biggest ships have it. Nathan is noted as being exceptionally skilled in microgravity maneuvering.
* ArtificialGravity: Downplayed in that only the biggest ships have it. Nathan is noted as being exceptionally skilled in microgravity maneuvering.
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Evelyn Charles, Sgt. Chief Smirnov, the entire command staff...]]
* ArtificialGravity: Downplayed in that only the biggest ships have it. Nathan is noted as being exceptionally skilled in microgravitymaneuvering.maneuvering, which comes in handy when he pulls the plug on the gravity generators.
* ArtificialGravity: Downplayed in that only the biggest ships have it. Nathan is noted as being exceptionally skilled in microgravity
* DisabilitySuperpower: Nathan is badly nearsighted, and has to wear glasses. Their optical properties slow down the Medusa's mind-control power, which allows him to fight back.
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* ILoveNuclearPower: The ''New York''-class ships have four 100MW nuclear-thermal reactors providing shipboard power as well as propulsion.
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* ILoveNuclearPower: The ''New York''-class ships have four 100MW nuclear-thermal reactors providing shipboard power as well as propulsion. Of course, the only time it needs all four running at once is during actual superluminal operations.
* LaserBlade: There exist battery-powered handheld plasma torches that can serve as a variant of this trope. As Nathan discovers during the Engineering escape, it makes an ideal close-combat defensive weapon.
* LocationThemeNaming: The ''New York''-class ships are all named after cities - ''New York, Denver, Seattle, Orlando, Wichita, Little Rock,'' and the under-construction ''St. Petersburg'' and ''Shanghai''.
* MinovskyPhysics: The Workman-Lenne superluminal drive and the Medusa's effects on her targets both operate strictly under physical laws set out in the story.
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* PapaWolf: No matter how good he is at [[NoSell no-selling]] any attempt to emotionally manipulate him, do ''not'' get between him and his family. [[spoiler:Benzaio]] nearly gets away while Nate gets his kids aboard the evacuating shuttlecraft.
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* PapaWolf: No matter how good he is at [[NoSell no-selling]] any attempt to emotionally manipulate him, do ''not'' get between him Nate Chuck and his family. [[spoiler:Benzaio]] nearly gets away while Nate gets his kids aboard the evacuating shuttlecraft.
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* ShownTheirWork: Anastasia Vladimirovna Romanova not only has a proper Russian name (birth name, patronym, surname), but her PoirotSpeak is rare and only shows up where it would make sense, such as the precise technical terms.
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* ShownTheirWork: Anastasia Vladimirovna Romanova not only has a proper Russian name (birth name, patronym, surname), but her PoirotSpeak is rare and only shows up where it would make sense, such as the precise technical terms.
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* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler:The fuel gallery, for one.]] Rigging a safety switch to explode in the enemy's face turns out to be a bad idea near an active fuel leak.
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* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler:The fuel gallery, for one.]] Rigging a safety switch to explode in the enemy's face turns out to be a bad idea near an active fuel leak.leak.
* SubspaceAnsible: To get around that pesky "radio waves travel at lightspeed" problem, the ship's warp drive can be used to fire small "data drones" - basically flash memory carried aboard small drone ships. The drone ships have their own miniature drives but require an external source of exotic matter to make their jumps. Nathan manages to fire one off with an SOS in it.
* {{Technobabble}}: JustifiedTrope. The main characters are engineers, speaking to one another in technical terms and leaving the audience to figure out what the terms mean by context. To his credit, Nathan explains the plot-relevant stuff in his narration.
* SubspaceAnsible: To get around that pesky "radio waves travel at lightspeed" problem, the ship's warp drive can be used to fire small "data drones" - basically flash memory carried aboard small drone ships. The drone ships have their own miniature drives but require an external source of exotic matter to make their jumps. Nathan manages to fire one off with an SOS in it.
* {{Technobabble}}: JustifiedTrope. The main characters are engineers, speaking to one another in technical terms and leaving the audience to figure out what the terms mean by context. To his credit, Nathan explains the plot-relevant stuff in his narration.
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A Sci-Fi thriller, currently being written by troper @/{{Thunderchin}}.
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A Sci-Fi MilitaryScienceFiction thriller, currently being written by troper @/{{Thunderchin}}.
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* AirVentPassageway: The maintenance access tunnels serve this function; unlike actual air vents, they are actually designed for human beings to maneuver through.
** [[spoiler:Benzaio also has one on under his space suit in the climax. Of course, actually making use of the vest renders the space suit useless.]]
* ClusterFBomb: Pretty much everyone is a source of these.
* CutTheJuice: Done to the ship's gravity and warp drive, among others.
* DuctTapeForEverything: One of the first things Nathan grabs when raiding the Engineering supplies is a roll of the silver stuff, which he then uses most of during the events to follow - from patching up a broken strap on his bag all the way up to ''sealing a hole in the ship''. Okay, so he had a chunk of metal lying around to plug the hole, and the tape was used to seal the edges, but still. He and Anastasia even have a discussion comparing Duct Tape to ''Jesus''.
* MacGyvering: [[OnceAnEpisode Once per chapter]] at the very least.
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* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Rates a solid 3.5. While the FTL drive is the OneBigLie in an otherwise realistic story, the only real implications explored are those of immediate concern to the plot.
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* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Rates a solid 3.5. While the FTL drive is and the Medusa are the OneBigLie in an otherwise realistic story, the only real implications explored are those of immediate concern to the plot.
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A Sci-Fi thriller, currently being written by troper @/{{Thunderchin}}.
In 2085, humanity's first [[FasterThanLightTravel FTL ships]] are a few years into their operations in the U.S. Navy. Many new stellar systems are charted, and the seeds of the new colonies are just beginning to bear fruit. There's a Russian crew aboard the USS ''Little Rock'', undergoing training in preparation for their country taking delivery of one of the new warp-capable vessels. From the point of view of ship's [[TheEngineer engineer]] Nathan Charles, all is going well.
That is, until the prisoner Medusa escapes the ship's brig during the return voyage, enthralling anyone who locks eyes with her as she takes control of the ship and holds everyone else aboard hostage. A game of cat-and-mouse follows as Lieutenant Charles evades capture and tries to stop the Medusa before her plan succeeds.
!!Below Decks provides examples of the following:
* AndIMustScream: Those under Medusa's thrall are fully conscious and aware of what their bodies are doing, as relayed by those who survived to have it wear off.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Evelyn Charles, Sgt. Smirnov, the entire command staff...]]
* ArtificialGravity: Downplayed in that only the biggest ships have it. Nathan is noted as being exceptionally skilled in microgravity maneuvering.
* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:Nathan is revealed to have a robotic right arm from the elbow down. Attempting feats of super strength aside from super-grip is noted as risking nervous and spinal damage; however, he uses this to his advantage in fistfights he otherwise has no business winning. An {{EMP}} later kills all functionality, but fortunately, he remembers where he keeps his spare.]]
* ATeamFiring: Nathan with pistols. He even cracks a joke at his own expense:
--> ''The position error for the average warp jump is roughly the volume of Jupiter, which I guess isn't bad, considering that we're covering one light-year every half hour. I'd be happy to have that kind of accuracy on the pistol range.''
* BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Benzaio]]
* BrainyBrunette: Anastasia is studying to be a ship's engineer, and is every bit Lt. Charles' counterpart. Her mastery of both English and her native Russian also makes her well-suited for translating the ship's immense documentation.
* BulletproofVest: Nathan dons one halfway through. RealityEnsues when he's shot in the chest, as he explicitly mentions how painful it is for practically the rest of the story. [[spoiler:Turns out he toughed out three broken ribs from the bullet impacts.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The fuel leak, initially the reason ''Little Rock'' leaves Betel III two weeks early, becomes a severe hazard to Nate and the Mooks that chase him through the fuel gallery.
* CoolShip: The entire line of ''New York''-class warp-capable ships.
* [[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard]] [[RecycledInSpace On A Spaceship]], as the author himself describes.
* FakeRussian: An InUniverse example, as Nate has to fake such an accent to avoid being identified. It helps that he's been talking to ''actual'' Russians in the months previous, and the person he's talking to is actively helping him pass it off.
* HyperspaceLanes: Established as a method of controlling traffic and giving the best possible places for ships to cool off between jumps while avoiding hazards.
* ILoveNuclearPower: The ''New York''-class ships have four 100MW nuclear-thermal reactors providing shipboard power as well as propulsion.
* InMediasRes: The framing device of the book is Nathan, now a ShellShockedVeteran, writing his autobiography after the fact.
* LectureAsExposition: The audience learns about how the warp drive works as Nathan explains the basics to his kids. This is built upon during the conversations in Engineering.
* LifeOrLimbDecision: [[spoiler:Nathan]] only wins the fight with [[spoiler:the possessed Smirnov]] with the sacrifice of his ArtificialLimbs.
* MedalOfDishonor: [[spoiler:Nathan]] sees his [[spoiler:Medal Of Honor]] as a grim reminder of the people who died that day, and his [[spoiler:Purple Heart]] as laughter in his face, that he lived and they died.
* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Rates a solid 3.5. While the FTL drive is the OneBigLie in an otherwise realistic story, the only real implications explored are those of immediate concern to the plot.
* NoGravityForYou: The natural conclusion of villains unaccustomed to microgravity and an engineer who can control the ArtificialGravity while moving gracefully within it.
* [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Our Medusas Are Different]]: This one mind-controls her marks instead of petrifying them. There also seems to be an upper limit to how many she can have at one time, as it apparently wears off until eye contact is made again.
* PapaWolf: No matter how good he is at [[NoSell no-selling]] any attempt to emotionally manipulate him, do ''not'' get between him and his family. [[spoiler:Benzaio]] nearly gets away while Nate gets his kids aboard the evacuating shuttlecraft.
* ScienceHero: Nathan uses his intellect, intimate knowledge of his ship, and a few improvised creations from whatever he could find lying around.
** MinoredInAsskicking: He also possesses standard military training, and is at least competent with rifles.
* ShownTheirWork: Anastasia Vladimirovna Romanova not only has a proper Russian name (birth name, patronym, surname), but her PoirotSpeak is rare and only shows up where it would make sense, such as the precise technical terms.
** The symptoms of microgravity exposure are also correctly portrayed, from the urgent need to relieve oneself to the chance a particular person might suffer nausea.
* SlaveMooks: Everyone under the Medusa's thrall.
* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler:The fuel gallery, for one.]] Rigging a safety switch to explode in the enemy's face turns out to be a bad idea near an active fuel leak.
In 2085, humanity's first [[FasterThanLightTravel FTL ships]] are a few years into their operations in the U.S. Navy. Many new stellar systems are charted, and the seeds of the new colonies are just beginning to bear fruit. There's a Russian crew aboard the USS ''Little Rock'', undergoing training in preparation for their country taking delivery of one of the new warp-capable vessels. From the point of view of ship's [[TheEngineer engineer]] Nathan Charles, all is going well.
That is, until the prisoner Medusa escapes the ship's brig during the return voyage, enthralling anyone who locks eyes with her as she takes control of the ship and holds everyone else aboard hostage. A game of cat-and-mouse follows as Lieutenant Charles evades capture and tries to stop the Medusa before her plan succeeds.
!!Below Decks provides examples of the following:
* AndIMustScream: Those under Medusa's thrall are fully conscious and aware of what their bodies are doing, as relayed by those who survived to have it wear off.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Evelyn Charles, Sgt. Smirnov, the entire command staff...]]
* ArtificialGravity: Downplayed in that only the biggest ships have it. Nathan is noted as being exceptionally skilled in microgravity maneuvering.
* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:Nathan is revealed to have a robotic right arm from the elbow down. Attempting feats of super strength aside from super-grip is noted as risking nervous and spinal damage; however, he uses this to his advantage in fistfights he otherwise has no business winning. An {{EMP}} later kills all functionality, but fortunately, he remembers where he keeps his spare.]]
* ATeamFiring: Nathan with pistols. He even cracks a joke at his own expense:
--> ''The position error for the average warp jump is roughly the volume of Jupiter, which I guess isn't bad, considering that we're covering one light-year every half hour. I'd be happy to have that kind of accuracy on the pistol range.''
* BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Benzaio]]
* BrainyBrunette: Anastasia is studying to be a ship's engineer, and is every bit Lt. Charles' counterpart. Her mastery of both English and her native Russian also makes her well-suited for translating the ship's immense documentation.
* BulletproofVest: Nathan dons one halfway through. RealityEnsues when he's shot in the chest, as he explicitly mentions how painful it is for practically the rest of the story. [[spoiler:Turns out he toughed out three broken ribs from the bullet impacts.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The fuel leak, initially the reason ''Little Rock'' leaves Betel III two weeks early, becomes a severe hazard to Nate and the Mooks that chase him through the fuel gallery.
* CoolShip: The entire line of ''New York''-class warp-capable ships.
* [[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard]] [[RecycledInSpace On A Spaceship]], as the author himself describes.
* FakeRussian: An InUniverse example, as Nate has to fake such an accent to avoid being identified. It helps that he's been talking to ''actual'' Russians in the months previous, and the person he's talking to is actively helping him pass it off.
* HyperspaceLanes: Established as a method of controlling traffic and giving the best possible places for ships to cool off between jumps while avoiding hazards.
* ILoveNuclearPower: The ''New York''-class ships have four 100MW nuclear-thermal reactors providing shipboard power as well as propulsion.
* InMediasRes: The framing device of the book is Nathan, now a ShellShockedVeteran, writing his autobiography after the fact.
* LectureAsExposition: The audience learns about how the warp drive works as Nathan explains the basics to his kids. This is built upon during the conversations in Engineering.
* LifeOrLimbDecision: [[spoiler:Nathan]] only wins the fight with [[spoiler:the possessed Smirnov]] with the sacrifice of his ArtificialLimbs.
* MedalOfDishonor: [[spoiler:Nathan]] sees his [[spoiler:Medal Of Honor]] as a grim reminder of the people who died that day, and his [[spoiler:Purple Heart]] as laughter in his face, that he lived and they died.
* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Rates a solid 3.5. While the FTL drive is the OneBigLie in an otherwise realistic story, the only real implications explored are those of immediate concern to the plot.
* NoGravityForYou: The natural conclusion of villains unaccustomed to microgravity and an engineer who can control the ArtificialGravity while moving gracefully within it.
* [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Our Medusas Are Different]]: This one mind-controls her marks instead of petrifying them. There also seems to be an upper limit to how many she can have at one time, as it apparently wears off until eye contact is made again.
* PapaWolf: No matter how good he is at [[NoSell no-selling]] any attempt to emotionally manipulate him, do ''not'' get between him and his family. [[spoiler:Benzaio]] nearly gets away while Nate gets his kids aboard the evacuating shuttlecraft.
* ScienceHero: Nathan uses his intellect, intimate knowledge of his ship, and a few improvised creations from whatever he could find lying around.
** MinoredInAsskicking: He also possesses standard military training, and is at least competent with rifles.
* ShownTheirWork: Anastasia Vladimirovna Romanova not only has a proper Russian name (birth name, patronym, surname), but her PoirotSpeak is rare and only shows up where it would make sense, such as the precise technical terms.
** The symptoms of microgravity exposure are also correctly portrayed, from the urgent need to relieve oneself to the chance a particular person might suffer nausea.
* SlaveMooks: Everyone under the Medusa's thrall.
* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler:The fuel gallery, for one.]] Rigging a safety switch to explode in the enemy's face turns out to be a bad idea near an active fuel leak.
