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* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture: Justified or subverted, depending on the example. Galactic prison worlds use hard manual labor as a punishment; prisoners spend their days at such tasks as mining. A news item mentioning the longshoreman's union is a subversion: NamesTheSame, but these longshoremen are skilled workers who use such advanced tools as cranes and exoskeletons to load and unload ships, or operate robots that do it for them (depending on the spaceport).

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Darkwing Security, Ltd., headed by former Klavar Republic Navy captain Shandic'hend'odono, does mostly security work (including escort duty). Also Barney's Bandits, a smaller concern that is part SpacePirate, part PMC, and provides protection to a number of independent planets.

* SpaceIsCold: Averted by WordOfGod, referencing ''Franchise/MassEffect'' and Wiki/ThisVeryWiki. The reason Galactic capital ships have wings is to increase their surface area for radiating waste heat. Other tricks for getting rid of heat include honeycombing the ship with channels for liquid cooling agents that transfer heat to the outer hull. And the Axe-tails have AppliedPhlebotinum that lets them dump heat into hyperspace, which is the main reason their [[StealthInSpace cloaking devices]] are so effective.

* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: It's harder than stock ''Nova'' (and harder than ''Franchise/StarTrek''), but still pretty soft. I'm trying for at least Mohs/WorldOfPhlebotinum, if not Mohs/PhysicsPlus.

* FrickinLaserBeams:
** Axe-tail photon beams, Ganba neutron beams. Varellavite heat rays (infrared lasers meant to melt the target).
** Galactic "laser cannons" are technically plasma casters. They fire a particle beam excited by a laser. Same goes for Klavarese maser cannons.

* SpaceIsCold: Averted by WordOfGod, referencing ''Franchise/MassEffect'' and ThisVeryWiki. The reason Galactic capital ships have wings is to increase their surface area for radiating waste heat. Other tricks for getting rid of heat include honeycombing the ship with channels for liquid cooling agents that transfer heat to the outer hull. And the Axe-tails have AppliedPhlebotinum that lets them dump heat into hyperspace, which is the main reason their [[StealthInSpace cloaking devices]] are so effective.

* {{Patronymic}}: The Orions use the first name of their same-sex parent as their middle name.

* GoodColorsEvilColors: Played with. [[TheFederation Galactic]] ships are blue and gray, [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny Balcrusian]] ships use lots of blood red, [[TheRepublic Klavarese]] ships are purple (for decadence), [[TheKingdom Varellavites]] are brown, and Axe-tails (good guy antagonists) are yellow. Then the Ganba (borderline TheEmpire) go and subvert it with gray, green and yellow.

* TheKingdom: The Varellavite Imperium is a borderline example.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Several civilian ships are partly inspired by ships from the original ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity''. The [[http://fav.me/d32z3nv Carrack light freighter]] has been described as "[[http://www.evula.com/survival_guide/ev-ships/freighters.html Argosy]][[labelnote:*]]scroll down a ways on that page[[/labelnote]] [[XMeetsY meets cruise liner]]", while the [[http://starsword-c.deviantart.com/art/R-46-Starchaser-187426972 R-46 Starchaser]] is kind of a mashup of the Rapier and Clipper.

* PunctuationShaker: Axorian and Klavarese, though you've got to remember they've been [[TranslationConvention transliterated to English]]. With Axorian (Common or High), apostrophes indicate a non-standard syllabic break ''a la'' transliterating Japanese to English. For Klavarese, you'd have to ask TimothyZahn. The Klavarese [[ShoutOut get a lot of stuff from]] [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse the Chiss]], including the language.

* SpaceIsAnOcean: Partial use. Nautical terminology is used, as are wet-navy logistical and command structures. But space itself is not an ocean. [[{{Two-DSpace}} Space is 2D]] and has [[SpaceFriction friction]] only because of the EVN engine, and [[GameplayAndStorySegregation narratives]] avert it. Ships have a recognizable top and bottom for simplicity of design (and because many are designed to work both in atmosphere and in space). SpaceClouds only hide the ship if your sensors can't penetrate the interference (which virtually any military-grade sensor suite is fully capable of). And ion storms don't toss ships around, they just play merry hob with the electrics.

''EV Nova: United Galactic Federation'' is an in-progress [[GameMod total conversion]] for ''EscapeVelocity Nova''. Written mainly by [[Tropers/StarSword StarSword]], it is basically a StandardSciFiSetting with some subversions and aversions thrown in.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Several civilian ships are partly inspired by ships from the original ''EscapeVelocity''. The [[http://fav.me/d32z3nv Carrack light freighter]] has been described as "[[http://www.evula.com/survival_guide/ev-ships/freighters.html Argosy]][[labelnote:*]]scroll down a ways on that page[[/labelnote]] [[XMeetsY meets cruise liner]]", while the [[http://starsword-c.deviantart.com/art/R-46-Starchaser-187426972 R-46 Starchaser]] is kind of a mashup of the Rapier and Clipper.

* [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Starship]]: Merlin Starcraft Corporation paid for the opportunity to study and reverse-engineer the Kestrel flown by [[AuthorAvatar Matt Burch]] in ''Nova'' (an import from the ''EscapeVelocity Classic'' universe by way of a NegativeSpaceWedgie). They now produce it as the CR-72 ''Kestrel''-class light cruiser.

** The Balcrusian People's Republic, ''full bleeping stop''.

** Overlapping with FamousFamousFictional, United Galactic Navy battlecruisers are named for heroes and historical figures, including nonhuman ones. This means we get cruisers named UGNS ''Abraham Lincoln'', ''Nelson Mandela'', and ''Claus von Stauffenberg''[[labelote:*]]the guy who tried to briefcase-bomb Adolf Hitler in 1945[[/labelnote]], alongside ships named ''Vodai Kalan'', ''Keladu'chai'', and ''Ul'kan'sheenee''.