, with currently only one installment set in 2014.The 15 Keys provides examples of:
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: Every weapon used by Zach during the story
- Artificial Limbs: Though not outright stated, Monica is almost entirely cybernetic, and Zach has a cybernetic arm
- Bare-Handed Blade Block: The Senator did this during his fight with Zach
- Back-to-Back Badasses: Zach and Kadi, while he does more fighting he would be capable of none of it without her creations
- Big Bad: The Senator
- Blocking Stops All Damage: An in universe version for Zach, no matter what he blocks it wont hurt him
- Chekhov's Gun: "The mission has changed... A LOT
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Against a regular street thug
- Defeating the Undefeatable: This is apparently the point of the series, as Zach needs to defeat The Senator
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Zach destroyed the Dystopia, despite it being designed to counter cybernetics
- Dual Wield: Jacob does this with his swords
- Final Battle: Fighting Dystopia and then The Senator
- In the End, You Are on Your Own: Zach entered the core alone, and went to Katherine alone.
