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* LensmanArmsRace: To keep up with the Arachnids, the Allied.navies (especially the Terrans) are forced to build more--and bigger--warships than ever.
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* LensmanArmsRace: To keep up with the Arachnids, the Allied.Allied navies (especially the Terrans) are forced to build more--and bigger--warships than ever.
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** The aliens got their ideology from an isolated Terran expedition while the Terrans and Khanate were at war. When the aliens emerged into the galaxy, the Terrans and Khanate were on friendlier terms....
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* PoorCommunicationKills: What starts the two wars against the Arduans.
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** The aliens got their ideology from an isolated Terran expedition while the Terrans and Khanate were at war. When the aliens emerged into the galaxy, the Terrans and Khanate were on friendlier terms....
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** In ''The Shiva Option'', Admiral Mukerji was added to Admiral Prescott's staff as a "governmental liaison". However, since Admiral Mukerji had no authority over operational matters, all he could really do was take up space and make a nuisance of himself...which he did.
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** In ''The Shiva Option'', Admiral Vice-Admiral Terence Mukerji was added to Admiral Raymond Prescott's staff as a "governmental liaison". However, since Admiral Mukerji had no authority over operational matters, all he could really do was take up space and make a nuisance of himself...which he did.did.
* PoorCommunicationKills: What starts the two wars against the Arduans.
* PoorCommunicationKills: What starts the two wars against the Arduans.
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* ChewOutFakeOut: In ''Crusade'', Commodore Hannah Avram thinks she's going to get seriously admonished by Admiral Antonov (possible charges could have included "mutiny, treason, insubordination, misappropriation of private property and everything else short of littering"). However, at the end of his "critique", Antonov praises her actions [[note]]securing the Danzig system, building a fleet base and shipyard, and producing a small amount of warships, including "escort" carriers (even smaller than the Navy's "light" carriers, but still useful)[[/note]] and gives her a field promotion to Rear Admiral.
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* ChewOutFakeOut: In ''Crusade'', Commodore Hannah Avram thinks she's going to get seriously admonished by Admiral Antonov (possible charges could have included "mutiny, treason, insubordination, misappropriation of private property and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking everything else short of littering").littering]]"). However, at the end of his "critique", Antonov praises her actions [[note]]securing the Danzig system, building a fleet base and shipyard, and producing a small amount of warships, including "escort" carriers (even smaller than the Navy's "light" carriers, but still useful)[[/note]] and gives her a field promotion to Rear Admiral.
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* AliensLoveHumanFood: The Orions have developed a taste for human alcohol; bourbon is generally thought to be the most popular one, but some (usually those who were close to Admiral Antonov) prefer vodka.
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* ChewOutFakeOut: In ''Crusade'', Commodore Hannah Avram thinks she's going to get seriously admonished by Admiral Antonov (possible charges could have included "mutiny, treason, insubordination, misappropriation of private property and everything else short of littering"). However, at the end of his "critique", Antonov praises her actions [[note]]securing the sector, building a fleet base and shipyard, and producing a small amount of warships, including "escort" carriers (even smaller than the Navy's "light" carriers, but still useful)[[/note]] and gives her a field promotion to Rear Admiral.
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* ChewOutFakeOut: In ''Crusade'', Commodore Hannah Avram thinks she's going to get seriously admonished by Admiral Antonov (possible charges could have included "mutiny, treason, insubordination, misappropriation of private property and everything else short of littering"). However, at the end of his "critique", Antonov praises her actions [[note]]securing the sector, Danzig system, building a fleet base and shipyard, and producing a small amount of warships, including "escort" carriers (even smaller than the Navy's "light" carriers, but still useful)[[/note]] and gives her a field promotion to Rear Admiral.
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* ChewOutFakeOut: In ''Crusade'', Commodore Hannah Avram thinks she's going to get seriously admonished by Admiral Antonov (and she had legitimate reasons for thinking this). However, at the end of his "critique", Antonov praises her actions and gives her a field promotion to Rear Admiral.
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* ChewOutFakeOut: In ''Crusade'', Commodore Hannah Avram thinks she's going to get seriously admonished by Admiral Antonov (and she had legitimate reasons for thinking this). (possible charges could have included "mutiny, treason, insubordination, misappropriation of private property and everything else short of littering"). However, at the end of his "critique", Antonov praises her actions [[note]]securing the sector, building a fleet base and shipyard, and producing a small amount of warships, including "escort" carriers (even smaller than the Navy's "light" carriers, but still useful)[[/note]] and gives her a field promotion to Rear Admiral.
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-->'''Sky Marshal MacGregor''': "Don't let it happen again."
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-->'''Sky Marshal MacGregor''': [=MacGregor=]''': "Don't let it happen again."
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* ChewOutFakeOut: In ''Crusade'', Commodore Hannah Avram thinks she's going to get seriously admonished by Admiral Antonov (and she had legitimate reasons for thinking this). However, at the end of his "critique", Antonov praises her actions and gives her a field promotion to Rear Admiral.
** In ''The Shiva Option'', Rear Admiral Eileen Somers (CO of Survey Flotilla 19), had to report to the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding her actions. While out of contact with the Terran Federation or the Alliance, she made a pact with the Star Union of Crucis (a multi-species confederation that was also fighting the Arachnids), giving them advanced weapons, technology and training to help their war effort. When she finished her report, the Joint Chiefs decided that she had acted in the best interests of the Alliance. Only...
-->'''Sky Marshal MacGregor''': "Don't let it happen again."
** In ''The Shiva Option'', Rear Admiral Eileen Somers (CO of Survey Flotilla 19), had to report to the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding her actions. While out of contact with the Terran Federation or the Alliance, she made a pact with the Star Union of Crucis (a multi-species confederation that was also fighting the Arachnids), giving them advanced weapons, technology and training to help their war effort. When she finished her report, the Joint Chiefs decided that she had acted in the best interests of the Alliance. Only...
-->'''Sky Marshal MacGregor''': "Don't let it happen again."
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* ThePoliticalOfficer: Played straight in ''Crusade'', where a diplomat was given complete authority over the so-called "Peace Fleet", which was sent out to negotiate with the Thebans. When the Thebans launched a surprise attack, the Terran fleet was in a very vulnerable position, and most of it was destroyed.
** In ''The Shiva Option'', Admiral Mukerji was added to Admiral Prescott's staff as a "governmental liaison". However, since Admiral Mukerji had no authority over operational matters, all he could really do was take up space and make a nuisance of himself...which he did.
** In ''The Shiva Option'', Admiral Mukerji was added to Admiral Prescott's staff as a "governmental liaison". However, since Admiral Mukerji had no authority over operational matters, all he could really do was take up space and make a nuisance of himself...which he did.
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''Starfire'' is a hex-map-based wargame, focused on combat between fleets of space ships.
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''Starfire'' is a hex-map-based wargame, {{Wargam|ing}}e, focused on combat between fleets of space ships.
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* WeaponRunningTime: Combat between starships is heavily missile-oriented. Some missiles are relatively slow and can be intercepted by point defense. Others are blindingly fast - almost lightspeed - and at the ranges that combat occurs, these "capital" missiles can't be intercepted, only blocked by shields. In ''Insurrection'', one of the weapons breakthroughs produced by the Zephrain research base is a missile that [[spoiler:runs for such a long time that if it misses on its first run, it can turn around and make a second attack.]] Needless to say, that comes as quite a shock to the opposing forces.
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* AttackAttackAttack: The preferred strategy of Senior Admiral Torhok in ''Exodus'' and ''Extremis'', and later the Kaituni in ''Imperative'' and ''Oblivion''. In fact, a general sign of the ''Destoshaz'' degradation in Arduans is a myopic preference for massive sweeping offensive actions at the expense of everything else in warfare, as the allied forces against them prove in both wars.
* FantasticCasteSystem: One of the traits of the Arduans. In additional to two general physiological types, the smaller, dark-skinned phenotype that is better with ''selnarm'' and the larger, golden-skinned phenotype that is more of a physical build, each Arduan is later placed into a specific caste based on ability.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: What starts the Fifth Interstellar War against the Arduans. The Arduans, discovering
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* PoorCommunicationKills: What starts the Fifth Interstellar War two wars against the Arduans. The Arduans, discovering Arduans.
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* GiantSpider: The Arachnids of the Fourth Interstellar War.
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