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You know, em, you (might or might not) love 'em, this is humanity essentially as we are after a few more major global conflicts and the discovery of a method to travel faster than light.
WordOfGod tells us that humanity’s main areas of strength compared to the Federation are as follows: ground combat, prosthetics and medical knowledge, and ecology. We’ve also got a mess of politics, and enough skeletons in our closets to fill a cemetery.
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You know, em, 'em, you (might or might not) love 'em, this is humanity essentially as we are after a few more major global conflicts and the discovery of a method to travel faster than light.
light. WordOfGod tells us that humanity’s main areas of strength compared to the Federation are as follows: ground combat, prosthetics and medical knowledge, and ecology. We’ve also got a mess of politics, and enough skeletons in our closets to fill a cemetery.
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--> I considered broadcasting an apology to the surface, once Earth’s space fleet was exhausted. The unfortunate civilians knew they were witnessing the last day of their civilization. Did the humans not deserve the solace of an explanation?
--> [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/xs2hx2/the_nature_of_predators_50/ Chapter 50]]
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--> [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/xs2hx2/the_nature_of_predators_50/ Chapter 50]]
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-->“If we’re going to do this, we need unity at home. People need to know what they’re signing up for. Release everything to the public, and let them make the decision. If there’s broad support for a war, then we’ll fight the bastards.”
--> [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/u9g29e/the_nature_of_predators_5/ Chapter 5]]
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* CharacterDevelopement: He goes from utterly hating the humans to being willing to try his best to save them. Meanwhile, he grows increasingly disillusioned with the Federation.
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* RageAgainstTheReflection: DiscussedTrope as part of the lead-up to Marcel's TheReasonYouSuck speech. Marcel voices the fact that he can't look in the mirror without being reminded of Sovlin's cruelty. Doubles as PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars for this reason.
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* RageAgainstTheReflection: DiscussedTrope as part of the lead-up to Marcel's TheReasonYouSuck speech. Marcel voices the fact that he can't look in the mirror without being reminded of Sovlin's cruelty. Doubles as PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars for this reason.reason, and causes a PrecisionFStrike when Marcel rants about that fact.
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* RageAgainstTheReflection: DiscussedTrope as part of the lead-up to Marcel's TheReasonYouSuck speech. Marcel voices the fact that he can't look in the mirror without being reminded of Sovlin's cruelty. Doubles as PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars for this reason.
--> '''Marcel:''' “Every time I close my eyes, I’m back there. I can’t be touched on the neck, without thinking of your fucking collar. I can’t look in the mirror, without seeing your fucking scars! I’m reminded of you by everything.”
--> '''Marcel:''' “Every time I close my eyes, I’m back there. I can’t be touched on the neck, without thinking of your fucking collar. I can’t look in the mirror, without seeing your fucking scars! I’m reminded of you by everything.”
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* HostageSituation: Arjun falls victim to this when Kalsim and his band capture him. due to Arjun's youth and the fact that his father is somewhere in the preserve, likely armed, he also falls into PoliticalHostage when Kalsim decides that they can probably use Arjun as leverage.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: At least when compared to Kalsim and Zarn. you'd think that people coming to wipe out predatory life on earth would at least study what animals are dangerous. they wind up thinking that a venomous snake is harmless, while Arjun is extremely familiar with all of the potential dangers on the reserve.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: At least when compared to Kalsim and Zarn. you'd think that people coming to wipe out predatory life on earth would at least study what animals are dangerous. they wind up thinking that a venomous snake is harmless, while Arjun is extremely familiar with all of the potential dangers on the reserve.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Tarva gets this in chapter 46, when she finally looks an Arxur in the eyes and manages to stand up to it.
--> '''Tarva:''' “F-fuck you, scaly wretch. I hope you rot in a furnace.”
--> '''Tarva:''' “F-fuck you, scaly wretch. I hope you rot in a furnace.”
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* HandSignals: Samantha is proficient in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage sign language]], as she has a deaf brother. Unfortunately, the translator implants don’t translate sign language so she is unable to use it to communicate with Talpin, at least at first.
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* HandSignals: Samantha is proficient in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage sign language]], UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage, as she has a deaf brother. Unfortunately, the translator implants don’t translate sign language so she is unable to use it to communicate with Talpin, at least at first.
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* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: BigSisterInstinct: Berna seems to typically be a nice person, but when we first meet her she initially behaves aggressively towards Sovlin because he arrived with human soldiers and as such his affiliation with them could mean danger for her deaf younger brother.
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* AbsoluteXenophobe: DownplayedTrope (somewhat), as they are members of the Federation and end up leading a multi-species coalition against the 'Human Menace'. However, their inability to see humans as anything other than AlwaysChaoticEvil, combined with even the most sympathetic Krakotl (Captain Kalsim, the bastard who bombs Earth from orbit) seeing humans as, at best, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy a race of conquerors who will sweep across the galaxy like Mongels with spaceships]], and most seeing them as PredatorsAreMean meets ImAHumanitarian, means that they ignore all evidence that humanity wants peace, in favour of KillEmAll.
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* AbsoluteXenophobe: DownplayedTrope (somewhat), as they are members of the Federation and end up leading a multi-species coalition against the 'Human Menace'. However, their inability to see humans as anything other than AlwaysChaoticEvil, combined with even the most sympathetic Krakotl (Captain Kalsim, the bastard who bombs Earth from orbit) seeing humans as, at best, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy a race of conquerors who will sweep across the galaxy like Mongels with spaceships]], and most seeing them as PredatorsAreMean meets ImAHumanitarian, means that they ignore all evidence that humanity wants peace, in favour of KillEmAll.killing them all.
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* DeathSeeker: He became this after losing his family to the Arxur. However, his resulting aggressivity towards the Arxur led him to several victories instead of death.
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* FirstContact: The Venlil are the first alien species that humanity comes into contact with.
* TidallyLockedPlanet: Venlil Prime, which is the exoplanet [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_832_c Gliese 832 c]]. Also cue BigDumbObject for the orbital infrastructures deployed by Venlil scientists in additions to smaller scale measures that expanded the habitable regions of the planet, including atmospheric aerosols and an artificial cloud cover. this can be looked at as [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Terraform terraforming efforts]], if not for sovlin's statement that Venlil Prime was actually ''more'' habitable than some of the Federation's colony worlds.
* TidallyLockedPlanet: Venlil Prime, which is the exoplanet [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_832_c Gliese 832 c]]. Also cue BigDumbObject for the orbital infrastructures deployed by Venlil scientists in additions to smaller scale measures that expanded the habitable regions of the planet, including atmospheric aerosols and an artificial cloud cover. this can be looked at as [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Terraform terraforming efforts]], if not for sovlin's statement that Venlil Prime was actually ''more'' habitable than some of the Federation's colony worlds.
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* EndOfTheWorld: What the Venlil believe the arrival of humanity's first interstellar craft is.
* FireForgedFriends: After the humans lose dozens of ships protecting a Venlil space station from an Arxur raid, the two species become inseparable. After multiple Federation species vote to exterminate us, the Venlil send what few warships they still have to help protect Earth.
* FireForgedFriends: After the humans lose dozens of ships protecting a Venlil space station from an Arxur raid, the two species become inseparable. After multiple Federation species vote to exterminate us, the Venlil send what few warships they still have to help protect Earth.
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* ActionPolitician: After realising that the humans are unarmed and seemingly uninterested in conquest, she meets with Noah and Sarah and personally gives them a tour of Venlil Prime, placing herself (she thinks) in terrible danger of being eaten, all to buy time for the special forces teams to muster and for the Gojid to answer their distress signal. She later accompanies Noah to the Federation summit and remains at his side for the duration. Perhaps most amazingly, she accompanies Meier on his mission to contact the Arxur.
* AintToProudToBeg: While every other Venlil is panicking about humanity's arrival, Tarva contacts the approaching ship, hoping to beg for mercy and save at least some of her people.
* AintToProudToBeg: While every other Venlil is panicking about humanity's arrival, Tarva contacts the approaching ship, hoping to beg for mercy and save at least some of her people.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Tarva's handling of first contact with the humans is somewhat complicated by her decision to completely quarantine Venlil space immediately after expelling Solvin and the Gojid fleet when they came in response to the distress signal that she sent out. When combined with an information blackout that would make North Korea envious, it's not surprising that the Federation concluded that Venlil Prime had been occupied. Still, at least she's decisive.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She is willing to believe that Noah and Sarah were unaware that Venlil Prime was inhabited, opening the way to the realisation that humanity is not like the Arxur. She goes out of her way to accommodate humanity and prepare them for integration into the galactic community, and not only accompanies Noah to the Federation summit to plead humanity's case, but makes every effort to convince the Kolshians that he should be heard.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Tarva's handling of first contact with the humans is somewhat complicated by her decision to completely quarantine Venlil space immediately after expelling Solvin and the Gojid fleet when they came in response to the distress signal that she sent out. When combined with an information blackout that would make North Korea envious, it's not surprising that the Federation concluded that Venlil Prime had been occupied. Still, at least she's decisive.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She is willing to believe that Noah and Sarah were unaware that Venlil Prime was inhabited, opening the way to the realisation that humanity is not like the Arxur. She goes out of her way to accommodate humanity and prepare them for integration into the galactic community, and not only accompanies Noah to the Federation summit to plead humanity's case, but makes every effort to convince the Kolshians that he should be heard.
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* ForTheGreaterGood: Kalsim sees the 'culling' of humanity via anti-matter bombs as this, and even the alternative he comes up with (sterilising any survivors/[=POWs=] and leaving them on a planet to die of old age would have the same effect. When confronted by Arjuns father about his actions, Kalsim responds:
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* ForTheGreaterGood: Kalsim sees the 'culling' of humanity via anti-matter bombs as this, and even the alternative he comes up with (sterilising any survivors/[=POWs=] and leaving them on a planet to die of old age age) would have the same effect. When confronted by Arjuns father about his actions, Kalsim responds:
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Yay, murderbirb tropes!
* FeatheredFiend: Due to their high aggressivity against predators, we have yet to see one who isn't openly hostile towards humans, let alone friendly.
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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Kalsim keeps making up new lies to justify his actions whenever he's proved wrong.
* CondescendingCompassion: To him, it's not a predator's fault that it is born an abomination to be ruthlessly slaughtered.
* CruelMercy: Despite his claims to be merciful, his mercy tends to amount to this, such as when he ponders whether he should instead let all humans die of ChildlessDystopia instead of antimatter-induced holocaust. In other words, his "more merciful alternative" for genocide is another, slower genocide. He is also confused whenever it is rejected.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He views torture such as Sovlin and Zarn's torture of Marcel with distaste, preferring a clean and painless execution instead.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He is neither able nor willing to understand that Humanity has no desire to become another Arxur.
* ForTheGreaterGood: Kalsim sees the 'culling' of humanity via[[FantasticNuke anti-matter bombs]] bombs as this, and even the alternative he comes up with (sterilising any survivors/POWs survivors/[=POWs=] and leaving them on a planet to die of old age would have the same effect. When confronted by Arjuns father about his actions, Kalsim responds:
* CondescendingCompassion: To him, it's not a predator's fault that it is born an abomination to be ruthlessly slaughtered.
* CruelMercy: Despite his claims to be merciful, his mercy tends to amount to this, such as when he ponders whether he should instead let all humans die of ChildlessDystopia instead of antimatter-induced holocaust. In other words, his "more merciful alternative" for genocide is another, slower genocide. He is also confused whenever it is rejected.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He views torture such as Sovlin and Zarn's torture of Marcel with distaste, preferring a clean and painless execution instead.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He is neither able nor willing to understand that Humanity has no desire to become another Arxur.
* ForTheGreaterGood: Kalsim sees the 'culling' of humanity via
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* NothingPersonal: He doesn't hate predators... or so he claims. Killing them all is just his job.
* PetTheDog: He decides to spare Arjun, and protects him when Zarn and Jala try to kill him.
* PetTheDog: He decides to spare Arjun, and protects him when Zarn and Jala try to kill him.
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* YouWillBeSpared: He promises this to the pilot of a downed craft so that he may become a conserver of Earth's culture. The human refuses since that would amount to [[CruelMercy seeing all humans die, inclunding his loved ones Kalsim refused to spare]], much to Kalsim's confusion.
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* AxCrazy: Jala is very violent, and loves killing predators in particular.
* LackOfEmpathy: Jala has "predator disease", which seems to be the Federation equivalent of [[TheSociopath sociopathy]]. In particular, Jala shows no regret for coldly executing a dying Zarn who's slowing the group.
* WouldHurtAChild: She immediately suggest killing Arjun when he meets the group, racks his back with her talons when he flees the cobra, and finally tries to kill him again after killing Zarn.
* LackOfEmpathy: Jala has "predator disease", which seems to be the Federation equivalent of [[TheSociopath sociopathy]]. In particular, Jala shows no regret for coldly executing a dying Zarn who's slowing the group.
* WouldHurtAChild: She immediately suggest killing Arjun when he meets the group, racks his back with her talons when he flees the cobra, and finally tries to kill him again after killing Zarn.
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* AbsoluteXenophobe: DownplayedTrope (somewhat), as they are members of the Federation and end up leading a multi-species coalition against the 'Human Menace'. However, their inability to see humans as anything other than AlwaysChaoticEvil, combined with even the most sympathetic Krakotl (Captain Kalsim, the bastard who bombs Earth from orbit) seeing humans as, at best, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy a race of conquerors who will sweep across the galaxy like Mongels with spaceships]], and most seeing them as PredatorsAreMean meets ImAHumanitarian, means that they ignore all evidence that humanity wants peace, in favour of KillMall.
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* AbsoluteXenophobe: DownplayedTrope (somewhat), as they are members of the Federation and end up leading a multi-species coalition against the 'Human Menace'. However, their inability to see humans as anything other than AlwaysChaoticEvil, combined with even the most sympathetic Krakotl (Captain Kalsim, the bastard who bombs Earth from orbit) seeing humans as, at best, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy a race of conquerors who will sweep across the galaxy like Mongels with spaceships]], and most seeing them as PredatorsAreMean meets ImAHumanitarian, means that they ignore all evidence that humanity wants peace, in favour of KillMall.KillEmAll.
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* AbsoluteXenophobe: DownplayedTrope (somewhat), as they are members of the Federation and end up leading a multi-species coalition against the 'Human Menace'. However, their inability to see humans as anything other than AlwaysChaoticEvil, combined with even the most sympathetic Krakotl (Captain Kalsim, the bastard who bombs Earth from orbit) seeing humans as, at best, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy a race of conquerors who will sweep across the galaxy like Mongels with spaceships]], and most seeing them as PredatorsAreMean meets I'mAHumanitarian.
* BirdPeople: The Krakotl are feathered, have beaks, and grasping talons on their feet. While they do seem to have rudimentary grasping digits on their wings, their main form of object manipulation seems to be their beaks and feet.
* NeverMyFault: Even though humanity has pleaded for peace and provided ample proof that they are [[PredatorTurnedProtector helping the Venlil, not occupying them]], the Krakotl, and Kalsim most of all, still attempt to [[XenophobicHerbivore genocide them on the grounds that they are predators.]]
* BirdPeople: The Krakotl are feathered, have beaks, and grasping talons on their feet. While they do seem to have rudimentary grasping digits on their wings, their main form of object manipulation seems to be their beaks and feet.
* NeverMyFault: Even though humanity has pleaded for peace and provided ample proof that they are [[PredatorTurnedProtector helping the Venlil, not occupying them]], the Krakotl, and Kalsim most of all, still attempt to [[XenophobicHerbivore genocide them on the grounds that they are predators.]]
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* AbsoluteXenophobe: DownplayedTrope (somewhat), as they are members of the Federation and end up leading a multi-species coalition against the 'Human Menace'. However, their inability to see humans as anything other than AlwaysChaoticEvil, combined with even the most sympathetic Krakotl (Captain Kalsim, the bastard who bombs Earth from orbit) seeing humans as, at best, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy a race of conquerors who will sweep across the galaxy like Mongels with spaceships]], and most seeing them as PredatorsAreMean meets I'mAHumanitarian.ImAHumanitarian, means that they ignore all evidence that humanity wants peace, in favour of KillMall.
* BirdPeople: The Krakotl are feathered, have beaks, and possess grasping talons on their feet. While they do seem to have rudimentary grasping digits on their wings, their main form of object manipulation seems to be their beaks and feet.
* NeverMyFault: Even though humanity has pleaded for peace and provided ample proof that they are [[PredatorTurnedProtector helping the Venlil, not occupying them]], the Krakotl, and Kalsim most of all, still attempt to [[XenophobicHerbivore genocide them on the grounds that they are predators.]]]] The moment that this has consequences, in the form of the Arxur protecting Earth and launching strikes at the worlds that the Anti-Human Alliance left undefended, the Krakotl (and the Federation as a whole) behave as if this proves mankind's villainous intentions.
* BirdPeople: The Krakotl are feathered, have beaks, and possess grasping talons on their feet. While they do seem to have rudimentary grasping digits on their wings, their main form of object manipulation seems to be their beaks and feet.
* NeverMyFault: Even though humanity has pleaded for peace and provided ample proof that they are [[PredatorTurnedProtector helping the Venlil, not occupying them]], the Krakotl, and Kalsim most of all, still attempt to [[XenophobicHerbivore genocide them on the grounds that they are predators.
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* AbsoluteXenophobe: DownplayedTrope (somewhat), as they are members of the Federation and end up leading a multi-species coalition against the 'Human Menace'. However, their inability to see humans as anything other than AlwaysChaoticEvil, combined with even the most sympathetic Krakotl (Captain Kalsim, the bastard who bombs Earth from orbit) seeing humans as, at best, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy a race of conquerors who will sweep across the galaxy like Mongels with spaceships]], and most seeing them as PredatorsAreMean meets I'mAHumanitarian.
* BirdPeople: The Krakotl are feathered, have beaks, and grasping talons on their feet. While they do seem to have rudimentary grasping digits on their wings, their main form of object manipulation seems to be their beaks and feet.
* NeverMyFault: Even though humanity has pleaded for peace and provided ample proof that they are [[PredatorTurnedProtector helping the Venlil, not occupying them]], the Krakotl, and Kalsim most of all, still attempt to [[XenophobicHerbivore genocide them on the grounds that they are predators.]]
* BirdPeople: The Krakotl are feathered, have beaks, and grasping talons on their feet. While they do seem to have rudimentary grasping digits on their wings, their main form of object manipulation seems to be their beaks and feet.
* NeverMyFault: Even though humanity has pleaded for peace and provided ample proof that they are [[PredatorTurnedProtector helping the Venlil, not occupying them]], the Krakotl, and Kalsim most of all, still attempt to [[XenophobicHerbivore genocide them on the grounds that they are predators.]]
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Readers have noticed that Kalsim's reasoning for {MoralEventHorizonkilling over 1 billion humans} mirrors that of SS members and senior Nazi figures for the Holocaust.
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Readers have noticed that Kalsim's reasoning for{MoralEventHorizonkilling [[MoralEventHorizon killing over 1 billion humans} humans]] mirrors that of SS members and senior Nazi figures for the Holocaust.
* ForTheGreaterGood: Kalsim sees the 'culling' of humanity via [[FantasticNuke anti-matter bombs]] as this, and even the alternative he comes up with (sterilising any survivors/POWs and leaving them on a planet to die of old age would have the same effect. When confronted by Arjuns father about his actions, Kalsim responds:
--> "I wonder if there could have been another way. Human conquest is as inevitable as your growth. There are no future generations, for any other race, with you alive"
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-->“I have killed a lot more living beings than I like to recall. But I have to believe that somewhere, for how we slowed Earth’s expansion, there’s a hatching who will live to adulthood.”
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-->"I don’t hate humans for what they are. It wasn’t personal, it’s just the reality of the situation.”
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Readers have noticed that Kalsim's reasoning for
* ForTheGreaterGood: Kalsim sees the 'culling' of humanity via [[FantasticNuke anti-matter bombs]] as this, and even the alternative he comes up with (sterilising any survivors/POWs and leaving them on a planet to die of old age would have the same effect. When confronted by Arjuns father about his actions, Kalsim responds:
--> "I wonder if there could have been another way. Human conquest is as inevitable as your growth. There are no future generations, for any other race, with you alive"
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-->“I have killed a lot more living beings than I like to recall. But I have to believe that somewhere, for how we slowed Earth’s expansion, there’s a hatching who will live to adulthood.”
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After his actions end up getting his homeworld invaded, and seeing that he was wrong thinking that Humans are monsters, captain Sovlin decides to surrender himself to them.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Sovlin's entire family was killed in an Arxur raid, while he was on a video call with them. This led to him utterly hating the Arxur, and predators in general.
* VillainousBSOD: Sovlin has a severe one in chapter 26, after seeing humans save civilians even in the midst of the Arxur invasion of the Cradle, and comes to realize how evil he was against Marcel. He [[TearsOfRemorse openly weeps]], considers [[DrivenToSuicide taking his own life]], and finally decides to surrender himself to the humans.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Sovlin's entire family was killed in an Arxur raid, while he was on a video call with them. This led to him utterly hating the Arxur, and predators in general.
* VillainousBSOD: Sovlin has a severe one in chapter 26, after seeing humans save civilians even in the midst of the Arxur invasion of the Cradle, and comes to realize how evil he was against Marcel. He [[TearsOfRemorse openly weeps]], considers [[DrivenToSuicide taking his own life]], and finally decides to surrender himself to the humans.
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* MysteriousInformant: He was Cilany's about several of the scandals that built up her carrier.
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: She plays with a human child in her bonus chapter, without much of a care about the complex politics of the world around her.
* InterspeciesAdoption: She, a Gojid, is adopted by Marcel, a human.
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The Nature of Predators universe has many different aliens within it, and a large cast of characters. Let’s take a look at some of them.
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!! The Humans
You know, em, you (might or might not) love 'em, this is humanity essentially as we are after a few more major global conflicts and the discovery of a method to travel faster than light.
WordOfGod tells us that humanity’s main areas of strength compared to the Federation are as follows: ground combat, prosthetics and medical knowledge, and ecology. We’ve also got a mess of politics, and enough skeletons in our closets to fill a cemetery.
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[[folder:In General]]
Tropes that apply to humanity as a whole include:
* GlobalWarming: still a problem in the year of 2136, with [[NaturalDisasterCascade several natural disasters in one year]] and as usual, politics meaning that nobody is doing much about it.
* HumansAreSpecial: Humanity is one of the only two carnivorous species known to the Federation, and the only one to be omnivorous. Unfortunately, since the other one is the Arxur, this lands Humanity in a lot of troubles.
* HumansAreWarriors: In space, humans quicky retrofit Venlil tech to use on their vessels, and are the first known species to use drone ships on the battlefield. On the ground, they are capable of enduring assaults from Arxur without breaking formation.
* KillSat: implied that humans had these at one point with the reference to "satellite wars" being made in chapter 5.
* SuperPersistentPredator: While they aren't especially strong, humans are noted several times in the story to be relentless and are adept at slowly wearing down opponents.
* UnitedNationsIsASuperpower: directly stated in chapter five that the UN is now somewhat of a central government, although all of the earth's countries still exist (probably)
--> ‘’The United Nations had taken on a role as a central world government following the Satellite Wars of the late 21st century’’
[[folder:Noah Williams]]
Tropes that apply to Noah include:
[[folder:Sara Rosario]]
Tropes that apply to Sara include:
[[folder:Secretary-General Elias Meier]]
Tropes that apply to Meier include:
* ActionPolitician: Meier fits this trope to a tee when he decides to head over to an Arxur spy outpost and make a deal for the release of prisoners.
* TheBusCameBack: Meier gets one chapter from his point of view, disappears for a while to only pop up in the background and occasional scenes, and then returns in force for the federation's attack on earth and its fallout.
* DeadpanSnarker: Meier gets a moment of this in his first scene when he is told about the Arxur being the only other predator-evolved sapients.
--> '''Sec-gen Meier:''' ''So I’m hearing not to invite the Venlil to the family barbecue. Yes, Doctor?''
* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople: InvokedTrope (or otherwise played with) by Meier when he orders for the first contact information to be distributed to the populace in the hopes that the information will cause people to unite around a common cause.
* HadToBeSharp: implied due to meier's apparent age and his discussions of the problems affecting earth in his fist point of view chapter
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Meier is by far the most level-headed of all the politicians and high-ranking figures that we have seen.
[[folder:Marcel Fraser]]
Tropes that apply to Marcel include:
* PapaWolf: He is fiercely defensive of Nulia.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Adopts Nulia, a Gojid cub who lost her parents to a stampede during the attack on the Cradle.
* SymbolicMutilation: During the time that Marcel was imprisoned by Sovlin he suffered multiple beatings, mainly ones targeting his binocular eyes. After his eventual escape with the aid of Recel and Slanek, he had lost faith in the universe, essentially no longer being able to truly see the good in other people.
[[folder:Carlos Romero]]
Tropes that apply to Carlos include:
[[folder:Samantha Harris]]
Tropes that apply to Samantha include:
* HeartbrokenBadass: Samantha loses most of her family to the [[spoiler: destruction of Melbourne by the Extermination Fleet.]] She still kicks asses after, but she is nevertheless devastated.
* SignedLanguage: Samantha is proficient in sign language, as she has a deaf brother. Unfortunately, the translator implants don’t translate sign language so she is unable to use it to communicate with Talpin.
!! The Venlil
Humanity's first contact in the galaxy, often described by their counterparts as one of the weakest and most emotional races. Their timidity can overshadow their fierce sense of morality, but their desire for friendship usually wins out in the end.
Their homeworld, Venlil Prime, requires constant defense due to its strategic location in the galaxy's outer arm. (Humanity calls this planet Gliese 832 c, and it's 16 light-years away from Earth) The Venlil Republic officially controls a swath of territory which stretches 20 light-years in any direction. This makes the Sol system technically in their domain.
As for appearance, the Venlil's flatter facial features remind some humans of stuffed animals. This, combined with their large, horizontal-pupiled eyes makes them rather "cute." One note of peculiarity is that they lack any nose, or sense of smell. Their wooly fur can be any shade of gray, with occasional tufts or stripes breaking up the singular tone. One example is the black tuft between Slanek's ears.
Their tails are bushy, stretching about 1 ft on average. They can be used as a secondary form of communication, or to help with balance and grasping. The Venlil have tiny claws, but they are not capable of real damage. Due to their lack of natural weapons or defenses, they were easy prey for their natural predators in their formative years.
With bipedalism as their designated form of locomotion, and spindly knock-kneed hindlegs, they are not well-suited to speedy escapes either. Their height places them at about the average human's shoulders.
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Tropes that apply to the Venlil as a whole include:
[[folder:Governor Tarva]]
Tropes that apply to Tarva include:
[[folder:Slanek]]
Tropes that apply to Slanek include:
[[folder:Doctor Ilja]]
Tropes that apply to Ilja include:
!! The Gojid
The Gojidi Union was a prevailing political force in the galaxy for centuries; even prior to the Arxur's arrival. Their extensive border defenses left many to consider them impervious to an external assault. Their military presence within their territory was considerable, and they never hesitated to send assistance to their neighbors.
Their homeworld lacks an official name, simply dubbed "the cradle" by its occupants. What name would a planet need but something that speaks of fondness and home? The last Federation census listed the cradle's population at 12 billion. Its primary export is fruits from its famed orchards, and it had a wide array of merchant settlements.
The defining physical trait for a Gojid is their spines. Whenever one is afraid, their spines bristle as an involuntary response. The length of their lowest spines is the best way to approximate one's age at a glance. Their long, brown fur makes them well-adapted to colder climates.
They cannot engage in the animated tail language of other species, since their tails and legs are both stubby. Their claws are slender, and of a significant length; they can slash through most softer substances, including skin.
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[[folder:In General]]
Tropes that apply to the Gojid as a whole include:
[[folder:Captain Sovlin]]
Tropes that apply to Sovlin include:
[[folder:Nulia]]
Tropes that apply to Nulia include:
[[folder:Talpin]]
Tropes that apply to Talpin include:
* CuteMute: Talpin, who is deaf is described by Sovlin as being a youth, and he possesses a sort of innocence in his interactions that most of the other characters do not. However, after learning of Sovlin’s actions towards Marcel and witnessing the Arxur attack on the homeworld of the Harchen species, that innocence is likely to be shattered
* HidingTheHandicap: Shortly after arriving on Earth the Gojid refugees are under the assumption that only
* MachineMonotone: Talpin eventually has a computer made for him by some humans, which he uses to speak. Presumably it also displays text for him. This also ventures slightly into CreepyMonotone from the perspective of Sovlin, as most of the Federation species that we have seen have described human voices as being intimidating and Sovlin describes the machine as having “a bit of human growl”
* TheSpeechless: Talpin is deaf and cannot speak verbally. Given the physiology of Gojids, this makes things even more complicated as he also cannot participate in the tail language employed by most of the other Federation species.
[[folder:Berna]]
Tropes that apply to include:
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Berna seems to typically be a nice person, but when we first meet her she initially behaves aggressively towards Sovlin because he arrived with human soldiers and as such his affiliation with them could mean danger for her deaf younger brother.
* PromotionToParent: given the fact that Berna and Talpin’s parents don’t show up at all during chapter 29, it is likely that Berna has been pulled into a parental role for Talpin.
!! The Krakotl
Avian species are a rarity, simply because ground-dwelling species are most likely to evolve sentience. The Krakotl evolved on a marshy world called Nishtal, which led to the development of talons for balance. These seconded as a defensive weapon, when they landed to eat algae.
Their curved beaks are bright, tropical colors. Evolutionary biologists suggest these colors developed to frighten away predators, since bright animals are often poisonous. When irritated, their feathers puff out in a semi-circle behind them.
A Krakotl possesses one of the largest vocal ranges in the galaxy. Their squawks can range from deafening screeches, to a melodic harmony. With their arsenal of physical defenses, the Krakotl have a higher aggression than most, due to their tendency to scare off predators.
For this reason, they led the path to create many Federation weapons and strategies, during the first phases of the war. The Krakotl Alliance's military presence is always known, as are their offensive capabilities. They aren't afraid to intimidate other species into going along with their plans.
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[[folder:In General]]
Tropes that apply to the Krakotl as a whole include:
[[folder:Captain Kalsim]]
Tropes that apply to Kalsim include:
[[folder:Jala]]
Tropes that apply to Jala include:
[[folder:ambassador Jerulim]]
Tropes that apply to Jerulim include:
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!! The Humans
You know, em, you (might or might not) love 'em, this is humanity essentially as we are after a few more major global conflicts and the discovery of a method to travel faster than light.
WordOfGod tells us that humanity’s main areas of strength compared to the Federation are as follows: ground combat, prosthetics and medical knowledge, and ecology. We’ve also got a mess of politics, and enough skeletons in our closets to fill a cemetery.
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[[folder:In General]]
Tropes that apply to humanity as a whole include:
* GlobalWarming: still a problem in the year of 2136, with [[NaturalDisasterCascade several natural disasters in one year]] and as usual, politics meaning that nobody is doing much about it.
* HumansAreSpecial: Humanity is one of the only two carnivorous species known to the Federation, and the only one to be omnivorous. Unfortunately, since the other one is the Arxur, this lands Humanity in a lot of troubles.
* HumansAreWarriors: In space, humans quicky retrofit Venlil tech to use on their vessels, and are the first known species to use drone ships on the battlefield. On the ground, they are capable of enduring assaults from Arxur without breaking formation.
* KillSat: implied that humans had these at one point with the reference to "satellite wars" being made in chapter 5.
* SuperPersistentPredator: While they aren't especially strong, humans are noted several times in the story to be relentless and are adept at slowly wearing down opponents.
* UnitedNationsIsASuperpower: directly stated in chapter five that the UN is now somewhat of a central government, although all of the earth's countries still exist (probably)
--> ‘’The United Nations had taken on a role as a central world government following the Satellite Wars of the late 21st century’’
[[folder:Noah Williams]]
Tropes that apply to Noah include:
[[folder:Sara Rosario]]
Tropes that apply to Sara include:
[[folder:Secretary-General Elias Meier]]
Tropes that apply to Meier include:
* ActionPolitician: Meier fits this trope to a tee when he decides to head over to an Arxur spy outpost and make a deal for the release of prisoners.
* TheBusCameBack: Meier gets one chapter from his point of view, disappears for a while to only pop up in the background and occasional scenes, and then returns in force for the federation's attack on earth and its fallout.
* DeadpanSnarker: Meier gets a moment of this in his first scene when he is told about the Arxur being the only other predator-evolved sapients.
--> '''Sec-gen Meier:''' ''So I’m hearing not to invite the Venlil to the family barbecue. Yes, Doctor?''
* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople: InvokedTrope (or otherwise played with) by Meier when he orders for the first contact information to be distributed to the populace in the hopes that the information will cause people to unite around a common cause.
* HadToBeSharp: implied due to meier's apparent age and his discussions of the problems affecting earth in his fist point of view chapter
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Meier is by far the most level-headed of all the politicians and high-ranking figures that we have seen.
[[folder:Marcel Fraser]]
Tropes that apply to Marcel include:
* PapaWolf: He is fiercely defensive of Nulia.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Adopts Nulia, a Gojid cub who lost her parents to a stampede during the attack on the Cradle.
* SymbolicMutilation: During the time that Marcel was imprisoned by Sovlin he suffered multiple beatings, mainly ones targeting his binocular eyes. After his eventual escape with the aid of Recel and Slanek, he had lost faith in the universe, essentially no longer being able to truly see the good in other people.
[[folder:Carlos Romero]]
Tropes that apply to Carlos include:
[[folder:Samantha Harris]]
Tropes that apply to Samantha include:
* HeartbrokenBadass: Samantha loses most of her family to the [[spoiler: destruction of Melbourne by the Extermination Fleet.]] She still kicks asses after, but she is nevertheless devastated.
* SignedLanguage: Samantha is proficient in sign language, as she has a deaf brother. Unfortunately, the translator implants don’t translate sign language so she is unable to use it to communicate with Talpin.
!! The Venlil
Humanity's first contact in the galaxy, often described by their counterparts as one of the weakest and most emotional races. Their timidity can overshadow their fierce sense of morality, but their desire for friendship usually wins out in the end.
Their homeworld, Venlil Prime, requires constant defense due to its strategic location in the galaxy's outer arm. (Humanity calls this planet Gliese 832 c, and it's 16 light-years away from Earth) The Venlil Republic officially controls a swath of territory which stretches 20 light-years in any direction. This makes the Sol system technically in their domain.
As for appearance, the Venlil's flatter facial features remind some humans of stuffed animals. This, combined with their large, horizontal-pupiled eyes makes them rather "cute." One note of peculiarity is that they lack any nose, or sense of smell. Their wooly fur can be any shade of gray, with occasional tufts or stripes breaking up the singular tone. One example is the black tuft between Slanek's ears.
Their tails are bushy, stretching about 1 ft on average. They can be used as a secondary form of communication, or to help with balance and grasping. The Venlil have tiny claws, but they are not capable of real damage. Due to their lack of natural weapons or defenses, they were easy prey for their natural predators in their formative years.
With bipedalism as their designated form of locomotion, and spindly knock-kneed hindlegs, they are not well-suited to speedy escapes either. Their height places them at about the average human's shoulders.
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Tropes that apply to the Venlil as a whole include:
[[folder:Governor Tarva]]
Tropes that apply to Tarva include:
[[folder:Slanek]]
Tropes that apply to Slanek include:
[[folder:Doctor Ilja]]
Tropes that apply to Ilja include:
!! The Gojid
The Gojidi Union was a prevailing political force in the galaxy for centuries; even prior to the Arxur's arrival. Their extensive border defenses left many to consider them impervious to an external assault. Their military presence within their territory was considerable, and they never hesitated to send assistance to their neighbors.
Their homeworld lacks an official name, simply dubbed "the cradle" by its occupants. What name would a planet need but something that speaks of fondness and home? The last Federation census listed the cradle's population at 12 billion. Its primary export is fruits from its famed orchards, and it had a wide array of merchant settlements.
The defining physical trait for a Gojid is their spines. Whenever one is afraid, their spines bristle as an involuntary response. The length of their lowest spines is the best way to approximate one's age at a glance. Their long, brown fur makes them well-adapted to colder climates.
They cannot engage in the animated tail language of other species, since their tails and legs are both stubby. Their claws are slender, and of a significant length; they can slash through most softer substances, including skin.
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[[folder:In General]]
Tropes that apply to the Gojid as a whole include:
[[folder:Captain Sovlin]]
Tropes that apply to Sovlin include:
[[folder:Nulia]]
Tropes that apply to Nulia include:
[[folder:Talpin]]
Tropes that apply to Talpin include:
* CuteMute: Talpin, who is deaf is described by Sovlin as being a youth, and he possesses a sort of innocence in his interactions that most of the other characters do not. However, after learning of Sovlin’s actions towards Marcel and witnessing the Arxur attack on the homeworld of the Harchen species, that innocence is likely to be shattered
* HidingTheHandicap: Shortly after arriving on Earth the Gojid refugees are under the assumption that only
* MachineMonotone: Talpin eventually has a computer made for him by some humans, which he uses to speak. Presumably it also displays text for him. This also ventures slightly into CreepyMonotone from the perspective of Sovlin, as most of the Federation species that we have seen have described human voices as being intimidating and Sovlin describes the machine as having “a bit of human growl”
* TheSpeechless: Talpin is deaf and cannot speak verbally. Given the physiology of Gojids, this makes things even more complicated as he also cannot participate in the tail language employed by most of the other Federation species.
[[folder:Berna]]
Tropes that apply to include:
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Berna seems to typically be a nice person, but when we first meet her she initially behaves aggressively towards Sovlin because he arrived with human soldiers and as such his affiliation with them could mean danger for her deaf younger brother.
* PromotionToParent: given the fact that Berna and Talpin’s parents don’t show up at all during chapter 29, it is likely that Berna has been pulled into a parental role for Talpin.
!! The Krakotl
Avian species are a rarity, simply because ground-dwelling species are most likely to evolve sentience. The Krakotl evolved on a marshy world called Nishtal, which led to the development of talons for balance. These seconded as a defensive weapon, when they landed to eat algae.
Their curved beaks are bright, tropical colors. Evolutionary biologists suggest these colors developed to frighten away predators, since bright animals are often poisonous. When irritated, their feathers puff out in a semi-circle behind them.
A Krakotl possesses one of the largest vocal ranges in the galaxy. Their squawks can range from deafening screeches, to a melodic harmony. With their arsenal of physical defenses, the Krakotl have a higher aggression than most, due to their tendency to scare off predators.
For this reason, they led the path to create many Federation weapons and strategies, during the first phases of the war. The Krakotl Alliance's military presence is always known, as are their offensive capabilities. They aren't afraid to intimidate other species into going along with their plans.
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[[folder:In General]]
Tropes that apply to the Krakotl as a whole include:
[[folder:Captain Kalsim]]
Tropes that apply to Kalsim include:
[[folder:Jala]]
Tropes that apply to Jala include:
[[folder:ambassador Jerulim]]
Tropes that apply to Jerulim include:
