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* ChildSoldiers: The kids become these.
* ComingOfAgeStory

* [[DontCallMeSir Don't Call Me Sir]]: Megan knows this rule, although she nearly slips up in the first chapter. Later, the kids who become enlisted personnel or [=NCOs=] take it on.

* LipstickLesbian: [[spoiler:Ingrid]]

* SpaceOpera

* TookALevelInBadass: The crew, over the course of the series.

''HMS Revenant'' is an unpublished series of YoungAdult ScienceFiction novels, perhaps best described as ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''Literature/HonorHarrington''.

** TheMarine: Lieutenant Hilary Reeves.

* [[DontCallMeSir Don't Call Me Sir]]: Megan knows this rule, although she nearly slips up in the first chapter. Later, the kids who become enlisted personnel or NCOs take it on.

''Revenant's Flight''
''The Long Way Home''
''The Drontheim Uprising''
''Children of the Empire''

* PortalNetwork: The jump gates. Most of them are destroyed over the course of the series.

* AdultsAreUseless: Zigzagged. Danielle Chin is a relatively straight example, being totally unfit for command. Later books tend to avert this, although the kids still have their ship, and become increasingly skilled at operating it.
** Partially averted with Romulus, who is sort of an adult, and does his job quite well, thank you very much.

** TheHeart: Ensign Danielle Chin (ironically, the only adult aboard).

* SuccessionCrisis / UnexpectedSuccessor: In the third book, we learn that the rebels managed to take out a large slice of the Royal Family, even more than just the Emperor and his children and grandchildren. On top of that, the crippling of much of the galaxy's communications network makes figuring out who the true heir is difficult. Megan (who was initially 23rd in the succession) realizes that ''she'' might be the new Empress. [[spoiler:Fortunately for Megan, she's not the Empress - her cousin Shannon is. That said, Megan ''is'' now fifth in line to the throne, so she's entitled to high-level security clearance.]

* YouAreInCommandNow: Megan is given command by her mother, using an obscure regulation that allows her to induct civilians into the military. Megan then uses it to induct her classmates into the military as well.

* SuccessionCrisis / UnexpectedSuccessor: In the third book, we learn that the rebels managed to take out a large slice of the Royal Family, including ''all'' of his children and grandchildren. On top of that, the crippling of much of the galaxy's communications network makes figuring out who the true heir is difficult. Megan (who was initially 23rd in the succession) realizes that ''she'' might be the new Empress. [[spoiler:Fortunately for Megan, she's not the Empress - her cousin Shannon is. That said, Megan ''is'' now fifth in line to the throne, so she's entitled to high-level security clearance.]

* SuccessionCrisis/UnexpectedSuccessor: In the third book, we learn that the rebels managed to take out a large slice of the Royal Family, including ''all'' of his children and grandchildren. On top of that, the crippling of much of the galaxy's communications network makes figuring out who the true heir is difficult. Megan (who was initially 23rd in the succession) realizes that ''she'' might be the new Empress. [[spoiler:Fortunately for Megan, she's not the Empress - her cousin Shannon is. That said, Megan ''is'' now fifth in line to the throne, so she's entitled to high-level security clearance.]

* TheEmpire/TheFederation: The Terran Empire subverts TheEmpire, and really serves as more of a Federation, albeit with a hereditary monarch as head of state.

** In the dedication, the author lists four writers who influenced him greatly. Each appears as a minor character, with one of their famous protagonists as their assistant: Admiral Creator/DavidWeber, the senior naval officer of the Imperial Fleet. And his chief of staff is Captain Literature/HonorHarrington.

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: [[spoiler:The announcement that the Admiralty has decided to confirm everyone's ranks, making them official members of the Terran Imperial Navy.]]

* ChildrenForcedToKill: Though, as Hilary mentions, it's easier to bring yourself to kill someone when they're doing their best to kill you.

** NumberTwo: Commander Arnold Palmer.

** Joe Buckley, Baen's ButtMonkey, is a student who dies in the first battle.
** In the dedication, the author lists four writers who influenced him greatly. Each appears as a minor character, with one of their famous protagonists as their assistant:
*** Admiral DavidWeber, the senior naval officer of the Imperial Fleet. And his chief of staff is Captain HonorHarrington.

* ChildSoldiers: The kids become this.

With the jump gate destroyed, and the Valhalla Sector in rebel hands, Megan and her classmates have no choice but to take control of the ship and become its new crew... if they want to have any chance of ever seeing home again.

* AscendedFanboy: Eitan Mears, a strategy gamer and military history buff who finds himself aboard a warship. He thinks he should be in command. [[spoiler:He's wrong, and eventually accepts his role at tactical]].

* [[DontCalMeSir Don't Call Me Sir]]: Megan knows this rule, although she nearly slips up in the first chapter. Later, the kids who become enlisted personnel or NCOs take it on.

** NumberTwo: Commander Arnold Rice.

** SecurityOfficer: Lieutenant Commander Eitan Mears (although his job is strictly handling the ship's weapons).

** TheMedic: Lieutenant-Countess Tessa "Oz" Osbourne. While she has no medical training at first, she's got sufficient nerve to do complex surgery anyway.
** TheScientist: Ensign Patrick Giscard, at least when it comes to wormhole physics.

* CommandRoster
* PortalNetwok: The jump gates. Most of them are destroyed over the course of the series.

** Admiral DavidWeber.