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The only currently planned game in the ''DarthWiki/PSCSeries'', ''Perilous Space Cruise'' is about the adventures of the Plasma Sentinels in their first interplanetary excursion as they scour local star system looking for [[MadScientist Dr. Tracy]], the mad roboticist looking to TakeOverTheWorld.

!! Tropes relating to ''Perilous Space Cruise'' include:
* ActionCommands
* AffectionateParody: Of the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series.
* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Dr. Tracy]] descends into this during the final moments of the game.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Lampshaded by Phoenix every time the Sentinels encounter a new civilization, who gets progressively more confused at how so many civilizations that have had no contact with each other are speaking the exact same language. This is averted for written languages, however, and [[spoiler:Chapter Six's new additions]] speak an incomprehensible tongue.
* BalancePowerSkillGimmick:
** [[JackOfAllStats Malkovich]] has an even mix of Constitution Points, Battery Power, and Special Energy gain.
** [[GlassCannon Equinox]] prioritizes BP at the expense of HP.
** [[MightyGlacier Victoria]] prioritizes HP at the expense of SE.
** [[MagicKnight Lance]] prioritizes SE at the expense of BP.
* BirdPeople: Chapter One features them extensively, and one becomes an ally of the Sentinels.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: Colonel Bulwark, the boss of Chapter One, and his followers are [[{{Cyborg}} cybernetically enhanced]] ones.
* DealWithTheDevil: Dr. Tracy makes these with the antagonists of the various planets visited, providing them with bionics and weapons in exchange for serving him and stopping the Plasma Sentinels by any means necessary.
* DrunkWithPower: [[spoiler:After acquiring Odin's Heart, Dr. Tracy goes mad with power and suffers from MotiveDecay, wanting to conquer ''everything'' he sees. After knocking him around he starts to come back to his senses]].
* EnergyBeings: Chapter Seven has intangible lifeforms inhabiting jackal-like sculptures serving as both [=NPC=]s and enemies.
* HumongousMecha: Titanium Breaker Mk.III, a massive fighting machine and the boss of Chapter Seven.
* InterfaceScrew: [[spoiler:The FinalBoss]] invokes this extensively on phase 2, [[DamnYouMuscleMemory switching the prompts]] for your action commands, temporarily locking out certain tactics, and rendering their bestiary log unreadable.
* LazyBackup: If the PC and their partner are KO'ed, it's GameOver regardless of the condition of your other partners. Semi-justified in that the player character is carrying a teleporter to swap out allies, and the rest of them are back on the ship... which the BigBad is now able to access after his mooks take the teleporter off of the player.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Colonel Bulwark uses a shield to attack in his battle.
* MacGuffin: Starting with Chapter Five, the Doc is looking for Odin's Heart, the most powerful reactor in the galaxy.
* MechanicalLifeforms: Chapter Four takes place on a world full of sentient insectoid robots.
* MiniMecha: Titanium Breaker Mk.I and Mk.II, a mini-boss for Chapters Two and Five.
* MonumentalTheft: The game starts with Dr. Tracy stealing an entire orbital space station.
* NoCureForEvil: Averted, as there are enemies that can heal themselves or others at any time, including two bosses.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Played with. Dr. Tracy appears to go into an impressive-looking super-powered form, but it's really just a projection that [[ZeroEffortBoss has no attacks and only 1 HP]]. The FinalBoss proper is his regular self]].
* SequentialBoss: The end-of-chapter bosses are almost always these, but Titanium Breaker Mk.III has the most phases at four.
* VideogameSettings: Most of the planets visited consist of [[HailfirePeaks two themes mixed]].
** The Prologue: SpaceZone.
** Chapter One: GreenHillZone that leads into a GraffitiTown.
** Chapter Two: Alternates between UnderTheSea and PalmtreePanic.
** Chapter Three: JungleJapes with an AmusementParkOfDoom.
** Chapter Four: LethalLavaLand with some UrbanRuins.
** Chapter Five: SkyscraperCity mixed with DeathMountain.
** Chapter Six: DerelictGraveyard that is also a RemilitarizedZone.
** Chapter Seven: BuildLikeAnEgyptian and AbandonedLaboratory.
** Chapter Eight: [[spoiler:EternalEngine in the form of an [[OminousFloatingCastle Ominous Orbiting Castle]]]].
* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:Tracy gets one once he realizes just how much he's lost it, to the point where he surrenders himself out of sheer horror of his own SanitySlippage, and destroys his own fortress soon after]].

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