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* NamesTheSame: PFC Kyle Sutton shares a last name with George 'Scarecrow' Sutton. They are not related.
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* AwesomeMccoolname: Strongly averted when it comes to the call signs of the main characters. Grass, Caboose, and Bumblebee don't really inspire terror when you hear them, Snark and Angel aren't very intimidating either. The only cool-sounding call sign is Scarecrow. In a funny case of this, most of the characters have regular-sounding names (except for Arcangelo Lamberti), but the ships have some incredibly awesome names such as:
** UNSC ''Inconvenience'' the ship were the main characters live and are deployed on.
** UNSC ''Disproportionate Retribution''
** UNSC ''Count Me In''
** UNSC ''Inconvenience'' the ship were the main characters live and are deployed on.
** UNSC ''Disproportionate Retribution''
** UNSC ''Count Me In''
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* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome: Played straight and then subverted in Scarecrow's death. He uses a galling gun like an assault rifle before he is brutally killed by a needle explosion.]]
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* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome: Played [[spoiler:Played straight and then subverted in Scarecrow's death. He uses a galling gun like an assault rifle before he is brutally killed by a needle explosion.]]
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* FriendlySniper: Snark
* TheMedic: Lockley is this.
* TheMedic: Lockley is this.
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* PaintballEpisode
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* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Everybody indulges in this occasionally.
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* TheSquadette: Camilla "Grass" Seppa
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* UrbanWarfare
* VirtualSoundtrack: Used every now and then. Two examples that stand out are Iron Man by Black Sabbath and To Glory by Two Steps From Hell
* VirtualSoundtrack: Used every now and then. Two examples that stand out are Iron Man by Black Sabbath and To Glory by Two Steps From Hell
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* VirtualSoundtrack: Used every now and then. Two examples that stand out are Iron Man by Black Sabbath and To Glory by Two Steps From
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* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Frank, obviously.
** TheLancer: Pavel
** TheSmartGuy: Arcangelo "Angel" Lamberti. Although Camilla is probably the smartest member if the team Lamberti is the computer expert and gadgeteer.
** TheBigGuy: George Sutton, his call-sign, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Scarecrow]], says a lot. Robert "[[EmbarrassingNickname Bumblebee]]" Agnarsson also has some shades of this despite not being as physically intimidating has the advantage of being the squad member that carries the rocket launcher.
** TheChick: Camilla "Grass" Seppa
** SixthRanger: While not technically one, Grigori comes of as this at times, probably because Frank distrusts him.
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** TheHero: Still Frank
** TheLancer: Pavel, although Marv gets it when dealing with squad matters.
** TheSmartGuy: Livingston and Hoff both seem to be the DeadpanSnarker and Smartass Guy variety.
** TheBigGuy: Sandor, not particularly huge, but is a BoisterousBruiser
** TheChick: Miranda
** TheHero: Frank, obviously.
** TheLancer: Pavel
** TheSmartGuy: Arcangelo "Angel" Lamberti. Although Camilla is probably the smartest member if the team Lamberti is the computer expert and gadgeteer.
** TheBigGuy: George Sutton, his call-sign, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Scarecrow]], says a lot. Robert "[[EmbarrassingNickname Bumblebee]]" Agnarsson also has some shades of this despite not being as physically intimidating has the advantage of being the squad member that carries the rocket launcher.
** TheChick: Camilla "Grass" Seppa
** SixthRanger: While not technically one, Grigori comes of as this at times, probably because Frank distrusts him.
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** TheHero: Still Frank
** TheLancer: Pavel, although Marv gets it when dealing with squad matters.
** TheSmartGuy: Livingston and Hoff both seem to be the DeadpanSnarker and Smartass Guy variety.
** TheBigGuy: Sandor, not particularly huge, but is a BoisterousBruiser
** TheChick: Miranda
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Mikah Black, one of the nicer ODSTs is said to have beat a squad mate to within an inch of his life in order to get them to respect their new commanding officer and his friend.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Mikah Black, one of the nicer ODSTs [=ODSTs=] is said to have beat a squad mate to within an inch of his life in order to get them to respect their new commanding officer and his friend.
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** A recent example is the time when the ODSTs on a Covenant corvette realize that it is falling back to the planet and they can't stop it. HilarityEnsues
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** A recent example is the time when the ODSTs [=ODSTs=] on a Covenant corvette realize that it is falling back to the planet and they can't stop it. HilarityEnsues
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* DoorStopper: The story ended with 1,622,859 words total. Over. One. Million. Six. Hundred. Thousand. Words. To put it into perspective, it's longer than the entire LordOfTheRings series by about five times!
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* DoorStopper: The story ended with 1,622,859 words total. Over. One. Million. Six. Hundred. Thousand. Words. To put it into perspective, it's longer than the entire LordOfTheRings ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' series by about five times!
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'''The Life''' is a ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' Fan Fiction dealing with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the life]] of one Francisco Castillo, better known as Frank. It starts off with Frank joining the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers and making it through [[TrainingFromHell boot camp]]. After he's done with he is deployed to fight the Covenant. His first mission ends up going not so well with Frank and his team having to make an emergency orbital jump to leave their crashing ship. Frank is the only survivor of his squad.
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'''The Life''' is a {{Halo}} Fan Fiction dealing with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the life]] of one Francisco Castillo, better known as Frank. It starts off with Frank joining the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers and making it through [[TrainingFromHell boot camp]]. After he's done with he is deployed to fight the Covenant. His first mission ends up going not so well with Frank and his team having to make an emergency orbital jump to leave their crashing ship. Frank is the only survivor of his squad.
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'''The Life''' is a {{Halo}} ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' Fan Fiction dealing with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the life]] of one Francisco Castillo, better known as Frank. It starts off with Frank joining the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers and making it through [[TrainingFromHell boot camp]]. After he's done with he is deployed to fight the Covenant. His first mission ends up going not so well with Frank and his team having to make an emergency orbital jump to leave their crashing ship. Frank is the only survivor of his squad.
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* DoorStopper: The story currently has 1,500,000 words and counting. One. Million. Five. Hundred. Thousand. Words. To put it into perspective, it's longer than the entire LordOfTheRings series by almost five times!
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* DoorStopper: The story currently has 1,500,000 ended with 1,622,859 words and counting.total. Over. One. Million. Five.Six. Hundred. Thousand. Words. To put it into perspective, it's longer than the entire LordOfTheRings series by almost about five times!
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Soon after Frank meets [[SoleSurvivor Pavel Klaus]], whom he becomes fast friends with. From that point on the duo starts earning their paycheck and kicking alien ass. The story is, paraphrasing the author, what you would get if you grabbed an extra from the Halo series and gave him the spotlight in a television series as opposed to a film. It has dealt with over nine years worth of war in more than 210 chapters. It's a pretty humorous fan fiction (albeit one that has gotten darker with every passing chapter) with well-done action sequences that don't usually go over the top. Written fairly realistically (as realistically as you can get with {{ScienceFiction}}) it gives a different perspective on the Halo Universe.
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Soon after Frank meets [[SoleSurvivor Pavel Klaus]], whom he becomes fast friends with. From that point on the duo starts earning their paycheck and kicking alien ass. The story is, paraphrasing the author, what you would get if you grabbed an extra from the Halo series and gave him the spotlight in a television series as opposed to a film. It has dealt with covers over nine years nineteen years' worth of war in more than 210 nearly 230 chapters. It's a pretty humorous fan fiction (albeit one that has gotten darker with every passing chapter) with well-done action sequences that don't usually go over the top. Written fairly realistically (as realistically as you can get with {{ScienceFiction}}) it gives a different perspective on the Halo Universe.
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Soon after Frank meets [[SoleSurvivor Pavel Klaus]], whom he becomes fast friends with. From that point on the duo starts earning their paycheck and kicking alien ass. The story is, paraphrasing the author, what you would get if you grabbed an extra from the Halo series and gave him the spotlight in a television series as opposed to a film. It has dealt with over nine years worth of war in more than 100 chapters. It's a pretty humorous fan fiction (albeit one that has gotten darker with every passing chapter) with well-done action sequences that don't usually go over the top. Written fairly realistically (as realistically as you can get with {{ScienceFiction}}) it gives a different perspective on the Halo Universe.
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Soon after Frank meets [[SoleSurvivor Pavel Klaus]], whom he becomes fast friends with. From that point on the duo starts earning their paycheck and kicking alien ass. The story is, paraphrasing the author, what you would get if you grabbed an extra from the Halo series and gave him the spotlight in a television series as opposed to a film. It has dealt with over nine years worth of war in more than 100 210 chapters. It's a pretty humorous fan fiction (albeit one that has gotten darker with every passing chapter) with well-done action sequences that don't usually go over the top. Written fairly realistically (as realistically as you can get with {{ScienceFiction}}) it gives a different perspective on the Halo Universe.
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* DoorStopper: The story currently has over 1,000,000 words and counting. One. Million. Words. To put it into perspective, it's longer than the entire LordOfTheRings series.
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* DoorStopper: The story currently has over 1,000,000 1,500,000 words and counting. One. Million. Five. Hundred. Thousand. Words. To put it into perspective, it's longer than the entire LordOfTheRings series. series by almost five times!
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Soon after Frank meets [[SoleSurvivor Pavel Klaus]], whom he becomes fast friends with. From that point on the duo starts earning their paycheck and kicking alien ass. The story is, paraphrasing the author, what you would get if you grabbed an extra from the Halo series and gave him the spotlight in a television series as opposed to a film. It has dealt with over nine years worth of war in more than 100 chapters. It's a pretty humorous fan fiction with very well-done action sequences that don't usually go over the top. Written fairly realistically (as realistically as you can get with {{ScienceFiction}}) it gives a different perspective on the Halo Universe.
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Soon after Frank meets [[SoleSurvivor Pavel Klaus]], whom he becomes fast friends with. From that point on the duo starts earning their paycheck and kicking alien ass. The story is, paraphrasing the author, what you would get if you grabbed an extra from the Halo series and gave him the spotlight in a television series as opposed to a film. It has dealt with over nine years worth of war in more than 100 chapters. It's a pretty humorous fan fiction (albeit one that has gotten darker with very every passing chapter) with well-done action sequences that don't usually go over the top. Written fairly realistically (as realistically as you can get with {{ScienceFiction}}) it gives a different perspective on the Halo Universe.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: So far there have been two full chapters from different point of views. The first one was appropriately titled [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A Day In The Limelight]] and featured Pavel as the narrator. The second chapter featured UNSC Army Ranger Yevgeny Nezarian, narrating events happening in parallel to a previous chapter.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: So far there have been two a few full chapters from different point of views. The first one was appropriately titled [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A Day In The Limelight]] and featured Pavel as the narrator. The second chapter featured UNSC Army Ranger Yevgeny Nezarian, narrating events happening in parallel to a previous chapter.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Mikah Black, one of the nicer ODSTs is said to have beat a squad mate to within an inch of his life in order to get them to respect their new commanding officer and his friend.
* BoxingEpisode: There's a full chapter dedicated to showing just how Badass Frank has become and also serves to showcase one certain Avery Johnson.
* BrokenBird: Lately a lot of characters seem to show shades of this. Not even the main characters are exempt from this.
* TheCameo: Several. So far we've had a few Spartan-IIIs (Carter and Kat), some minor Navy officers, Sergeant Johnson, and the one and only Master Chief.
* BrokenBird: Lately a lot of characters seem to show shades of this. Not even the main characters are exempt from this.
* TheCameo: Several. So far we've had a few Spartan-IIIs (Carter and Kat), some minor Navy officers, Sergeant Johnson, and the one and only Master Chief.
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* CrazyEnoughToWork: Chapter 81. Full Stop.
* DoorStopper: The story currently has over 550,000 words and counting. To put it into perspective, it's longer than the entire LordOfTheRings series.
* DoorStopper: The story currently has over 550,000 words and counting. To put it into perspective, it's longer than the entire LordOfTheRings series.
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* CrazyEnoughToWork: Chapter 81. Full Stop.
Frank somehow manages to airdrop a tank from a fast-moving starship in order to save his squad.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The later chapters have been a lot more cynical as Frank realizes the futility of it all.
* DoorStopper: The story currently has over550,000 1,000,000 words and counting.counting. One. Million. Words. To put it into perspective, it's longer than the entire LordOfTheRings series.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The later chapters have been a lot more cynical as Frank realizes the futility of it all.
* DoorStopper: The story currently has over
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*NamesTheSame: PFC Kyle Sutton shares a last name with George 'Scarecrow' Sutton. They are not related.
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* TheCaptain: Frank is behaving increasingly like this, although his past as an enlisted soldier and NCO make it hard for him.
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** UNSC 'Inconvenience' the ship were the main characters live and are deployed on.
** UNSC 'Disproportionate Retribution'
** UNSC 'Count Me In'
** UNSC 'Disproportionate Retribution'
** UNSC 'Count Me In'
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** UNSC 'Inconvenience' ''Inconvenience'' the ship were the main characters live and are deployed on.
** UNSC'Disproportionate Retribution'
''Disproportionate Retribution''
** UNSC'Count ''Count Me In'In''
** UNSC
** UNSC
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And now we have:
** TheHero: Still Frank
** TheLancer: Pavel, although Marv gets it when dealing with squad matters.
** TheSmartGuy: Livingston and Hoff both seem to be the DeadpanSnarker and Smartass Guy variety.
** TheBigGuy: Sandor, not particularly huge, but is a BoisterousBruiser
** TheChick: Miranda
** TheHero: Still Frank
** TheLancer: Pavel, although Marv gets it when dealing with squad matters.
** TheSmartGuy: Livingston and Hoff both seem to be the DeadpanSnarker and Smartass Guy variety.
** TheBigGuy: Sandor, not particularly huge, but is a BoisterousBruiser
** TheChick: Miranda
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** A recent example is the time when the ODSTs on a Covenant corvette realize that it is falling back to the planet and they can't stop it. HilarityEnsues
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* [[spoiler: RankUp]]
* PaintingTheMedium: There have been a couple of instances were Frank realizes that he had written down something wrong by how the other character says it.
* PaintingTheMedium: There have been a couple of instances were Frank realizes that he had written down something wrong by how the other character says it.
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* [[spoiler: RankUp]]
RankUp: Frank has been promoted all the way to Gunnery Sergeant and went to OCS in order to become a lieutenant.
* PaintballEpisode
* PaintingTheMedium: There have been a couple of instances were Frank realizes that he had written down something wrong by how the other character says it. Merges with LeaningOnTheFourthWall.
* PaintballEpisode
* PaintingTheMedium: There have been a couple of instances were Frank realizes that he had written down something wrong by how the other character says it. Merges with LeaningOnTheFourthWall.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Frank wakes up after [[spoiler: being made into a prototype S-IV]] and notes that every bone in his body feels like it has been broken repeatedly and that his entire skin gives off the impression of being raw and dipped in lemon juice as well as several other painful analogies. Oh, and his head hurts too.
* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: Frank and Pavel try to invoke this on occasion, but it actually turns out to be more like Captain Rock and Sergeant Smooth seeing as Frank is an asshole and Pavel is actually kind of nice.
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--->'''Pavel''': [[spoiler: Catherine]]] was the girl, liked to be called [[[spoiler: Kat]]].\\
'''Frank''': [[spoiler: Kat]]? You mean [[spoiler: Cat]].\\
'''Frank''': [[spoiler: Kat]]? You mean [[spoiler: Cat]].\\
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--->'''Pavel''': [[spoiler: Catherine]]] Catherine was the girl, liked to be called [[[spoiler: Kat]]].Kate.\\
'''Frank''':[[spoiler: Kat]]? Kat? You mean [[spoiler: Cat]].Cat.\\
'''Frank''':
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***You're Helljumpers. Act. Like. It!
***You're Helljumpers. Act. Like. It!
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* StealthPun: Beta Rho Omega System. Bros.
** Tomorrow, a new chapter of [[TitleDrop my life]] started.
*TalkingIsAFreeAction: Everybody indulges in this occasionally.
** Tomorrow, a new chapter of [[TitleDrop my life]] started.
*TalkingIsAFreeAction: Everybody indulges in this occasionally.
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* PaintingTheFourthWall: There have been a couple of instances were Frank realizes that he had written down something wrong by how the other character says it.
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* PaintingTheFourthWall: PaintingTheMedium: There have been a couple of instances were Frank realizes that he had written down something wrong by how the other character says it.
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[[ItGotWorse It gets worse]]
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* NeckLift: Frank has this done to him by an elite at the end of Chapter 132.
* NoTrueScotsman: While not actually a present trope in the fic, there is a direct reference to it. Bumblebee, a Scottish character affirms that he enjoys Whiskey more than Scotch and Snark calls him out on that by proclaiming that he is no true scotsman.
* NoTrueScotsman: While not actually a present trope in the fic, there is a direct reference to it. Bumblebee, a Scottish character affirms that he enjoys Whiskey more than Scotch and Snark calls him out on that by proclaiming that he is no true scotsman.