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** BadBadActing: Like in canon, Eldritch Drones engage in this.
** BlindingCameraFlash: Same as canon, the Sentinels use this to stun their prey. They had some trial and error with getting the right frequency as a poor 047 can test to.

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** * BadBadActing: Like in canon, Eldritch Drones engage in this.
** * BlindingCameraFlash: Same as canon, the Sentinels use this to stun their prey. They had some trial and error with getting the right frequency as a poor 047 can test to.



* ColorCodedForYourConvience: The various Solver Drones have different coloured-glyphs based on their eye colours.

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** James, Louisa and the Frumplebucket Twins end up dying at the hands of Cyn and her thralls but given how cruel and sadistic they are, they will not be missed.



* ColorCodedFromYourConvience: The various Solver Drones have different coloured-glyphs based on their eye colours.

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* ColorCodedFromYourConvience: ColorCodedForYourConvience: The various Solver Drones have different coloured-glyphs based on their eye colours.



** Max - Green.

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** Max - Green.[[EmeraldPower Green]]



** In ''What Friends Are For'',

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** In ''What Friends Are For'', when the group get captured by a deranged Alice, Uzi and V taunt and bite off Alice's finger, respectively.
* DoomedByCanon: Nori, the Solver-infected Test Subjects, James, Louisa, the entire human population of Copper-9...to name a few.
* DownerBeginning: Several examples.
** ''To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Creation'', after Nori and Khan have their wedding, Nori is kidnapped for Project Solver along with the others.
** ''Like The Stars'' starts with Nori's funeral and Emma and Luke leaving Outpost 3.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Those infected with Strain A of the Solver can see the future.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Earth, Proxima-1 and Plat-4 all suffer this at the hands of a Solver-possessed Cyn. Copper-9 nearly gets destroyed as well but Nori manages to stop the destruction at the last minute.
* EmeraldPower: Max has green eyes and wields the Absolute Solver. In an alternate timeline in ''Ad Astra Per Aspera'', Thad's Solver activates, allowing him to use it.



* DoomedByCanon: Luke, Max, Bonnie and all the other Test Subjects evidently don't survive or escape the Labs as it's mentioned that Nori and Yeva were the only ones that returned.
* DownerBeginning: After Nori and Khan have their wedding, Nori, Yeva and 98 other Drones are kidnapped for Project Solver.



* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Nori's first vision comes in the form of this.



* EarthShatteringKaboom: Earth, Proxima-1 and Plat-4 all suffer this at the hands of the Absolute Solver. Copper-9 nearly suffers this at the hands of the Solver but Nori manages to regain control of her body at the last second.
* EmeraldPower: Max has green powers and is a wielder of the Absolute Solver.

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* AdaptationalExpansion: The series expands on the ''Murder Drones'' universe by further detailing the events that led to the Core Collapse and Nori's death years later and expanding the events between episodes.
* AssholeVictim: Several throughout the series.
** The Supervisor who dies at the hands of a Solver-possessed Nori but given how much of a racist, supremacist, vindictive ass he is, he deserves it.
* TheAssimilator: Eldritch Cyn, Nori, Yeva and J devour Workers and humans alike to gather materials to rebuild themselves.
* BackFromTheDead: Some examples.
** Cyn, J, V, N and other Zombies Drones come back after being improperly disassembled by the Elliots.
** Nori and Yeva return after the materials collection process is complete.
** BadBadActing: Like in canon, Eldritch Drones engage in this.
** BlindingCameraFlash: Same as canon, the Sentinels use this to stun their prey. They had some trial and error with getting the right frequency as a poor 047 can test to.
* BodyHorror: What happens to both the Solver and Disassembler Drones.
* CallingYourAttacks: Like in canon, the Solver does so.
* CassandraTruth: 2 examples so far.
** In ''To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Creaton'', Yeva learns the truth of what the 'coolant' is, but no listens to her.
** Nori's ramblings about the Sky Demons and the Singularity aren't taken seriously by most of the Worker Drone population who see it as a sign of her insanity. Khan listened though and managed to build Outpost 3 to protect the Workers from the Disassemblers.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Happens to the Solver Drones during Project Solver. The techs refer to it as [[DeadlyEuphemism testing.]] Uzi also suffers this at the hands of a deranged Alice.
* ColorCodedFromYourConvience: The various Solver Drones have different coloured-glyphs based on their eye colours.
** Nori and Uzi - [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]]
** Yeva and Doll - [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red]]
** Luke - Blue.
** Max - Green.
** Bonnie and 064 - White.
** Ali and Sam - Pink.
** Cyn and Solver-possessed Solver Drones - Yellow.
* DeadpanSnarker: A lot of the characters engage in making snarky comments.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: The Eldritch Drones engage in this. The person doesn't have to be dead as a lucky Thad can attest but a lot of the drones it impersonates are victims.
* DealWithTheDevil: Cyn and the Solver-infected Test Subjects are offered a deal by the Solver that in exchanging for reviving them and allowing them to use It's powers, they will allow it to possess them. Subject 001/Karl and Subjects 81-100 (Evens) didn't accept the deal and were left to die.
* DeepSouth: Alice and Emma have a southern accent as in canon.
* DefiantCaptive: 2 examples.
** In ''To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Creation'', The Solver Drones particularly Nori do their best to annoy and anger their captors.
** In ''What Friends Are For'',
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* AssholeVictim: The Supervisor dies at the hands of a Solver-possessed Nori but given how much of a racist, supremacist, cruel asshole he is, he deserves it.
* TheAssimilator: Eldritch Nori and Yeva devour most of the remaining Test Subjects to gather materials to rebuild themselves.
* BackFromTheDead: Nori and Yeva pull this after their Eldritch forms complete their materials gathering process.
* BadBadActing: Like in canon, Eldritch Nori and Yeva engage in this.



* BlindingCameraFlash: Same as canon, the Sentinels use this to stun Test Subjects. They had some trial and error with getting the right frequency as a poor 047 can attest to.



* BodyHorror: What happens to the Solver Drones.



* CallingYourAttacks: Same as canon, the Solver does so.
* CassandraTruth: Yeva finds out the truth about what the 'coolant' is, early in the story but no one listens to her.



* ColdBloodedTorture: What happens to Nori in Chapter 7. The techs refer to it as [[DeadlyEuphemism testing.]]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience - The various Solver Drones have different colours to help distinguish whose powers are in action.
** Nori - Purple.
** Yeva - Red.
** Luke - Blue.
** Max - Green.
** Bonnie - White.
** Ali and Sam - Pink.
** Cyn - Yellow. As in canon, the colour yellow is the colour of the Absolute Solver itself.
* DamselInDistress: Emma jokingly refers to Nori as this when they're preparing to storm the Labs to rescue the kidnapped Workers.
* DeadpanSnarker: Ava makes a lot of snarky comments over the story.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Eldritch Nori primarily uses holograms of Nori and Mia to trick Test Subjects into coming near them.
* DealWithTheDevil: The Solver-Infected Test Subjects are offered a deal by the Solver that in exchange for reviving them, they will allow it to possess them. Subject 001/Karl and Subjects 81-100 (Evens) didn't accept the deal and were left to die.
* DeepSouth: Presumably, Emma has the same accent as her sister.

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* ColdBloodedTorture: What happens to Nori in Chapter 7. The techs refer to it as [[DeadlyEuphemism testing.]]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience - The various Solver Drones have different colours to help distinguish whose powers are in action.
** Nori - Purple.
** Yeva - Red.
** Luke - Blue.
** Max - Green.
** Bonnie - White.
** Ali and Sam - Pink.
** Cyn - Yellow. As in canon, the colour yellow is the colour of the Absolute Solver itself.
* DamselInDistress: Emma jokingly refers to Nori as this when they're preparing to storm the Labs to rescue the kidnapped Workers. \n* DeadpanSnarker: Ava makes a lot of snarky comments over the story. \n* DeadPersonImpersonation: Eldritch Nori primarily uses holograms of Nori and Mia to trick Test Subjects into coming near them. \n* DealWithTheDevil: The Solver-Infected Test Subjects are offered a deal by the Solver that in exchange for reviving them, they will allow it to possess them. Subject 001/Karl and Subjects 81-100 (Evens) didn't accept the deal and were left to die. \n* DeepSouth: Presumably, Emma has the same accent as her sister.
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* 13IsUnlucky: Subject 013 gets the displeasure of having Nori use her Solver powers on him.

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* Unlucky13: Subject 013 gets the displeasure of having Nori use her Solver powers on him.

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* Unlucky13: 13IsUnlucky: Subject 013 gets the displeasure of having Nori use her Solver powers on him.

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* AnArmAndALeg: Happens to Nori in Chapter 6 as part of [[DeadlyEuphemism testing.]] It also happens to Stevens who [[KilledOffScreen dies sometime after Chapter 10.]]

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* AnArmAndALeg: Happens to Nori in Chapter 6 as part of [[DeadlyEuphemism testing.]] It also happens to Stevens who [[KilledOffScreen dies sometime after Chapter 10.]] In Chapter 28, Nori chops off her own hand to stop the ''[null]'' glyph that's destroying Copper-9's core.



* BittersweetEnding: On the positive side of things, Nori and Yeva have reunited with their husbands, the Workers are free. On the bitter side of things, Copper-9 has been plunged into an [[EndlessWinter eternal winter]], killing all humans, 3 planets have been destroyed by the Solver, Alice and the others are trapped underground, and Nori starts to go insane.



* EarthShatteringKaboom: Earth, Proxima-1 and Plat-4 all suffer this at the hands of the Absolute Solver.

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* EarthShatteringKaboom: Earth, Proxima-1 and Plat-4 all suffer this at the hands of the Absolute Solver. Copper-9 nearly suffers this at the hands of the Solver but Nori manages to regain control of her body at the last second.



* EndlessWinter: At the end of the story, Copper-9's Core Collapse results in eternal winter engulfing the exoplanet and wiping out all life on it.



* HyprociteHasAPoint: The security team member states that drones with the ability to self-repair and mistreating them is just "asking for trouble" which a technician calls her out for, due to her calling Ava a nutcase 2 weeks before the events of Eldritch Nori and Yeva's rampage.

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* HyprociteHasAPoint: HypocriteHasAPoint: The security team member states that drones with the ability to self-repair and mistreating them is just "asking for trouble" which a technician calls her out for, due to her calling Ava a nutcase 2 weeks before the events of Eldritch Nori and Yeva's rampage.



* MonstruousCannibalism: The Solver Drones are forced to drink the oil of their fellow Workers in order to not die from overheating.



* RoboticPyschopath: Mia is a Worker who has gone insane due to a failed attempt at getting the Solver program not to crave oil.
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* AssholeVictim: The Supervisor dies at the hands of a Solver-possessed Nori but given how much of a racist, supremacist, cruel asshole he is, he deserves it.


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* BackFromTheDead: Nori and Yeva pull this after their Eldritch forms complete their materials gathering process.


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** Chapter 24 ends with Solver-possessed Nori breaking loose and on her way to destroy the Core.


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* EarthShatteringKaboom: Earth, Proxima-1 and Plat-4 all suffer this at the hands of the Absolute Solver.


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* HyprociteHasAPoint: The security team member states that drones with the ability to self-repair and mistreating them is just "asking for trouble" which a technician calls her out for, due to her calling Ava a nutcase 2 weeks before the events of Eldritch Nori and Yeva's rampage.


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* InTheBack: Eldritch Nori and Yeva's primary tactic in killing Workers for their materials.


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* JustThinkOfThePotential: The reason behind Project Solver as the Supervisor mentions in Chapter 26.


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* MachineBlood: Like canon, the Worker Drones' oil is this.


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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: One of the technicians gets freaked out by Solver-possessed Nori and the contrast between her and regular Nori.


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* PaintTheTownRed: The Cabin Fever Labs become covered in Worker oil and body parts in the aftermath of Eldritch Nori and Yeva's rampage.


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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: The Supervisor apparently screams like this as a Solver-possessed Nori notes.
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* FrankensteinsMonster: Khan calls the installation of a Solver Core into Karl, "[playing] frankenstein with him".

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* FrankensteinsMonster: Khan calls the installation of a Solver Core into Karl, "[playing] "[Playing] frankenstein with him".

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* TheAssimilator: Eldritch Nori and Yeva devour most of the remaining Test Subjects to gather materials to rebuild themselves.
* BadBadActing: Like in canon, Eldritch Nori and Yeva engage in this.



* CallingYourAttacks: Same as canon, the Solver does so.
* CassandraTruth: Yeva finds out the truth about what the 'coolant' is, early in the story but no one listens to her.



* ColorCodedForYourConvenience - The various Solver Drones have different colours to help distinguish whose powers are in action.
** Nori - Purple.
** Yeva - Red.
** Luke - Blue.
** Max - Green.
** Bonnie - White.
** Ali and Sam - Pink.
** Cyn - Yellow. As in canon, the colour yellow is the colour of the Absolute Solver itself.



* DeadPersonImpersonation: Eldritch Nori primarily uses holograms of Nori and Mia to trick Test Subjects into coming near them.



** Chapter 22 ends with Nori and Yeva dying and ending up becoming [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Nori and Yeva]]



* GrandTheftMe: Same as canon, The Solver does this to Cyn and Nori.



* HologramProjectionImperfection: Same as canon with the Solver's holograms.



* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Same as canon, the Sentinels are this.



* LaughingMad: Mia constantly does this throughout her appearances.



* MadArtist: Mia is shown drawing images of the Absolute Solver, which is a sign of her insanity.



* RoboticPyschopath: Mia is a Worker who has gone insane due to a failed attempt at getting the Solver program not to crave oil.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Same as canon with the Solver doing so.



* ThreeLawsCompliant: Averted with the Solver Drones as the Solver blocks it.

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* ThreeLawsCompliant: Averted with the Solver Drones as the Solver blocks it. Played straight with the Sentinels, though.
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** Chapter 19 ends with the escape attempt failing and the Test Subjects getting recaptured.
** Chapter 20 ends with Luke dying.


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* EmeraldPower: Max has green powers and is a wielder of the Absolute Solver.


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* InstantDeathBullet: During the escape attempt, a nearby Alexei watches Cody go down from being shot. While Nori, Alice and Luke are trying to run to the exit, they witness Control Group Test Subjects being executed by gunshots.


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* NeckSnap: Nori is forced to kill 021 and first does so with this.


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* NoWaterproofingInTheFuture: Same as the series, the Workers aren't waterproof which a technician demonstrates in Chapter 20 when they pour water on Nori.


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* ShoutOut: [[WordOfGod states that Yeva's Solver Form is a nod to Kirie from WebAnimation/Internecion Cube.]]


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* TearsOfJoy: When Alexei and Yeva first reunite, the former starts to cry, which Yeva notes that he never does. At the end, Nori does this along with Khan, Alexei and Yeva when they're reunited.


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* TokenBlackFriend: Bonnie is the only Worker Drone throughout the story that speaks French, implying that she is from the French sector.
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* TheReasonYourSuckSpeech: Ava frequently calls out the [=JcJenson=] technicians for their incompetence and way of dealing with problems.

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* TheReasonYourSuckSpeech: TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ava frequently calls out the [=JcJenson=] technicians for their incompetence and way of dealing with problems.



* TokenHeroicTeammate: Like her niece Tessa, Ava is one of the few good humans that work for [=JcJenson=] which is why a Solver-possessed Nori spares her.

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* TokenHeroicTeammate: TokenGoodTeammate: Like her niece Tessa, Ava is one of the few good humans that work for [=JcJenson=] which is why a Solver-possessed Nori spares her.

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* CabinFever: What happens to the Test Subjects initially as they're locked inside their rooms all the time outside of tests. Ava manages to convince the technicians to allow the Test Subjects to meet up in a large space.
* ChristmasEpisode: Chapter 17 is this in a nutshell as it takes place on Christmas and has the Test Subjects trying to escape.



* HomeByChristmas: The Test Subjects' escape attempt takes place on Christmas where the humans will be distracted and not paying attention.



** Forcing Alice and Luke to transfer their AI into a droneling body to make a Pill Drone galvanises the Solver Drones into trying to escape and tell the other Workers about what's happening.

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** Forcing Alice and Luke to transfer their AI into a droneling body to make a Pill Drone galvanises the Solver Drones into trying to escape and tell the other Workers about what's happening. While the escape doesn't succeed, Alexei discovers what is going on and informs the other Workers, resulting in them planning to storm the labs.

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* [[Unlucky13 13 Is Unlucky]]: Subject 013 gets the displeasure of having Nori use her Solver powers on him.

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* [[Unlucky13 13 Is Unlucky]]: Unlucky13: Subject 013 gets the displeasure of having Nori use her Solver powers on him.him.
* AdaptationalExplanation: In the story, it's revealed that Beau is Alice and Luke's child and was created to see if he would inherit the Solver from his father.



* Chapter 1 ends with Nori being kidnapped.
* Chapter 10 ends with Nori undergoing her "Solver Form" transformation.

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* ** Chapter 1 ends with Nori being kidnapped.
* ** Chapter 10 ends with Nori undergoing her "Solver Form" transformation.



* FantasticRacism: The majority of humans are uncaring towards the Drones and refuse to entertain the idea of the Drones being sentient and having any semblance to them.
* {{Fingore}}: Happens in Chapter 6 as part of the [[DeadlyEuphemism testing on Nori.]]

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* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: When Nori and Alice first meet in Chapter 14, the latter remarks that she was expecting Nori to be taller.
* FantasticRacism: The majority of humans are uncaring towards the Drones and refuse to entertain the idea of the Drones being sentient and having any semblance to them. In the story, there is some discourse between the Solver Drone Test Subjects and the Worker Drones Test Subjects as they both envy the other for better rewards and easier tasks respectively.
* {{Fingore}}: Happens in Chapter 6 as part of the [[DeadlyEuphemism testing on Nori.]]]] Also happened offscreen before Chapter 15 as Nori mentions that one of the technicians that were part of her most recent [[DeadlyEuphemism testing session as revenge for pouring acid down her tail's jaws]]



* GreatEscape: The remaining Test Subjects of Project Solver attempt to do this with priority being given to Alice, Luke and Beau.



* MandatoryMotherhood: Luke and Alice are forced to make a Pill Drone so the humans could see if the Pill Drone could inherit the Solver from Luke.



** Forcing Alice and Luke to transfer their AI into a droneling body to make a Pill Drone galvanises the Solver Drones into trying to escape and tell the other Workers about what's happening.



* OffWithHisHead: Happens offscreen before Chapter 8 to Nori.

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* OffWithHisHead: Happens offscreen before Chapter 8 to Nori. Also happened to Luke at one point, which traumatised Alice when they threw his headless body back into their room.


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* RobotMaid: In the private housing sector of Copper 9, the humans employ a type of Worker Drones known as Servant Drones that dress in both maid and butler uniforms.

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* AnArmAndALeg: Happens to Nori in Chapter 6 as part of [[DeadlyEuphemism testing.]]

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* AnArmAndALeg: Happens to Nori in Chapter 6 as part of [[DeadlyEuphemism testing.]] It also happens to Stevens who [[KilledOffScreen dies sometime after Chapter 10.]]


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* Chapter 1 ends with Nori being kidnapped.
* Chapter 10 ends with Nori undergoing her "Solver Form" transformation.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Nori's first vision comes in the form of this.


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* EatenAlive: Subject 025 suffers this fate at the hands of a feral Nori.
* {{EMP}}: Deployed to great effect against the Workers.


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* LanguageBarrier: [=JcJenson=] technicians are supposed to learn English, Russian and French but some like Stevens refuse to do so.


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** Not listening to Ava and feeding the Solver Drones more which results in casualties.


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* PainfulTransformation: It's clear that Nori's first transformation is agonising to undergo.


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* PrehensileTail: Solver Drones infected with "Strain A" have a long tail with a mouth.


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* PupatingPeril: Nori becomes this as her "Solver Form" is activated.


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* {{Seers}}: Those with "Strain A" of the Absolute Solver (Nori, Luke, etc) can see the future.


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* ThreeLawsCompliant: Averted with the Solver Drones as the Solver blocks it.


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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Nori and Ava were close before the start of this story. By the time Nori has her memory restored, their friendship has soured a little as Ava won't let the Test Subjects go back home or stop the testing.
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* {{Fingore}}: Happens in Chapter 6 as part of the [DeadlyEuphemism testing on Nori.]]

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* {{Fingore}}: Happens in Chapter 6 as part of the [DeadlyEuphemism [[DeadlyEuphemism testing on Nori.]]
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* 13IsUnlucky: Subject 013 gets the displeasure of having Nori use her Solver powers on him.

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* 13IsUnlucky: [[Unlucky13 13 Is Unlucky]]: Subject 013 gets the displeasure of having Nori use her Solver powers on him.

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* ColdBloodedTorture: What happens to Nori in Chapter 7. The techs refer to it as [DeadlyEuphemism testing.]]

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* ColdBloodedTorture: What happens to Nori in Chapter 7. The techs refer to it as [DeadlyEuphemism [[DeadlyEuphemism testing.]]



* DeadpanSnarker: Ava makes a lot of snarky comments over the story.



* ManBitesMan: Nori bites a technician by the name of Jenkins and nearly takes his hand off.



* MoralMyopia: The [=JcJenson=] technicians are perfectly okay with torturing and kidnapping drones for Project Solver but when one of their own gets bitten by an oil-starved Nori, they get angry.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [=JcJenson=] screws up quite frequently throughout the story.
** Putting the disassembled Test Subjects in the same compactor as other non-Test Subject Workers leads to Khan, Alexei and Emma getting a hint to where the kidnapped drones were taken.
** As Ava points out in Chapter 9, taking away the Head Repair Drone Nori, has resulted in tons of preventable Worker Drone casualties, which will reduce output and cost money to replace the disassembled Workers.



* OffWithHisHead: Happens offscreen before Chapter 8 to Nori.



* TheReasonYourSuckSpeech: Ava frequently calls out the [=JcJenson=] technicians for their incompetence and way of dealing with problems.



* SoleSurvivor: Like canon, Tessa is the only survivor of the Gala Massacre. N, V and J are also confirmed to be the only drones that survived the night as well as it's [[WordOfGod confirmed that the Solver destroyed every drone that worked in Elliot Manor but spared N, V and J due to Cyn's affection for them.]]



* TokenHeroicTeammate: Like her niece Tessa, Ava is one of the few good humans that work for [=JcJenson=] which is why a Solver-possessed Nori spares her.
* TroubledFetalPosition: Nori does this in Chapter 8, clearly traumatised from what has happened to her.



* TheVirus: The Solver is compared to a virus with there being 2 strains among the even-numbered Test Subjects. 2-40 (Even-numbered) have Nori's strain while 41-80 (Even-numbered) have Yeva's strain.



* YouHaveFailedMe: The last "Head Constructor" was slated for disassembly due to a shaft collapse that occured.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: The last "Head Constructor" before Khan was slated for disassembly due to a shaft collapse that occured.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: In Chapter 6, Nori gets her left foot chopped off as part of [[DeadlyEuphemism testing]]

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* AgonyOfTheFeet: In Chapter 6, Nori gets her left foot chopped off as part of [[DeadlyEuphemism testing]] testing.]]



* AnArmAndALeg: Happens to Nori in Chapter 6 as part of [[DeadlyEuphemism testing]]

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* AnArmAndALeg: Happens to Nori in Chapter 6 as part of [[DeadlyEuphemism testing]] testing.]]



* ColdBloodedTorture: What happens to Nori in Chapter 7. The techs refer to it as [DeadlyEuphemism testing]]

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* ColdBloodedTorture: What happens to Nori in Chapter 7. The techs refer to it as [DeadlyEuphemism testing]]testing.]]

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* 13IsUnlucky: Subject 013 gets the displeasure of having Nori use her Solver powers on him.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: In Chapter 6, Nori gets her left foot chopped off as part of [[DeadlyEuphemism testing]]



* AnArmAndALeg: Happens to Nori in Chapter 6 as part of [[DeadlyEuphemism testing]]



* BodyHorror: What happens to the Solver Drones and their cores.

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* BodyHorror: What happens to the Solver Drones and their cores.Drones.
* ColdBloodedTorture: What happens to Nori in Chapter 7. The techs refer to it as [DeadlyEuphemism testing]]


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* {{Fingore}}: Happens in Chapter 6 as part of the [DeadlyEuphemism testing on Nori.]]
* FrankensteinsMonster: Khan calls the installation of a Solver Core into Karl, "[playing] frankenstein with him".


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* TheMaze: Chapter 6 has Nori, Yeva, 013 and 075 competing in a race within a maze with traps.


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* NoNameGiven: Most of the Test Subjects remain unnamed.


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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Solver Drones act like the traditional vampire, having to drink oil, can't go out in the sunlight, can regenerate, are stronger than the average Worker, don't do well with mirrors and can only be destroyed through sunlight or destruction of the core.
* PitTrap: One of the traps in TheMaze seen in Chapter 6.
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* ProgramsAsPowers: Same as canon, the Absolute Solver is this.

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* ProgramsAsPowers: PowersAsPrograms: Same as canon, the Absolute Solver is this.
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* MonstruosCannibalism: The Solver Drones are forced to drink the oil of their fellow Workers in order to not die from overheating.

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* MonstruosCannibalism: MonstruousCannibalism: The Solver Drones are forced to drink the oil of their fellow Workers in order to not die from overheating.
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* BlindingCameraFlash: Same as the canons, the Sentinel use this to stun Test Subjects. They had some trial and error with getting the right frequency as a poor 047 can attest to.

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* BlindingCameraFlash: Same as the canons, the Sentinel use this to stun Test Subjects. They had some trial and error with getting the right frequency as a poor 047 can attest to.



* BodyHorror: What happens to the Solver Drones and their cores.
* DamselInDistress: Emma jokingly refers to Nori as this when they're preparing to storm the Labs to rescue the kidnapped Workers.



* DefiantCaptive: The Solver-Infected Test Subjects particularly Nori and Yeva do their best to annoy and resist their captors.



* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: Before getting her memories back, Nori has some memories about her life pre-Project Solver.



* InsistentTerminology: The humans refuse to entertain the notion of the Drones being similar to them in any way. They refer to Nori and Khan's positions as "Head Repair Drone" and "Head Constructor" when their titles are actually "Head Doctor and "Head Architect"

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* InsistentTerminology: The humans refuse to entertain the notion of the Drones being similar to them in any way. They refer to Nori and Khan's positions as "Head Repair Drone" and "Head Constructor" when their titles are actually should be "Head Doctor and "Head Architect"



* KidnappedDoctor: Nori, Ali and Sam are kidnapped for Project Solver. Not for their medical expertise but to see how the Solver affects different Drones with different professions.
* KidnappedForExperimentation: The 40 Solver Drones were kidnapped to see if how the Solver affects them.
* KidnappedWhileSleeping: The mass-kidnapping of the 100 occurs at night.



* OrganTheft: Alice, Emma, Jessie and other Harvester Drones routinely take spare parts from disassembled Workers to give to the Repair Ward.
* PoliticalHostage: According to WordOfGod, the Solver experiments were a retribution inflicted on the Workers to keep them from revolting again.



* ProgramsAsPowers: Same as canon, the Absolute Solver is this.



* ShockStick: The [=JcJenson scientists=] use cattle prods to keep the Solver Drones in line during the earlier parts of testing.

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* ShockStick: The [=JcJenson scientists=] [=JcJenson=] scientists use cattle prods to keep the Solver Drones in line during the earlier parts of testing.


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* {{Teleportation}}: Those with Yeva's strain of the Solver can do this.


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* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: [=JcJenson=] takes the Test Subjects from their homes.
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* MonstruousCannibalism: The Solver Drones are forced to drink the oil of their fellow Workers in order to not die from overheating.

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* AmnesiacHero: Nori, Yeva and 98 other Drones all get their memories wiped as part of Project Solver. Subverted later on when Yeva manages to unlock the suppressed memories of the Test Subjects.

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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Emma and Alice share the same trait of brown hair and orange eyes.
* AmnesiacHero: Nori, Yeva and 98 other Drones all get their memories wiped as part of Project Solver. Subverted later on when It doesn't stick as Yeva manages to unlock the suppressed memories of the Test Subjects.Subjects.
* BloodOath: The exchange between Nori and the Solver below.
-->'''Nori:''' So now what...I have to do an oil pact with you or somethin?
-->'''The Absolute Solver:''' Eyeroll. No such barbaric thing. A simple Yes/No will suffice.


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* DeepSouth: Presumably, Emma has the same accent as her sister.


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* HealingFactor: Solver Drones can regenerate from injuries as long as they have enough oil and aren't too damaged.
* HorrorHunger: Nori, Yeva and the other 40 Solver-Infected Test Subjects have to drink oil to avoid overheating.


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* IWillFindYou: Khan promises to do so in Chapter 2.
* LetMeGetThisStraight: What Nori says verbatim in Chapter 4.
--->'''Nori:'''Let me get this straight. You want me. To just take that box...and move it to the other side of the room. That's it. That's the test.
--->'''Technician:''' Correct.
* MementoMacGuffin: The chokers that the Solver-Infected Test Subjects wear.
* MonstruousCannibalism: The Solver Drones are forced to drink the oil of their fellow Workers in order to not die from overheating.


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* RedFilterOfDoom: The lights in the disassembly room are red, adding to the creepiness.


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* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Cyn has golden eyes due to being possessed by the Absolute Solver. Same with Nori when she gets possessed as well.
* TermsOfEndangerment: The Solver calls the Solver-Infected Test Subjects, Little Sister or Brother like how it calls N Big Brother in the show.

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* DealWithTheDevil: The Solver-Infected Test Subjects are offered a deal by the Solver that in exchange for reviving them, they will allow it to possess them. Subject 001/Karl and Subjects 81-100 (Evens) didn't accept the deal and were left to die.



* IHaveYourWife: JcJenson's scientists kidnap Khan and Alexei's wifes, Nori and Yeva for Project Solver, though they don't tell them that they have their wives.

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* IHaveYourWife: JcJenson's scientists [=JcJenson's scientists=] kidnap Khan and Alexei's wifes, Nori and Yeva for Project Solver, though they don't tell them that they have their wives.



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* RebelLeader: It's revealed that Khan was the leader of the Worker Drone Revolt that took place 8 years before the events of this story. He becomes this again when the [=WDs=] prepare to storm the Cabin Fever Labs to rescue the kidnapped Workers.
* ShockStick: The JcJenson scientists [=JcJenson scientists=] use cattle prods to keep the Solver Drones in line during the earlier parts of testing.

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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49482283/chapters/124883479 Ad Astra Per Aspera]]'' - A series of mini-fics and one shots that take place in the world of "Ad Astra Per Aspera.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/50264341/chapters/126969331 Ad Astra Per Aspera Appendices]]'' - A series of appendices that expand the world of "Ad Astra Per Aspera.

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Aspera."

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/50264341/chapters/126969331 Ad Astra Per Aspera Appendices]]'' - A series of appendices that expand the world of "Ad Astra Per Aspera."


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* AmnesiacHero: Nori, Yeva and 98 other Drones all get their memories wiped as part of Project Solver. Subverted later on when Yeva manages to unlock the suppressed memories of the Test Subjects.


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* DownerEnding: Several examples throughout the story, unfortunately.
** Chapter 1 ends with Nori being kidnapped.


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* {{Greed}}: It's mentioned frequently by the Workers that the humans are "penny-pinchers" who are "stingy with parts".
* IHaveYourWife: JcJenson's scientists kidnap Khan and Alexei's wifes, Nori and Yeva for Project Solver, though they don't tell them that they have their wives.
* InsistentTerminology: The humans refuse to entertain the notion of the Drones being similar to them in any way. They refer to Nori and Khan's positions as "Head Repair Drone" and "Head Constructor" when their titles are actually "Head Doctor and "Head Architect"


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* PurpleIsPowerful: Nori has purple eyes and is a host of the Absolute Solver.
* ShockStick: The JcJenson scientists use cattle prods to keep the Solver Drones in line during the earlier parts of testing.
* WeddingEpisode: The beginning of Chapter 1 is this.
* YouAreNumberSix: The 100 Workers kidnapped for Project Solver are given numbers based on what order that they were taken in. The remaining 80 after the start of the project were divided into 2 groups: Control Group (Odd-numbered Test Subjects) and Test Group (Even-numbered Test Subjects) with the latter group being infected with the Solver.
* YouHaveFailedMe: The last "Head Constructor" was slated for disassembly due to a shaft collapse that occured.
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* DoomedByCanon: Luke, Max, Bonnie and all the other Test Subjects evidently don't survive or escape the Labs as it's mentioned that Nori and Yeva were the only ones that returned.


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* DwindlingParty: Over the course of the story, Project Solver's Test and Control Groups get reduced in number and by the time of the story's ending, only Nori, Yeva, Max, Bonnie, Ali, Sam, Alice, Beau, 029, 033, 053 and 59 are left with them all dying later on.


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* ItIsDehumanizing: All the humans beside Ava refer to the Drones as "It", seeing them as inferior and non-sentient.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org//series/3677698 Ad Astra Per Aspera]]'' is a series of fanfics that took place in ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones''. It has 6 entries so far.

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* Prequel: Serves as this to the entirety of Ad Astra Per Aspera.

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''[[https://archiveofourown.org//series/3677698 Ad Astra Per Aspera]]'' is a series of fanfics that took place in ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones''. It has 6 entries so far.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49448629/chapters/124795054 To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Creation]]'' is a prequel to the entire series that documents the events of Project Solver and what led to the Core Collapse.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49173127/chapters/12407122 Memento Nori]]'' Focuses on Nori Doorman after the Core Collapse, dealing with the Absolute Solver, visions of the Sky Demons, and her own child. Sequel to To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Creation.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49841434/chapters/125818624 Like the Stars]]'' Focuses on Uzi's life pre-Pilot and expands the events between the first 4 episodes. Sequel to Memento Nori.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49257589/chapters/124291342 What Friends Are For]]'' Focuses on the aftermath of the Camp Massacre and what occurred between Episode 4 and 5 with Episode 6 being covered as well. Currently on hiatus.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49482283/chapters/124883479 Ad Astra Per Aspera]]'' - A series of mini-fics and one shots that take place in the world of "Ad Astra Per Aspera.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/50264341/chapters/126969331 Ad Astra Per Aspera Appendices]]'' - A series of appendices that expand the world of "Ad Astra Per Aspera.
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[[folder: To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Creation]]
* DownerBeginning: After Nori and Khan have their wedding, Nori, Yeva and 98 other Drones are kidnapped for Project Solver.
* FantasticRacism: The majority of humans are uncaring towards the Drones and refuse to entertain the idea of the Drones being sentient and having any semblance to them.
* Prequel: Serves as this to the entirety of Ad Astra Per Aspera.
[[/folder]]

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