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* SaveTheVillain: After killing the Prophets, Fusou gave the races of the former Covenant a chance to rebuild and return to their pre-war society. Justified because many member races of the Covenant were misguided and lied to waging war on humanity. Furthermore, Fusou wanted to avoid putting the ex-Covenant races in a very disadvantageous state and thereby reverting back to their Covenant ideology.
**Subverted for the Jiralahanae and Kig-Yar. The Jiralahanae are so [[BloodKnight warmongering]] that it took Fusou to commit some GunboatDiplomacy to keep them in line. The Kig-Yar [[UngratefulBastard returned to becoming pirates]] much to everyone's annoyance.
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* HonorBeforeReason: When Fusou publicly exposed the Prophets' lies to the Covenant, the Sangheili that remained loyal to the Covenant refused to believe the truth and they had to be eliminated by their Separatists counterparts in [[DuelToTheDeath honor duels]]. This prevents civil war from breaking out among the Sangheili and preventing the rise of a charismatic leader, such as Jul 'Muldamee, from leading what is left of the Covenant. The [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Jiralahanae]], however, not so much.
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* VikingFuneral: Fusou give one to the ''Spirit of Fire'' in order to clear it of any Flood infestation. Out of respect, she has Captain Cutter to do the honor by pressing the firing button on the ''Maw of Oblivion'' to atomized the ''Spirit of Fire'' in dark matter.

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* VikingFuneral: Fusou give one to the ''Spirit of Fire'' in order to clear it of any traces of Flood infestation. Out of respect, she has Captain Cutter to do the honor by pressing the firing button on the ''Maw of Oblivion'' to atomized the ''Spirit of Fire'' in dark matter.
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* VikingFuneral: Fusou give one to the ''Spirit of Fire'' in order to clear it of any Flood infestation. Out of respect, she has Captain Cutter to do the honor by pressing the firing button on the ''Maw of Oblivion'' to atomized the ''Spirit of Fire'' in dark matter.
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* SpaceshipGirl: Fusou fully qualifies as this, even if at the beginning she started out as a mecha girl.
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* DysonSphere: Fusou takes advantage of the Forerunners' Shield Worlds and managed to fulfilled their purpose: [[spoiler: by building a ''super'' Dyson sphere to hold '''9,818,501,733 planets''' and shield them from the Halo Array.]]


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* TheBattlestar: Pretty much any ship created by Fusou wil lfit this trope, but special notice goes to the Enterprise-class warship she creates a few chapters into the Haloverse.
* {{BFG}}: the Enterprise class is an excellent example. The ten point seven kilometer long warship features of pair of orbital MAC guns whose designs were purloined from the UNSC. They fire shells fifty percent larger and three times the original muzzles velocity.

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* TheBattlestar: Pretty much any ship created by Fusou wil lfit will fit this trope, but special notice goes to the Enterprise-class ''Enterprise''-class warship she creates a few chapters into the Haloverse.
* {{BFG}}: the Enterprise class The ''Enterprise''-class is an excellent example. The ten point seven kilometer long warship features of pair of orbital MAC guns whose designs were purloined from the UNSC. They fire shells fifty percent larger and three times the original muzzles velocity.



* ColorCodedArmies: Given that Fusou is playing as an RTS game commander, all of her units follow this trope, with the colors being primarily black with red for a secondary, and some white thrown in when she feels the unit in question would just be too menacing otherwise. Such was the case with the Enterprise-class.
* CoolStarship: The Enterprise-class and the newly revealed (as of chapter 43) Cathedral.

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* ColorCodedArmies: Given that Fusou is playing as an RTS game commander, all of her units follow this trope, with the colors being primarily black with red for a secondary, and some white thrown in when she feels the unit in question would just be too menacing otherwise. Such was the case with the Enterprise-class.
''Enterprise''-class.
* CoolStarship: The Enterprise-class ''Enterprise''-class and the newly revealed (as of chapter 43) Cathedral.''Cathedral''.



* EnergyWeapons: Hardlight, lasers, plasma torpedoes, plasma cannons, and many, many more fill out this category, with more and more likely to join the armory as time goes on.



* MadeOfIndestructium: All of Fusou's ships, weapons, and drones are made of a hybrid of Progenitor and Forerunner alloy that is very close to being indestructable. Of her vessels, the Cathedral deserves special mention as it has been stated to be capable of flying through the heart of a star with no-one aboard being any the wiser.



* NuclearOption: Commander Fusou has a notable fondness for weapons capable of ridiculous levels of destruction and weapons of the nuclear kind are often one of her first and preferred choices.
* OfficiallyShortenedTitle: Escalation is the Name of the Game is usually shortened to just 'Escalation'.
* PhlebotinumGirl: Fusou can qualify as this, though some of the qualifiers are a bit iffy. Female lead? Done. Powerful abilities and skills? Got those in spades. Often in the center of the fighting? Yep. Physically or mentally frail? Eh, maybe. Fusou's physical abilities merely scale with whatever form she's using as a host, and she's been careful to take the time to sort through her mental issues when she can.
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:The inability to communicate instantaneously is what leads to the Prophets bringing their combined fleet into the middle of an unprescedented ambush by the UNSC, the Separatists, and Fusou.]]



* WaveMotionGun: The shrunken Annihilaser fitted to the Enterprise won't be cracking planets [[spoiler:but it was more than enough to cut a CSO-class Supercarrier in half from bow to stern before slicing apart a good chunk of the accompanying fleet]].

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* UnstoppableRage: Fusou falls into a bit of this when the [[spoiler:Prohpets and High Charity manage to escape the ambush. She proceeds to destroy several thousand ships in mere ''seconds''.]]
* WarIsHell: This trope is certainly true though it hasn't been focused on too much. Much of the UNSC and indeed Humanity itself was already traumatized by the war and Fusou has joined them as even if she hasn't killed someone face to face, her impressive sensors allow her to see exactly how everyone in each battle she's present for dies.
* WaveMotionGun: The shrunken Annihilaser fitted to the Enterprise ''Enterprise'' won't be cracking planets [[spoiler:but it was more than enough to cut a CSO-class Supercarrier in half from bow to stern before slicing apart a good chunk of the accompanying fleet]].
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* AbsentAlieans: The Progenitors are this for Fusou, while the universes she visits no doubt have more. So far we have the Precursors and the Forerunners from Halo.

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* AbsentAlieans: AbsentAliens: The Progenitors are this for Fusou, while the universes she visits no doubt have more. So far we have the Precursors and the Forerunners from Halo.

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* AbsentAlieans: The Progenitors are this for Fusou, while the universes she visits no doubt have more. So far we have the Precursors and the Forerunners from Halo.



* AttackDrones: Pretty much the entirety of Commander Fusou's units qualify as this, and when she's feeling pushed, her ally's units can rapidly become such as well.



* {{BFG}}: the Enterprise class is an excellent example. The ten point seven kilometer long warship features of pair of orbital MAC guns whose designs were purloined from the UNSC. They fire shells fifty percent larger and three times the original muzzles velocity

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* TheBattlestar: Pretty much any ship created by Fusou wil lfit this trope, but special notice goes to the Enterprise-class warship she creates a few chapters into the Haloverse.
* {{BFG}}: the Enterprise class is an excellent example. The ten point seven kilometer long warship features of pair of orbital MAC guns whose designs were purloined from the UNSC. They fire shells fifty percent larger and three times the original muzzles velocityvelocity.

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* AuthorAvatar: As an SI story, the Main character -Commander Fusou- is a self explanatery example of this trope.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: Commenters on the story on the Sufficient Velocity forums find them in just about every chapter. The author's extremely amusing Tsundere responses don't help matters.
* AuthorAvatar: As an SI story, the Main character -Commander Fusou- is a self explanatery self-explanatory example of this trope.
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* AuthorAvatar: As an SI story, the Main character -Commander Fusou- is a self explanatery example of this trope.
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Combining Progenitor bullshit tier technology and the ability to design new units as needed, Commander Fusou can generally handle whatever problem happens to crop up given if she has a few minutes to work.

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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Combining Progenitor bullshit tier technology and the ability to design new units as needed, Commander Fusou can generally handle whatever problem happens to crop up given if she has a few minutes to work. Problems that cannot be solved in a few minutes will inevitably be obliterated via Von Neumann shenanigans.
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** The second was after chapter 49 or 50 when she stepped in to say that geography along the coast of Kenya had changed enough that the city of Voi had become a coastal location.

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** The second was after chapter 49 or 50 when she stepped in to say that [[spoiler:that geography along the coast of Kenya had changed enough that the city of Voi had become a coastal location.location]].
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** The first time was when she stated that the water she had teleported out into space was never coming back down to her starting world and that it would never turn up in the story again.
** The second was after chapter 49 or fifty when she stepped in to say that geography along the coast of Kenya had changed enough that the city of Voi had become a coastal location.

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** The first time was when she stated that the water she had teleported out into space around chapter 6 was never coming back down to her starting world and that it would never turn up in the story again.
** The second was after chapter 49 or fifty 50 when she stepped in to say that geography along the coast of Kenya had changed enough that the city of Voi had become a coastal location.
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* WaveMotionGun: The shrunken Annihilaser fitted to the Enterprise won't be cracking planets [[spoiler:but it was more than enough to cut a CSO-class Supercarrier in half from bow to stern before slicing apart a good chunk of the accompanying fleet]].

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* WaveMotionGun: The shrunken Annihilaser fitted to the Enterprise won't be cracking planets [[spoiler:but it was more than enough to cut a CSO-class Supercarrier in half from bow to stern before slicing apart a good chunk of the accompanying fleet]].fleet]].
* WordOfGod: On the Sufficient Velocity forum, Battleship Fusou has needed to step in a few times to put down arguments and de-rails.
**The first time was when she stated that the water she had teleported out into space was never coming back down to her starting world and that it would never turn up in the story again.
**The second was after chapter 49 or fifty when she stepped in to say that geography along the coast of Kenya had changed enough that the city of Voi had become a coastal location.

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* StealthExpert: Fusou has been infiltrating plenty of human and alien systems and facilities with no one the wiser. Unless, of course, she decides to let you know about it.


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** The first major story arc takes place in the ''Franchise/Halo'' universe; naturally Forerunner technology also qualifies.

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* SpiderTank: The original Commander chassis that the SI started with, the Pot Belly 79, certainly qualifies. The subsequent Commander Chassis that Fusou creates, the Razor Back, also qualifies

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* SpiderTank: The original Commander chassis that the SI started with, the Pot Belly 79, certainly qualifies. The subsequent Commander Chassis that Fusou creates, the Razor Back, also qualifiesqualifies.
* SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology: Several aspects of the Progenitor tech base Fusou started with, notably the ability to ignore the laws thermodynamics when convenient.
**The first major story arc takes place in the ''Franchise/Halo'' universe; naturally Forerunner technology also qualifies.
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* WaveMotionGun: The shrunken Annihilaser fitted to the Enterprise won't be cracking planets [[spoiler:but it was more than enough to cut a CSO-class Supercarrier in half from bow to stern before slicing apart a good chunk of the accompanying fleet.

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* WaveMotionGun: The shrunken Annihilaser fitted to the Enterprise won't be cracking planets [[spoiler:but it was more than enough to cut a CSO-class Supercarrier in half from bow to stern before slicing apart a good chunk of the accompanying fleet.fleet]].
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The third ''VideoGame/PlanetaryAnnihilation'' Multi-cross fanfic to crop up, this story chronicles the adventures of the Sufficient Velocity and ''Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom'' user Battleship_Fusou. After being scooped up by ''JerkassGods/ROB'' and stuffed into the chassis of a commander, she is turned loose to explore the multi-verse with the sole purpose of entertaining ROB.

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The third ''VideoGame/PlanetaryAnnihilation'' Multi-cross fanfic to crop up, this story chronicles the adventures of the Sufficient Velocity and ''Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom'' user Battleship_Fusou. After being scooped up by ''JerkassGods/ROB'' ROB and stuffed into the chassis of a commander, she is turned loose to explore the multi-verse with the sole purpose of entertaining ROB.

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* {{BFG}}: the Enterprise class is an excellent example. The ten point seven kilometer long warship features of pair of orbital MAC guns whose designs were purloined from the UNSC. They fire shells fifty percent larger and three times the original muzzles velocity



* ColorCodedArmies: Given that Fusou is playing as an RTS game commander, all of her units follow this trope, with the colors being primarily black with red for a secondary, and some white thrown in when she feels the unit in question would just be too menacing otherwise. Such was the case with the Enterprise-class.
* CoolStarship: The Enterprise-class and the newly revealed (as of chapter 43) Cathedral.
* StealthExpert: Fusou has been infiltrating plenty of human and alien systems and facilities with no one the wiser. Unless, of course, she decides to let you know about it.
* CommandAndConquerEconomy: Pretty much by default. As a Planetary Annihilation Commander, the entirety of their forces are made by explicit order/instructions from said commander.



* CoolStarship: The Enterprise-class.
* StealthExpert: Fusou has been infiltrating plenty of human and alien systems and facilities with no one the wiser. Unless, of course, she decides to let you know about it.
* CommandAndConquerEconomy: Pretty much by default. As a Planetary Annihilation Commander, the entirety of their forces are made by explicit order/instructions from said commander.

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* CoolStarship: WaveMotionGun: The Enterprise-class.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Razor Back, for all your Brutally-Efficient Self-Replicating Mechanism of War needs.]]



* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Combining Progenitor bullshit tier technology and the ability to design new units as needed, Commander Fusou can generally handle whatever problem happens to crop up given a that she has a few minutes to work.

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* CommandAndConquerEconomy: Pretty much by default. As a Planetary Annihilation Commander, the entirety of their forces are made by explicit order/instructions from said commander.

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->''"I don't over-react, I merely escalate in a dramatic fashion."''
-->-- '''Commander Fusou''', ''Fanfic/Escalation is the Name of the Game''


[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/escalation-is-the-name-of-the-game-planetary-annihilation-multicross-si.24194/ SufficientVelocity Fanfiction/Thread.]]
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!! The fanfic ''Escalation is the Name of the Game'' provides examples of:

* BreakingTheFourthWall:
* JerkassGods: As is usual, ROB pulls the SI away from their home and everything they've ever known before dumping them into a whole new world without a choice in the matter.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Combining Progenitor bullshit tier technology and the ability to design new units as needed, Commander Fusou can generally handle whatever problem happens to crop up given a that she has a few minutes to work.
* SpiderTank: The original Commander chassis that the SI started with, the Pot Belly 79, certainly qualifies. The subsequent Commander Chassis that Fusou creates, the Razor Back, also qualifies

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->''"I don't over-react, I merely escalate in a dramatic fashion."''
-->-- '''Commander Fusou''', ''Fanfic/Escalation is the Name of the Game''


[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/escalation-is-the-name-of-the-game-planetary-annihilation-multicross-si.24194/ SufficientVelocity Fanfiction/Thread.]]
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!! The fanfic ''Escalation is the Name of the Game'' provides examples of:

* BreakingTheFourthWall:
* JerkassGods: As is usual, ROB pulls the SI away from their home and everything they've ever known before dumping them into a whole new world without a choice in the matter.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Combining Progenitor bullshit tier technology and the ability to design new units as needed, Commander Fusou can generally handle whatever problem happens to crop up given a that she has a few minutes to work.
* SpiderTank: The original Commander chassis that the SI started with, the Pot Belly 79, certainly qualifies. The subsequent Commander Chassis that Fusou creates, the Razor Back, also qualifies

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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/razorback01.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The Razor Back, for all your needs.]]

->''"I don't over-react, I merely escalate in a dramatic fashion."''
-->-- '''Commander Fusou''', ''Fanfic/Escalation is the Name of the Game''


[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/escalation-is-the-name-of-the-game-planetary-annihilation-multicross-si.24194/ SufficientVelocity Fanfiction/Thread.]]
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!! The fanfic ''Escalation is the Name of the Game'' provides examples of:

* BreakingTheFourthWall:
* JerkassGods: As is usual, ROB pulls the SI away from their home and everything they've ever known before dumping them into a whole new world without a choice in the matter.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Combining Progenitor bullshit tier technology and the ability to design new units as needed, Commander Fusou can generally handle whatever problem happens to crop up given a that she has a few minutes to work.
* SpiderTank: The original Commander chassis that the SI started with, the Pot Belly 79, certainly qualifies. The subsequent Commander Chassis that Fusou creates, the Razor Back, also qualifies
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/razorback01.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The Razor Back, for all your needs.]]

->''"I don't over-react, I merely escalate in a dramatic fashion."''
-->-- '''Commander Fusou''', ''Fanfic/Escalation is the Name of the Game''


[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/escalation-is-the-name-of-the-game-planetary-annihilation-multicross-si.24194/ SufficientVelocity Fanfiction/Thread.]]
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!! The fanfic ''Escalation is the Name of the Game'' provides examples of:

* BreakingTheFourthWall:
* JerkassGods: As is usual, ROB pulls the SI away from their home and everything they've ever known before dumping them into a whole new world without a choice in the matter.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Combining Progenitor bullshit tier technology and the ability to design new units as needed, Commander Fusou can generally handle whatever problem happens to crop up given a that she has a few minutes to work.
* SpiderTank: The original Commander chassis that the SI started with, the Pot Belly 79, certainly qualifies. The subsequent Commander Chassis that Fusou creates, the Razor Back, also qualifies

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