History Fanfic / EscalationIsTheNameOfTheGame

* DysonSphere: Fusou takes advantage of the Forerunners' Shield Worlds (particularly the Onyx Sphere) 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.]]

** In the Mass Effect universe, Fusou gave the pre-First Contact War System Alliance the Shaw-Fujikawa Slip Space Drive, Titanium-A, and Dumb AI's. This gave humanity an unprecedented growth within a span of eight years than in Mass Effect canon.

** In the Mass Effect universe, Fusou gave the pre-First Contact War System Alliance the Shaw-Fujikawa Slip Space Drive, Titanium-A, and Dumb AI's. This gave humanity an unprecedented growth within a span of eight years.

* GunboatDiplomacy: Fusou's usual method of dealing with people who are unreasonable. The best example is [[spoiler:forcing the Forerunners to reconsider their idea of invading the Milky Way Galaxy]].

-->[[spoiler:The current state of the galaxy is your fault and I will not have you interfering in what I have spent a decade fixing. You lost the right to interfere when you did not return. When you left your 'Reclaimers' to be slaughtered by those who were jealous of them, just like how you slaughtered them once before. You shunned your responsibility for the Mantle and are responsible for the near extinction of its true inheritors twice over. I know your history Forerunner, I have seen what you accomplished and I can only despair at how you abandoned your chosen successors to the perils of the galaxy instead of returning to teach them. I have listed your failings Warrior-Servant Iso-Strategos, now leave here and return to your Remnant. Do not attempt to enter the Milky Way with military forces without permission from the species there ever again. That galaxy is sovereign territory and should you enter uninvited, I shall visit upon you Annihilation. Come as diplomats. Come as traders. But for your transgressions, never come as warriors.]]

* Terraform: Fusou is capable of this in which she helped in restoring planets and moons that were damaged in the Human-Covenant War.

** Fusou's help in the swift end of the Human-Covenant War. She help establish the Separatists by releasing a complete recording of the Prophets' conspiracy. She does this again by having [[spoiler:Mendicant Bias]] unraveling the entire lie before the entire Covenant armada and allowing some of the Loyalists to switching sides.

** [[spoiler:The Forerunner had planned for waiting outside the Milky Way Galaxy while allowing the Halo Array to wipe out the Flood and all life in the galaxy before settling in.]]

* AliensAreBastards: The Covenant of ''Halo''. However, not all are malicious and were misled by the Prophets to wage war against humanity.
** [[spoiler:The Forerunner had planned for waiting outside the Milky Way Galaxy while the Halo Array will wiped out the Flood and all life in the galaxy before settling in.]]

[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/escalation-is-the-name-of-the-game-planetary-annihilation-multicross-si.24194/ SufficientVelocity Fanfiction/Thread.]]

[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/escalation-is-the-name-of-the-game-planetary-annihilation-multicross-si.369101/ SpaceBattles Fanfiction/Thread.]]

!! The fanfic ''Escalation is the Name of the Game'' provides examples of:

* OutsideContextHero: Commander Fusou. Not only does she has the advanced tech, she has in-depth knowledge of the various universes based on their stories and franchises from the real-world.

* OutsideContextHero: Commander Fusou. Not only she has the advanced tech, she has in-depth knowledge of the various universes based on their stories from the real-world.

* OutsideContextHero: Commander Fusou.

* DisintegrationRay: Exaggerated with [[spoiler:Maw of Oblivion's weaponry, which works by projecting and manipulating a "destruction field" that causes all forms of matter and energy which enters its boundaries to just stop existing.]]

* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The Office of Naval Intelligence of ''Halo''. Fusou is doing everything in keeping ONI from disrupting the peace following the Human-Covenant War. This include sabotaging vehicles, altering orders, blocking important calls, and generally causing havoc on their financial resources and redistributing them to various charity organizations.

** Fusou stopping ONI from shaking up the peace between humanity and the Separatists.

** Fusou put a swift end to the Human-Covenant War by releasing a complete recording of the Prophets' conspiracy to the Covenant that eventually formed the Separatists. Happened again when she has [[spoiler:Mendicant Bias]] unraveling the entire lie before the entire Covenant armada and allowing some of the Loyalists to switching sides.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Fusou put a swift end to the Human-Covenant War by releasing a complete recording of the Prophets' conspiracy to the Covenant that eventually formed the Separatists. Happened again when she has [[spoiler:Mendicant Bias]] unraveling the entire lie before the entire Covenant armada and allowing some of the Loyalists to switching sides.

* ThemeNaming: Fusou's sub commanders are named after giants: Goliath, Colossus, Behemoth, and Titan.

* 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.

* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: Fusou has to answer the Custodian's question to gain access to the Absolute Record. [[spoiler:She passes.]]

* 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 the Covenant races 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.