History Fanfic / RenegadePeptuck

* PoorCommunicationKills: Literally. Nod and Phoenix are violently hostile to one another, but in Chapter 12, [[spoiler: both Miranda and Locke are trying to assist the GDI Embassy against the Scrin. Miranda by killing Masterminds to keep them from teleporting in reinforcements, while Locke is trying to analyze the Masterminds so that the Illusive Man can hack them and do the Scrin equivalent of a [[=DDoS=]] attack.]]

** They do it again in Chapter 12, avenging a C-Sec patrol car crew who [[Heroic deliberately made themselves a target]] to keep a Scrin Gun Walker's attention on them and away from civilians.

** Mention is made of a quarian [[Firefly 'Hoban]] clan, who are renowned pilots due to flying tramp freighters and fighters.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Literally. Nod and Phoenix are violently hostile to one another, but in Chapter 12, [[spoiler: both Miranda and Locke are trying to assist the GDI Embassy against the Scrin. The Miranda by killing Masterminds to keep them from teleporting in reinforcements, while Locke is trying to analyze the Masterminds so that the Illusive Man can hack them and do the Scrin equivalent of a [[=DDoS=]] attack.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: Literally. Nod and Phoenix are violently hostile to one another, but in Chapter 12, [[spoiler: both Locke and Miranda are trying to assist the GDI Embassy against the Scrin. The former by killing Masterminds to keep them from teleporting in reinforcements, while the latter is trying to analyze the Masterminds so that the Illusive Man can hack them and do the Scrin equivalent of a [[=DDoS=]] attack.]]

** WordOfGod regarding the Scrin is that the forces seen in-game are the equivalent of a few hundred mercenaries with armored cars and assault rifles, and the ''true'' Scrin armies and navy are "an entirely different beast." Among their assets are [[spoiler: phasing tiberium kinetic impactors with liquid-tiberium cores]], [[spoiler: short-range teleporters]], [[spoiler: phasing technology]], [[spoiler: [[SphereOfDestruction rift missiles]]]], and some of them use [[spoiler: large-scale versions of the Masterminds' mind-control rigs.]] The implication is that [[spoiler: the Scrin are preparing for war with the Reapers.]]

* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: Phoenix, which may or may not be this setting's analogue to Cerberus. Their intentions and motivations are stereotypically mysterious, but they appear to be hostile to Nod, or at least Kane's followers.

* ContinuityNod: There are a number of references to ''Fanfic/EaglesFall'', such as a turian naval officer who was the son of the turian admiral in charge of the battle at Shanxi, as well as Locke, alive and well and apparently working for Phoenix.

* SwissArmyWeapon: The Werewolf rifle used by GDI troops is essentially a fusion of the [[TheFifthElement ZF-1]] and the GD-10 from the canceled ''Tiberium'' game.

* GambitPileup: The Reapers are plotting something. Kane is ''also'' plotting something. The Shadow Broker got involved when sending Zaeed after the mercenaries, and there's also a group called "Phoenix" involved (with WordOfGod hinting that they may be this universe's equivalent of Cerberus). The quarian Migrant Fleet is hiding something. At the moment, GDI is just scrambling to keep up.

** When Shepard fends off a force of Scrin, she keeps her weapon trained on the whole they came through, fully expecting more to arrive when they turn their back. [[spoiler: They do.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Councilor Velarn.
-->'''Velarn''': ''No Citadel species has been so incompetently self-destructive as to let its homeworld be consumed by a mindless crystal.''
** Not a huge surprise: Velarn is, in canon, most known for being Air-Quote Turian.

* IShallTauntYou: According to WordOfGod, Councilor Velarn's {{Jerkass}} tendencies are actually deliberate efforts to piss off humans so they don't think clearly. It works on Udina, that's for certain.

** WordOfGod is that Councilor Velarn is a JerkAss to humans [[IShallTauntYou deliberately, so that angry humans won't think clearly.]]

* IdenticalGrandson: Lieutenant Anastasia Telfair's description almost exactly matches that of Lieutenant Sandra Telfair, her ancestor from the ''Tiberium'' games, save for having some blonde streaks in her hair and blue eyes.

* DynamicEntry: Garrus and Zaeed are both fans of this kind of entry. Locke's Phoenix team uses this as well when they ambush Miranda's squad.

** When Locke's team drops in during Chapter 11, they use something suspiciously similar to the [[Videogame/DeusExHumanRevolution Icarus Landing System]].

* TooDumbToLive: One of the major points of contention between the Citadel and GDI is that the latter won't share tiberium with the former, never mind that the stuff turned one of the safest planets in the galaxy into the deadliest planet in the galaxy in less then half a century.

** Interestingly, this is pretty much the opposite of the System Alliance's doctrine, which emphasized flexibility and mobility.

* OutOfContextVillain: The Scrin, to the Citadel and even GDI.

* WeAreEverywhere: Nod. They can apparently [[spoiler: alter communications from the Citadel at will to obfuscate what happened at Eden Prime]], and later [[spoiler: manage to get a building-sized hologram of Kane to appear in the Council Chambers]].

* ScarsAreForever: Shepard's face is severely scarred as a result of her experiences on Akuze [[spoiler: apparently due to a close encounter with Scrin buzzers.]]
** Partially subverted: Shepard was offered the chance to have her scars removed, but chose to keep them as a reminder.

* CanonImmigrant: [[spoiler: Locke]] from ''Fanfic/EaglesFall'' appears in the tenth chapter; WordOfGod is that he is going to be a major character in the story.

* ContinuityNod: There are a number of references to ''Fanfic/EaglesFall'', such as a turian naval officer who was the son of the turian admiral in charge of the battle at Shanxi, as well as [[spoiler: Locke, alive and well and apparently working for Phoenix]].

* TheStationsOfTheCanon: One issue witht he story is that it cleaves very closely to the original ''Mass Effect'' timeline despite the butterfly effect of GDI and Nod's presence in the setting, with the attack on Eden Prime happening at the same time as it did in canon and only marginally deviating from that at first. However, by the sixth chapter, the story starts rolling off the rails with things like the introduction of Kane, Spectre Garrus Vakarian, Kal'Reegar and a large group of quarian marines escorting Tali, Zaeed, [[spoiler: Locke and the Phoenix organization]], and [[spoiler: a Scrin attack on the Citadel]].

* DynamicEntry: Garrus and Zaeed are both fans of this kind of entry.

* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Scrin in general. Most of their technology is a completely out-of-context problem for the Citadel and even GDI. No one really has any idea how to counter something that can casually teleport past your defenses and mind-control entire groups of people instantly.

* GambitPileup: The Reapers are plotting something. Kane is ''also'' plotting something. The author has hinted that other plots are in motion.The Shadow Broker got involved when sending Zaeed after the mercenaries, and now there's hints that a group called "Pheonix" is involved (with WordOfGod hinting that they may be this universe's equivalent of Cerberus).
* GenreSavvy: Both Shepherd and Jacob cooperate with Zaeed's rampage - or at least stay out of his way - but anticipate he'll turn on him when the EnemyMine is over. [[spoiler: He does, and is also GenreSavvy enough to backstab Shepherd when Jacob's Marine platoon is too far away to intercede. Until Alenko showed up...]]

** When Locke's team drops in during Chapter 11, they use something suspiciously similar to the [[Videogame/DeusExHumanRevolution Icarus Landings System]].