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* ExactWords: when When Agent Zamm [[spoiler: attacks Cushgar]], her robot is given orders to wake her the instant they make hostile contact. No orders cover the contingency that point her robot be cocooned in the middle of a friendly fleet...
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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: subtly done with Pagadan, who while unmistakably ''not'' human, still resembles an attractive woman "in permanent fancy dress."
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Grandma Wannattel is a sweet old lady who sells medicines to the rural folk of her native world... and is also a Zone Agent who successfully annihilates an invasion force of ruthless, vampiric aliens.
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* TalkingAnimal: The "animal" that pulls Grandma Wannattel's caravan is her friend and an intelligent collaborator in her plans, a fact which they both take care to conceal from everyone else.the locals.
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* HyperspeedEscape: At one point Iliff eludes his opponents by switching on his space drive while his ship is still on the ground, rather than launching conventionally.
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* FalseFlagOperation: The inhabitants of the Heebelant Systems are unaware that their tyrannical ruler is actually a Zone Agent whose plan is to have LaResistance overthrow his despotic government.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Bjanta ships self-destruct (and the crew blow themselves up) when defeated, rather than risk being captured.
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* InMediasRes: "The Illusionists" opens with a space battle between a Vegan fleet and Bjanta raiders, then flashes back to Pagadan learning the truth about the situation on Ulphi and discussing it with headquarters.
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* SleepDeprivation: System Chief Jasse is a workaholic who can go without sleep for weeks (using drugs to stay awake) when starting a new case.
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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: In "The Illusionists", the Co-ordinator asks the psych-tester (a computer that psychologically profiles the agents) what it thinks Pagadan is planning. The psych-tester replies that she has been able to block its probes, and so it can't give a meaningful answer. We therefore don't learn Pagadan's plan before she puts it into action.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Between the magazine and book versions of "The Illusionists", Colonel Deibos becomes Colonel Dubois.
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* TheApprentice: Grandma Wannattel sees Grimp as a possible successor, and is gently guiding him in that direction -- not that he realises this.
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* OrwellianRetcon: In the magazine version of "The Second Night of Summer", Grandma Wannattel deliberately lures Grimp to the site of the Halpa invasion, to use his sharper sense of time to pinpoint the perfect moment for her counterattack. In the book version this element is removed, and Grimp shows up on his own initiative.
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* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Pagadan is royalty on her own world (describing herself in one story as "[[TheHighQueen High Queen]] of Lar-Sancaya") and a ruthless, effective Zone Agent.
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* TrojanPrisoner: In "The Truth about Cushgar", Pagadan allows her ship to be captured by the enemy's MightyGlacier of a flagship, then once she's inside its shields opens fire at point-blank range.
* XanatosSpeedChess: The Co-ordinator's plan in "The Truth about Cushgar" was for a simple diversionary attack by the Agency's ships to distract the enemy from the real mission of rescuing Zamm's family. But when Cushgar unexpectedly surrendered, he couldn't resist the opportunity to take advantage of it.
* XanatosSpeedChess: The Co-ordinator's plan in "The Truth about Cushgar" was for a simple diversionary attack by the Agency's ships to distract the enemy from the real mission of rescuing Zamm's family. But when Cushgar unexpectedly surrendered, he couldn't resist the opportunity to take advantage of it.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: The inhabitants of Noorhut are described as mostly "brown-skinned and dark-eyed".
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The Lannai (and some other telepathic races) have a fugue-like phenomenon called "akaba" which is triggered by overwhelming psychic attack -- their conscious mind shuts down, they make their escape, and (if they weren't caught) recover consciousness with no memory of anything since the attack.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Death by space-fear psychosis - the victim's body is torn apart by its own muscle spasms, with sufficient force to break bones.
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* TheEeyore: Agent-Trainee Hallerock always expects the worst.
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* MagnificentBastard: The Third Co-ordinator uses whatever means necessary to get the desired results from his agents...
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* BratsWithSlingshots: the KidHero of The Second Night of Summer uses one.
* BrokenBird: Zamm combines this with DarkActionGirl for terrifying effect.
* CulturalPosturing: System Chief Jasse semi-consciously engages in this as a result of her Traditionalist upbringing. A short sharp dose of reality (and a small amount of mind control) cures her of it.
* ExactWords: when Agent Zamm [[spoiler: attacks Cushgar]], her robot is given orders to wake her the instant they make hostile contact. No orders cover the contingency that point her robot be cocooned in the middle of a friendly fleet...
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The relationship between Earth and the Confederacy isvery vaguely reminiscent of that between the UK and the USA.
* BrokenBird: Zamm combines this with DarkActionGirl for terrifying effect.
* CulturalPosturing: System Chief Jasse semi-consciously engages in this as a result of her Traditionalist upbringing. A short sharp dose of reality (and a small amount of mind control) cures her of it.
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* OurGiantsAreBigger: Several HumanSubspecies exist that grow about eight to nine feet tall.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Agent Pagadan is a female example. She is a humanoid (''not'' human) alien from Lar-Sancaya, and she is, after Zamm, perhaps one of the best killers the Co-ordinator has.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Several HumanSubspecies exist that grow about eight to nine feet tall.
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They appear in four stories by Creator/JamesHSchmitz, which appeared in various magazines (''Magazine/AstoundingScienceFiction'' and ''Galaxy Science Fiction'') before being collected in book form in 1960 under the title ''Agent of Vega''.
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They appear in four stories by Creator/JamesHSchmitz, which appeared in various magazines (''Magazine/AstoundingScienceFiction'' and ''Galaxy Science Fiction'') in the late 1940s and early 1950s before being collected in book form in 1960 under the title ''Agent of Vega''.
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The Zone Agents of Vega are a group of idiosyncratic secret agents who guard the worlds of the Vegan Confederacy under a variety of guises. One, for instance, appears to be travelling saleswoman, living out of a little caravan drawn by a funny-looking draught animal -- but the caravan is also a fully-functional spacecraft, and the "draught animal" is one of her fellow Agents.
They appear in four stories by Creator/JamesHSchmitz, which appeared in various magazines (''Magazine/AstoundingScienceFiction'' and ''Galaxy Science Fiction'') before being collected in book form in 1960 under the title ''Agent of Vega''.
The four stories, in original publication order, are:
* "Agent of Vega"
* "The Truth about Cushgar"
* "The Second Night of Summer"
* "The Illusionists"
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The relationship between Earth and the Confederacy is very reminiscent of that between the UK and the USA.
* TheFederation: The Confederacy of Vega.
* HealingVat: In "Agent of Vega", Iliff delivers his final mission report from one, after his near-fatal confrontation with the BigBad of his story.
* IWillFindYou: Agent Zamm in "The Truth about Cushgar" is searching for her kidnapped husband and son.
* PsychicPowers: Such powers, technologically boosted, are almost universal, though degree of strength varies.
* SpaceElves: The Daya-Bals, a human-descended race of [[ProudScholarRaceGuy metaphysicists and artists]].
* SpaceMadness: In "The Illusionists", Moyuscane's fear of space has permeated the entire world he controls to the point where hardly anyone can go into space...and is eventually turned against him.
* SquareRaceRoundClass: Most people in the Vegan Confederacy wouldn't think one of the gentle, ethereal Daya-Bals could ever be a ruthless Zone Agent -- unless they happen to meet Zamm.
* SpacePolice: The Zone Agents.
* TheSpymaster: The Third Co-ordinator of the Vegan Confederacy.
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They appear in four stories by Creator/JamesHSchmitz, which appeared in various magazines (''Magazine/AstoundingScienceFiction'' and ''Galaxy Science Fiction'') before being collected in book form in 1960 under the title ''Agent of Vega''.
The four stories, in original publication order, are:
* "Agent of Vega"
* "The Truth about Cushgar"
* "The Second Night of Summer"
* "The Illusionists"
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!!This series contains examples of:
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The relationship between Earth and the Confederacy is very reminiscent of that between the UK and the USA.
* TheFederation: The Confederacy of Vega.
* HealingVat: In "Agent of Vega", Iliff delivers his final mission report from one, after his near-fatal confrontation with the BigBad of his story.
* IWillFindYou: Agent Zamm in "The Truth about Cushgar" is searching for her kidnapped husband and son.
* PsychicPowers: Such powers, technologically boosted, are almost universal, though degree of strength varies.
* SpaceElves: The Daya-Bals, a human-descended race of [[ProudScholarRaceGuy metaphysicists and artists]].
* SpaceMadness: In "The Illusionists", Moyuscane's fear of space has permeated the entire world he controls to the point where hardly anyone can go into space...and is eventually turned against him.
* SquareRaceRoundClass: Most people in the Vegan Confederacy wouldn't think one of the gentle, ethereal Daya-Bals could ever be a ruthless Zone Agent -- unless they happen to meet Zamm.
* SpacePolice: The Zone Agents.
* TheSpymaster: The Third Co-ordinator of the Vegan Confederacy.
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