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* ZombieApocalypse: After Istvan comes into contact with the Marker on Aspera, all hell breaks loose shortly afterwards as the facilities not only there, but also those on Kreemar and Aegis VII all at once are subject to undead uprisings.
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* ZombieApocalypse: After Istvan comes into contact with the Marker on Aspera, all hell breaks loose shortly afterwards as the facilities not only there, but also those on Kreemar and Aegis VII all at once are subject to spontaneously come under attack from undead uprisings. uprisings.
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* ZombieApocalypse: After Istvan comes into contact with the Marker on Aspera, all hell breaks loose shortly afterwards as the facilities not only there, but also those on Kreemar and Aegis VII all at once are subject to undead uprisings.
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''Dead Space: Catalyst'' is a TieInNovel set in the ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' universe, written by B.K. Evenson. Although it takes place before the first ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' game, it has no major connection to any other story in the series or ''Literature/DeadSpaceMartyr'', Evenson's other ''Dead Space'' novel.
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''Dead Space: Catalyst'' is a TieInNovel set in the ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' universe, written by [[Creator/BrianEvenson B.K. Evenson.Evenson]]. Although it takes place before the first ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' game, it has no major connection to any other story in the series or ''Literature/DeadSpaceMartyr'', Evenson's other ''Dead Space'' novel.
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* ProlongedPrologue: It takes half the book for Istvan to get to the prison.
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* ProlongedPrologue: It takes half the book for Istvan to get to the prison.prison.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Jensi nor anyone runs into a gigantic Necromorph depicted on the cover.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Istvan's mental problems protects him from the Marker's usual insanity effects, and actually allows him to communicate with the Marker to some degree.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Everyone dies except Jensi, who can't tell if he is pointing his gun at the Necromorphs or in his mouth. The Marker is still intact, not that it matters since the other project supervisors are considering about nuking the complex anyway.]]
* {{Filler}}: To the series as a whole, since it does not does not expand on any other character's motivations or events in the series, or go into any detail about the backstory.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Istvan's mental problems protects him from the Marker's usual insanity effects, and actually allows him to communicate with the Marker to some degree.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Everyone dies except Jensi, who can't tell if he is pointing his gun at the Necromorphs or in his mouth. The Marker is still intact, not that it matters since the other project supervisors are considering about nuking the complex anyway.]]
* {{Filler}}: To the series as a whole, since it does not does not expand on any other character's motivations or events in the series, or go into any detail about the backstory.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Neither Jensi nor anyone runs into a gigantic Necromorph depicted on the cover.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Istvan's mental problemsprotects protect him from the Marker's usual insanity effects, and actually allows him to communicate with the Marker to some degree.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Everyone dies except Jensi, who can't tell if he is pointing his gun at the Necromorphs or in his mouth. The Marker is still intact, not that it matters since the other project supervisors are consideringabout nuking the complex anyway.]]
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* DisabilitySuperpower: Istvan's mental problems
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''Dead Space: Catalyst'' is a TieInNovel novel set in the ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' universe, written by B.K. Evenson. Although it takes place before the first ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' game, it has no major connection to any other story in the series or ''Literature/DeadSpaceMartyr'', Evenson's other ''Dead Space'' novel.
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* {{Filler}}: To the series as a whole, since it does not does not expand on any other character's motivations or events in the series, or go into any detail about the backstory.
* GenreShift: Without knowledge of how ''Dead Space'' stories usually play out, the first half of the novel reads like the tragic story of a man trying to take care of dangerously ill older brother.
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''Dead Space: Catalyst'' is a tie-in TieInNovel novel set in the ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' universe, written by B.K. Evenson. Although it takes place before the first ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' game, it has no major connection to any other story in the series or ''Literature/DeadSpaceMartyr'', Evenson's other ''Dead Space'' novel.
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* DisabilitySuperpower: Istvan's mental problems protects him from the Marker's usual insanity effects, and actually allows him to communicate with the Marker to some degree.
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* DisabilitySuperpower: Istvan's mental problems protects him from the Marker's usual insanity effects, and actually allows him to communicate with the Marker to some degree.degree.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Everyone dies except Jensi, who can't tell if he is pointing his gun at the Necromorphs or in his mouth. The Marker is still intact, not that it matters since the other project supervisors are considering about nuking the complex anyway.]]
* MeatMoss: Istvan notices it growing around the prison when he arrives. It's so mild though that none of the other inmates care and think it's merely some natural flora. The Marker activation causes it to spread.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's unclear whether Istvan's mental disorder has something to with the Marker's, and he was destined to come in contact with the marker, and someone was deliberately setting him up to come in the contact with the Marker, or he is merely mentally ill and just happens to come into contact with a Marker.
* ProlongedPrologue: It takes half the book for Istvan to get to the prison.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Everyone dies except Jensi, who can't tell if he is pointing his gun at the Necromorphs or in his mouth. The Marker is still intact, not that it matters since the other project supervisors are considering about nuking the complex anyway.]]
* MeatMoss: Istvan notices it growing around the prison when he arrives. It's so mild though that none of the other inmates care and think it's merely some natural flora. The Marker activation causes it to spread.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's unclear whether Istvan's mental disorder has something to with the Marker's, and he was destined to come in contact with the marker, and someone was deliberately setting him up to come in the contact with the Marker, or he is merely mentally ill and just happens to come into contact with a Marker.
* ProlongedPrologue: It takes half the book for Istvan to get to the prison.
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Istvan Sato has always had mental problems, like hearing voices, seeing patterns everywhere, zoning in and out of reality, and a mild case of LackOfEmpathy. The only person he will listen to is his younger brother Jensi, who has taken care of his brother since they were kids. One day, Istvan kills a local politician (though he says he was told the gun would shoot red dye) and is sent to a prison colony on the planet Aspera for political prisoners.
Coincidentally, Aspera is also home to a secret research facility that is building a Marker, led by fervent Unitologist Dr. Enoch Briden. As is customary with Markers, it's presence is causing people to hallucinate, mutilate, and kill themselves. Dr. Briden and his team discover that Istvan is not affected by the Marker's presence.
Jensi meanwhile gets a tip from his friend Henry Wandrei, a supervisor at the prison, of his brother's location. Jensi travels to Aspera as Necromorphs start to break out.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Istvan's mental disorder is unclear. He shows signs of paranoid schizophrenia, and some obsessive-compulsive disorder.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Jensi for Istvan, even though Jensi is the younger brother. It's not shown as a good thing though, every bad thing that happens to Jensi is from protecting his brother, who is too far gone to really appreciate it, and he would be better off forgetting about Istvan.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Istvan's mental problems protects him from the Marker's usual insanity effects, and actually allows him to communicate with the Marker to some degree.
Istvan Sato has always had mental problems, like hearing voices, seeing patterns everywhere, zoning in and out of reality, and a mild case of LackOfEmpathy. The only person he will listen to is his younger brother Jensi, who has taken care of his brother since they were kids. One day, Istvan kills a local politician (though he says he was told the gun would shoot red dye) and is sent to a prison colony on the planet Aspera for political prisoners.
Coincidentally, Aspera is also home to a secret research facility that is building a Marker, led by fervent Unitologist Dr. Enoch Briden. As is customary with Markers, it's presence is causing people to hallucinate, mutilate, and kill themselves. Dr. Briden and his team discover that Istvan is not affected by the Marker's presence.
Jensi meanwhile gets a tip from his friend Henry Wandrei, a supervisor at the prison, of his brother's location. Jensi travels to Aspera as Necromorphs start to break out.
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!!Tropes in ''Dead Space: Catalyst'':
* AmbiguousDisorder: Istvan's mental disorder is unclear. He shows signs of paranoid schizophrenia, and some obsessive-compulsive disorder.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Jensi for Istvan, even though Jensi is the younger brother. It's not shown as a good thing though, every bad thing that happens to Jensi is from protecting his brother, who is too far gone to really appreciate it, and he would be better off forgetting about Istvan.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Istvan's mental problems protects him from the Marker's usual insanity effects, and actually allows him to communicate with the Marker to some degree.
