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* IncompetentGuardAnimal: In "Company Planet" the villain is shielded from telepathic prying by a telepathic animal known as a yoli rather than the more usual mechanical psi shield. Telzey promptly distracts it with an illusion of [[DistractedByTheSexy an attractive yoli of the appropriate sex]].
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* ItsPersonal: "The Searcher" becomes personal for Danestar when she realises the [=McGuffin=] of the story could provide vital information about what killed her brother in the Pit Nebula.
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* ItsPersonal: "The Searcher" becomes personal for Danestar when she realises the [=McGuffin=] {{McGuffin}} of the story could provide vital information about what killed her brother in the Pit Nebula.
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* SpyCatsuit: Downplayed with Danestar; she's an undercover operative who's introduced wearing a "fitted black coverall suit", but since it's part of her cover identity as a communications technician it's less flashy and more practical than a typical catsuit would be. For one thing, it has pockets.
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* SexyWalk: Trigger apparently has one.
* SexyWalk: Trigger apparently has one.
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* SexyWalk: Trigger apparently has one.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Danestar's wigs aren't limited to the natural range of human hair colours.
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* StealingFromTheTill: In "Lion Loose", the manager of the Seventh Star Hotel has been helping himself to the profits that should have gone to [[TheDon the Mooley brothers]], who own it. They're just beginning to get suspicious, which is why he needs to disappear urgently.
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* DivideAndConquer: In "Lion Loose", the bad guys consist of a corrupt hotel manager and his security men, and a separate gang of professional criminals. There's no way Quillan and his allies could take them all down with a frontal assault, so instead he infiltrates them and convinces each group that the other is trying to stab them in the back.
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* ActualPacifist: In "Attitudes", this philosophy is known as the Malatlo Attitude. Its followers founded a planet on pacifist principles.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: At the end of "Attitudes", the protagonist charges the Federation with being worse than the Raceels -- the Raceels may have destroyed a planet of innocent humans, but the Federation are going to destroy the entire Raceel species. The Federation scientist Odun replies that the species will survive:
-->Odun added, "But you're mistaken in one basic respect, Azard. We're preserving the stored Raceel ova, and a new generation will be raised from them under our supervision. Only some terrible necessity would force us to destroy a species. So your species will not die. Its history, its traditions and its attitudes will die." \\
Azard asked, "And what are we if not our history, our traditions, and our attitudes?" \\
The humans didn't reply, and he wasn't certain then whether he'd asked the question aloud.
-->Odun added, "But you're mistaken in one basic respect, Azard. We're preserving the stored Raceel ova, and a new generation will be raised from them under our supervision. Only some terrible necessity would force us to destroy a species. So your species will not die. Its history, its traditions and its attitudes will die." \\
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* BackwardsFiringGun: Used in "Attitudes", when the Federation team discover the protagonist trying to download a stored mind into a new body. The mind is supposed to be of a Malatlo pacifist, but there's a suspicion it could belong to a genocidal Raceel. So they leave a gun within reach as they revive the body -- a gun that's booby-trapped to kill anyone who tries to fire it.
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* ''The Demon Breed'' ''Literature/TheDemonBreed'' (aka ''Tuvela''). Stars Nile Etlund.
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!!Other works in this series provide examples of:
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** [[BadassBookworm Nile Etland]]
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* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: the aftermath of ''The Demon Breed'' has the alien leaders concluding that a) the Parahuans had almost done exactly this, and b) that the human authorities ''know this too''.
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* BluffingTheAdvanceScout: In ''The Demon Breed'': The aliens suspect that humanity may be secretly protected by a caste of superhuman Guardians, and plan to invade the world of Nandy-Cline to put this theory to the test. The protagonist has to pose as a Guardian and convince them that she really is that dangerous. ([[BadassBookworm She is]]).
* BornUnderTheSail: The raftmen of Nandy-Cline, who appear in ''The Demon Breed'', live on enormous rafts that sail the planet's oceans, and rarely if ever go to shore. It's mentioned that their ancestors were SpaceNomads before they settled on the planet.
* BornUnderTheSail: The raftmen of Nandy-Cline, who appear in ''The Demon Breed'', live on enormous rafts that sail the planet's oceans, and rarely if ever go to shore. It's mentioned that their ancestors were SpaceNomads before they settled on the planet.
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* FantasticSlurs: The Parahuans have 'Hulon' for humans (at least, the ones they don't believe to be super-powered Tuvelas). One of them explains it was originally the name of a race that they wiped out.
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* GiantMook: The Parahuans' tarm in "The Demon Breed" -- a 'most efficiently destructive giant beast'. The viewpoint humans aren't sure if it was engineered from a Parahuan sea creature, or from the Parahuans themselves.
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* HeelFaceTurn:
** At the end of ''Legacy'', [[spoiler:Lyad Ermetyne]] reforms and joins the Psychology Service.
** In ''The Demon Breed'', MookLieutenant Moga wants to avoid a war between the Parahuans and humanity, because unlike the rest of his race he knows the Parahuans will eventually lose. He does what he can to give the protagonists covert support, eventually sacrificing his life to help them escape.
** At the end of ''Legacy'', [[spoiler:Lyad Ermetyne]] reforms and joins the Psychology Service.
** In ''The Demon Breed'', MookLieutenant Moga wants to avoid a war between the Parahuans and humanity, because unlike the rest of his race he knows the Parahuans will eventually lose. He does what he can to give the protagonists covert support, eventually sacrificing his life to help them escape.
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**HeelFaceTurn: At the end of ''Legacy'', [[spoiler:Lyad Ermetyne]] reforms and joins the Psychology Service.
** In ''The Demon Breed'', MookLieutenant Moga wants to avoid a war between the Parahuans and humanity, because unlike the rest of his race he knows the Parahuans will eventually lose. He does what he can to give the protagonists covert support, eventually sacrificing his life to help them escape.Service.
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** In ''The Demon Breed'', MookLieutenant Moga wants to avoid a war between the Parahuans and humanity, because unlike the rest of his race he knows the Parahuans will eventually lose. He does what he can to give the protagonists covert support, eventually sacrificing his life to help them escape.
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* HumansAreWarriors: the epilogue to ''The Demon Breed'' concludes that Humans Are Dangerous, Leave Them Alone.
-->'''Lord Toshin:''' There remains, as the Lord Gulhad indicated, a third possibility. I find it perhaps more disquieting than the two we have considered. It is, of course, that Dr. Etland is precisely what she seems to be—an exceptionally capable human, but one with no abnormal qualities and no mysterious authority.[[note]]In other words, that the level of capability Nile Etland showed in routing Porad Anz is something any number of other humans could potentially match.[[/note]]
-->'''Lord Toshin:''' There remains, as the Lord Gulhad indicated, a third possibility. I find it perhaps more disquieting than the two we have considered. It is, of course, that Dr. Etland is precisely what she seems to be—an exceptionally capable human, but one with no abnormal qualities and no mysterious authority.[[note]]In other words, that the level of capability Nile Etland showed in routing Porad Anz is something any number of other humans could potentially match.[[/note]]
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* ImmortalitySeeker: Ticos Cay. This makes him a rarity among Hub citizens, who are mostly affected by WhoWantsToLiveForever.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: One of the rare plants in Ticos Cay's laboratory is known as a Harpooneer. It's harmless for as long as it's kept in suspended animation -- and not a second longer. Ticos keeps it next to the platform where his interrogators stand.
* ImpededCommunication: The Parahuans in "The Demon Breed" have the ability to jam human communicators. They've been gradually building up the interference for months, to make people think it's a natural phenomenon.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: One of the rare plants in Ticos Cay's laboratory is known as a Harpooneer. It's harmless for as long as it's kept in suspended animation -- and not a second longer. Ticos keeps it next to the platform where his interrogators stand.
* ImpededCommunication: The Parahuans in "The Demon Breed" have the ability to jam human communicators. They've been gradually building up the interference for months, to make people think it's a natural phenomenon.
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* KlingonPromotion: Practised by the Parahuans in ''The Demon Breed''.
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* ManEatingPlant: The Harpooneer plant in "The Demon Breed" has a taste for the flesh of anyone who stands too close to it.
* MisterBig: Parahuan leaders in "The Demon Breed" are smaller than their underlings; the physical changes they undergo are part of their advancement towards what they consider to be the ultimate form of life.
* MisterBig: Parahuan leaders in "The Demon Breed" are smaller than their underlings; the physical changes they undergo are part of their advancement towards what they consider to be the ultimate form of life.
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* MookHorrorShow: The epilogue to "The Demon Breed" retells the story from the aliens' point of view.
-->I must emphasize strongly the oppressively accumulating effect these events produced on the Parahuans during the relatively short period in which they occurred. As related by the survivors, there was a growing sense of shock and dismay, the conviction finally of having challenged something like an indestructible supernatural power. At the time they were questioned, the survivors still seemed more disturbed by this experience than by the practical fact of their own impending demise on orders of Porad Anz, of which they were aware.
-->I must emphasize strongly the oppressively accumulating effect these events produced on the Parahuans during the relatively short period in which they occurred. As related by the survivors, there was a growing sense of shock and dismay, the conviction finally of having challenged something like an indestructible supernatural power. At the time they were questioned, the survivors still seemed more disturbed by this experience than by the practical fact of their own impending demise on orders of Porad Anz, of which they were aware.
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* NatureHero: Nile Etland is able to evade and survive the Parahuans through superior knowledge and understanding of the floatwood forests, including using the natural inhabitants of the forest to destroy the giant tarm.
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* OneRiotOneRanger: Well, one invasion / one Guardian, is the Parahuans' conclusion from their debacle on Nandy-Cline. "Guardians" being their [[HumansAreCthulhu hypothesized superhumans]] who secretly rule the Federation.
--> Evidently the Guardians had considered it unnecessary to employ one of their more formidable members to dispose of the invasion forces; and evidently their judgement was sound.
** But other aliens think -- correctly -- that the ratio is even worse[=:=] one invasion / two more-or-less ordinary humans.
--> Evidently the Guardians had considered it unnecessary to employ one of their more formidable members to dispose of the invasion forces; and evidently their judgement was sound.
** But other aliens think -- correctly -- that the ratio is even worse[=:=] one invasion / two more-or-less ordinary humans.
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* PastVictimShowcase: In ''The Demon Breed'', Koll has a room filled with the taxidermied corpses of the humans he has captured and interrogated.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: In ''The Demon Breed'', the Parahuans theorize that they could only have been defeated by humans because humanity is protected by a secret caste of superpowered immortal Tuvelas. Within the story, their reasoning is proved to be completely wrong; Nile Etland and Ticos Cay aren't in the least superhuman, just competent and knowledgeable, and the Parahuans' alien allies dismiss the Tuvela Theory as nonsense. But in other stories, we learn that the Federation really does have secret, ageless defenders with mysterious powers -- the one we meet is Pilch.
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* SeriouslyScruffy: In ''The Demon Breed'', the Parahuan leaders wear elaborate outfits -- except for Koll, the principal antagonist, who's so focused on conquest (possibly to the detriment of his sanity) that he takes no trouble over his appearance.
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* SpareAMessenger: At the end of ''The Demon Breed'', Deputy Gilennic orders the Federation fleet not to destroy the two Parahuan ships most likely to contain high-ranking officers, so that they can give a first-hand account of their defeat when they return home.
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* SuperweaponSurprise: In ''The Demon Breed'', militaristic aliens land a scouting force on a quiet ocean world on the periphery of the Federation -- and are handed a stinging defeat by Ticos Cay's and Nile Etland's abilities to weaponize the local lifeforms.
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* TakingYouWithMe: In ''The Demon Breed'', Ticos Cay's collection of biological specimens was assembled with this in mind, if he ever outlived his usefulness to the alien invaders.
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* TemptingFate: In ''The Demon Breed'', the leader of a firing squad addresses the heroine: "And now, if it is within the power of a Tuvela to defy our purpose, show what you can do." [[note]]30 seconds later, the heroine and the person she's trying to rescue are the only living people left in the room. And it was a really crowded room.[[/note]]
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* UpliftedAnimal: Nile Etland's hunting otters.
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* BornUnderTheSail: The raftmen of Nandy-Cline, who appear in ''The Demon Breed'', live on enormous rafts that sail the planet's oceans, and rarely if ever go to shore. It's mentioned that their ancestors were SpaceNomads before they settled on the planet.
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* LongevityTreatment: The Hub has widely-available methods for extending the human lifespan to around 200 years before decrepitude sets in. In ''The Demon Breed'', Ticos Cay is approaching the limit and appears to be a well-preserved 60.
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* TemptingFate: In ''The Demon Breed'', the leader of a firing squad addresses the heroine: "And now, if it is within the power of a Tuvela to defy our purpose, show what you can do." [[note]]30 seconds later, the heroine and the person she's trying to rescue are the only living people left in the room. And it was a really crowded room.[[/note]]
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* ArsenalAttire: In "Lion Loose", Reetal Destone's hair-clasp is actually an energy pistol.
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* PsychicTeleportation: Seems to be rare even among psis, with Hatzel in "Glory Day" being the only example we meet.
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* TheMole: In ''Lion Loose'', [[spoiler:Bad News Quillan]] turns out to be an undercover detective. Since they're openly on the side of good in all their other appearances, it's only a surprise if ''Lion Loose'' is the first time you encounter that character.
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* ReverseMole: In ''Lion Loose'', [[spoiler:Bad News Quillan]] turns out to be an undercover detective. Since they're openly on the side of good in all their other appearances, it's only a surprise if ''Lion Loose'' is the first time you encounter that character.
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* PrivatelyOwnedSociety: Fermilaur, in "Company Planet", is owned by a consortium of cosmetic surgeons.
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* JustTheWayYouAre: In "Company Planet", Telzey's friend Gikkes gets cosmetic surgery to lengthen her legs, [[IgnoredExpert against her counselors' advice that she'd also need other body modifications to keep her proportions balanced]]. After the operation, she realises they were right after all. Telzey convinces her to have the surgery reversed, rather than have the rest of her body remodelled.
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* KarmaHoudini: Brule Inger, Trigger's boyfriend in ''Legacy'', turns out to be working for the bad guys and tries to kill her when she rumbles him. By the end of the book, he's married to the beautiful daughter of a wealthy CorruptCorporateExecutive who needs a front man to run his business.
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* HumanityIsInfectious: In ''The Other Likeness.''Likeness,'' the alien deep-cover agents [[BecomingTheMask have begun to identify as humans]] and are trying to thwart the genocidal plan they were sent to implement.
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* BrainyBrunette: Telzey has brown hair ([[CoversAlwaysLie not that you'd know it from some of the cover illustrations]]) and has 'genius-level' IQ.
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* PsiBlast: Human telepaths like Telzey have the power to launch psychic bolts, and the ability to shield their minds against them. In practice, Telzey finds herself using them [[TheWorfBarrage on opponents that can]] [[NoSell laugh them off]].
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* OneSteveLimit: Enforced in the Baen reprint; the hitman Vingarran is renamed to Vingar to avoid any suggestion that he's connected to the Vingarran Gate. The two Beldons (one a clothing designer, the other a criminal organisation) remain, though.
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* HeelFaceTurn: At the end of ''Legacy'', [[spoiler:Lyad Ermetyne]] reforms and joins the Psychology Service.
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** At the end of ''Legacy'', [[spoiler:Lyad Ermetyne]] reforms and joins the PsychologyService.Service.
** In ''The Demon Breed'', MookLieutenant Moga wants to avoid a war between the Parahuans and humanity, because unlike the rest of his race he knows the Parahuans will eventually lose. He does what he can to give the protagonists covert support, eventually sacrificing his life to help them escape.
** At the end of ''Legacy'', [[spoiler:Lyad Ermetyne]] reforms and joins the Psychology
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