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--> "We understand there are risks inherent in the creation of synthetic life. But we do not automatically assume that we will have no choice but to come into [[RobotWar conflict with them.]] That is a [[GeneralRipper [[WarHawk conceit of humanity]]"
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** From the asari councillor--> "We understand there are risks inherent in the creation of synthetic life. But we do not automatically assume that we will have no choice but to come into [[RobotWar conflict with them.]] That is a [[GeneralRipper conceit of humanity]]"
** From the salarian councillor --> "Other species embrace the underlying philosophy of mutual coexistence. We see strength in unity and cooperation. Humanity however still seems to believe [[ItsAllAboutMe competition is the key to prosperity.]] [[HumansAreBastards Your species is aggressive and antagonistic."]]
** From the salarian councillor --> "Other species embrace the underlying philosophy of mutual coexistence. We see strength in unity and cooperation. Humanity however still seems to believe [[ItsAllAboutMe competition is the key to prosperity.]] [[HumansAreBastards Your species is aggressive and antagonistic."]]
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** From the asari councillor--> "We understand there are risks inherent with in the creation of synthetic life. But we do not automatically assume that we will have no choice but to come into [[RobotWar conflict with them. them.]] That is a [[GeneralRipper conceit of humanity]]"humanity]]"
** From the salarian councillor --> "Other species embrace the underlying philosophy of mutual coexistence. We see strength in unity and cooperation. Humanity however still seems to believe [[ItsAllAboutMe competition is the key to prosperity.]] [[HumansAreBastards Your species is aggressive and antagonistic."]]
** From the salarian councillor --> "Other species embrace the underlying philosophy of mutual coexistence. We see strength in unity and cooperation. Humanity however still seems to believe [[ItsAllAboutMe competition is the key to prosperity.]] [[HumansAreBastards Your species is aggressive and antagonistic."]]
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* HeadInTheSandManagement: Even in here, the Council seems to favor this approach with synthetic life. When Goyle mentions that advanced synthetic life might already be out there, and that studying them to develop countermeasures against them is the prudent course of action, we get these responses
** From the asari councillor--> "We understand there are risks inherent with synthetic life. But we do not automatically assume that we will come into conflict with them. That is a [[GeneralRipper conceit of humanity]]"
** From the asari councillor--> "We understand there are risks inherent with synthetic life. But we do not automatically assume that we will come into conflict with them. That is a [[GeneralRipper conceit of humanity]]"
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** Kahlee claims that humans are researching ways to induce biotic ability in themselves.
** People find an alien artifact and suddenly undergo personality changes, developing an obsession with it and ultimately suffering mental faculty decay from prolonged exposure.
** People find an alien artifact and suddenly undergo personality changes, developing an obsession with it and ultimately suffering mental faculty decay from prolonged exposure.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Between Anderson and Saren at first during the refinery mission. Subverted hard as the mission progresses when Saren blows the refinery up.
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* DamselInDistress: Kahlee at the climax. Probably deliberately set up this way by [[spoiler: Saren]] to induce TheDulcineaEffect in Anderson to throw him off his game operationally.
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* TheFettered: Anderson believes in operating this way, refusing to risk innocent lives. Serves as a counterpoint to Saren who is more of TheUnfettered CombatPragmatist
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* HumansAdvanceSwiftly: Ambassador Goyle suspects that the Council races are imposing crippling sanctions on The Alliance because they are scared of the implications of this and want to slow down that advance as much as possible. [[spoiler: She isn't aware that it is actually an elaborate trap set by the Council to ensure that the Alliance accepts the less severe sanctions they wanted to impose all along.]]
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* HumansAdvanceSwiftly: Ambassador Goyle suspects that the Council races are imposing crippling sanctions on The Alliance because they are scared of the implications of this and want to slow down that advance as much as possible. [[spoiler: She isn't aware that it is actually an elaborate trap set negotiation ploy by the Council to ensure that the Alliance accepts the less severe sanctions they wanted to impose all along.]]
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* HumansAdvanceSwiftly: Ambassador Goyle suspects that the Council races are imposing crippling sanctions on The Alliance because they are scared of the implications of this and want to slow down that advance as much as possible. [[spoiler: She isn't aware that it is actually an elaborate trap set by the Council to ensure that the Alliance accepts the less severe sanctions they wanted to impose all along.]]
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* MagnificentBastard: Saren [[spoiler: deliberately leaks information about Kahlee's extraction in order to ensure that Skarr captures her. He does this so that Skarr would lead him right to the masterminds of the attack on Sidon.]] He later destroys the refinery where the bad guys are holed up to deliberately discredit Anderson's Spectre candidacy, and by extension, the Alliance and humanity.
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* SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb: Anderson's squad discover this when they finally reach the interior of the Sidon Research Facility.
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* RammingAlwaysWorks: The APC driver who is transporting Kahlee for extraction does this to pursuing vehicles to buy them some time.
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* TheCavalry: The frigate Iwo Jima for the squad sent to extract Kahlee. [[spoiler: Proves to not be successful when Skarr downs it with a {{BFG}}]]
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* MarriedToTheJob : This was what caused Anderson's marriage and Grissom's relationship with Kahlee's mother to end. Kahlee's even rebuffs Anderson because she can see an actual relationship in jeopardy for this reason.
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* KnowledgeBroker: Anderson uses one to figure out that [[spoiler: Kahlee is Jon Grissom's estranged daughter]]
* MarriedToTheJob : This was what caused Anderson's marriage and [[spoiler: Grissom's relationship with Kahlee's mother toend. Kahlee's end.]] Kahlee even rebuffs Anderson because she can see an actual relationship in jeopardy for this reason.
* MarriedToTheJob : This was what caused Anderson's marriage and [[spoiler: Grissom's relationship with Kahlee's mother to
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Qian is heavily implied to have become this.
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* DrowningMySorrows: Anderson heads to Chora's Den to do this when his divorce becomes finalized.
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* BadassNormal: In a universe with dinosaur-like aliens with extremely fast regenerative capabilities and people who can manipulate gravity with their minds, Anderson manages to [[spoiler:kill Skarr, a member of said aliens AND able to manipulate gravity with his mind, with little more than a pistol. By himself.]]
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* BadassNormal: In a universe with dinosaur-like aliens with extremely fast regenerative capabilities and people who can manipulate gravity with their minds, Anderson manages to [[spoiler:kill [[spoiler:nearly kill Skarr, a member of said aliens AND able to manipulate gravity with his mind, with little more than a pistol. By himself.himself, twice. Although he does need some help to finish him off.]]
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* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Groto Ib-ba, a mercenary member of the batarians, a species whose members each have four eyes]], ''gets one of them burst'' -- not removed, ''burst'' -- by his torturer during interrogation. This particular instance is also one of PayEvilUntoEvil, as the victim in question was also hateful of humans and had planned to "break" a human prostitute as a means of "stress relief".
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Though Saren's torture of [[spoiler: Groto]] was for information, Saren also stopped him from [[spoiler: torturing a human prostitute and was disgusted by Groto's intentions. This trope is in play because Saren despises humans]].
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Groto Ib-ba, a mercenary member of the batarians, a species whose members each have four eyes]], ''gets one of them burst'' -- not removed, ''burst'' -- by his torturer during interrogation. This particular instance is also one of PayEvilUntoEvil, as the victim in question was also hateful of humans and had planned to "break" a human prostitute as a means of "stress relief". [[spoiler: The novel says Groto even went out of his way to try and pick the weakest prostitute to make it more likely he'd break her]].
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Groto Ib-ba, a mercenary member of the batarians, a species whose members each have four eyes]], ''gets one of them burst'' -- not removed, ''burst'' -- by his torturer during interrogation. This particular instance is also one of PayEvilUntoEvil, as the victim in question was also hateful of humans and had planned to "break" a human prostitute as a means of "stress relief". [[spoiler: The novel says Groto even went out of his way to try and pick the weakest prostitute to make it more likely he'd break her]].
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: The asari councilor asks one of Goyle, when she asks her whether humanity has ever put the interests of the galaxy above its own interests as a species.
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* StartOfDarkness: SarenFor Saren, though the story shows that he was a huge racist and KnightTemplar even ''before'' he turned bad.
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* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Groto Ib-ba, a mercenary member of the batarians, a species whose members each have four eyes]], ''gets one of them burst'' -- not removed, ''burst'' -- by his torturer during interrogation. This particular instance is also one of PayEvilUntoEvil, as the victim in question was also hateful of humans and had planned to use one of them "break" a human prostitute as a means of "stress relief".
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* HumanoidAliens: Early on, the book {{lampshade|Hanging}}s their commonness in the franchise. Anderson subscribes to the most common explanation, that there's some undiscovered evolutionary advantage to the humanoid body structure.
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'''''Mass Effect: Revelation''''' is a novel within the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' universe. universe.
It serves as a {{prequel}} to the first game, telling the story of how Capt. Anderson tried and failed to become a Spectre, and [[spoiler:how Saren found ''Sovereign'']].
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* MythologyGag / SelfDeprecation: There's a line somewhere about a lengthy elevator ride.
* MythologyGag / SelfDeprecation: There's a line somewhere about a lengthy elevator ride.
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'''''Mass Effect: Revelation''''' is a novel within the ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' universe.
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!!''Mass Effect: Revelation'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AntiHero / VillainProtagonist: Saren.
* CallForward: The retired Admiral Grissom (not fond of visitors) goes to answer his door and wonders who it might be. "If it was a reporter, he'd punch him -- or her -- right in the mouth."
* CompleteMonster: Saren. Killing close to 500 people, then blaming ''Anderson'' for it, all because he's prejudiced against humans? The guy was one even ''before'' the first game!
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Groto Ib-ba, a mercenary member of the batarians, a species whose members each have four eyes]], ''gets one of them burst'' -- not removed, ''burst'' -- by his torturer during interrogation. This particular instance is also one of PayEvilUntoEvil, as the victim in question was also hateful of humans and had planned to use one of them as a means of "stress relief".
* FirstContact: The book begins just after this happens.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Ambassador Goyle suggests that there could already be an advanced AI out there somewhere in the galaxy (besides the geth).
* FramingDevice: Set up the ''Mass Effect'' universe, since the game was unreleased during its publication.
* FreudianExcuse: Apparently Saren's hatred of humanity was caused by his brother's death during the First Contact War. Of course, that does nothing to defend Saren's brutal treatment of every other species that gets in his way.
* {{Prequel}}
* RuleNumberOne:
-->"I have two rules I follow," Saren explained. "The first is: never kill someone without a reason."\\
"And the second?" Anderson asked, suspicious.\\
"You can always find a reason to kill someone."
* StartOfDarkness: Saren
* TakeThatUs / CallForward / HilariousInHindsight: There's a line somewhere about a lengthy elevator ride.
* TokenRomance: Anderson and Kahlee Sanders, though it does not actually go anywhere.
* VasquezAlwaysDies: Subverted; Dah is 6' 3", stated to be stronger then most of the men in her squad and with an attitude that's kept her from advancing in her career. She gets ambushed and badly hurt, but ends up recovering to full health.
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!!''Mass Effect: Revelation'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AntiHero / VillainProtagonist: Saren.
* CallForward: The retired Admiral Grissom (not fond of visitors) goes to answer his door and wonders who it might be. "If it was a reporter, he'd punch him -- or her -- right in the mouth."
* CompleteMonster: Saren. Killing close to 500 people, then blaming ''Anderson'' for it, all because he's prejudiced against humans? The guy was one even ''before'' the first game!
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Groto Ib-ba, a mercenary member of the batarians, a species whose members each have four eyes]], ''gets one of them burst'' -- not removed, ''burst'' -- by his torturer during interrogation. This particular instance is also one of PayEvilUntoEvil, as the victim in question was also hateful of humans and had planned to use one of them as a means of "stress relief".
* FirstContact: The book begins just after this happens.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Ambassador Goyle suggests that there could already be an advanced AI out there somewhere in the galaxy (besides the geth).
* FramingDevice: Set up the ''Mass Effect'' universe, since the game was unreleased during its publication.
* FreudianExcuse: Apparently Saren's hatred of humanity was caused by his brother's death during the First Contact War. Of course, that does nothing to defend Saren's brutal treatment of every other species that gets in his way.
* {{Prequel}}
* RuleNumberOne:
-->"I have two rules I follow," Saren explained. "The first is: never kill someone without a reason."\\
"And the second?" Anderson asked, suspicious.\\
"You can always find a reason to kill someone."
* StartOfDarkness: Saren
* TakeThatUs / CallForward / HilariousInHindsight: There's a line somewhere about a lengthy elevator ride.
* TokenRomance: Anderson and Kahlee Sanders, though it does not actually go anywhere.
* VasquezAlwaysDies: Subverted; Dah is 6' 3", stated to be stronger then most of the men in her squad and with an attitude that's kept her from advancing in her career. She gets ambushed and badly hurt, but ends up recovering to full health.
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