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** Though with the release of ''Ultima'' this became a SequelHook.
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Not to be confused with the 2019 film ''Film/{{Proxima}}''.''Film/{{Proxima}}'', which is also about humans going into space but is ''not'' science fiction.
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''Proxima'' is a science fiction novel by Creator/StephenBaxter. The book covers the story of a group of former convicts stranded on a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri by the government and forced to start a colony. Followed by the book ''Ultima''.
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''Proxima'' is a science fiction novel by Creator/StephenBaxter.
The book covers the story of a group of former convicts stranded on a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri by the government and forced to start a colony. Followed by the book
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* StockStarSystems: Proxima Centauri. Justified as it's the closest star to our sun, making it a logical destination for humanity's first interstellar missions.
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* AndIMustScream: Angelica is made up of millions of nanobots, each one with its own sentient mind. In order to get to Proxima, and to communicate with Earth during the trip, all but a few of them have to be jettisoned to drift in interstellar space forever. Angelica hadn't been warned about this beforehand, so she's understandably furious when she finds out.
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* AndIMustScream: Angelica AndIMustScream:
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** Angelia is made up of millions of nanobots, each one with its own sentient mind. In order to get to Proxima, and to communicate with Earth during the trip, all but a few of them have to be jettisoned to drift in interstellar space forever.
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''Proxima'' is a science fiction novel by Creator/StephenBaxter. The book covers the story of a group of former convicts stranded on a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri by the government and forced to start a colony.
colony. Followed by the book ''Ultima''.
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* AdamAndEvePlot: Deconstructed. The Colonization Unit states that [[spoiler:Yuri and Mardina]] could potentially start a colony on their own, however it would require massive amounts of incest and essentially tuning the women into baby factories.
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* AdamAndEvePlot: Deconstructed. The Colonization Unit states that [[spoiler:Yuri and Mardina]] could potentially start a colony on their own, however it would require massive amounts of incest and essentially tuning turning the women into baby factories.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: The kernals, micro-wormholes discovered beneath the surface of Mercury that constantly release energy from an unknown source.
* CasualInterplanetaryTravel:The UN ships use the kernals make this easy.to travel through the solar system within days. Chinese ships are propelled by huge [[SolarSail solar sails]], earning them the nickname "junks".
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** A few months later, they [[spoiler:ram a captured hulk ship into Mercury to destroy the kernals. [[GoneHorriblyRight It works.]]]]
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** A few months later, they [[spoiler:ram a captured hulk ship into Mercury to destroy the kernals. [[GoneHorriblyRight It works.]]]]]]
* CoolStarship: The ''Ad Astra''[[note]]"To the stars."[[/note]] is a UN hulk ship powered by two [[AppliedPhlebotinum kernal drives]], capable of traveling from the solar system to Proxima Centauri within a few years.
** The ''Tatania'' apparently has interstellar capabilities as well.
* CoolStarship: The ''Ad Astra''[[note]]"To the stars."[[/note]] is a UN hulk ship powered by two [[AppliedPhlebotinum kernal drives]], capable of traveling from the solar system to Proxima Centauri within a few years.
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Yuri was [[HumanPopsicle cryogenically frozen]] by his parents at some point in the 21st century and awakened on Mars in the mid-2100s.
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* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: Attempted by China after the UN repeatedly refused to grant them access to the kernals. [[spoiler:[[GoneHorriblyRight It works a]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom little too well]].]]
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* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:The RKKV launched by the Chinese at Mercury detonates the kernels lodged there, blowing up Mercury and frying the population of earth.]]
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* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler:Class 4. The RKKV launched by the Chinese at Mercury detonates the kernels lodged there, blowing up Mercury and frying nearly all life on Earth.]]
* CasualInterplanetaryTravel: The kernals make this easy.
* ColonyDrop: The Chinese [[spoiler:redirect a large asteroid into a collision course with Earth in thepopulation hopes of earth.blackmailing the UN into giving them access to kernal technology. It doesn't work, and they end up detonating the asteroid in the upper atmosphere to create an artificial winter.]]
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* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler:Mercury, as noted above.]]
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: King, after [[spoiler:Earth is wiped out by the kernal detonation.]]
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* SpaceColdWar: Between [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld China]] and the [[UnitedNationsIsASuperpower United Nations]]. [[spoiler:Goes hot toward the end of the book.]]
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* TimeSkip: Tons of them. The book slowly advances from to 2155 to 2217.
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* AdamAndEvePlot: Deconstructed. The Colonization Unit states that Yuri [[spoiler:Yuri and Mardina Mardina]] could potentialy potentially start a colony on their own, however it would require massive amounts of incest and essentially tuning the women into baby factories.factories.
* AndIMustScream: Angelica is made up of millions of nanobots, each one with its own sentient mind. In order to get to Proxima, and to communicate with Earth during the trip, all but a few of them have to be jettisoned to drift in interstellar space forever. Angelica hadn't been warned about this beforehand, so she's understandably furious when she finds out.
** Most of the colonists lobotomize their Colonization Units and ditch their still-sentient AIs in the dirt. When Yuri's [=ColU=] finds out about this, he pledges to track down and rescue all of his lost brothers (which he eventually does).
* AndIMustScream: Angelica is made up of millions of nanobots, each one with its own sentient mind. In order to get to Proxima, and to communicate with Earth during the trip, all but a few of them have to be jettisoned to drift in interstellar space forever. Angelica hadn't been warned about this beforehand, so she's understandably furious when she finds out.
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* FasterThanLightTravel: Averted. Even the [[spoiler:[[PortalNetwork Hatches]]]] transport passengers at just below light speed.
* GainaxEnding: The book ends with [[spoiler:Yuri, Steph,Liu and the Colonization Unit travelling [=ColU=] traveling to an unknown location via Hatch. And then, Space Romans.SpaceRomans.]]
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* StarfishAliens: The builders are tripedal creatures made almost entirely of Arduan plant stems.
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* Yandere: {{Yandere}}: Onizuka and John Synge are rare male examples.
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* ApocalypseHow:[[spoiler:The ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:The RKKV launched by the Chinese at Mercury detonates the kernels lodged there, blowing up Mercury and frying the population of earth.]]
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* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: John Synge gets the first three words out before being shot by a genre savvy robot.]]
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Proxima is science fiction novel by StephenBaxter. The book covers a the story of a group of former convicts stranded on a planet orbiting Proxima by the government and forced by the government start a colony.
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!!This series provides examples of:
*AdamAndEvePlot:Deconstructed. The Colonization Unit states that Yuri and Mardina could potentialy start a colony on their own, however it would require massive amounts of incest and essentially tuning the women into baby factories.
*AnyoneCanDie:A lot of it.
*ApocalypseHow:[[spoiler:The RKKV launched by the Chinese at Mercury detonates the kernels lodged there, blowing up Mercury and frying the poulation of earth.]]
*GainaxEnding: The book ends with [[spoiler:Yuri, Steph, Liu and the Colonization Unit travelling to an unknown location via Hatch. And then, Space Romans.]]
*MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness:A 2. The only real lies are the Kernels and the Hatch.
*RobotGirl: Angelia, before she got converted into a starship.
*ShownTheirWork: A lot of it.
*SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The creators of the Kernels and the Hatch qualify as this.
*Yandere:Onizuka and John Synge are rare male examples.
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!!This series provides examples of:
*AdamAndEvePlot:Deconstructed. The Colonization Unit states that Yuri and Mardina could potentialy start a colony on their own, however it would require massive amounts of incest and essentially tuning the women into baby factories.
*AnyoneCanDie:A lot of it.
*ApocalypseHow:[[spoiler:The RKKV launched by the Chinese at Mercury detonates the kernels lodged there, blowing up Mercury and frying the poulation of earth.]]
*GainaxEnding: The book ends with [[spoiler:Yuri, Steph, Liu and the Colonization Unit travelling to an unknown location via Hatch. And then, Space Romans.]]
*MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness:A 2. The only real lies are the Kernels and the Hatch.
*RobotGirl: Angelia, before she got converted into a starship.
*ShownTheirWork: A lot of it.
*SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The creators of the Kernels and the Hatch qualify as this.
*Yandere:Onizuka and John Synge are rare male examples.
