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* DangerousOrbitalDebris: Enough ejecta are produced to cut Earth off from space for almost a decade. There's a window of a few days before full-on KesslerSyndrome sets in, during which [[spoiler:the ''[[ColonyShip Endeavor]]'' launches a rescue mission to the clearest part of the planet -- and still loses a shuttle to a high-altitude collision]].
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* DangerousOrbitalDebris: Enough ejecta are produced to cut Earth off from space for almost a decade. There's a window of a few days before full-on KesslerSyndrome Kessler Syndrome sets in, during which [[spoiler:the ''[[ColonyShip Endeavor]]'' launches a rescue mission to the clearest part of the planet -- and still loses a shuttle to a high-altitude collision]].
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''The End And Afterwards'' is a ScienceFiction novel by Andy Cooke.
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* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 4.5, Ecosystem Destruction. Within a few years, there will be nothing living on the surface of the Earth.]]
** [[spoiler:Slightly downgraded by the third book, as the survivors have figured out how to survive the ultraviolet spring. But the planet is still so completely devastated that the plan is still to evacuate everyone to Alpha Centauri.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:99.9% of the human race is dead, and the Earth is about to become uninhabitable. But those aboard the ''Endeavor'', and those that the ''Endurance'' can rescue, will be able to survive at Alpha Centauri.]]
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Pip sentences Mbutu to only eat Brussels sprouts for a year, as penance for [[spoiler:creating the Nigerian flu.]]
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* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 4.5, Ecosystem Destruction. Within a few years, there will be nothing living on the surface of the Earth.]]
** [[spoiler:Slightly downgraded by the third book, as the survivors have figured out how to survive the ultraviolet spring. But the planet is still so completely devastated that the plan is still to evacuate everyone to Alpha Centauri.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:99.9% of the human race is dead, and the Earth is about to become uninhabitable. But those aboard the ''Endeavor'', and those that the ''Endurance'' can rescue, will be able to survive at Alpha Centauri.]]
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Pip sentences Mbutu to only eat Brussels sprouts for a year, as penance for [[spoiler:creating the Nigerian flu.]]
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''The End And and Afterwards'' is a ScienceFiction novel by Andy Cooke.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Society is a little more advanced. We've invented fusion power and a drive system that makes short-range interstellar travel feasible. Also, Somalia has gone democratic, and is prosperous enough to afford a bioweapons program as a defense against the exiled Warlords.
* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 4.5, Ecosystem Destruction. Within a few years, there will be nothing living on the surface of the Earth.]]
** [[spoiler:Slightly Slightly downgraded by the third book, as the survivors have figured out how to survive the ultraviolet spring. But the planet is still so completely devastated that the plan is still to evacuate everyone to Alpha Centauri.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:99.9% of the human race is dead, and the Earth is about to becomeuninhabitable. But uninhabitable, but those aboard the ''Endeavor'', and those that the ''Endurance'' can rescue, will be able to survive at Alpha Centauri.]]
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Pip sentences Mbutu to only eat Brussels sprouts for a year, as penance for [[spoiler:creating the Nigerianflu.]]flu]].
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Society is a little more advanced. We've invented fusion power and a drive system that makes short-range interstellar travel feasible. Also, Somalia has gone democratic, and is prosperous enough to afford a bioweapons program as a defense against the exiled Warlords.
* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 4.5, Ecosystem Destruction. Within a few years, there will be nothing living on the surface of the Earth.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:99.9% of the human race is dead, and the Earth is about to become
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* TheFundamentalist: Corbin Anders, who opposes the Starship Project on religious grounds. Played with in that many of his arguments are on the liberal side, stating that the project is a waste of resources that could be used to alleviate human suffering on Earth.
** Andrew Jackson plays this straighter.
** Andrew Jackson plays this straighter.
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* TheFundamentalist: Corbin Anders, who opposes the Starship Project on religious grounds. Played with in that many of his arguments are on the liberal side, stating that the project is a waste of resources that could be used to alleviate human suffering on Earth.
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* DangerousOrbitalDebris: Enough ejecta are produced to cut Earth off from space for almost a decade. There's a window of a few days before full-on Kessler syndrome KesslerSyndrome sets in, during which [[spoiler:the ''[[ColonyShip Endeavor]]'' launches a rescue mission to the clearest part of the planet -- and still loses a shuttle to a high-altitude collision]].
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''The End And Afterwards'' is a ScienceFiction novel by Andy Cooke.
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* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 4.5, Ecosystem Destruction. Within a few years, there will be nothing living on the surface of the Earth.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:99.9% of the human race is dead, and the Earth is about to become uninhabitable. But those aboard the ''Endeavor'', and those that the ''Endurance'' can rescue, will be able to survive at Alpha Centauri.]]
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Pip sentences Mbutu to only eat Brussels sprouts for a year, as penance for [[spoiler:creating the Nigerian flu.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Corbin Anders stops Andrew Jackson from shooting down the shuttles.]]
* TheFundamentalist: Corbin Anders, who opposes the Starship Project on religious grounds. Played with in that many of his arguments are on the liberal side, stating that the project is a waste of resources that could be used to alleviate human suffering on Earth.
** Andrew Jackson plays this straighter.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:One of the researchers who helped hack ''Space Pioneer'' realizes he can stop it. Despite being sick as a dog, he tries to drive to his office. He gets hit by a car.]]
* ThePlague: Zig-zagged with the Nigerian flu. As designed, it doesn't actually kill directly. It just puts you out of commission for a couple of weeks. The problem is that if ''everyone'' is out of commission, society temporarily collapses. [[spoiler:It also helps to kill the best shot anyone had at stopping ''Space Pioneer'' from impacting the Earth]].
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Society is a little more advanced. We've invented fusion power and a drive system that makes short-range interstellar travel feasible. Also, Somalia has gone democratic, and is prosperous enough to afford a bioweapons program as a defense against the exiled Warlords.
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* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 4.5, Ecosystem Destruction. Within a few years, there will be nothing living on the surface of the Earth.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:99.9% of the human race is dead, and the Earth is about to become uninhabitable. But those aboard the ''Endeavor'', and those that the ''Endurance'' can rescue, will be able to survive at Alpha Centauri.]]
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Pip sentences Mbutu to only eat Brussels sprouts for a year, as penance for [[spoiler:creating the Nigerian flu.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Corbin Anders stops Andrew Jackson from shooting down the shuttles.]]
* TheFundamentalist: Corbin Anders, who opposes the Starship Project on religious grounds. Played with in that many of his arguments are on the liberal side, stating that the project is a waste of resources that could be used to alleviate human suffering on Earth.
** Andrew Jackson plays this straighter.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:One of the researchers who helped hack ''Space Pioneer'' realizes he can stop it. Despite being sick as a dog, he tries to drive to his office. He gets hit by a car.]]
* ThePlague: Zig-zagged with the Nigerian flu. As designed, it doesn't actually kill directly. It just puts you out of commission for a couple of weeks. The problem is that if ''everyone'' is out of commission, society temporarily collapses. [[spoiler:It also helps to kill the best shot anyone had at stopping ''Space Pioneer'' from impacting the Earth]].
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Society is a little more advanced. We've invented fusion power and a drive system that makes short-range interstellar travel feasible. Also, Somalia has gone democratic, and is prosperous enough to afford a bioweapons program as a defense against the exiled Warlords.
