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* JustForFun/RecycledInSpace: The plot ''strongly'' resembles a cross between the Alistair [=MacLean=] novels ''When Eight Bells Toll'' (including the hero's boss being known as "Uncle Arthur") and ''Fear is the Key''.
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* JustForFun/RecycledInSpace: The plot ''strongly'' resembles a cross between the Alistair [=MacLean=] novels ''When Eight Bells Toll'' ''Literature/WhenEightBellsToll'' (including the hero's boss being known as "Uncle Arthur") and ''Fear is the Key''.
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More than 20 years later, Zahn returned to this setting with the sequel ''The Icarus Plot'', which features a different protagonist.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jordan and Ixil. Many comments have been made that their relationship is like [[StarWars Han and Chewie's]], without the life debt thing.
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* RecycledInSpace: JustForFun/RecycledInSpace: The plot ''strongly'' resembles a cross between the Alistair [=MacLean=] novels ''When Eight Bells Toll'' (including the hero's boss being known as "Uncle Arthur") and ''Fear is the Key''.
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* GenreSavvy: Jordan, very much so.
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''The Icarus Hunt'' is a 1999 SciFi novel by TimothyZahn, of StarWarsExpandedUniverse fame. The plot is as follows: Jordan [=McKell=], a former soldier and current pilot/smuggler, is given command of the ''Icarus'', a very odd ship with a ragtag crew and a mysterious cargo. His journey is plagued with problems, not the least of which are a saboteur and murderer on board and a widespread manhunt for him and his cargo.
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''The Icarus Hunt'' is a 1999 SciFi novel by TimothyZahn, Creator/TimothyZahn, of StarWarsExpandedUniverse Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse fame. The plot is as follows: Jordan [=McKell=], a former soldier and current pilot/smuggler, is given command of the ''Icarus'', a very odd ship with a ragtag crew and a mysterious cargo. His journey is plagued with problems, not the least of which are a saboteur and murderer on board and a widespread manhunt for him and his cargo.
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* {{Badass}}: In Jordan's opening scene, he outsmarts a huge alien using racial psychology and then punches it in that species' GroinAttack location. Just to get into a bar.
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* CallASmeerpARabbit: Kind of. Reflecting trends in technology at the time the book was written, Jordan has a do-anything communication device that in other sci-fi settings would have a fancy name, but here he simply refers to it as his 'phone'.
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* CallASmeerpARabbit: Kind of. Reflecting trends in technology at the time the book was written, Jordan has a do-anything communication device that in other sci-fi settings would have a fancy name, but here he simply refers to it as his 'phone'. Also, Ixil's two outriders are referred to as 'ferrets'.
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* CallASmeerpARabbit: Kind of. Reflecting trends in technology at the time the book was written, Jordan has a do-anything communication device that in other sci-fi settings would have a fancy name, but here he simply refers to it as his 'phone'.
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* FantasticDrug: "Happyjam", which Jordan and Ixil have run for Brother John in the past. It seems basically like any contemporary addictive drug though, without any 'sci-fi-y' twists mentioned.
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* TwistEnding: Like pretty much every other Zahn work. Not to mention there are plenty of twists part way through the plot, too.
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''The Icarus Hunt'' is a 1999 SciFi novel by TimothyZahn, of StarWarsExpandedUniverse fame. The plot is as follows: Jordan [=McKell=], a former soldier and current pilot/smuggler, is given command of the ''Icarus'', a very odd ship with a ragtag crew and a mysterious cargo. His journey is plagued with problems, not the least of which are a saboteur and murderer on board and a widespread manhunt for him and his cargo.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: The Patth's stardrive and [[spoiler: the teleportation device the ''Icarus'' is built around.]]
* ArtificialGravity: There's basically a switch that flips it on and off.
* {{Badass}}: In Jordan's opening scene, he outsmarts a huge alien using racial psychology and then punches it in that species' GroinAttack location. Just to get into a bar.
* BatmanGambit: Jordan pulls off a couple big ones, including one on the BigBad.
* BavarianFireDrill: The ''Icarus'' and its crew get out of a few tough spots with a string of these.
* BigDamnHeroes: When the rest of the crew show up to rescue Jordan.
* BioAugmentation: The Patth implant bits of their control hardware into pilots so the drives can't be reverse engineered.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Ixil has two rodent-like "outriders" that can connect to his nervous system and share memories. The computer also has issues diagnosing him when he gets injured.
** Jordan uses this against aliens on a regular basis. See CombatPragmatist.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Of the SpaceIsAnOcean and {{Planetville}} variety.
* CombatPragmatist: Jordan. He will use anything and everything against his assailants including psychology, knowledge of alien anatomy, and his surroundings.
* TheConspiracy: The hunt for Jordan and the ''Icarus'' is backed by a mysterious organization.
* DeathGlare: Tera gives lots of these to Jordan.
* DrivingQuestion: What does everyone want with the ''Icarus''?
* EnergyWeapon: Jordan carries a "plasmic" and runs into aliens that carry "coronal discharge" weapons. The former shoots balls of plasma and the latter burns the target to a crisp with a burst of electricity.
* EurekaMoment: Jordan has several through the course of the book.
* FasterThanLightTravel: Everyone has it; what's important is ''how fast''.
* GenreSavvy: Jordan, very much so.
* GondorCallsForAid: Jordan calls for aid for TheClimax, with TheCavalry being [[spoiler:Kalirixi commandos]] who have nothing to lose by helping him.
* GuileHero: Jordan, full stop.
* ImpersonationGambit: Jordan uses one early to get more information about his pursuers. [[spoiler:The papers he gets help Nicabar set up another one later.]]
* ImprovisedWeapon: Jordan threatens an alien with broken space glass.
* IndyPloy: Whenever Jordan isn't on the ship, he's doing this.
* TheHandler: Jordan gets two. At the same time.
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: Discussed in some of Jordan's internal commentary. It appears that kinetic weapons and energy weapons deal similar damage to people, but kinetic weapons are a bad idea on a ship where they can destroy equipment and cause hull breaches.
* HalfTruth: Jordan rarely tells the full story to anyone but Ixil.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jordan and Ixil. Many comments have been made that their relationship is like [[StarWars Han and Chewie's]], without the life debt thing.
* HumanoidAliens: Almost all the aliens we see in this universe are more or less humanoid.
* NonHumanSidekick: Ixil to Jordan, sorta. [[spoiler:It turns out that Ixil is technically Jordan's superior officer, though their relationship is more one of partners.]]
* RecycledInSpace: The plot ''strongly'' resembles a cross between the Alistair [=MacLean=] novels ''When Eight Bells Toll'' (including the hero's boss being known as "Uncle Arthur") and ''Fear is the Key''.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: Jordan believes that Uncle Arthur uses these on his underlings. It doesn't really work over videophone.
* SignificantMonogram: Tera ends up having one once Jordan learns her full name.
* TokenRomance: Tacked on in the last two pages or so.
* [[spoiler:UndercoverCopReveal]]
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! Tropes associated with this series:
* AppliedPhlebotinum: The Patth's stardrive and [[spoiler: the teleportation device the ''Icarus'' is built around.]]
* ArtificialGravity: There's basically a switch that flips it on and off.
* {{Badass}}: In Jordan's opening scene, he outsmarts a huge alien using racial psychology and then punches it in that species' GroinAttack location. Just to get into a bar.
* BatmanGambit: Jordan pulls off a couple big ones, including one on the BigBad.
* BavarianFireDrill: The ''Icarus'' and its crew get out of a few tough spots with a string of these.
* BigDamnHeroes: When the rest of the crew show up to rescue Jordan.
* BioAugmentation: The Patth implant bits of their control hardware into pilots so the drives can't be reverse engineered.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Ixil has two rodent-like "outriders" that can connect to his nervous system and share memories. The computer also has issues diagnosing him when he gets injured.
** Jordan uses this against aliens on a regular basis. See CombatPragmatist.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Of the SpaceIsAnOcean and {{Planetville}} variety.
* CombatPragmatist: Jordan. He will use anything and everything against his assailants including psychology, knowledge of alien anatomy, and his surroundings.
* TheConspiracy: The hunt for Jordan and the ''Icarus'' is backed by a mysterious organization.
* DeathGlare: Tera gives lots of these to Jordan.
* DrivingQuestion: What does everyone want with the ''Icarus''?
* EnergyWeapon: Jordan carries a "plasmic" and runs into aliens that carry "coronal discharge" weapons. The former shoots balls of plasma and the latter burns the target to a crisp with a burst of electricity.
* EurekaMoment: Jordan has several through the course of the book.
* FasterThanLightTravel: Everyone has it; what's important is ''how fast''.
* GenreSavvy: Jordan, very much so.
* GondorCallsForAid: Jordan calls for aid for TheClimax, with TheCavalry being [[spoiler:Kalirixi commandos]] who have nothing to lose by helping him.
* GuileHero: Jordan, full stop.
* ImpersonationGambit: Jordan uses one early to get more information about his pursuers. [[spoiler:The papers he gets help Nicabar set up another one later.]]
* ImprovisedWeapon: Jordan threatens an alien with broken space glass.
* IndyPloy: Whenever Jordan isn't on the ship, he's doing this.
* TheHandler: Jordan gets two. At the same time.
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: Discussed in some of Jordan's internal commentary. It appears that kinetic weapons and energy weapons deal similar damage to people, but kinetic weapons are a bad idea on a ship where they can destroy equipment and cause hull breaches.
* HalfTruth: Jordan rarely tells the full story to anyone but Ixil.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jordan and Ixil. Many comments have been made that their relationship is like [[StarWars Han and Chewie's]], without the life debt thing.
* HumanoidAliens: Almost all the aliens we see in this universe are more or less humanoid.
* NonHumanSidekick: Ixil to Jordan, sorta. [[spoiler:It turns out that Ixil is technically Jordan's superior officer, though their relationship is more one of partners.]]
* RecycledInSpace: The plot ''strongly'' resembles a cross between the Alistair [=MacLean=] novels ''When Eight Bells Toll'' (including the hero's boss being known as "Uncle Arthur") and ''Fear is the Key''.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: Jordan believes that Uncle Arthur uses these on his underlings. It doesn't really work over videophone.
* SignificantMonogram: Tera ends up having one once Jordan learns her full name.
* TokenRomance: Tacked on in the last two pages or so.
* [[spoiler:UndercoverCopReveal]]
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