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** The Horvath really, really have it out for Tyler Vernon. The last of their bioweapons is tailored to kill everyone on Earth except blondes in large part because Tyler has brown hair. Later, when they fire fourteen kinetic rounds at Earth, they spare one - a weapon capable of utterly destroying any city on Earth - just for Tyler’s underground bunker.
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* BrickJoke: Early in the first book, while discussing telescope scheduling, Ringo mentions a "huge outcry amongst "real" researchers who had grants to study oxygen production of Mira Variables". Much later in the same book, one of the scientists Vernon hires comments that his specialty was the oxygen production of Mira Variables.
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* BrickJoke: Several, as John Ringo loves them.
** Early in the first book, while discussing telescope scheduling, Ringo mentions a "huge outcry amongst "real" researchers who had grants to study oxygen production of Mira Variables". Much later in the same book, one of the scientists Vernon hires comments that his specialty was the oxygen production of MiraVariables.Variables.
** Similarly, the Glatun discover during Tyler's display of various foodstuffs that Coca-Cola is incredibly toxic to Glatun physiology. When Tyler visits a Glatun space station many chapters later, and has to bring his own supply of food due to Glatun food not being compatible to humans, his entire stash of Coca-Cola is confiscated for its toxicity.
** Early in the first book, while discussing telescope scheduling, Ringo mentions a "huge outcry amongst "real" researchers who had grants to study oxygen production of Mira Variables". Much later in the same book, one of the scientists Vernon hires comments that his specialty was the oxygen production of Mira
** Similarly, the Glatun discover during Tyler's display of various foodstuffs that Coca-Cola is incredibly toxic to Glatun physiology. When Tyler visits a Glatun space station many chapters later, and has to bring his own supply of food due to Glatun food not being compatible to humans, his entire stash of Coca-Cola is confiscated for its toxicity.
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* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Used and averted in that the Glatun traders simply assumed that any foods produced on earth wouldn't be of any value until Vernon, in a desperate attempt to make enough money to pay his bills, gathers up large mounts of foodstuff from one of his jobs and the majority actually turns out to be edible. Well, except for [[TakeThat Coca-Cola, which is horribly toxic.]]
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* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Used and averted in that the Glatun traders simply assumed that any foods produced on earth Earth wouldn't be of any value until Vernon, in a desperate attempt to make enough money to pay his bills, gathers up large mounts amounts of foodstuff from one of his jobs and the majority actually turns out to be edible. Well, except for [[TakeThat Coca-Cola, which is horribly toxic.]]
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* IdiotBall: In a world where the bad guys are aliens advanced enough to monitor any[[spoiler: present-day]] human tech [[OrbitalBombardment can send down kinetic strikes at the drop of a hat]], a young girl takes a selfie with Air Force One in the background, while the Horvath are actively bombarding the planet, and pays for it by being annihilated, along with Air Force One and the county it was flying over.
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** In ''Citadel'', which is the second book set in a universe where the bad guys are aliens advanced enough to monitor any[[spoiler: present-day]] human tech and [[OrbitalBombardment can send down kinetic strikes at the drop of a hat]], someone takes a selfie with the President in the background, while the Rangora are actively bombarding the planet, and pays for it by being annihilated, along with the part of Kansas it was flying over, by SIXTEEN missiles.
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* [[PlanetofHats Galactic Arm of Hats]]: The Glatun are the [[ProudMerchantRace local trader species]] in the area around Earth, with the [[LizardFolk Rangora]] serving as [[TheMuscle physical labor]] outside of being [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy the most militaristic species in the area]], and the [[InsectoidAliens Ananancauimor]] serving as [[ProudScholarRace the local area's chief cyberneticists]].
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* [[PlanetofHats Galactic Arm of Hats]]: The Glatun are the [[ProudMerchantRace local trader species]] in the area around Earth, with the [[LizardFolk Rangora]] serving as [[TheMuscle [[TheBigGuy physical labor]] outside of being [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy the most militaristic species in the area]], and the [[InsectoidAliens Ananancauimor]] serving as [[ProudScholarRace the local area's chief cyberneticists]].
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Most aliens in the series operate on very different moral compasses than humanity. The Glatun Federation, a self-proclaimed "enlightened meritocratic oligarchy", puts financial concerns above most others[[spoiler: to own their detriment]], while the Rangora Empire, an expansionist and aggressive quasifascist polity, regularly squabbles amongst itself and self-sabotages their own plans, even during a major interstellar war, while believing most of the reports coming out of Earth have to be disinformation campaigns, because that's what they would do[[spoiler:, also to their own detriment]].
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* HonorBeforeReason: One of the cultural obstacles plaguing the South American units of the Federation Navy. The "Suds," consisting mostly of upper class, officer-track "perfumed princes" are not only unwilling to sufficiently engage in the menial labor of spaceship maintenance, but they actively sabotage other, better-performing units to make themselves look better by comparison. When maintenance faults and overall poor training get several dozen sailors and marines ''killed,'' they refuse to accept responsibility for the failures, insisting that the problems are the fault of production fabbers prompting the quote above in BerserkButton.
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* HonorBeforeReason: One of the cultural obstacles plaguing the South American units of the Federation Navy. The "Suds," consisting mostly of upper class, officer-track "perfumed princes" are not only unwilling to sufficiently engage in the menial labor of spaceship maintenance, but they actively sabotage other, better-performing units to make themselves look better by comparison. When maintenance faults and overall poor training get several dozen sailors and marines ''killed,'' they refuse to accept responsibility for the failures, insisting that the problems are the fault of production fabbers fabbers, prompting the quote above in BerserkButton.
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* [[PlanetofHats Galactic Arm of Hats]]: The Glatun are the [[ProudMerchantRace local trader species]] in the area around Earth, with the [[LizardFolk Rangora]] serving as [[TheMuscle physical labor]] outside of being [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy the most militaristic species in the area]], and the [[InsectoidAliens Ananancauimor]] serving as [[ProudScholarRace the local area's chief cyberneticists]].
** Oddly a subversion from the Ogut, who serve as local area's chief hospitality race, [[FantasticUnderclass managing hotels, gardening services, catering, and various service sectors]]...because their NATION'S Hat is being [[PeoplesRepublicofTyranny a despotic xenophobic hellhole]] that the general Ogut citizen who has the opportunity to escape WILL escape from.
** Oddly a subversion from the Ogut, who serve as local area's chief hospitality race, [[FantasticUnderclass managing hotels, gardening services, catering, and various service sectors]]...because their NATION'S Hat is being [[PeoplesRepublicofTyranny a despotic xenophobic hellhole]] that the general Ogut citizen who has the opportunity to escape WILL escape from.
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* HonorBeforeReason: One of the cultural obstacles plaguing the South American units of the Federation Navy. The "Suds," consisting mostly of upper class, officer-track "perfumed princes" are not only unwilling to sufficiently engage in the menial labor of spaceship maintenance, but they actively sabotage other, better-performing units to make themselves look better by comparison. When maintenance faults and overall poor training get several dozen sailors and marines ''killed,'' they refuse to accept responsibility for the failures, insisting that the problems are the fault of production fabbers rather than accept responsibility.
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* HonorBeforeReason: One of the cultural obstacles plaguing the South American units of the Federation Navy. The "Suds," consisting mostly of upper class, officer-track "perfumed princes" are not only unwilling to sufficiently engage in the menial labor of spaceship maintenance, but they actively sabotage other, better-performing units to make themselves look better by comparison. When maintenance faults and overall poor training get several dozen sailors and marines ''killed,'' they refuse to accept responsibility for the failures, insisting that the problems are the fault of production fabbers rather than accept responsibility.prompting the quote above in BerserkButton.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Horvath. While a relatively minor player on the galactic stage, their modus operandi is to bully lesser species and civilizations into doing their bidding, usually by forcing their "clients" to give them rare earth elements. They also regularly cleanse their entire population to keep it "pure", and will genetically tailor a "client" through a retrovirus if they get uppity to make them better servants.
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* TheCycleOfEmpires: Early in ''Live Free or Die'', a powerful AI informs a high-ranking Glatun commander that, according to a long-term forecast model, the Glatun Federation, despite being a major economic player for centuries on the galactic stage, is well into Stage Three and teetering on the edge of Stage Four. With record high unemployment and record low military spending and service, a major war will be enough to unseat the Glatun as a galactic superpower, and one is inevitably going to happen within the next decade. However, this same AI predicts that humanity, just now entering the galactic community as a Stage One, has the potential to save the Glatun from total collapse and subjugation, and instead help ease the pains as they transition into [[VestigialEmpire a less powerful ally of humanity]].
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* TheCycleOfEmpires: Early in ''Live Free or Die'', a powerful AI informs a high-ranking Glatun commander that, according to a long-term forecast model, the Glatun Federation, despite being a major economic player for centuries on the galactic stage, is well into Stage Three and teetering on the edge of Stage Four. With record high unemployment and record low military spending and service, a major war will be enough to unseat the Glatun as a galactic superpower, and one is inevitably going to happen within the next decade. However, this same AI predicts that humanity, just now entering the galactic community as a Stage One, has the potential to save the Glatun from total collapse and subjugation, and instead can help ease the pains as they transition into [[VestigialEmpire a less powerful ally of humanity]].
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* TheCycleOfEmpires: Early in ''Live Free or Die'', a powerful AI informs a high-ranking Glatun commander that, according to a long-term forecast model, the Glatun Federation, despite being a major economic player for centuries on the galactic stage, is well into Stage Three and teetering on the edge of Stage Four. With record high unemployment and record low military spending and service, a major war will be enough to unseat the Glatun as a galactic superpower, and one is inevitably going to happen within the next decade. However, this same AI predicts that humanity, just now entering the galactic community as a Stage One, has the potential to save the Glatun from total collapse and subjugation, and instead help ease the pains as they transition into [[VestigialEmpire a less powerful ally of humanity]].
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* IWantMyJetpack: Invoked as one of the reasons behind the main protagonist's interactions with various aliens.
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* InsistentTerminology: "Our Horvath Benefactors" by the humans in public during the Horvath Occupation and the subsequent Maple Syrup War. Justified, as they can never be too sure when the Horvath are listening in via their electronic devices.
* IWantMyJetpack: Invoked as one of the reasons behind the main protagonist's interactions with various aliens.
* IWantMyJetpack: Invoked as one of the reasons behind the main protagonist's interactions with various aliens.
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* AerithandBob: Played with, as one of the Glatun patrons of a spaceport bar is named Bob.
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* TheCycleofEmpires: Early in ''Live Free or Die'', a powerful AI informs a high-ranking Glatun commander that, according to a long-term forecast model, the Glatun Federation, despite being a major economic player for centuries on the galactic stage, is well into Stage Three and teetering on the edge of Stage Four. With record high unemployment and record low military spending and service, a major war will be enough to unseat the Glatun as a galactic superpower, and one is inevitably going to happen within the next decade. However, this same AI predicts that humanity, just now entering the galactic community as a Stage One, has the potential to save the Glatun from total collapse and subjugation, and instead help ease the pains as they transition into [[VestigialEmpire less powerful ally of humanity]].
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* IdiotBall: In a world where the bad guys are aliens advanced enough to monitor any[[spoiler: present-day]] human tech [[OrbitalBombardment can send down kinetic strikes at the drop of a hat]], a young girl takes a selfie with Air Force One in the background, while the Horvath are actively bombarding the planet, and pays for it by being annihilated, along with Air Force One and the county it was flying over.
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** Scattered throughout the book there are enough shoutouts to cause alcohol poisoning if you turn it into a DrinkingGame. Further examples include a ship captain ordering the helm to a course with [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Make it so."]], a gas mine called [[StarWars "Bespin"]] and the decision to have turns in the battle station's missile tubes is inspired by the need to [[StarWars "stop the farmboy dropping an energy torpedo into the main power plant."]] References to ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' are uncountable. It's worth noting that most of the Shout Outs are being done by the characters on purpose.
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** Scattered throughout the book there are enough shoutouts to cause alcohol poisoning if you turn it into a DrinkingGame. Further examples include a ship captain ordering the helm to a course with [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Make it so."]], a gas mine called [[StarWars [[Franchise/StarWars "Bespin"]] and the decision to have turns in the battle station's missile tubes is inspired by the need to [[StarWars [[Franchise/StarWars "stop the farmboy dropping an energy torpedo into the main power plant."]] References to ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' are uncountable. It's worth noting that most of the Shout Outs are being done by the characters on purpose.
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* MatterReplicator: "fabbers" much like their ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' counterparts, can build just about anything you want very quickly as long as you've got the raw materials. Much like the Schlock Verse, the crushed remains of enemy ships are frequently fed in as the raw materials in question.
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* MatterReplicator: "fabbers" "Fabbers" much like their ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' counterparts, can build just about anything you want very quickly as long as you've got the raw materials. Much like the Schlock Verse, the crushed remains of enemy ships are frequently fed in as the raw materials in question.
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* NoBioChemicalBarriers: Used and averted in that the Glatun traders simply assumed that any foods produced on earth wouldn't be of any value until Vernon, in a desperate attempt to make enough money to pay his bills, gathers up large mounts of foodstuff from one of his jobs and the majority actually turns out to be edible. Well, except for [[TakeThat Coca-Cola, which is horribly toxic.]]
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* NoBioChemicalBarriers: NoBiochemicalBarriers: Used and averted in that the Glatun traders simply assumed that any foods produced on earth wouldn't be of any value until Vernon, in a desperate attempt to make enough money to pay his bills, gathers up large mounts of foodstuff from one of his jobs and the majority actually turns out to be edible. Well, except for [[TakeThat Coca-Cola, which is horribly toxic.]]
