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* AFatherToHisMen: Despite his crew's complete lack of respect for him, Francisco does think of himself like this and tries to treat his subordinates appropriately. [[spoiler: Of course, this goes right out the window once he gives up the position of captain]]


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* AFatherToHisMen: Despite his crew's complete lack of respect for him, Francisco does think of himself like this and tries to treat his subordinates appropriately. [[spoiler: Of course, this goes right out the window once he gives up the position of captain]]
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''[[http://www.baldwinpage.com/onewaycomic/2013/12/30/123013-sisters-call/ One Way]]'' is a sci-fi webcomic written in 2014 by Christopher Baldwin of ''{{Spacetrawler}}'' fame.

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''[[http://www.baldwinpage.com/onewaycomic/2013/12/30/123013-sisters-call/ One Way]]'' is a sci-fi webcomic written in 2014 by Christopher Baldwin of ''{{Spacetrawler}}'' ''Webcomic/{{Spacetrawler}}'' fame.

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* RightThroughTheWall: Vagus complains about this to Francisco



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Francisco gives one to the crew while [[spoiler: resigning as captain]

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Francisco gives one to the crew while [[spoiler: resigning as captain]captain]]
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[[http://www.baldwinpage.com/onewaycomic/2013/12/30/123013-sisters-call/ One Way]] is a sci-fi webcomic written in 2014 by Christopher Baldwin of {{Spacetrawler}} fame.

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[[http://www.''[[http://www.baldwinpage.com/onewaycomic/2013/12/30/123013-sisters-call/ One Way]] Way]]'' is a sci-fi webcomic written in 2014 by Christopher Baldwin of {{Spacetrawler}} ''{{Spacetrawler}}'' fame.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Despite their complete lack of respect for him, Francisco does think of himself like this and tries to treat his subordinates appropriately. [[spoiler: Of course, this goes right out the window once he gives up the position of captain]]

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* AFatherToHisMen: Despite their his crew's complete lack of respect for him, Francisco does think of himself like this and tries to treat his subordinates appropriately. [[spoiler: Of course, this goes right out the window once he gives up the position of captain]]
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* FriendsWithBenefits: Francisco and Orion. [[spoiiler: Orion breaks it off about midway through the comic]]

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* FriendsWithBenefits: Francisco and Orion. [[spoiiler: [[spoiler: Orion breaks it off about midway through the comic]]



* [[spoiler: SuicideMission]]: [[spoiler: The government fully expects that the team will

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* [[spoiler: SuicideMission]]: [[spoiler: The government fully expects that the team willwon't return from the mission]]
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* ConsumnateLiar: Lamont

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* ConsumnateLiar: ConsummateLiar: Lamont

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* AxCrazy: Star is, by far, the most physically violent and least mentally stable of the crew. [[spoiler: It's later discovered that her meds were tampered with early on in the story, specifically to invoke this trope]]


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* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople: [[spoiler: One of the major themes of the second half of the plot. Once it's clear that they're trapped in a suicide mission, Olivia starts making friends, Angie steps up as a leader, Lamont starts caring more about people and Orion starts taking things seriously instead of sleeping all the time]]
* AxCrazy: Star is, by far, the most physically violent and least mentally stable of the crew. [[spoiler: It's later discovered that she has legitimate mental issues, and her medication was tampered with early on in the story, specifically to invoke this trope]]
* BeardOfSorrow: Francisco grows one over the course of the trip


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* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: After the reveal, Francisco essentially gives up on life, spending most of the rest of the trip drinking and hitting on the female crewmembers]]
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Lamont's begins his dying speech with "Tell Gordon I was starting to fall in love with the jerk"]]


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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Two of them. Star's with the People's Federation Rights Organization and Lamont is with the government's Secret Staff Agency]]

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When Earth gets its first message from an alien race, eight [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits highly-skilled yet expendable]] individuals are sent on a space journey to make first contact. The comic functions as a character study of the eight officers as they maintain the ship, interact with each other and investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding their mission

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When Earth gets its first message from an alien race, humanity sends an envoy of eight [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits highly-skilled yet expendable]] individuals are sent on a space journey to make first contact. The comic functions as a character study follows the actions of the eight officers as they maintain the ship, interact deal with each other other's various neuroses and investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding their mission
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* AxCrazy: Star is, by far, the most physically violent and least mentally stable of the crew. [[spoiler: It's later discovered that her meds were tampered with early on in the story, specifically to invoke this trope]]
* AFatherToHisMen: Despite their complete lack of respect for him, Francisco does think of himself like this and tries to treat his subordinates appropriately. [[spoiler: Of course, this goes right out the window once he gives up the position of captain]]



* AFatherToHisMen: Francisco ''wants'' to be this, but tends to fail more often than not.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The entire crew, save for Angie and Francisco

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* AFatherToHisMen: Francisco ''wants'' AmbiguouslyBrown: Star
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The aliens only allow one crewmember, Orion,
to return home. But Lamont's plan is foiled, and the comic leaves in the possibility that the aliens might be this, but tends lying to fail more often than not.
save face, and will allow the remaining crew to stay alive]]
* BrilliantButLazy: Gordon and Orion
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The entire crew, save for Angie and FranciscoEveryone on board the ship is skilled at their jobs. However, they've also, in one way or another, pissed off so many people that the government made a point of sending them far, far away from Earth.



* ConsumnateLiar: Lamont



* FriendsWithBenefits: Francisco and Orion. [[spoiiler: Orion breaks it off about midway through the comic]]
* NoSocialSkills: Olivia.
* PhotographicMemory: Orion has perfect audio recall



* RightThroughTheWall: Vagus complains about this to Francisco



* [[spoiler: SuicideMission]]
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: [[spoiler: Vagus, after ending up on the wrong side of a crazed Star]]

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* [[spoiler: SuicideMission]]
SuicideMission]]: [[spoiler: The government fully expects that the team will
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Francisco gives one to the crew while [[spoiler: resigning as captain]
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: [[spoiler: Vagus, after ending up on the wrong side of a crazed Star]]Star]]
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "Unless we find a new source [of fuel] or someone to help us, we're never going home"]]
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When Earth gets its first message from an alien race, eight [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits highly-skilled yet expendable]] individuals are sent on a space journey to make first contact. The comic functions as a character study of the eight officers as they maintain the ship, interact with each other and

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When Earth gets its first message from an alien race, eight [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits highly-skilled yet expendable]] individuals are sent on a space journey to make first contact. The comic functions as a character study of the eight officers as they maintain the ship, interact with each other and
and investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding their mission
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[[http://www.baldwinpage.com/onewaycomic/2013/12/30/123013-sisters-call/ One Way]] is a sci-fi webcomic written in 2014 by Christopher Baldwin of {{Spacetrawler}} fame.

When Earth gets its first message from an alien race, eight [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits highly-skilled yet expendable]] individuals are sent on a space journey to make first contact. The comic functions as a character study of the eight officers as they maintain the ship, interact with each other and

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!!Provides examples of:
*AliensSpeakingEnglish
*AFatherToHisMen: Francisco ''wants'' to be this, but tends to fail more often than not.
*BunnyEarsLawyer: The entire crew, save for Angie and Francisco
*BurialInSpace: [[spoiler: Lamont]]
*CunningLinguist: One of Gordon's skills, which gets some use when he tries to re-translate the aliens' message.
*DeadpanSnarker: Lamont, almost constantly.
*ExtremeDoormat: Francisco
*RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: When the crew votes on who's getting sent back to Earth, Francisco excuses himself from the vote in order to make up for his terrible job as captain]]
*TheSlacker: Orion, who spends most of the ship sleeping [[spoiler: until the SuicideMission reveal]]
*StraightGay: Gordon and Lamont.
*[[spoiler: SuicideMission]]
*ThrownOutTheAirlock: [[spoiler: Vagus, after ending up on the wrong side of a crazed Star]]

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