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* AlienNoninterferenceClause: New Sequa has a policy regarding intrusion on E-class planets (which are implied to be reserve/sanctuary worlds due to having pre-contact sapients), and [[spoiler:Cerril and Peter are put on trial for it.]]

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* AlienNoninterferenceClause: New Sequa has a policy regarding intrusion on E-class planets (which are implied to be reserve/sanctuary worlds due to having pre-contact sapients), and [[spoiler:Cerril and Peter are put on trial for it.crash-landing on one, Singniyhe-4.]]



* TheBadGuyWins: Yima prior to the start of the comic, as things presently stand.



* CoolStarship: There are a few, and the [[https://parhelioncomic.com/comic/anniversary-special-cross-sections/ 2019 Anniversary Special]] came with a diagram on two of them, the second of which having been Peter and Cerril's ship.

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* CoolStarship: There are a few, few and it's fairly standard for the comic.
** The
[[https://parhelioncomic.com/comic/anniversary-special-cross-sections/ 2019 Anniversary Special]] came with a diagram on two of them, two, and the second of which having been was Peter and Cerril's ship.



HumanoidAliens - Played with. Some aliens like Cerril (etc) are more standard humanoid, but it's not infrequent you see one that doesn't. One of the gangleaders that rejects Peter and Cerril is essentially [[https://parhelioncomic.com/comic/part-5-page-14-people-skills/ an angler's lure]].

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* HumanoidAliens - Played with. Some aliens like Cerril (etc) are more standard humanoid, but it's not infrequent you see one that doesn't. One of the gangleaders that rejects Peter and Cerril is essentially [[https://parhelioncomic.com/comic/part-5-page-14-people-skills/ an angler's lure]].



** The StarfishAliens who are native to Singniyhe-4 have [[https://parhelioncomic.com/comic/part-6-page-16-parts-unknown/ round speech bubbles]].



* UniversalTranslator: Generally subverted as [[TranslatorMicrobes Cochlear Translators]] are common and get the job done, but can't handle idioms and nuances. This takes a massive team of linguists pushing constant updates.

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* UniversalTranslator: Generally subverted as while [[TranslatorMicrobes Cochlear Translators]] are common and get the job done, but done they can't handle idioms and nuances. This takes nuances, and take a massive team of linguists pushing constant updates.updates to maintain.

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[[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/tagged/page/chrono Read it from the beginning here.]]



* AlienNoninterferenceClause: New Sequa has a policy regarding intrusion on E-class planets, and [[spoiler:Cerril and Peter are put on trial for it.]]

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* AlienNoninterferenceClause: New Sequa has a policy regarding intrusion on E-class planets, planets (which are implied to be reserve/sanctuary worlds due to having pre-contact sapients), and [[spoiler:Cerril and Peter are put on trial for it.]]



* CoolStarship: There's a few.

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* CoolStarship: There's There are a few.few, and the [[https://parhelioncomic.com/comic/anniversary-special-cross-sections/ 2019 Anniversary Special]] came with a diagram on two of them, the second of which having been Peter and Cerril's ship.



* HumanoidAliens: Played with.

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* HumanoidAliens: HumanoidAliens - Played with.with. Some aliens like Cerril (etc) are more standard humanoid, but it's not infrequent you see one that doesn't. One of the gangleaders that rejects Peter and Cerril is essentially [[https://parhelioncomic.com/comic/part-5-page-14-people-skills/ an angler's lure]].

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* AlienNoninterferenceClause: New Sequa has a policy regarding intrusion on E-class planets, and [[spoiler:Cerril and Peter are put on trial for it.]]



* BlackSpeech/StarfishLanguage: Basilisk speaks in [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/140372042828/parhelion-interlude-1-page-3-basilitany-would jagged, distorted static]] that needs no translation.



* CoolStarship: There's a few.
* CourtroomEpisode: Part 7 in a nutshell.



* DysonSphere: Cerril grew up on one, [[https://parhelioncomic.com/comic/part-8-page-8-whale-watching/ the first of it's kind.]]



* HumanoidAliens: Played with.



* KangarooCourt: Averted as a result of New Sequa's dedication to jurisprudence.



* MegaCorp: The Yima Cartel.

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* MegaCorp: The Yima Cartel. This goes to such a point that Yima is more or less the de-facto [[OneNationUnderCopyright galactic super-power]].



* MulticulturalAlienPlanet: Most worlds tend to be like this. A number trend towards monoculture formation with Yima worlds being by preference.



* OneWordTitle:



* TranslatorMicrobes: Cochlear translators are common and get the job done for basic business, but can't handle weird idioms or other nuances.
* TranslationWithAnAgenda: Cerril admits that [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/137037656383/parhelion-part-1-page-12-continuing-the this is fairly common as a way to reconcile intricate deals.]]

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* TranslatorMicrobes: Cochlear translators are common and get the job done for basic business, but can't handle weird idioms or other nuances.
* TranslationWithAnAgenda: Cerril admits
SiliconbasedLife: While Sawtooth's species hasn't been stated in detail we do know that they are on a level mineral based and could be viewed as such.
* StarfishLanguage: Languages neither of the protagonists speak are only depicted as this.
** Basilisk speaks in
[[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/137037656383/parhelion-part-1-page-12-continuing-the this com/post/140372042828/parhelion-interlude-1-page-3-basilitany-would jagged, distorted static]] that needs no translation.
** The zlotl language (or dialect) "parangya mat"
is fairly common as a way to reconcile intricate deals.]]one almost entirely made of slang, euphemisms, and more. The only word Cerril actually knows of it is [[TheXenophile "lobsterfucker"]].


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* UniversalTranslator: Generally subverted as [[TranslatorMicrobes Cochlear Translators]] are common and get the job done, but can't handle idioms and nuances. This takes a massive team of linguists pushing constant updates.
** This is where translators and interpreters like Cerril come in. Knowing what ''not'' to translate, which often means [[TranslationWithAnAgenda leaving out details]]. He fully well [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/137037656383/parhelion-part-1-page-12-continuing-the admits this.]]
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* KnowledgeBroker: Nikolai, at least in their imagination.
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* TheFederation: The Worlds' Collective, long since atrophied.


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* LawEnforcementInc: The Yima Cartel has its own security droids and [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/143831548688/parhelion-part-2-page-16-as-dickish-as-they-may giant prison ships.]]


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* UngovernableGalaxy: Coordinating across solar systems is a pain in the ass for any organization, so most of the galaxy is locally-governed or anarchic.
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* MegaCorp/PrivatelyOwnedSociety: The Yima Cartel.

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* MegaCorp/PrivatelyOwnedSociety: MegaCorp: The Yima Cartel.
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* MegaCorp/PrivatelyOwnedSociety: The Yima Cartel.

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* BlackSpeech: Basilisk speaks in [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/140372042828/parhelion-interlude-1-page-3-basilitany-would jagged, distorted static]] that needs no translation.

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* BlackSpeech: BlackSpeech/StarfishLanguage: Basilisk speaks in [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/140372042828/parhelion-interlude-1-page-3-basilitany-would jagged, distorted static]] that needs no translation.



* ConvenientlyPreciseTranslation: Run-of-the-mill automatic translators can't do this, making interpreters so vital.

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* ConvenientlyPreciseTranslation: Run-of-the-mill automatic translators can't do this, making designated interpreters so vital.vital.
* CunningLinguist: Cerril, and interpreters in general.



* MotorMouth: Alison.



* TranslatorMicrobes: Cochlear translators are common and get the job done for basic business, but can't handle weird idioms or other nuances.



* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Vinna's accent is never given a pronunciation guide.
* Wingdinglish: Vinna's accent.

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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Vinna's accent is never given a pronunciation guide.
* Wingdinglish: Vinna's accent.
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Vinna's accent is never given a pronunciation guide.

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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Vinna's accent is never given a pronunciation guide.guide.
* Wingdinglish: Vinna's accent.
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* AsteroidMiners: Peter's ancestors, who promptly turned to black-market dealing when the minerals in question were found to be MadeOfExplodium.
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* CastFullOfGay


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* InterspeciesRomance: Peter and Cerril, Vinna and Kroyzdt.
* LongDistanceRelationship: Vinna and Kroyzdt, for the length of Vinna's job at this godforsaken outpost.


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* OfficeRomance: Vinna and Kroyzdt both work for the Yima Cartel, at different-yet-unspecified positions.
* QueerRomance: Central to the comic.
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* Non-Promotion: After years of hard work, Vinna is sent off to a distant outpost with no apparent purpose.

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* Non-Promotion: NonPromotion: After years of hard work, Vinna is sent off to a distant outpost with no apparent purpose.

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[[caption-width-right:350:This place is a little important.]]


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* BeleagueredBureaucrat: Vinna.


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* DeadlyGaze: Making eye contact with Basilisk is a bad idea that gets worse as they get more agitated.
* DrowningMySorrows: [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/136513495403/parhelion-part-1-page-4-featuring-the-debut-of The first introduction to Cerril]], but he gets better.


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* MadeOfExplodium: Peter's homeworld gained independence thanks to some [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/137525656223/parhelion-part-1-page-16-exposition-vision quality explosives.]]


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''Parhelion'' is a ScienceFiction webcomic, set in a fragmented, provincial galaxy and following a group of pirates, smugglers, bureaucrats, warlords, and more.

The World's Collective, the most ambitious plan to unite the galaxy, has just collapsed after a decade of stagnation. Cerril Tonsay, a former interpreter for it, comes across Peter Vonn, a rakish human smuggler.

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''Parhelion'' is a ScienceFiction webcomic, {{webcomic}}, set in a fragmented, provincial galaxy and following a group of pirates, smugglers, bureaucrats, warlords, and more.

The World's Collective, the most ambitious plan to unite the galaxy, has just collapsed after a decade of stagnation. Cerril Tonsay, a former interpreter for it, comes across Peter Vonn, a rakish human smuggler.
smuggler. They hit it off over the course of a three-day trip, and decide to stick together on any job that comes their way.
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[[quoteright:344:http://http://orig15.deviantart.net/8efe/f/2016/057/2/1/peter_and_cerril_by_adrius15-d9t82m6.png]]
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* ConvenientTranslation: Run-of-the-mill automatic translators can't do this, making interpreters so vital.

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* ConvenientTranslation: ConvenientlyPreciseTranslation: Run-of-the-mill automatic translators can't do this, making interpreters so vital.



* TranslatorWithAnAgenda: Cerril admits that [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/137037656383/parhelion-part-1-page-12-continuing-the this is fairly common as a way to reconcile intricate deals.]]

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* TranslatorWithAnAgenda: TranslationWithAnAgenda: Cerril admits that [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/137037656383/parhelion-part-1-page-12-continuing-the this is fairly common as a way to reconcile intricate deals.]]

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The World's Collective, the most ambitious plan to unite the galaxy, has just collapsed after a decade of stagnation.

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The World's Collective, the most ambitious plan to unite the galaxy, has just collapsed after a decade of stagnation. \n Cerril Tonsay, a former interpreter for it, comes across Peter Vonn, a rakish human smuggler.


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* ConvenientTranslation: Run-of-the-mill automatic translators can't do this, making interpreters so vital.


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* MindHive: [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/140673708408/parhelion-interlude-1-page-7-let-the-parliament Litany contains a whole parliament of minds within one body, and consults them for advice and planning.]] Despite this, they don't speak with the VoiceOfTheLegion, but they ''do'' insistently use plural pronouns.
* TranslatorWithAnAgenda: Cerril admits that [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/137037656383/parhelion-part-1-page-12-continuing-the this is fairly common as a way to reconcile intricate deals.]]

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''Parhelion'' is a *ScienceFiction webcomic, set in a fragmented, provincial galaxy and following a group of pirates, smugglers, bureaucrats, warlords, and more.

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''Parhelion'' is a *ScienceFiction ScienceFiction webcomic, set in a fragmented, provincial galaxy and following a group of pirates, smugglers, bureaucrats, warlords, and more.



* FunetikAksent: Sort of. [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/141114339488/parhelion-part-2-page-1-introducing-vinna Vinna's consonant-H sounds are rendered in her native alphabet,]] but there's no indication of what they actually sound like.

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*BlackSpeech: Basilisk speaks in [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/140372042828/parhelion-interlude-1-page-3-basilitany-would jagged, distorted static]] that needs no translation.
* FunetikAksent: Sort of. [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/141114339488/parhelion-part-2-page-1-introducing-vinna Vinna's consonant-H sounds are rendered in her native alphabet,]] but there's no indication of what they actually sound like.like.
*WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Vinna's accent is never given a pronunciation guide.

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''Parhelion'' is a Science Fiction webcomic, set in a fragmented, provincial galaxy and following a group of pirates, smugglers, bureaucrats, warlords, and more.

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''Parhelion'' is a Science Fiction *ScienceFiction webcomic, set in a fragmented, provincial galaxy and following a group of pirates, smugglers, bureaucrats, warlords, and more.
more.

The World's Collective, the most ambitious plan to unite the galaxy, has just collapsed after a decade of stagnation.



* ArtEvolution: Peter's hair flounders around awkwardly for a while before settling on a consistent set of simplified spikes.

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* ArtEvolution: Peter's hair flounders around awkwardly for a while before settling on a consistent set of simplified spikes.spikes.
*FunetikAksent: Sort of. [[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/post/141114339488/parhelion-part-2-page-1-introducing-vinna Vinna's consonant-H sounds are rendered in her native alphabet,]] but there's no indication of what they actually sound like.

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Parhelion is a Science Fiction webcomic, set in a fragmented, provincial galaxy and following a group of pirates, smugglers, bureaucrats, warlords, and more.

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Parhelion ''Parhelion'' is a Science Fiction webcomic, set in a fragmented, provincial galaxy and following a group of pirates, smugglers, bureaucrats, warlords, and more.more.

[[http://parhelioncomic.tumblr.com/tagged/page/chrono Read it from the beginning here.]]

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* ArtEvolution: Peter's hair flounders around awkwardly for a while before settling on a consistent set of simplified spikes.
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Parhelion is a Science Fiction webcomic, set in a fragmented, provincial galaxy and following a group of pirates, smugglers, bureaucrats, warlords, and more.

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