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1	''[[https://archiveofourown.org//series/3677698 Ad Astra Per Aspera]]'' by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/LadyDaybreaker/pseuds/LadyDaybreaker LadyDaybreaker]] is a series of fanfics of ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones''. It has 6 entries so far.
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3	# ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49448629/chapters/124795054 To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Creation]]'' is a prequel to the entire series that documents the events of Project Solver and what led to the Core Collapse.
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5	# ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49173127/chapters/12407122 Memento Nori]]'' Focuses on Nori Doorman after the Core Collapse, dealing with the Absolute Solver, visions of the Sky Demons, and her own child. Sequel to To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Creation.
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7	# ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49841434/chapters/125818624 Like the Stars]]'' Focuses on Uzi's life pre-Pilot and expands the events between the first 4 episodes. Sequel to Memento Nori.
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9	# ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49257589/chapters/124291342 What Friends Are For]]'' Focuses on the aftermath of the Camp Massacre and what occurred between Episode 4 and 5 with Episode 6 being covered as well. Currently on hiatus.
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11	# ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49482283/chapters/124883479 Ad Astra Per Aspera]]'' - A series of mini-fics and one shots that take place in the world of "Ad Astra Per Aspera."
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13	# ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/50264341/chapters/126969331 Ad Astra Per Aspera Appendices]]'' - A series of appendices that expand the world of "Ad Astra Per Aspera."
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15	!! ''Ad Astra Per Aspera'' contains examples of:
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17	[[folder: Series-wide]]
18	* AdaptationExpansion: The series expands on the ''Murder Drones'' universe by further detailing the events that led to the Core Collapse and Nori's death years later and expanding the events between episodes.
19	* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Alice and Emma look almost exactly the same. Unfortunately, this causes Uzi to suffer a panic attack when she encounters the latter in ''Ad Astra Per Aspera''.
20	* AmnesiacHero: 2 examples.
21	** Nori, Yeva and the other 98 Workers kidnapped for Project Solver get their memories wiped to keep them from trying to escape. It doesn't stick however as Yeva manages to unlock the suppressed memories of the Test Subjects.
22	** N is also this after his HeelFaceTurn. When his squad first landed, he ended up getting his memories fried and causing him to forget his life as a Worker and Tessa.
23	* AnachronicOrder: None of the four main stories in the series were released in the order they are set chronologically. It was so for the first installments; Memento Mori was released first and is set in the pre-canon of the show while What Friends Are For was set during the timespan of the show starting from after episode 4. Then the authoress released To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Creation as a prequel to Memento Mori, thusly introducing the Anachronic Order. Like the Stars continued the trend, being the fourth installment while chronogically being set in-between the first and second installments.
24	* AnArmAndALeg: Happens a few times throughout the series with a notable example being in the climax of ''To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Own Creation'' where Nori is forced to chop her own hand off to stop the Solver from destroying Copper-9.
25	* AssholeVictim: Several throughout the series.
26	** The Supervisor who dies at the hands of a Solver-possessed Nori but given how much of a racist, supremacist, vindictive ass he is, he deserves it.
27	** James, Louisa and the Frumplebucket Twins end up dying at the hands of Cyn and her thralls but given how cruel and sadistic they are, they will not be missed.
28	* TheAssimilator: Eldritch Cyn, Nori, Yeva and J devour Workers and humans alike to gather materials to rebuild themselves.
29	* BackFromTheDead: Some examples.
30	** Cyn, J, V, N and other Zombies Drones come back after being improperly disassembled by the Elliots.
31	** Nori and Yeva return after the materials collection process is complete.
32	* BadBadActing: Like in canon, Eldritch Drones engage in this.
33	* BlindingCameraFlash: Same as canon, the Sentinels use this to stun their prey. They had some trial and error with getting the right frequency as a poor 047 can test to.
34	* BodyHorror: What happens to both the Solver and Disassembler Drones.
35	* CallingYourAttacks: Like in canon, the Solver does so.
36	* CassandraTruth: 2 examples so far.
37	** In ''To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Creaton'', Yeva learns the truth of what the 'coolant' is, but no listens to her.
38	** Nori's ramblings about the Sky Demons and the Singularity aren't taken seriously by most of the Worker Drone population who see it as a sign of her insanity. Khan listened though and managed to build Outpost 3 to protect the Workers from the Disassemblers.
39	* ColdBloodedTorture: Happens to the Solver Drones during Project Solver. The techs refer to it as [[DeadlyEuphemism testing.]] Uzi also suffers this at the hands of a deranged Alice.
40	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The various Solver Drones have different coloured-glyphs based on their eye colours.
41	** Nori and Uzi - [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]]
42	** Yeva and Doll - [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red]]
43	** Luke - Blue.
44	** Max - [[EmeraldPower Green]]
45	** Bonnie and 064 - White.
46	** Ali and Sam - Pink.
47	** Cyn and Solver-possessed Solver Drones - Yellow.
48	* DeadpanSnarker: A lot of the characters engage in making snarky comments.
49	* DeadPersonImpersonation: The Eldritch Drones engage in this. The person doesn't have to be dead as a lucky Thad can attest but a lot of the drones it impersonates are victims.
50	* DealWithTheDevil: Cyn and the Solver-infected Test Subjects are offered a deal by the Solver that in exchanging for reviving them and allowing them to use It's powers, they will allow it to possess them. Subject 001/Karl and Subjects 81-100 (Evens) didn't accept the deal and were left to die.
51	* DeepSouth: Alice and Emma have a southern accent as in canon.
52	* DefiantCaptive: 2 examples.
53	** In ''To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Creation'', The Solver Drones particularly Nori do their best to annoy and anger their captors.
54	** In ''What Friends Are For'', when the group get captured by a deranged Alice, Uzi and V taunt and bite off Alice's finger, respectively.
55	* DoomedByCanon: Nori, the Solver-infected Test Subjects, James, Louisa, the entire human population of Copper-9...to name a few.
56	* DownerBeginning: Several examples.
57	** ''To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Creation'', after Nori and Khan have their wedding, Nori is kidnapped for Project Solver along with the others.
58	** ''Like The Stars'' starts with Nori's funeral and Emma and Luke leaving Outpost 3.
59	* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Those infected with Strain A of the Solver can sometimes see the future through dreams.
60	* EarthShatteringKaboom: Earth, Proxima-1 and Plat-4 all suffer this at the hands of a Solver-possessed Cyn. Copper-9 nearly gets destroyed as well but Nori manages to stop the destruction at the last minute.
61	* EmeraldPower: Max has green eyes and wields the Absolute Solver. In an alternate timeline in ''Ad Astra Per Aspera'', Thad's Solver activates, allowing him to use it.
62	* {{EMP}}: Used to great effect against the Workers.
63	* EndlessWinter: Same as canon, Copper-9 is shrouded in eternal winter.
64	* FantasticRacism: The humans are heavy prejudiced against the Workers, seeing them as non-human and treating them as sub-human. There are a few exceptions such as Tess and Ava.
65	* {{Fingore}}: Happens disturbingly a lot in this series.
66	* GrandTheftMe: As in canon, the Solver possesses Cyn, Nori and Uzi at several points throughout the series.
67	* {{Greed}}: Most of the actions that [=JcJenson=] commits is out of profits such as the case with Project Solver.
68	* HealingFactor: The Solver Drones are capable of regenerating from any wounds as long as they're not too damaging or they have enough oil.
69	* HologramProjectionImperfection: Same as canon with some of the holograms that the Solver uses.
70	* HorrorHunger: The Solver-infected Drones and Disassemblers all have to feed on the oil of their fellow Workers to avoid overheating and dying.
71	* HunterOfHisOwnKind: The Solver-infected Drones, Disassemblers and Sentinels are this as in canon.
72	* InTheBack: The Eldritch Drones' favourite method of attack.
73	* ItIsDehumanising: All the humans seen onscreen besides Tessa and Ava refer to the Drones as "It" which demonstrates their belief that drones are inferior and non-sentient.
74	* JustThinkOfThePotential: The reason behind Project Solver.
75	* MachineBlood: Same as canon, the Workers' blood is oil.
76	* MementoMacGuffin: Same as canon, the Solver Drones' skull chokers are this as both Uzi and Doll wear them.
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79	[[folder: To Stay in Heaven, For Fear of Your Creation]]
80	* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Subject 013 gets the displeasure of having Nori use her Solver powers on him.
81	* AdaptationalExplanation: In the story, it's revealed that Beau is Alice and Luke's child and was created to see if he would inherit the Solver from his father.
82	* AgonyOfTheFeet: In Chapter 6, Nori gets her left foot chopped off as part of [[DeadlyEuphemism testing.]]
83	* BittersweetEnding: On the positive side of things, Nori and Yeva have reunited with their husbands, the Workers are free. On the bitter side of things, Copper-9 has been plunged into an [[EndlessWinter eternal winter]], killing all humans, 3 planets have been destroyed by the Solver, Alice and the others are trapped underground, and Nori starts to go insane.
84	* BloodOath: This exchange between Nori and the Solver below.
85	-->'''Nori:''' So now what...I have to do an oil pact with you or somethin?
86	-->'''The Absolute Solver:''' Eyeroll. No such barbaric thing. A simple Yes/No will suffice.
87	* CabinFever: What happens to the Test Subjects initially as they're locked inside their rooms all the time outside of tests. Ava manages to convince the technicians to allow the Test Subjects to meet up in a large space.
88	* ChristmasEpisode: Chapter 17 is this in a nutshell as it takes place on Christmas and has the Test Subjects trying to escape.
89	* DamselInDistress: Emma jokingly refers to Nori as this when they're preparing to storm the Labs to rescue the kidnapped Workers.
90	* DownerEnding: Several examples throughout the story, unfortunately.
91	** Chapter 1 ends with Nori being kidnapped.
92	** Chapter 10 ends with Nori undergoing her "Solver Form" transformation.
93	** Chapter 19 ends with the escape attempt failing and the Test Subjects getting recaptured.
94	** Chapter 20 ends with Luke dying.
95	** Chapter 22 ends with Nori and Yeva dying and ending up becoming [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Nori and Yeva]]
96	** Chapter 24 ends with Solver-possessed Nori breaking loose and on her way to destroy the Core.
97	* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: Before getting her memories back, Nori has some memories about her life pre-Project Solver.
98	* DwindlingParty: Over the course of the story, Project Solver's Test and Control Groups get reduced in number and by the time of the story's ending, only Nori, Yeva, Max, Bonnie, Ali, Sam, Alice, Beau, 029, 033, 053 and 59 are left with them all dying later on.
99	* EatenAlive: Subject 025 suffers this fate at the hands of a feral Nori.
100	* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: When Nori and Alice first meet in Chapter 14, the latter remarks that she was expecting Nori to be taller.
101	* FrankensteinsMonster: Khan calls the installation of a Solver Core into Karl, "[Playing] frankenstein with him".
102	* GreatEscape: The remaining Test Subjects of Project Solver attempt to do this with priority being given to Alice, Luke and Beau.
103	* HomeByChristmas: The Test Subjects' escape attempt takes place on Christmas where the humans will be distracted and not paying attention.
104	* HypocriteHasAPoint: The security team member states that drones with the ability to self-repair and mistreating them is just "asking for trouble" which a technician calls her out for, due to her calling Ava a nutcase 2 weeks before the events of Eldritch Nori and Yeva's rampage.
105	* IHaveYourWife: [=JcJenson's scientists=] kidnap Khan and Alexei's wifes, Nori and Yeva for Project Solver, though they don't tell them that they have their wives.
106	* InsistentTerminology: The humans refuse to entertain the notion of the Drones being similar to them in any way. They refer to Nori and Khan's positions as "Head Repair Drone" and "Head Constructor" when their titles should be "Head Doctor and "Head Architect"
107	* InstantDeathBullet: During the escape attempt, a nearby Alexei watches Cody go down from being shot. While Nori, Alice and Luke are trying to run to the exit, they witness Control Group Test Subjects being executed by gunshots.
108	* IWillFindYou: Khan promises to do so in Chapter 2.
109	* KidnappedDoctor: Nori, Ali and Sam are kidnapped for Project Solver. Not for their medical expertise but to see how the Solver affects different Drones with different professions.
110	* KidnappedForExperimentation: The 40 Solver Drones were kidnapped to see if how the Solver affects them.
111	* KidnappedWhileSleeping: The mass-kidnapping of the 100 occurs at night.
112	* LanguageBarrier: [=JcJenson=] technicians are supposed to learn English, Russian and French but some like Stevens refuse to do so which partly costs his life during a feral Nori's rampage.
113	* LaughingMad: Mia constantly does this throughout her appearances.
114	* LetMeGetThisStraight: What Nori says verbatim in Chapter 4.
115	--->'''Nori:''' Let me get this straight. You want me. To just take that box...and move it to the other side of the room. That's it. That's the test.
116	--->'''Technician:''' Correct.
117	* MadArtist: Mia is shown drawing images of the Absolute Solver, which is a sign of her insanity.
118	* MandatoryMotherhood: Luke and Alice are forced to make a Pill Drone so the humans could see if the Pill Drone could inherit the Solver from Luke.
119	* TheMaze: Chapter 6 has Nori, Yeva, 013 and 075 competing in a race within a maze with traps.
120	* MoralMyopia: The [=JcJenson=] technicians are perfectly okay with torturing and kidnapping drones for Project Solver but when one of their own gets bitten by an oil-starved Nori, they get angry.
121	* NeckSnap: Nori is forced to kill 021 and first does so with this.
122	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [=JcJenson=] screws up quite frequently throughout the story.
123	** Putting the disassembled Test Subjects in the same compactor as other non-Test Subject Workers leads to Khan, Alexei and Emma getting a hint to where the kidnapped drones were taken.
124	** As Ava points out in Chapter 9, taking away the Head Repair Drone Nori, has resulted in tons of preventable Worker Drone casualties, which will reduce output and cost money to replace the disassembled Workers.
125	** Not listening to Ava and feeding the Solver Drones more which results in casualties.
126	** Forcing Alice and Luke to transfer their AI into a droneling body to make a Pill Drone galvanises the Solver Drones into trying to escape and tell the other Workers about what's happening. While the escape doesn't succeed, Alexei discovers what is going on and informs the other Workers, resulting in them planning to storm the labs.
127	* NoNameGiven: Most of the Test Subjects remain unnamed.
128	* NoWaterproofingInTheFuture: Same as the series, the Workers aren't waterproof which a technician demonstrates in Chapter 20 when they pour water on Nori.
129	* OffWithHisHead: Happens offscreen before Chapter 8 to Nori. Also happened to Luke at one point, which traumatised Alice when they threw his headless body back into their room.
130	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: One of the technicians gets freaked out by Solver-possessed Nori and the contrast between her and regular Nori.
131	* OrganTheft: Alice, Emma, Jessie and other Harvester Drones routinely take spare parts from disassembled Workers to give to the Repair Ward.
132	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Solver Drones act like the traditional vampire, having to drink oil, can't go out in the sunlight, can regenerate, are stronger than the average Worker, don't do well with mirrors and can only be destroyed through sunlight or destruction of the core.
133	* PainfulTransformation: It's clear that Nori's first transformation is agonising to undergo.
134	* PaintTheTownRed: The Cabin Fever Labs become covered in Worker oil and body parts in the aftermath of Eldritch Nori and Yeva's rampage.
135	* PitTrap: One of the traps in TheMaze seen in Chapter 6.
136	* PoliticalHostage: According to WordOfGod, the Solver experiments were a retribution inflicted on the Workers to keep them from revolting again.
137	* PrehensileTail: Solver Drones infected with "Strain A" have a long tail with a mouth.
138	* {{Prequel}}: Serves as this to the entirety of Ad Astra Per Aspera.
139	* PowersAsPrograms: Same as canon, the Absolute Solver is this.
140	* PupatingPeril: Nori becomes this as her "Solver Form" is activated.
141	* PurpleIsPowerful: Nori has purple eyes and is a host of the Absolute Solver.
142	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ava frequently calls out the [=JcJenson=] technicians for their incompetence and way of dealing with problems.
143	* RebelLeader: It's revealed that Khan was the leader of the Worker Drone Revolt that took place 8 years before the events of this story. He becomes this again when the [=WDs=] prepare to storm the Cabin Fever Labs to rescue the kidnapped Workers.
144	* RedFilterOfDoom: The lights in the disassembly room are red, adding to the creepiness.
145	* RobotMaid: In the private housing sector of Copper 9, the humans employ a type of Worker Drones known as Servant Drones that dress in both maid and butler uniforms.
146	* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Same as canon with the Solver doing so.
147	* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: The Supervisor apparently screams like this as a Solver-possessed Nori notes.
148	* {{Seers}}: Those with "Strain A" of the Absolute Solver (Nori, Luke, etc) can see the future.
149	* ShockStick: The [=JcJenson=] scientists use cattle prods to keep the Solver Drones in line during the earlier parts of testing.
150	* ShoutOut: WordOfGod states that Yeva's Solver Form is a nod to Kirie from WebAnimation/InternecionCube.
151	* SoleSurvivor: Like canon, Tessa is the only survivor of the Gala Massacre. N, V and J are also confirmed to be the only drones that survived the night as well as it's [[WordOfGod confirmed that the Solver destroyed every drone that worked in Elliot Manor but spared N, V and J due to Cyn's affection for them.]]
152	* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Cyn has golden eyes due to being possessed by the Absolute Solver. Same with Nori when she gets possessed as well.
153	* TearsOfJoy: When Alexei and Yeva first reunite, the former starts to cry, which Yeva notes that he never does. At the end, Nori does this along with Khan, Alexei and Yeva when they're reunited.
154	* {{Teleportation}}: Those with Yeva's strain of the Solver can do this.
155	* TermsOfEndangerment: The Solver calls the Solver-Infected Test Subjects, Little Sister or Brother like how it calls N Big Brother in the show.
156	* ThreeLawsCompliant: Averted with the Solver Drones as the Solver blocks it. Played straight with the Sentinels, though.
157	* TokenBlackFriend: Bonnie is the only Worker Drone throughout the story that speaks French, implying that she is from the French sector.
158	* TokenGoodTeammate: Like her niece Tessa, Ava is one of the few good humans that work for [=JcJenson=] which is why a Solver-possessed Nori spares her.
159	* TroubledFetalPosition: Nori does this in Chapter 8, clearly traumatised from what has happened to her.
160	* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: [=JcJenson=] takes the Test Subjects from their homes.
161	* TheVirus: The Solver is compared to a virus with there being 2 strains among the even-numbered Test Subjects. 2-40 (Even-numbered) have Nori's strain while 41-80 (Even-numbered) have Yeva's strain.
162	* WeddingEpisode: The beginning of Chapter 1 is this.
163	* WeUsedToBeFriends: Nori and Ava were close before the start of this story. By the time Nori has her memory restored, their friendship has soured a little as Ava won't let the Test Subjects go back home or stop the testing.
164	* YouAreNumberSix: The 100 Workers kidnapped for Project Solver are given numbers based on what order that they were taken in. The remaining 80 after the start of the project were divided into 2 groups: Control Group (Odd-numbered Test Subjects) and Test Group (Even-numbered Test Subjects) with the latter group being infected with the Solver.
165	* YouHaveFailedMe: The last "Head Constructor" before Khan was slated for disassembly due to a shaft collapse that occured.

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