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7	[[quoteright:201:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zigfrak_5411.jpg]]
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9	In the far distant future, humankind made contact with an advanced alien civilization known as the Xenoids. Their intentions were far from friendly however and soon the people of the Nautilus galaxy were thrust into an era of martial law where security became the top priority; often at the cost of individual liberty. Facing this growing oppression, many left their home world of Gaia and the now totalitarian empire of the Enforcers.
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11	These pioneers were the Freerunners, those who sought freedom and a new life at the edges of human controlled space. They were forced to defend themselves from the pursuit of the Enforcers and the looming presence of the genocidal Xenoids in a tripartite civil war that continues to this day. As a pilot for the Freerunners you have enlisted to defend your settlements against threats both human and alien in nature.
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13	''Zigfrak'' is a space-based ActionRPG, released on December 13, 2013 for [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]]. It features missions, exploration, and crafting, with an emphasis on loot and over-the-top items. Enemy ships explode like loot piñatas, spewing forth useful pickups.
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15	The game employs subtle humor to poke light at a dark situation -- a human civil war on a galactic scale, complicated by the invasion of technologically superior aliens. During the campaign, players encounter clues and artifacts which could reveal ancient secrets of humanity.
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17	!!''Zigfrak'' provides examples of:
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19	* AlienInvasion: The game's premise includes the Xenoids, an advanced alien civilization who are engaged in an ongoing attempt to conquer the people of the Nautilus galaxy. You play as a pilot for the Freerunners, defending against both human (the totalitarian Enforcers) and alien (Xenoids) threats.
20	* AlienSky: Many areas utilize colorful nebulae or bright stars in the background. Justified as this serves to provide contrast to the dark void of space in which the game takes place.
21	* AsteroidMiners: The player character is given a mining laser and can often use nearby asteroids to mine for low level loot and materials.
22	* BetterThanABareBulb: The loading screens alone are a gold mine of lampshade hangings to various sci-fi tropes and cliches.
23	%%* BlackSpeech: The names of many Xenoid items bare an uncanny resemblance to a certain cosmic horror mythos...%%The example needs to explain how the names sound "evil" and "inhuman". Just being alien is not enough.
24	%%* ContemplateOurNavels: Lampshaded in the loading screen. %%Needs to explain what sort of questioning occurs.
25	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu:
26	** There is a creature called L.G.O.D., the Lord God of Death. It is a violent sentient wormhole that is worshipped by space cultists. It is one of the game bosses you can fight.
27	** Combat with the Lost Guardian is essentially a stand against an entity that has successfully destroyed human civilization on at least three occasions. [[spoiler:It isn't possible to actually begin taking out its shields effectively until you also craft a Lost Superweapon in the form of the Echelon Engine.]]
28	* EldritchAbomination: There is a creature called L.G.O.D., the Lord God of Death. It is a violent sentient wormhole that is worshipped by the fanatics faction.
29	* ElementalArmor: Based on the five main damage types respectively: Kinetic, Thermal, Electro, Nuclear, and Strange.
30	* ElementalWeapon: There are five main types of elemental damage:
31	** Kinetic damage is for standard ballistic projectiles.
32	** Thermal damage is heat based, burning away ablative shielding and delivering damage over time.
33	** Electro is based on electromagnetic weapons that drains target's shields.
34	** Nuclear delivers additional radiation damage that fades out with a half-life.
35	** Strange is based on the physics of exotic particles and siphons enemy life directly to the dealer.
36	%%* {{Expy}}: In plentiful quantity:
37	%%** Bear Grylls %%Which character is based on them and how can we tell?
38	%%** Clemente as one of Vito Corleone%%Which character is based on them and how can we tell?
39	%%** Long John Silvers...%%Which character is based on them and how can we tell?
40	* KnightOfCerebus: The appearance of any of the Guardians is usually a sign that the story has become more serious in tone.
41	* LifeDrain: This effect is a welcome byproduct of attacks with the strange damage type. Welcome, that is, as long as you are not on the receiving end!
42	%%* TheMafia: Clemente and his family respectively, seeing as he is an {{expy}} of Vito Corleone%%This example does not explain what Clemente does or why they are an Expy.
43	* OneWordTitle
44	* PhotoprotoneutronTorpedo:
45	** The engine cell upgrades go from high level fusion cells, to protium cells, then deuterium cells, and finally the legendary tier fuel of "Liquid Swarzenegger".
46	** In the BackStory for "Hawk", his family was wiped out in a "proton bombing".
47	%%* ReverseThePolarity: Lampshaded in the Loading Screen. Also shows up in the names of many end game armors and shield loot amusingly enough. %%This example does not explain what polarity is, nor how it is used in the work.
48	%%* StandardSciFiSetting: During an intergalactic war with an advanced genocidal alien race (check), SpacePirates (check), the sudden involvement by a race of abusive precursors (check), shamelessly reveling in it all in an all out battle for loot and plunder (without a doubt!). %%This does not explain the technology, the population/races, factions within the races, the geography of the galaxy (is it intergalactic or just nearby star systems?), or the plot.%%
49	* StarfishAliens: Xenoids reproduce within the singularities of black holes and hold a culture that is poorly understood if not utterly incomprehensible to humankind.
50	* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Xenoids make use of technology derived from the physics of black holes, exotic matter, and strange particles.
51	%%** The Guardians fit the bill as well. %%How/Why do they demonstrate godlike powers?
52	%%* SwallowedWhole: One mission involves being swallowed whole within a living nebula. %%The nebula acts like a... ameba/whale/insect???
53	%%* SpaceOpera: Albeit a more parodic one %%Does not explain what's in the game
54	%%* TimeAbyss: The Guardians %%Does not explain what Guardians have to do with time.
55	* TractorBeam: The player's ship has an electromagnetic tractor beam for the purpose of collecting loot and materials in space.
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