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1	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/redshirt_logo_8245.jpg]]
2	->''Greetings, '''[=[new arrival]=]'''. Welcome aboard Megalodon-9. You've been invited to a reception for you and the other '''2132''' very special new arrivals. Would you like to attend? It's starting now.''
3	->'''''PLEASE NOTE, ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY'''''
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5	''Redshirt'' is a [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] simulation strategy game developed by one-person developer Mitu Khandaker, aka The Tiniest Shark, and published in 2013 by one-person developer/publisher Positech Games (Of ''VideoGame/GratuitousSpaceBattles'' and ''VideoGame/GratuitousTankBattles'' fame). The player takes on the role of the lowest possible ranking officer on board the space station Megalodon-9, and has to utilise a {{Website/Facebook}}-esque social network to impress the right people, work your way up through the ranks, and become important enough to get planetary leave to get away from the ever-present risks that any RedShirt would face. Naturally, a whole lot of sci-fi humour comes along.
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7	Find the game on Platform/{{Steam}} [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/247870/ HERE]], or the DRM-free [[{{Website/GOGDotCom}} GoG]] version [[https://secure.gog.com/game/redshirt HERE]].
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9	!!Redshirt contains examples of:
10	* AnyoneCanDie: Particularly on away missions, hence why your character is determined to get off of the station in the most legit way possible.
11	* CharacterBlog: Everyone, including the player.
12	* FunWithAcronyms: '''S'''elf-'''H'''elp '''O'''bject '''P'''urveyor
13	* GayOption: Your character can be interested in a relationship with either gender.
14	* HelloInsertNameHere: The leading AI always refers to the player with [name here], obviously seeing all employees as expendable property. Such is the nature of a RedShirt.
15	* RecycledInSpace: Positech's previous game ''Kudos''...[-ON A SPACE STATION!-]
16	* RedShirt: What, you were expecting to come to this station as the highest-ranking officer possible?
17	* SeriousBusiness: "You should accept [your friend request], or else your friendship won't be official."
18	* ShoutOut: ''Franchise/StarTrek'' is the obvious example, although the idea of playing out the story from the absolute lowest rank possible is certainly reminiscent of ''Series/RedDwarf''.
19	** The [[{{Holodeck}} Virtuo-Augmento-Deck]] also includes the game "Better Than Life", another ''Series/RedDwarf'' shoutout, along with a "Sentient Toaster" in the S.H.O.P.
20	** An aspiration to get at least four likes on a status is called, "[[{{Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration}} There...are...four...LIKES!]]"

Context VideoGame / REDSHIRT