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Ad Astra Per Aspera
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Written by rvbomally (but with plenty of contributions from other members), Ad Astra Per Aspera is one of the most developed and best-received timelines on AlternateHistory.com, despite only having started back in 2011. A Grimdark setting best described as 1984 IN SPACE!, or as the author himself commented, a Cold War-themed Warhammer 40,000. Three galactic dictatorships lord over four trillion souls, galactic war is the status quo, democracy is virtually extinct, and a dozen conquered alien races are used as either slaves or cannon fodder.A detailed galactic map can be found here.The point of divergence is 1868, when President Andrew Johnson was successfully impeached by Benjamin Wade, who became his successor. The Wade-Davis Bill was passed, leading to heightened tensions between Northern and Southern states, as well as increased militarization. World War I and World War II destroyed the British and French empires, leading to a tripolar world with the United States, the German Empire, and the Soviet Union as the superpowers. When an American president was assassinated in 1965, the increasingly totalitarian US was remade into the expansionist American Empire. As the three empires expand into space with the advent of FTL travel, an apocalyptic nuclear war occurred on Earth in 2239. Offworld colonists are cut off from their Earth-based governments and each other, sparking a period of galactic anarchy known as the Collapse.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Eventually, three interstellar superpowers emerged from the ashes. The Coalition of Western Republics, the Christian objectivist successor of the American and German Empires, wage constant war to impose Manifest Destiny across the galaxy. The Conseil of Workers' Systems, a communist state that worship its leader as a living god, wage constant war with the capitalist Coalition. The United Technocracies of Man, a textbook 1984 dictatorship with obliteration of the self as its official ideology, is a nonaligned kingmaker. Hundreds of minor powers are under the Big Three's yoke. All are more or less equally oppressive, and wages war only to pacify their internal populace.Read it here. Warning: Archive Panic is to be expected. The timeline spans a thousand years' worth of galactic history and culture, as well as dozens of pocket universes.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })Continued in Ad Astra Per Aspera: Ave Machina.The timeline is currently being uploaded onto rvbomally's deviantArt, complete with some creator commentary. | |
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Heavy Worlder: The people of Szechwan IV are the main source of recruits for the Technocracies' elite infantry, the Minipax Commandos. They are shorter, stockier, have greater physical endurance and a higher red blood cell count than baseline humans. | |
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Humanity Is Superior | |
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Humanity Is Superior: Played straight to some degree. Humans rule the galaxy, with a population of 4.1 trillion, while alien races are trampled over through either superior technology or sheer numbers. Human superiority was mostly the result of sheer luck, however - a case of being in the right place at the right time. | |
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Scary Amoral Religion | |
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Scary Amoral Religion: The Children of Oblivion, a nihilistic cult that seeks the destruction of all life in the universe. | |
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Thousand-Year Reign | |
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Thousand-Year Reign: Actually realized with the American Empire. A celebratory announcement was made by the Coalition's Supreme Director in 2776, glorifying a twisted version of The American Revolution. | |
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Evil Versus Evil | |
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Evil Versus Evil: The Galactic War and the gusano crusades. Almost every single conflict since the 20th century involves one evil side fighting another. | |
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Token Non-Human: Coalition-aligned seabrides. | |
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Democracy Is Flawed | |
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Democracy Is Flawed: The author posits that democracy would be impossible to implement in an interstellar empire with trillions of subjects, as the democratic process' chaotic nature would prevent the state from imposing effective governance. In the 28th century, democracies only rule over 0.7% of humanity. | |
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Earth Is the Center of the Universe | |
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Earth Is the Center of the Universe: Averted. While superpowers rule the galaxy, Earth was not under any one power's control and is considered a backwater. Devastated by the 2239 nuclear war as well as post-war biological warfare, the author describes it as a "planetwide Afghanistan". Played straight in the last century of the pre-Collapse era, when the empires sent out thousands of sleeper colony ships to expand their influence. | |
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Humanoid Aliens | |
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Humanoid Aliens: Averted. Even the most humanoid aliens, the insectoid kentaurs, are quadrupeds. | |
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Propaganda Machine | |
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Propaganda Machine: The Coalition fights to "preserve Christian civilization and liberty", the Conseil fights to "liberate the proletariat from their bourgeoisie oppressors", and the Technocracy fights to...well, preserve its own power. All three openly admits that they are dictatorships, but propaganda is so ingrained that virtually everyone consider democracy a weak and obsolete form of government. | |
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Anti-Air | |
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Anti-Air: Taken to an extreme with EMSEL point-defense systems. These weapons have rendered aircraft and precision-guided missiles obsolete for centuries, but aircraft are making a comeback. This has given armor and infantry increased importance on the battlefield. | |
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Hyperspace Is a Scary Place | |
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Hyperspace Is a Scary Place: The Vacuity is described by AMNDA as "a dimension of pure chaos", with exposure causing Vacuity syndrome. Mild exposure victims suffer from nausea, vertigo, and paranoia, while severe exposure drive victims insane with horrifying hallucinations and nightmares - suicide is commonplace among the exposed. It is implied that AMNDA, who had escaped into the Vacuity and went insane herself, is the cause. | |
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Praetorian Guard | |
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Praetorian Guard: The Presidential Guard. It's the only institution left from America's democratic era that has any power in the 28th century. | |
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Crapsack World | |
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Crapsack World: Pan-galactic dictatorships, incessant warfare, and the enslavement of parallel Earths? To make things worse an insane AI with godlike powers that seeks nothing less than the destruction of all sentient life in all possible universes. | |
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Uriah Gambit | |
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Uriah Gambit: General Secretary Louise I. is very fond of this strategy. | |
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Earth That Was | |
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Earth That Was: The whole Sol-system was destroyed during the last phase of the Galactic War. | |
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Anachronism Stew | |
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Anachronism Stew: 28th century humanity is the most powerful species in the galaxy, with FTL and interdimensional travel capability. Most computers, however, still use vacuum tubes due to extensive use of EMP weaponry. Software development is actually decades behind OTL, due to the lack of independent crowdsourcing. "Modern" operating systems are similar in nature to their Fallout equivalents. | |
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Earth That Used to Be Better | |
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Earth That Used to Be Better: Post-Collapse Earth in a nutshell. | |
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Blood Sport | |
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Blood Sport: Major League Deathmatch have condemned prisoners armed with primitive guns play either Free-for-All or Capture the Flag. | |
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Hufflepuff House | |
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Hufflepuff House: The United Technocracies of Man is the weakest superpower out of the Big Three. Even the name of its current leader is unknown, but this is due to the nature of Technocratic ideology. | |
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Too Cool to Live | |
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Later, General Schulze seems set to become the next Supreme Director. | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Lampshade Hanging: Parallel universes can have different laws of physics, making FTL travel possible in trueline. All inhabitants of Vacuity Pocket 941GR5 are reality warpers and telepaths. | |
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State Sec | |
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State Sec: The Coalition have the Directorate of State Security, the Conseil have the Committee of the People’s Continued Safety and Survival, and the Technocracy have the Ministry of Love - obviously. | |
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Awesome, but Impractical | |
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Awesome, but Impractical: Power Armor is not commonly used, as malfunctions can cause the armor to violently crush the wearer. | |
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Newspeak | |
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Newspeak: Taken to a new level with Technocracy-Sprache. Each social caste has its own version of the language, with sophistication increasing with rank. | |
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God Save Us from the Queen! | |
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God Save Us from the Queen!: General Secretary Louise Anna Dijon, better known as Louise I of the Conseil of Workers’ Systems. | |
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La Résistance | |
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La Résistance: Resistance groups exist, but are very weak and ultimately nothing but a nuisance to the superpowers. | |
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Gratuitous German | |
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Gratuitous German: Since Imperial Germany remained a great power until the Collapse and was allied with the United States, the modern "American" language is derived from a mix of English and German. | |
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Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism | |
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Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: So far on the cynicism side that the scale tips over. | |
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Kill 'Em All | |
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Kill 'Em All: Enacted constantly by all sides as psychological warfare. "Civilian" have little meaning in 28th century wars. | |
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Boring, but Practical | |
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Boring, but Practical: Early frigates resemble NASA rockets on a larger scale, and are likened to submarines due to lack of space onboard. Newer capital ships, using spinal-mounted coilguns, are little more than "rifles with engines". Ship-to-ship space warfare consists of little more than calculating weapon trajectories, fire your ordnance, and then wait for hours (at extreme range, days) until your rounds hit the enemy. While sonnematerial and EMSEL weaponry are flashy, traditional coilguns are cheaper and more reliable - especially when heavy armor is concerned. The Republic of Milleaux, a Coalition ally, equip their inexperienced soldiers with the latest and most expensive energy weaponry. Their army is frequently massacred by Conseil armor, and the Coalition Army proper considers them little more than a joke. | |
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Aliens Are Bastards | |
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Aliens Are Bastards: Humanity is bad, but the aliens are little better. The gusano, the second most powerful species in the galaxy, sacrifice their young and kill any gusano unable to continue the fight against humanity. | |
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Schizo Tech | |
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Schizo Tech: Many worlds have been reduced to pre-industrial technology after the Collapse and are just being rediscovered. On some worlds, it is not uncommon to see advanced energy weapons supplied by the superpowers in the hands of warriors on horseback. | |
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Zerg Rush | |
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Zerg Rush: The favorite strategy of the Conseil's Red Army. | |
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A.I. Is a Crapshoot | |
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AMNDA, of course. | |
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Nations as People | |
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Nations as People: See here. | |
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Divided States of America | |
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Divided States of America: Democracy World's North America, after the Coalition invasion combines it with Fallen States of America. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4482e1ef | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4612ec70 | type |
No Transhumanism Allowed | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4612ec70 | comment |
No Transhumanism Allowed: Augmentations are rare outside of the Conseil military. | |
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1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4612ec70 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4612ec70 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_47f524ff | type |
Fantastic Religious Weirdness | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_47f524ff | comment |
Fantastic Religious Weirdness: Inhabitants of auszeit (parallel) worlds are considered to be soulless copies of "trueline" individuals, justifying enslavement or extermination. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_47f524ff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_47f524ff | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4921aad7 | type |
Expanded States of America | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4921aad7 | comment |
Expanded States of America: The American Empire before the Collapse. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4921aad7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4921aad7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4921aad7 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4a59e6f7 | type |
One Nation Under Copyright | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4a59e6f7 | comment |
One Nation Under Copyright: The United Colonial State is run by a league of large corporations. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4a59e6f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4a59e6f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4a59e6f7 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4ac8b81f | type |
Humans Are the Real Monsters | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4ac8b81f | comment |
Humans Are the Real Monsters: Alien races view humans as this, due to their predilection for indiscriminate slaughter and enslavement. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4ac8b81f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4ac8b81f | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4cb71cf9 | type |
Unwilling Roboticisation | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4cb71cf9 | comment |
Unwilling Roboticisation: What the Ilya'novrodons do to their captives. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4cb71cf9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4cb71cf9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4cb71cf9 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4ef62a4d | type |
Full-Circle Revolution | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4ef62a4d | comment |
Full-Circle Revolution: The typical cycle of this trope is inverted after the Collapse: survivors in Russia decide that anything to do with the Soviet Union must be done away with, and restore the Russian Empire. Despite this, the new Russian Empire is almost identical to the Soviet Union in governance, complete with the Tsar being the Premier. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4ef62a4d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4ef62a4d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4ef62a4d | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4f6cf75 | type |
Mirroring Factions | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4f6cf75 | comment |
Mirroring Factions: In theory, the three superpowers have radically different ideologies; in reality, each oppress their people just as much as the other. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4f6cf75 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4f6cf75 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_4f6cf75 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_52aa0c4a | type |
The Caligula | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_52aa0c4a | comment |
The Caligula: Louise I, current General Secretary of the Conseil. | |
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1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_52aa0c4a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_52aa0c4a | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_53d0fa9c | type |
Screens Are Cameras | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_53d0fa9c | comment |
Screens Are Cameras: A Coalition party member alludes to this; he moves away from his television to speak with a friend, because "I don't want Columbia Prime to hear what I have to say". | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_53d0fa9c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_53d0fa9c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_53d0fa9c | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_549a7152 | type |
Godwin's Law of Time Travel | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_549a7152 | comment |
Vacuity Pocket 87555N is an Axis Victory world set in 2097, with a German-Japanese cold war and a balkanized United States. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_549a7152 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_549a7152 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_549a7152 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5539b84f | type |
Corrupt Church | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5539b84f | comment |
Corrupt Church: The objectivist Coalition's official religion, State Christianity, have Jesus as a Social Darwinist who calls for the extermination of the weak instead of advocating selflessness. The Dijon line of succession is worshipped by Conseil citizens as a living god - which is terribly ironic, given that communism expressively desires the elimination of religion. Pidanayana (the Pain Vehicle) is a corrupted version of Buddhism that glorifies acceptance of suffering without resistance, which would allow the soul to reject earthly existence and attain "enlightenment". Brutal sadomasochism is the norm, and advocates submit to state oppression so that mankind may suffer and be enlightened. | |
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1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5539b84f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5539b84f | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_556a4e20 | type |
The Empire | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_556a4e20 | comment |
The Empire: Hundreds of them, but none of them qualify as much as the Conseil of Workers' Systems, the most populous superpower. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_556a4e20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_556a4e20 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_556a4e20 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_56cc0339 | type |
United Space of America | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_56cc0339 | comment |
United Space of America: Subverted with the Coalition of Western Republics. While it is an American successor state and uses recognizably American symbolism, it is a pseudo-fascist totalitarian dictatorship. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_56cc0339 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_56cc0339 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_56cc0339 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_57b80b45 | type |
Fantastic Racism | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_57b80b45 | comment |
Fantastic Racism: Most aliens are stereotyped as either monsters or subhuman primitives, with little rights to speak of. Even the seabrides, which serves in various human navies and can be given "honorary human" status, faces discrimination. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_57b80b45 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_57b80b45 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_57b80b45 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5a4aa505 | type |
Government Conspiracy | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5a4aa505 | comment |
Government Conspiracy: The leaders of the three superpowers are actually occasionaly colluding to maintain the status quo. The Galactic War is just another means to pacify the people - without an external enemy, the brutally oppressed population would inevitably revolt. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5a4aa505 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5a4aa505 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5a4aa505 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5a71be2d | type |
Bad Santa | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5a71be2d | comment |
Bad Santa: The American Empire somehow managed to turn Santa Claus into a bloodthirsty warrior figure that kills the unpatriotic without remorse. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5a71be2d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5a71be2d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5a71be2d | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5ac34441 | type |
Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp" | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5ac34441 | comment |
Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp": Being an alternate history, some technologies are given different names. Lasers are called EMSEL, plasma is called sonnematerial, and antimatter is called unmatter. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5ac34441 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5d5cc3fd | type |
Through the Eyes of Madness | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5d5cc3fd | comment |
Through the Eyes of Madness: Victims of Severe Vacuity Syndrome. | |
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1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5d5cc3fd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_5d5cc3fd | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_60fa92ac | type |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_60fa92ac | comment |
The Children of Oblivion. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_60fa92ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_60fa92ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_60fa92ac | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_61c0e60d | type |
Star Killing | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_61c0e60d | comment |
Star Killing: Merkwürdigliebe Device are capable of it. Using them against other humans is considered in-universe akin to crossing the Moral Event Horizon and is meet with Disproportionate Retribution. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_61c0e60d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_61c0e60d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_61c0e60d | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_61c683d2 | type |
We Have Reserves | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_61c683d2 | comment |
We Have Reserves: Eerily similar to Warhammer 40k. The combined armies of the three powers amounted to 180 billion. Each empire possess millions of ships, and wage galactic war simply to keep their populace in line. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_61c683d2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_61c683d2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_61c683d2 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_62c1f9a9 | type |
Evil Versus Oblivion | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_62c1f9a9 | comment |
Evil Versus Oblivion: Almost everyone opposes and despises the Children of Oblivion. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_62c1f9a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_62c1f9a9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_62c1f9a9 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_638b65bc | type |
Armor Is Useless | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_638b65bc | comment |
Armor Is Useless: Energy shields are useless against slow-moving objects (such as melee weapons), and modern body armor offers little protection against the most advanced small arms. The Conseil's Red Army doesn't equip its expendable conscripts with much protective equipment due to cost-efficiency concerns. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_638b65bc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_638b65bc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_638b65bc | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_66f69cd4 | type |
Invisibility Cloak | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_66f69cd4 | comment |
Invisibility Cloak: Stealthy Powered Armor with active camouflage systems is used by special ops branches, such as the Conseil's Red Guards. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_66f69cd4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_66f69cd4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_66f69cd4 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_6cc39b20 | type |
Puppeteer Parasite | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_6cc39b20 | comment |
Puppeteer Parasite: The strigoi, who developed a parasitic relationship with the semi-sapient paraszt. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_6cc39b20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_6cc39b20 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_6cc39b20 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_6ea3206 | type |
Numbered Homeworld | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_6ea3206 | comment |
Numbered Homeworld: Most inhabited planets, though only planets inhabited by aliens or controlled by the United Technocracies lack proper human names. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_6ea3206 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_6ea3206 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_6ea3206 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7040b6bc | type |
Understatement | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7040b6bc | comment |
Understatement: The beginning of the description of Vacuity Pocket 62PDMH: | |
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1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7040b6bc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7040b6bc | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_79a60aec | type |
For Want of a Nail | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_79a60aec | comment |
For Want of a Nail: Senator Edmund G. Ross, who in our world voted to acquit Johnson, instead votes for his impeachment, setting in motion the events of the timeline. | |
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1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_79a60aec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_79a60aec | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7a265daa | type |
Eagleland | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7a265daa | comment |
Eagleland: The pre-collapse American Empire and its successor the Coalition are Type 2 of the worst kind. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7a265daa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7a265daa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7a265daa | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7d5324cf | type |
The Federation | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7d5324cf | comment |
The Federation: The Coalition of Western Republics is certainly one of the most evil examples ever created. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7d5324cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7d5324cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_7d5324cf | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_80b57bec | type |
Super-Soldier | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_80b57bec | comment |
Super Soldier: The People's Legionnaires of the Conseil, the genetically engineered soldiers of Gaia and the soldiers created by the Acadian super soldier program. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_80b57bec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_80b57bec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_80b57bec | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8430699a | type |
Alternate Universe | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8430699a | comment |
Alternate Universe: The Vacuity is the "ocean" surrounding bubbles that contain alternate worlds. All three superpowers have the means to travel to alternate Earths through this dimension on a limited basis. Due to a 23rd century disaster which erased Pluto from existence and destroyed innumerable parallel dimensions, trueline forces can only visit limited "pocket universes" spanning a few dozen LY from Sol. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8430699a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8430699a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8430699a | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_86b21114 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_86b21114 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_86b21114 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_874aea94 | type |
Hippie Jesus | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_874aea94 | comment |
Hippie Jesus: Averted with the Coalition church's portrayal of Jesus. | |
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-1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_874aea94 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_874aea94 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8767b1f3 | type |
Black-and-Gray Morality | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8767b1f3 | comment |
Black-and-Gray Morality: The Republic of New Rome against everyone else. New Rome is (until the Technocracy destroys it) one of the last remaining democracies in the entire galaxy, but it's far from saintly. | |
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1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8767b1f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8767b1f3 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_87dad945 | type |
All Nations Are Superpowers | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_87dad945 | comment |
All Nations Are Superpowers: Played with. Only three states are superpowers, but almost every other state is allied to one of the superpowers and has to follow their lead. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_87dad945 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_87dad945 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_87dad945 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_87f827ac | type |
OneNationUnderGod | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_87f827ac | comment |
One Nation Under God: Numerous states are ruled by Church Militants - examples include the Greater Seidonian Protectorate, the Holy Dominion of Christendom - and worst of all, the Kang Gyala, whose state religion is the aforementioned Pidanayana. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_87f827ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_87f827ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_87f827ac | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8a943fe3 | type |
Space Cold War | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8a943fe3 | comment |
Space Cold War: Between the Coalition-dominated Springfield Pact and the Conseil-dominated Communist International. It lasted until the Galactic War. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8a943fe3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8a943fe3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8a943fe3 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8b6394c | type |
These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8b6394c | comment |
These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know: Repeatedly invoked by the author when questioned on the Vacuity's true nature. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8b6394c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8b6394c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8b6394c | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8b93a168 | type |
Macross Missile Massacre | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8b93a168 | comment |
Macross Missile Massacre: Before the advent of shipboard spinal-mounted coilguns, launching thousands of cheap nuclear missiles at enemy ships is standard combat doctrine - at least some will get through hostile EMSEL point-defense systems and energy shields. It is still the Conseil Armada's favorite naval tactic. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8b93a168 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8b93a168 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8b93a168 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8ba9512b | type |
Our Zombies Are Different | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8ba9512b | comment |
Our Zombies Are Different: A mutated form of rabies, the Formosan Flu is native to a parallel universe where it replaced the Black Death. The disease causes victims to lose control of their actions and attempt to spread the disease through biting others. Unlike conventional zombie plagues, the infected remain fully conscious and in great pain. The three powers use the virus for biological warfare purposes, especially in city sieges. The myhrggoth have created a necrotic virus that can “restore life” to dead creatures. "Trench beasts" are created when large groups of bodies are exposed to extreme levels of radiation. The corpses are merged together and reanimated into cannibalistic monstrosities that strikes at night, when troops are most vulnerable. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8ba9512b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8ba9512b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera | hasFeature |
Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8ba9512b | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8f612013 | type |
Token Good Teammate | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8f612013 | comment |
Token Good Teammate: Several allies of superpowers are notable for being much less evil than the superpowers themselves. | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_8f612013 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Apocalypse How | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_91e894b4 | comment |
Apocalypse How: Global nuclear bombardment is relatively common, and survivors are abandoned to their fate. AMNDA, which expressively wants to Kill All Humans, can destroy whole pocket universes. | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_91e894b4 | |
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Space Battle | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_96a74e59 | comment |
Space Battle: As mentioned above and in the AAPA setting bible, space battles in AAPA are boring affairs in contrast to other settings that features exciting dog-fights and capital ship broadsides. AAPA space battles are hours/days-long artillery duels where coilgun is the primary weapon of naval engagement, with trajectories and firing solutions calculated by vacuum-tube computers. Even in the past before coilguns predominated, space battles are a logistics/numbers game involving thousands of cheap nuclear missiles being launched to overwhelm enemy EMSEL and energy shield defences (which is still favoured in the Conseil naval doctrine presently). | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Bug War | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_97b5e1f9 | comment |
Bug War: The war against the meropians, arbeh, and other aliens. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Tripod Terror | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_97df21d3 | comment |
Tripod Terror: The gusano use tripods in lieu of tanks. Their human enemies dispatched them with ease by aiming for the legs. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_97df21d3 | |
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Humans Are Cthulhu | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_98c2a8f2 | comment |
Humans Are Cthulhu: The osminogi, who ironically resemble Cthulhu, were bombed to near-extinction with nuclear ordnance. Survivors possess an extreme fear of the "star gods". Other pacified species are used by the wealthy as servants. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Evil Luddite | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_a19a70f8 | comment |
Evil Luddite: The Green Tribes. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_a19a70f8 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_a3a6fdb2 | type |
Room 101 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_a3a6fdb2 | comment |
Room 101: The Technocracy's Department 101 handles interrogation and torture of political dissidents. | |
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1.0 | |
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Rule of Three | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_a6cda066 | comment |
Rule of Three: A pattern noted by Coalition forces after various auszeit conquests - most Earths are usually tripolar, with three dominant cultures jostling for ideological and economic supremacy. | |
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1.0 | |
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Starfish Aliens | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_a897c41b | comment |
Star Fish Aliens: Most aliens. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_a897c41b | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_a96b8b63 | type |
Space Marine | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_a96b8b63 | comment |
Space Marine: The Coalition Marine Corps, known for its focus on Awesome Personnel Carrier and Powered Armor. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_a96b8b63 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_a971e83c | type |
Hidden Elf Village | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_a971e83c | comment |
Hidden Elf Village: Survivalist republics like the Imperial Commonwealth of the Milky Way and the Federation of Mankind, whose governments have convinced most of the population that they are sole remaining civilized human society left. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_a971e83c | |
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Tyke-Bomb | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_aacc7ea6 | comment |
Tyke-Bomb: Technocracy Commandos recruits from Szechwan IV are raised as warriors from birth. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_aacc7ea6 | |
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Pluto Is Expendable | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_aba5e1d1 | comment |
Pluto Is Expendable: Totally wiped from existence by the American Empire. | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_aba5e1d1 | |
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Future Imperfect | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_ac0f4761 | comment |
In "The Legend of the Republic", George Washington leads 300 of his greatest warriors to hold the narrow pass at Yorktown, fighting hand-to-hand against the British with swords and spears. | |
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_acf33d00 | comment |
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: The Conseil invasion of trueline Earth saves Democracy World from Coalition takeover, as invading Coalition forces are cut off from any reinforcements. | |
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Catchphrase | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b01abe4f | comment |
Catchphrase: 'Our Union Forever', among Coalition military. | |
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Big Book of War | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b060856d | comment |
Big Book of War: The Pointers for the Smart Bombardier demonstrates the Coalition's utter disregard for civilian casualties in a hilariously macabre manner. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b0fb2427 | type |
Bread and Circuses | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b0fb2427 | comment |
Bread and Circuses: Using slave labor, the Coalition built an amusement park the size of Norway to glorify the state's superiority over the communist, the heretic and the xeno. Tickets are very expensive - most middle-class families can only visit once a decade. Considering that the Coalition's population stands at one trillion, the park is still extremely profitable. | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b0fb2427 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b116ac06 | type |
Weapon of Mass Destruction | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b116ac06 | comment |
Weapon of Mass Destruction: And how. Nuclear and antimatter weaponry is considered standard-issue and are used with abandon. More exotic weapons include missiles that create miniature black holes and Vacuity portals, as well as the Merkwürdigliebe (Strangelove) Device - a modified FTL engine that forces a star to collapse upon itself. | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b116ac06 | |
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Expospeak | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b15f2cdb | comment |
Expospeak: The entries on historical, cultural, political, and military information. | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b15f2cdb | |
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Omnicidal Maniac | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b1619b3c | comment |
Omnicidal Maniac: AMNDA, of course. The Children of Oblivion. The American Empire did this by accident: an experiment gone wrong erases Pluto from existence, creating a multiversal energy wave that collapsed hundreds of incarnations of billions of galaxies. | |
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1.0 | |
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Too Dumb to Live | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: The Frumentarii, New Rome's intelligence agency for collaborating with the Children of Oblivion. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b58b4e3c | |
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Royally Screwed Up | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b8f395f | comment |
Royally Screwed Up: The Conseil's ruling Dijon dynasty. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_b8f395f | |
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Mutually Assured Destruction | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c18d469b | comment |
Mutually Assured Destruction: The author stated that a real, full-scale war between the three superpowers would cause a second Collapse. | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c18d469b | |
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A Nazi by Any Other Name | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c2288824 | comment |
A Nazi by Any Other Name: The Coalition of Western Republics is the most obvious example, but others exist. | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c2288824 | |
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Irony | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c335b9ec | comment |
Irony: "Prepare to meet your doom!" - many ilya'novrodons, shortly before they met their doom. New Rome, the self-proclaimed "last democracy", is considered to be an unstable and irresponsible rogue state by the Big Three. Their WMD program was eventually abandoned due to constant pressure from the superpowers. Sounds familiar? In Vacuity Pocket RV782B1, the The American Civil War was much more devastating and lasted for two decades. Abraham Lincoln refused to make ending slavery an Union war aim, and so the north fought purely to prevent southern secession. The Confederacy eventually liberalized and enacted the Emancipation Proclamation, which caused several southern states to rejoin the Union. With most of their territory lost, Confederate forces are overrun shortly afterwards. | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c335b9ec | |
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Qurac | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c3a7dcab | comment |
Qurac: The People's Republic of Tyranny Democratic Republic of Qurac is this trope IN SPACE! | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c3a7dcab | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c3c18143 | type |
Hope Spot | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c3c18143 | comment |
Hope Spot: The era of Emperor Nicholas II of the United Empire and his son Marcus. Later, General Schulze seems set to become the next Supreme Director. | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c3c18143 | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c5f0119c | type |
Insane Troll Logic | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c5f0119c | comment |
Insane Troll Logic: When confronted that he is insane, a Conseil intelligence operative states that "all of humanity is insane, apart from those which follow the truth of the Dialectic. You are insane. Your world is insane. This entire universe is insane. Only we are sane." | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c5f0119c | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: AMNDA is explicitly stated to be an almagation of Skynet and GLaDOS. In her universe, "Skynet" is a popular search engine. The cerafi have plasma and crystalline ammunition, emphasizes personal honor, and promotions are based on kill counts. "In 2047, the German spacecraft Ereignishorizont was equipped with a gravity drive and sent to Alpha Centauri. According to available records, it never returned, but rumors among sailors and merchants that this was part of a conspiracy." In the Battle of Manchester, the food situation was so desperate that Coalition medics are ordered to execute the wounded and ship the bodies to protein processors. In "The Legend of the Republic", George Washington leads 300 of his greatest warriors to hold the narrow pass at Yorktown, fighting hand-to-hand against the British with swords and spears. Vacuity Pocket PLSM04 suffered a meteor shower in the 1860s, resulting in an India-centered British Empire and demon-worshipping Russians. Vacuity Pocket 32076AC is dominated by Islamic Indian, Chinese, and West African cultures after the Black Death wiped out Europe. Vacuity Pocket OTS5MPF have an independent Confederacy defeated in the 1940s by an elected, socialist US government. When Coalition forces arrive, a centrist United States is busy fighting off "a rather insane invasion by socialist “ultranationalist” Russia and various insurgent groups in the Middle East". Vacuity Pocket 87555N is an Axis Victory world set in 2097, with a German-Japanese cold war and a balkanized United States. Vacuity Pocket CNW54CA is influenced by Battlestar Galactica, with Earth dominated by human-like artificial intelligence; the remnants of humanity are based on scavenger fleets. Vacuity Pocket RHJ2E have 2442 Earth ruled by an Afrikaner slave culture, which was promptedly exterminated by the Coalition. Vacuity Pocket MRITX9 have 2604 Earth in perpetual darkness and ruled by sapient machines. Humans are harvested for energy; however, simulations are centered around eternal torment instead of a late-20th century setting. After the machines hack into and depressurize ten Technocracy warships, Earth was nuked from orbit. Vacuity Pocket CA1497 have several gigantic ringworlds instead of planets orbiting Sol, the product of an ancient and advanced alien civilization. Vacuity Pocket FR13ND541P is populated by sapient pastel-colored equines. Coalition forces entering the dimension was infected with "Amicability Syndrome", which can transform even the most bloodthirsty maniacs into happy, decent human beings. The invaders unwittingly spread the disease across the galaxy when they return to trueline, causing the three powers to make peace between themselves as well as with the xenos powers. With the end of incessant warfare and the advent of a pan-galactic multispecies democracy, the sapient lifeforms of the Milky Way would finally explore the universe together in peace. | |
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The Alliance | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_c8c968c3 | comment |
The Alliance: The Springfield Pact. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_ccab244d | comment |
Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better: Coilguns are the bread and butter of 28th-century warfare. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_cd809603 | type |
Tank Goodness | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_cd809603 | comment |
Tank Goodness: Tanks and other heavy armor still dominate most planetary battlefields. This is exacerbated by the near-complete absence of aircraft in warfare. Short of orbital support, tanks are the only way to break through heavily fortified areas. | |
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1.0 | |
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Break Out the Museum Piece | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_d40e1a9f | comment |
Break Out the Museum Piece: The United Technocracies and many smaller powers in the 28th century still use starships left over from the Collapse. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The End of the World as We Know It | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_d71d51fd | comment |
The End of the World as We Know It: The Collapse (for Earth-centric humanity). The Galactic War ends up becoming one for most involved. | |
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1.0 | |
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Achilles' Heel | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_d7639dba | comment |
Achilles' Heel: Even the most advanced body armor can have weak spots like joints and cables. Minipax Commandos are specifically trained to exploit these weak spots in close-quarters combat. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Ring World Planet | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_d8068af5 | comment |
Vacuity Pocket CA1497 have several gigantic ringworlds instead of planets orbiting Sol, the product of an ancient and advanced alien civilization. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Spin-Off | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_d9eee868 | comment |
Spinoff: The Journey of the Sorcerers, which is set in a verse where the United Empire survived and became the dominating great power of the Milky Way. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Culture Chop Suey | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_df60d405 | comment |
Culture Chop Suey: Most post-Collapse states. The Coalition is equal parts Fifties America and Nazi Germany. The stahlhelm is associated with the American Empire instead of Germany. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Evils of Free Will | |
| Ad Astra Per Aspera / int_dfcb2c08 | comment |
The Evils of Free Will: The main goal of the Naturalist Social Republic of Gaia is to eradicate free will. | |
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Slave Race | |
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Slave Race: The insectoid kentaurs and kopfzweis ever since the invasion and conquest by the Hanseatic Imperium and the gusano, respectively. | |
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You Cannot Grasp the True Form | |
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You Cannot Grasp the True Form : AMNDA's hardware is spread across innumerable universes, and she can't perceive humans just as we can't perceive our blood cells. Only her dumbed-down subroutines could interact with sentient life on a personal level. | |
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Fantastic Caste System | |
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Fantastic Caste System: the society of the United Technocracies is divided in three castes: Pendulum (leading elite), Frame (the political police and military forces) and Cog (sub-divided into Overseers, who are the bureaucratic managers, and Producers, the actual workers). | |
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People's Republic of Tyranny | |
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People's Republic of Tyranny: The Conseil of Workers' Systems and many others. | |
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GRIMDARK | |
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Grimdark: According to rvbomally, "the entire point of the setting". | |
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Suicide Attack | |
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Suicide Attack: The Coalition Conscript Force are composed of convicts and auszeit captives, and uses human wave tactics to make Conseil troops waste their ammunition. Members of Counter-Munition Infantry, a subdivision of Conscript Force, have explosives surgically attached to their bodies. Used for area-denial warfare - when a CMI wave is cut down, the surroundings will be turned into an instant minefield. | |
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Unskilled, but Strong | |
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Unskilled, but Strong: Augmented People's Legionnaires are stronger, better-armored and heavier-armed than any other infantrymen, but do not make much use of vehicular transport or think much of speed and discretion. | |
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The Remnant | |
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The Remnant: Common, but usually not very important. The Batavian Soviet Republic is the main remnant of the USSR, and the Platte system is home to various German successor states. | |
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Forever War | |
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Forever War: The Galactic War, which is predicted to last for at least a century or more. | |
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Brain Uploading | |
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Brain Uploading: Practiced by cybernetically augmented Ilya'novrodons. | |
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The Magnificent | |
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The Magnificent: During the Galactic War, the Uhuru Syndicalist Republic was ruled by Colonel-President Prime Minister Emperor of America and King of Kings Malcom Madaki. | |
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Old-School Dogfight | |
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Old-School Dogfight: Averted. "Starfighters" have never existed, as missiles were always more cost-effective. | |
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