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Alterien

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Alterien	label	Alterien
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Alterien	comment	Alterien is a science fiction series by Adam R. Brown. The protagonist is a formerly amnesiac man named Oberon Navarro who discovers his true name and the reason he's apparently as strong and as fast as the average superhuman. Turns out it's because he's an experimental life form called an Altered Homo sapiens; Alterien, for short. Soon after discovering who he is and what he is, Oberon sets out on a mission to ensure his new species multiplies in order to eventually replace the previous version of humanoids, Homo sapiens. Over the course of the series, Oberon faces many challenges, as he learns a great deal about what it means to be an Alterien and even rediscovers what it means to be human.
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Alterien / int_1240ff57	type	Thinking Up Portals
Alterien / int_1240ff57	comment	Thinking Up Portals: The Alteriens and the Enhanced have the ability to teleport themselves and others. They actually slip through short-lived wormholes via a technique called tranzing, but the result is pretty much the same.
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Alterien / int_12982918	type	Same-Sex Triplets
Alterien / int_12982918	comment	Same-Sex Triplets - The Sisters of Orion are identical triplets.
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Alterien / int_15fc9fb	type	Our Elves Are Different
Alterien / int_15fc9fb	comment	Our Elves Are Different - The Alteriens are an elvish-like race that are not only like space elves, but are possessed of abilities humans might regard as magic.
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Alterien / int_19b6f396	type	Alternate Timeline
Alterien / int_19b6f396	comment	Alternate Timeline - Oberon and Theseus stumble into an alternate timeline during a joint tranz through the early 21st century with a strange artifact.
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Alterien / int_1ba5dc68	type	The Greys
Alterien / int_1ba5dc68	comment	The Greys - The scientist who kidnapped Oberon, Dr. Grey, is possibly one of these. Other people the main character meets, such as the Sisters of Orion, are hinted to be related to this as well.
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Alterien / int_1c3d047e	type	The Rival
Alterien / int_1c3d047e	comment	The Rival - Oberon encounters another superhuman with abilities beyond his own. His name is Theseus Spencer, and he reveals himself to not only be the mastermind behind the plot Oberon was investigating; he tells him they are both of the same new species, Alteriens.
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Alterien / int_1e669b8e	type	Humanoid Aliens
Alterien / int_1e669b8e	comment	Humanoid Aliens - Pleiades of the group headed by the Sisters of Orion fits nicely here. He is based on the Nordics of UFO lore in terms of his overall appearance. In addition, he has six digits on each hand and foot rather than five.
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Alterien / int_1f7c89f6	type	Nigh-Invulnerability
Alterien / int_1f7c89f6	comment	Nigh-Invulnerability - The Alteriens (as well as the Enhanced) seem nigh invulnerable. Their bodies actually absorb the energy from impacts, friction and pressure. The energy is smoothly distributed throughout their bodies, allowing them to easily convert and or expel that energy as quickly as they absorb it.
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Alterien / int_2222a43e	type	Nebulous Evil Organisation
Alterien / int_2222a43e	comment	Nebulous Evil Organisation - Spencer Industries, owned by Oberon's rival, Theseus Spencer, serves in this role. However, Oberon's own company and affiliate companies ironically serve this role insofar as achieving a great objective that doesn't bode well for humanity.
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Alterien / int_22ecc839	type	Kryptonite Factor
Alterien / int_22ecc839	comment	Kryptonite Factor - The Alteriens are vulnerable to a few things that either gets through their ability to absorb kinetic energy or cancel it out. Strangely, iron is the one metal capable of hurting them. Although they can still affect iron with electromagnetic fields, should they be stabbed with an iron blade, it would have a similar effect as any blade would have on a non-enhanced human. This means it's possible for an Alterien to be stabbed to death or even beheaded using a blade made of iron. Monomolecular blades have the same effect. Iron also negates their ability to tranz or phase through matter, thus they can be bound to normal space-time with iron chains or contained within an iron box. Alteriens can cancel out their energy absorption just by touching each other. The implication of this is an Alterien can hurt another Alterien in the same way a human can hurt another human. Additionally, many Alteriens, such as Oberon, have heightened empathic sensitivity to concentrations of dark psychic energy. These are areas where extreme violence took place and somehow absorbed the negative psychic energy from the people that once occupied it. Being inside such an area makes Oberon very weak to the point he loses his ability to absorb kinetic energy. Leaving the area resolves the problem, though he sometimes requires help.
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Alterien / int_2ab79021	type	Emerging from the Shadows
Alterien / int_2ab79021	comment	Emerging from the Shadows - Theseus Spencer, after remaining completely anonymous behind the attacks Oberon and his partner, Abigail, investigate, reveals himself to the young agent. Theseus had apparently learned all he wanted and revealed his primary focus had been Oberon the whole time.
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Alterien / int_314c56b9	type	Time Stands Still
Alterien / int_314c56b9	comment	Time Stands Still: Time stands still for the Alteriens and other 4th dimensional beings whenever they enter 4-dimensional space. They eventually build entire cities at various points of space-time, held within a second of time while life in those places proceeds without any human being aware of their presence.
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Alterien / int_31898188	type	Recurring Dreams
Alterien / int_31898188	comment	Recurring Dreams - Oberon had recurring dreams of his time as Dr. Grey's captive.
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Alterien / int_32da548d	type	Arch-Enemy
Alterien / int_32da548d	comment	Arch-Enemy - Theseus serves this role for a while against Oberon, especially in the first and third books.
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Alterien / int_37690091	type	Stable Time Loop
Alterien / int_37690091	comment	Stable Time Loop - Oberon learns many of this actions after viewing possible futures present situations in which the effect comes before the cause. The Sisters of Orion take his learning even further when they tell him he is to travel to the 17th century to found the Sol 3 Group. The Sol 3 Group, currently known as Sol 3 United, is the same organization that built Newland University, his Alma Mater.
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Alterien / int_3f70415	type	Because Destiny Says So
Alterien / int_3f70415	comment	Because Destiny Says So - The Sisters of Orion tell Oberon he is meant to expand the Alterien species and lead them into a golden age.
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Alterien / int_4063acfd	type	Woman Scorned
Alterien / int_4063acfd	comment	Woman Scorned - The plot behind the second and third books of the Alterien series plays this up, though in a slightly different way from the traditional concept. In this version, Oberon has to fight off an assassin and ultimately face a powerful woman (Helena Velazquez) who blames him for the death of her best friend years earlier.
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Alterien / int_41ba335a	type	Amnesiac Hero
Alterien / int_41ba335a	comment	Amnesiac Hero - The main character, first known as John Lost, has amnesia. In his case, he has no memory of his life prior to the past seven years. During those seven years, he's been in the military and later the ISA (International Security Agency).
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Alterien / int_424feb18	type	That Was Not a Dream
Alterien / int_424feb18	comment	That Was Not a Dream - Oberon experiences a bizarre recurring dream in which he meets many strange new people, including the Sisters of Orion for the first time. They teach him how to use his energy manipulation ability to achieve flight and hold his ground against explosive force. However,certain things he saw during his surreal experience leaves him wondering if he was under the influence of drugs.
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Alterien / int_42846e90	type	Elemental Powers
Alterien / int_42846e90	comment	Elemental Powers - The Alteriens and the Enhanced can absorb, convert and expel energy at very high levels. It is thought their constant absorption and cycling of energy through their bodies is what grants them a centuries-long lifespan. The Alteriens learned how to use this ability in many ways, creating a wide range of techniques.
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Alterien / int_45a177f1	type	Touched by Vorlons
Alterien / int_45a177f1	comment	Touched by Vorlons - The Shanda'ryn had a direct hand in creating the Altered Homo sapiens. In fact, it was Dr. Grey, with a lot of help from Ara, Li'nia, Lyra and Eve, who gathered those initial humans to transform them into Alteriens. Their subjects were then programmed with specific missions they were to carry out in order to ensure the new humanoid race becomes the only humanoid race in a few hundred years.
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Alterien / int_4755314a	type	Magical Native American
Alterien / int_4755314a	comment	Magical Native American - Oberon could be considered this, as he is a mixed Native American. He looks like an attractive Native American with gray eyes and dark brown hair. This trope is somewhat played down in that his abilities are science-based rather than magical. However, many humans who witness his abilities in certain time periods regard him as a magical being.
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Alterien / int_51a3ba7	type	We Used to Be Friends
Alterien / int_51a3ba7	comment	We Used to Be Friends - Oberon goes up against an assassin who turns out to be a former teammate from his days with SABER. The former teammate is a man named Ulysses River. This trope is played down, however, when Oberon flatly states they were never friends.
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Alterien / int_56698261	type	Our Time Travel Is Different
Alterien / int_56698261	comment	Our Time Travel Is Different - The Alteriens can travel through time using high-yield vibration to create short-lived wormholes that typically last for less than a second. They call the method dimensional transpositioning or tranzing and use it to effectively teleport and travel through time. They can even upshift to 4-dimensional space where time is motionless. From there, they can actually rewind and fast-forward time around them. The process of "moving time around them" can take several perceived hours, depending on how far through time they wish to travel.
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Alterien / int_571bfe2	type	Super Serum
Alterien / int_571bfe2	comment	Super Serum - Theseus started the Actualized Augmented Soldier Programme to produce chemically-enhanced soldiers who would rely on regular injections of a serum he developed. The super soldiers created from the program are called Actuals.
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Alterien / int_5aa8d3d8	type	Friendly Enemy
Alterien / int_5aa8d3d8	comment	Friendly Enemy - Theseus kind of becomes this in relation to Oberon later on in the series.
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Alterien / int_5b84f2a	type	Transhuman
Alterien / int_5b84f2a	comment	Transhuman - The Alteriens (Altered Homo sapiens) could be regarded as transhumans, as those of the first generation started out as ordinary humans prior to being transformed through advanced technology. The super soldiers of the world could also be regarded as transhumans.
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Alterien / int_5bb02372	type	Inhumanly Beautiful Race
Alterien / int_5bb02372	comment	Inhumanly Beautiful Race - The Alteriens are all very attractive by human standards. While beauty is subjective, most would agree the first and second groups of the First Alteriens are a collection of very fine-looking men and women. This continues on with the next generation of Alteriens Oberon creates. Many of them are blessed with their own varying degrees of natural beauty while others are closer to the opposite side of the spectrum. The candidates whose physiques lie outside the range of the Alterien shapeshifting ability are given the option of NAGA (Nano-Assisted Genetic Alteration) to make themselves into the ideals of masculine and feminine beauty. Eventually, all Alteriens reflect the many different aspects of humanoid beauty. There even comes a time when using they have to use their shapeshifting ability to look less beautiful (concealment form) in order to blend among humans.
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Alterien / int_5bba0339	type	Telekinesis
Alterien / int_5bba0339	comment	Telekinesis - The Alteriens and Enhanced possess energy-based telekinesis. This means they can affect objects and people only be expelling a form of energy that makes that movement possible. They can also turn this ability "inward", surrounding themselves in a field that enables them to achieve flight.
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Alterien / int_5c059fbd	type	Twin Telepathy
Alterien / int_5c059fbd	comment	Twin Telepathy - The Sisters of Orion, identical triplets, share a telepathic link to each other and are each powerful telepaths in their own right.
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Alterien / int_5d06468	type	Muggle Best Friend
Alterien / int_5d06468	comment	Muggle Best Friend - Oberon's partner in the ISA, Abigail Summers, serves in this role throughout the series. His business partner, Dr. Morgan Flaye, later serves this role as well after Oberon leaves the ISA to start a technology company.
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Alterien / int_62c556bf	type	X-Ray Vision
Alterien / int_62c556bf	comment	X-Ray Vision - The Alteriens are capable of seeing through solid objects with a visual ability that's similar to x-ray vision. Oberon calls it 3D Sight, which is the ability to perceive matter from a 4th dimensional perspective.
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Alterien / int_634d6df8	type	Badass Native
Alterien / int_634d6df8	comment	Badass Native - Oberon, a Lakota-Sioux Indian, could be considered this due to his excellent skills in martial arts and armed combat. Add to this his superhuman strength and speed and healing factor, and he's pretty badass. His former teammate, Ulysses River, a Crow Indian, is also this for the same reasons.
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Alterien / int_6651bba7	type	Bio-Augmentation
Alterien / int_6651bba7	comment	Bio-Augmentation - Many people receive bio-augmentation in the mid-21st century world of Alterien. It is used to help the sick and to even help people replace lost limbs or failing organs. The obvious military application is used to make super soldiers like the SABERs.
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Alterien / int_7041e520	type	Super Breeding Program
Alterien / int_7041e520	comment	Super Breeding Program - The Alteriens pass on their abilities and beauty to their children, who pass it on to their children and so on. Though this wanes beyond the second generation of hybrids (3/4 humans) beyond the First Alteriens, the Nano Alteriens produce generations that are all genetically full Alteriens despite occasional mixing with humans. This is because of the way Oberon made them. Eventually, the Alterien society all have people that reflect beauty in various forms. Beauty becomes so much a part of their world, they eventually diversify even further to be more beautiful than their perceived "norm". Some later Alteriens develop uncommon eye, hair and skin colors in pursuit of that future course. It is of note, however, that "normal" for Alteriens equates to people who are very beautiful to the eyes of humans. This effect also takes place with people who use NAGA (Nano-Assisted Genetic Alteration), an advanced beautification technology Oberon devolped. The consequence of using it is the changes get imprinted on the germline. This allowed people who went through NAGA to pass their artificially-created beauty on to their children. Their modified genes would be so strong, this happened even when having children with less beautiful people. The only drawback would be that the children would always favor the parent that went through the NAGA process as opposed to the other parent or a mixture of the two.
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Alterien / int_776a06eb	type	All Myths Are True
Alterien / int_776a06eb	comment	All Myths Are True: The Alteriens are the source of the myths about elves and fairies.
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Alterien / int_7d163c9c	type	Dating Catwoman
Alterien / int_7d163c9c	comment	Dating Catwoman - Despite their shared dark past, Oberon and Helena become friends and eventually form a romantic relationship.
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Alterien / int_7fe06f5	type	Action Girlfriend
Alterien / int_7fe06f5	comment	Action Girlfriend: Helena Velazquez becomes this to Oberon some time after the death of her first husband. She proves to be even more badass than his former partner, Abigail.
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Alterien / int_80b57bec	type	Super-Soldier
Alterien / int_80b57bec	comment	Super Soldier - Oberon was once part of a group of enhanced US soldiers called SABER (Strategic Adaptive Ballistics Engagement and Reconnaissance).
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Alterien / int_859ec5d8	type	The Fair Folk
Alterien / int_859ec5d8	comment	The Fair Folk - The Sisters of Orion and another person named Yon'ro are portayed as this when Oberon meets them during what he believes to be a dream. The Alteriens also exemplify this particular trope.
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Alterien / int_874176be	type	Psychic Powers
Alterien / int_874176be	comment	Psychic Powers - Oberon and many other people in the world of Alterien possess a wide range of psychic powers, including telepathy, energy-based telekinesis, empathy, psychometric retrocognition, precognition and hypercognition.
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Alterien / int_892c6fdc	type	Space Elves
Alterien / int_892c6fdc	comment	Space Elves - The Alteriens are revealed to be this after a fashion. They actually resemble the elves of legend and they even later inspire the legend of the alfar that later develops into the mythology of the elves and the Fae. Due to their superior technological advancement through the geniuses among them, including Oberon, they acquire a large fleet of space ships capable of 4th dimensional travel. Their ships essentially do what they can do, but at a much greater capacity. The Alteriens eventually build a massive society that spans several centuries across multiple planets.
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Alterien / int_8e5c862	type	Ancient Conspiracy
Alterien / int_8e5c862	comment	Ancient Conspiracy - The Alteriens eventually form a secret society called the Community. It is actually an extension of their nation that exists in 4-dimensional space. Despite their efforts to keep their society a complete secret, at some point the Community gets mentioned throughout the latter 20th century and well into the 22nd century in the same vein as The Illuminati.
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Alterien / int_8eb0370f	type	Corporate Conspiracy
Alterien / int_8eb0370f	comment	Corporate Conspiracy: There are at least three of these. There's NGT (New Genesis Technologies), owned by protagonist Oberon Navarro; Spencer Industries, owned by his rival Theseus Spencer; and finally, Sol 3 United, created by Oberon and his girlfriend Helena Velazquez. All three center around the Alterians — Oberon wants to ensure his species' survival by having them replace homo sapiens as the dominant species on Earth.
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Alterien / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Alterien / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad - Oberon and the other Alteriens have to contend with a variety of opponents over the course of the series.
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Alterien / int_99a12edd	type	Cyborg
Alterien / int_99a12edd	comment	Cyborg - Half man, half machine, the cyborgs of Alterien range from civilians to soldiers. Many civilians have robotic arms and legs they can mentally control as well as their original body parts. Grafting such technology to humans can have dangerous results, as Oberon discovered when he fought two cyborgs on two different occasions. One of them was even able to create a nullification field that caused energy to diminish. That cyborg proved to be a formidable foe.
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Alterien / int_9d6427ec	type	Time Travel
Alterien / int_9d6427ec	comment	Time Travel - Oberon learns to traverse time with Helena.
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Alterien / int_9e0b9695	comment	Flight - The Alteriens can fly using sonic or electromagnetic fields. Upon seeing Oberon float down from the sky, she asked if he had been training with Superman, who is a fictional character in their universe like he is in ours.
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Alterien / int_a05522e3	comment	Alien Abduction: Though this is only hinted at throughout much of the series, Oberon was taken by a person who may not be of this world. It even happens again after he revisits the rest of his family. However, Oberon isn't certain whether it actually happened or if it was a bizarre dream.
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Alterien / int_a2cbad1	comment	Half-Human Hybrid - This occurs as a result of Oberon and other Alteriens mating with humans. Other hybrids, like Ara, Lyra and Li'nia, are half human, half Shanda'ryn.
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Alterien / int_a3f6fcb0	comment	Action Mom: Helena, Titania and others fit this trope throughout the series. Helena even actively assisted Oberon through some harrowing situations as the mother of four children : and even beyond the time she had two more with him.
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Alterien / int_a5fb0d24	comment	Healing Factor - The Alteriens and Enhanced can regenerate damaged tissue and bone. Other people, such as the enhanced soldiers of SABER, the Actuals and the Red Hammers also have rapid healing.
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Alterien / int_a8c462db	comment	Super Senses - The Alteriens have impressively sharp senses that allow them to hyper-focus on the smallest visual, auditory or olfactory detail. Visually, this effect is similar to telescopic vision, but they are just able to discern the tiniest details of something several meters away.
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Alterien / int_a8c6a317	comment	Super Strength - Alteriens tend to be very strong at a normal level. They have what is called half-ton strength, meaning they can lift half a ton with minimal effort. Lifting twice that much requires their best effort.
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Alterien / int_aa4fa3d5	type	Ancient Astronauts
Alterien / int_aa4fa3d5	comment	Ancient Astronauts - The Shanda'ryn are portrayed as this later on in the series.
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Alterien / int_ad0a2b45	comment	Pure Energy - The Alteriens can achieve a greater form that is composed of pure energy. However, they can only maintain this form for a range of 2 to 3 minutes.
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Alterien / int_c60a9136	type	Ultimate Life Form
Alterien / int_c60a9136	comment	Ultimate Life Form - The Alteriens are essentially a superior version of humans with abilities far beyond anything even most enhanced humans can accomplish. Furthermore, they become 4-dimensional beings, having mastered existence in a higher spatial dimension.
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Alterien / int_c6d11745	comment	Telepathy - The Alteriens, the Enhanced and certain other people they encounter are telepaths. The Sisters of Orion are the most powerful telepaths Oberon encounters.
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Alterien / int_c77ad743	type	Mentor Archetype
Alterien / int_c77ad743	comment	Mentor Archetype - The Sisters of Orion serve this function for Oberon, especially their leader, Vasja'ri.
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Alterien / int_cd9d3d92	comment	Past-Life Memories - Oberon regains fragments of his old life after touching his family members and visiting the home they shared. He doesn't remember everything, but he ultimately remembers enough to understand how different he used to be.
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Alterien / int_ce03051f	type	The Spark of Genius
Alterien / int_ce03051f	comment	The Spark of Genius - Oberon is a technical genius, capable of designing or redesigning any viable machine that will be capable of doing whatever he wants or needs it to do. He can also reverse engineer an existing machine through tactile interface. In other words, he can use his power of psychometry to find out how something works.
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Alterien / int_dae5c997	type	Action Girl
Alterien / int_dae5c997	comment	Action Girl: Oberon's partner, Abigail Summers, is a highly capable ISA agent. She's a former Navy SEAL who can handle herself in a fight and think her way out of a bad situation. Oberon's daughters also come to exemplify this trope in so far as getting into situations that require them to make use of their wits, martial arts acumen and, of course, their Alterien abilities. Between Kotone, Gloriana and Alice, the one who tends to get in the most violent situations is Kotone. She followed their father's footsteps and became an ISA agent for a few years. She even reported to a much older Abigail Summers, who by this time was a director.
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Alterien / int_e34541d	type	One World Order
Alterien / int_e34541d	comment	One World Order - The Alteriens eventually achieve this, albeit on 4D Earth among their own people. They essentially become world rulers that are never seen even when they're right in front of you.
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Alterien / int_ebc2fbac	type	Precognition
Alterien / int_ebc2fbac	comment	Precognition - The Alteriens and Enhanced all have the ability to perceive future events. What they see are actually possible future events rather than what will definitely occur in the future. In this sense, one might compare this ability to subconscious probability forecasting. Oberon is the only Alterien who had this ability prior to becoming an Alterien, albeit to a lesser degree.
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Alterien / int_eee57253	type	Befriending the Enemy
Alterien / int_eee57253	comment	Befriending the Enemy - Oberon and Helena later become friends after he rescues her children from a burning house.
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Alterien / int_f4aeb714	type	Human Aliens
Alterien / int_f4aeb714	comment	Human Aliens - The Alteriens, particularly while in their concealed forms, fit this trope quite well. They look completely human, but on the inside are quite different. The primary difference is their blood, which stays blue when exposed to the air. A common myth is that blood is blue on the inside, but turns red when exposed to the air.
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Alterien / int_f4cc32ce	type	Creepy Twins
Alterien / int_f4cc32ce	comment	Creepy Twins - The Sisters of Orion could be considered this, especially due to them projecting adult monotone voices as young children. They also fit into the tropes Creepy Child and Emotionless Girl.
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Alterien / int_f7bbd5b0	type	I Will Find You
Alterien / int_f7bbd5b0	comment	I Will Find You - Oberon's elder half-sister, Sharon, stated she'd been looking for him for seven years. They finally reunite in her office after Oberon links her identity to a vision he'd had of her.
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Alterien / int_fc50f82	type	Intangibility
Alterien / int_fc50f82	comment	Intangibility - The Alteriens can vibrate the molecules of anything they touch, allowing them to pass through it like ghosts. The only limit to this ability is it does not work on iron. When in 4-dimensional space, the Alteriens are out-of-sync with normal space-time, allowing them to pass through surface-level objects and people. The surface they walk upon is synced to the moment they left the normal flow of space-time. Though it appears they are moving through different time frames when they tranz forward or backward through time, they don't actually "move" from the second they tranzed into. The only time that changes is when they tranz themselves back into 3-dimensional space, syncing themselves with the moment they've traveled to.
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Alterien / int_ff195327	type	Elevator School
Alterien / int_ff195327	comment	Elevator School - The Nu-Age Program, founded by Oberon, Helena and Oberon's business partner, Morgan Flaye, leads to the formation of a private education system. The program, which stands for Nurturing Universal Avante-Garde for Excellence, begins with a junior high/senior high level school called Nu-Age STI (School for the Talented and Impassioned). Other schools attached to the program are constructed later.
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