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Formic Wars
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Formic Wars is a science fiction series by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston. It is a prequel to Card's Ender's Game series, and shows Earth's earlier encounters with the insect-like alien species that is the antagonist in Ender's Game.The First Formic War trilogy consists of Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, and Earth Awakens. A Second Formic War trilogy is forthcoming and will consist of The Swarm, The Hive, and The Queens. There is also a Formic Wars comic book series, with the same authors, published by Marvel Comics. | |
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Adaptational Villainy: While the Ender's Game series ultimately established that the Formic Wars were the result of a fundamental misunderstanding between the Formics and humans, this series seems to characterize the Formics as an actively malicious force that is bent on conquering Earth and destroying all life on it. This is because in Ender's Game, we have the benefit of hindsight. In this series, the war is currently raging, so naturally, the Formics are seen as genocidal monsters because for all we know, they want to wipe us out for being strange aliens. | |
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Asteroid Miners | |
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Jukes, Ltd., is also secretly developing a new type of asteroid mining drill they call a "gravity laser" (or "glaser" for short). All indications are that this is the prototype tech for what would eventually become the "Little Doctor". The glaser proves to be too unpredictable for asteroid mining usage, even though it does the job (i.e. breaking the large rock down into its component molecules, which can then be "vacuumed up" into waiting tanks and sifted through). When the Formics attack, Ukko Jukes has his latest top-of-the-line prospecting drones refitted with the new glasers and sends a wing of them to take out the ship. They largely fail, although they do prove that Formic Deflector Shields don't stop glaser beams, since the hull of the ship is far too strong even for gravity to rip. They do, however, manage to damage some of the turrets, which ends up helping others later. Ukkko's son Lem expresses his concern over using glasers in Earth's orbit, claiming that a stray shot could do untold damage to the planet, possibly even vaporize it. Ukko brushes him off. Fortunately, none of the shots end up hitting Earth. | |
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In order to counteract the unpredictable nature of the glasers, Lem has his scientists develop "shatterboxes", which consist of two boxes, connected by a flexible line, with a glaser in each. The idea is to launch the boxes like bolas at a Formic craft. When the glasers are diametrically opposite one another, they are to engage their beams, their combined energy multiplying the force but also confining the gravity field to avoid damaging anything else. While the cost of such a weapon are exorbitant (especially given the single use nature of them), several are made and end up being used during the final Space Battle. | |
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Arrested for Heroism: After Mazer Rackham and the MOPs manage to destroy a Formic lander in China, they are greeted by Chinese soldiers and promptly arrested. The officer in charge thanks them for their heroism but explains them the long list of laws they violated in the course of their heroism. He thanks them and tells them that they're likely to be released and deported soon. At their incredulous looks, he laughs and tells them that all heroes in China get arrested at first. They're only released after the rest of the MOPs spread the news that it was General Sima (the commander holding Mazer and Wit) who orchestrated the attack on the lander. Sima is reluctantly forced to accept credit for something he didn't do (not that it makes a difference, as he is killed in battle a few days later, cementing his status as the hero of China) and has the MOPs placed under his command. | |
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Artificial Gravity:Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); }) | |
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