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Crimson Dark (Webcomic)
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Crimson Dark is a Sci-Fi webcomic created by David C. Simon. Volume 1 ran from 2006 to 2012, ending when Mr. Simon moved to Austin, Texas to work on Star Wars: The Old Republic for Bioware. He came back to the comic four years later, publishing a one-shot story in October 2016, then starting Volume 2 in November.Kari Tyrell is a fighter pilot in the Republic of Daranir's military, who are at war with the Cirin Alliance. She's become something of a hero of the Darani military, (supposedly) turning the Battle for White-Rim around singlehandedly. However, her carrier is later unceremoniously destroyed by a Cirin ambush, and she's written of as dead. As she would later find out, she's more useful to the military as a martyr rather than a pilot, so she agrees to stay "dead" and join up with a privateer group under the command of one Vaegyr Ward.The comic uses both 3D renders (done in Poser 4) and a heavy amount of Photoshopping on top of them (for example, the clothes are done in photoshop, as are explosions). The author is a big fan of Firefly, but the comic had an engaging and complex story of its own, with a familiar but distinct setting.The main storyline concluded in 2020, though Simon said he might return to the comic sometime for more minor stories within the same universe (but probably won't). Sometime after the comic completed, it was taken down from the author's site with a message that he's planning on reposting it after some formatting changes to better fit his main site. | |
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Butch Lesbian | |
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Butch Lesbian: It turns out Kari is a lesbian, with a girlfriend named Ren who's also a pilot. Kari habitually has a short haircut and wears masculine-style military clothing. | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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All There in the Manual: The database. | |
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Masochist's Meal | |
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Masochist's Meal: Again, Vaegyr's chili. Slightly subverted in that his wife Larissa has grown to like it, though she would rather not tell him that. | |
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Uriah Gambit | |
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Uriah Gambit: Saphira sets Mensk against Vaegyr... with the expectation that Vaegyr will then kill Mensk. Though Larissa is the one who actually pulls the trigger. | |
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Faster-Than-Light Travel | |
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Faster-Than-Light Travel: Jump drives, which use a mix of Applied Phlebotinum and Hyperspace. | |
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Hollywood Hacking | |
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Hollywood Hacking: Whisper can lock and unlock doors with her mind, for starters. | |
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Home by Christmas | |
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Home by Christmas: At the beginning of the war, the R.A.S.F. proudly proclaimed that it would be over in three weeks, because that's the time it takes to jump from Daranir space to the Cirin homeworld. It's been over a year since then. | |
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Space Pirates | |
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Space Pirates: Replete with them. Some are worse about it than others. Insistent Terminology: Vaegyr is a privateer, not a pirate. | |
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Lethal Chef | |
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Lethal Chef: Vaegyr. His chili is the stuff of nightmares. Actually, he's a memetic lethal chef. The other characters give him grief, but some of them like his chili just fine. | |
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Sealed Evil in a Teddy Bear | |
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Sealed Evil in a Teddy Bear / Death Bringer The Adorable: Literally toyed with while being hinted at in this strip. | |
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Privateer | |
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Privateer: Vaegyr Ward is quite insistent that he's a privateer, not a pirate. | |
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Running the Blockade | |
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Running the Blockade: Cirin Alliance planet Farhaven has been besieged by the Republic of Daranir for quite a while. Vaegyr Ward got offworld on a blockade runner, and in chapter 12 the Farhavenites stage a mass breakout with Alliance military and mercenary support. | |
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Deus ex Machina | |
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Deus ex Machina: There was one news snippet that mentioned the existence of Souri Behemoths before one pulled a Gunship Rescue for the protagonists. The one person who knows they were allies didn't know one was going to show, or why they are helping the Alliance in the first place, and since they refuse to communicate ship-to-ship, the readers never see or hear them until much later. | |
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The Republic | |
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The Republic: The Republic of Daranir, though some of their actions are pretty questionable. The blockade of the planet Farhaven and using JAKs to slaughter everyone aboard a civilian ship just to catch two Cirin spies are just two examples. Then there is the fact that they use their border military bases as trading ports, putting civilians directly into the firing line of the Cirin Alliance, who are not exactly known for giving a damn about that sort of thing. | |
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Combat Pragmatist | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_49fb5ccb | comment |
The JAKs used by the Cirin Alliance take this to the extreme, using the corpse of a human that has been implanted with an AI to control it. They are used as saboteurs, where being already dead allows them to more effectively stow away aboard ships and makes them entirely expendable. They are highly illegal, not that the Alliance cares. Of course, the Republic also uses JAKs as unquestioning troops for their black ops units. | |
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The Bridge | |
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If the picture didn't give it away, the comic uses this one quite a bit. Some cases are more justified than others. Ships have a bridge, a noticeable top and bottom, are laid out with decks parallel to the direction of travel, and are named and classified in the usual manner of sailing ships. And that's not even mentioning the pirates. | |
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Technology Porn | |
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Technology Porn: Lt. Ren Takagi found the ship's manual. | |
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Cybernetics Eat Your Soul | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_533bc7ae | comment |
Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: There are several groups such as the Human Purity Movement that honestly believe this, though out in space they are generally a minority. The JAKs used by the Cirin Alliance take this to the extreme, using the corpse of a human that has been implanted with an AI to control it. They are used as saboteurs, where being already dead allows them to more effectively stow away aboard ships and makes them entirely expendable. They are highly illegal, not that the Alliance cares. Of course, the Republic also uses JAKs as unquestioning troops for their black ops units. The Mazikeen or "Wisdom" virus is a Contagious A.I. that infects people with Controller-class implants. Either weaponized by the Souri Collective, or the Souri themselves. | |
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The Empire | |
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The Empire: The Cirin Alliance, though mainly in their opposition to the Republic of Daranir. They're serious Combat Pragmatists who are willing to fight dirty if it means winning. And they frequently do. | |
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Actual Pacifist | |
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Actual Pacifist: Daniel. He shoots Hal to save Whisper, but still feels horrified by his actions. | |
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Token Religious Teammate | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_56766569 | comment |
Token Religious Teammate: Daniel is a Christian missionary who leads Bible studies sometimes and gets called a "Bible basher", though he doesn't actually push it on anyone. The author said he added this because he's a Christian as well and wanted to counter the idea that religion would have died out in the future. | |
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BlackAndGreyMorality | |
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Black-and-Grey Morality: The Cirin Alliance are pragmatic assholes who think nothing of colluding with pirates, sticking A.I.s in corpses to create suicide saboteurs, or even re-enacting 9/11 on military stations staffed with human shields. However, the Republic of Daranir are liars who think nothing of re-enacting the Blitz to force conquests to surrender, after which they hold kangaroo courts denouncing the enemy leadership as terrorists. The United Terran Coalition gets involved in conflicts as a third party to "liberate" contested planets and use their economic might to bully independent worlds into joining them. | |
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Instant Sedation | |
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Instant Sedation: Lampshaded along with Tap on the Head in the footnotes to this strip: | |
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Planet of Hats | |
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The Cirin Alliance have this as their hat. From using cybernetically enhanced AI-controlled corpses as saboteurs to hiding out in wrecked ships and using the distress signals to lure nearby Republic ships into ambushes, the Alliance is willing to do just about anything if it will give them an advantage. Their ships are also mostly former civilian craft that have been upgraded to warships. | |
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"Shut Up" Kiss | |
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"Shut Up" Kiss: Whisper gives Dan one of these. | |
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Masculine–Feminine Gay Couple | |
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Masculine–Feminine Gay Couple: Kari is revealed as being a lesbian, and fairly masculine in her appearance. Ren, though she also has boyish short hair, is the more feminine partner, somewhat girlish in comparison. | |
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ColorCodedForYourConvenience | |
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Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Republic ships are blue, while the Alliance ships are red. Even the exhaust colors match up. | |
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Shell-Shocked Veteran | |
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Shell-Shocked Veteran: Kari, though not as severe a case as most. Her experiences at the battle of White-Fall left her with PTSD. | |
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Space Is an Ocean | |
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Space Is an Ocean: If the picture didn't give it away, the comic uses this one quite a bit. Some cases are more justified than others. Ships have a bridge, a noticeable top and bottom, are laid out with decks parallel to the direction of travel, and are named and classified in the usual manner of sailing ships. And that's not even mentioning the pirates. Spacecraft also have red and green navigation lights like ships (and planes). The one exception to this is that fighters are often seen flying upside-down or sideways. Of course, the fighters have their own physics violations... | |
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Super-Soldier | |
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Super Soldier: An actual in-universe classification. Military forces are prohibited by treaty from making their regular soldiers more than 40% synthetic, but Super Soldiers are exempt from that restriction, such as the Republic's Marines they're also JAKS | |
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Contagious A.I. | |
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The Mazikeen or "Wisdom" virus is a Contagious A.I. that infects people with Controller-class implants. Either weaponized by the Souri Collective, or the Souri themselves. | |
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Motor Mouth | |
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Motor Mouth: Ren falls victim to this trope when she gets stressed. | |
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AIs | |
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The Cirin Alliance are pragmatic assholes who think nothing of colluding with pirates, sticking A.I.s in corpses to create suicide saboteurs, or even re-enacting 9/11 on military stations staffed with human shields. However, the Republic of Daranir are liars who think nothing of re-enacting the Blitz to force conquests to surrender, after which they hold kangaroo courts denouncing the enemy leadership as terrorists. | |
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Cyborg Helmsman | |
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Cyborg Helmsman: Controllers are more commonly plugged into stations and capital ships as cyborg traffic control, technically. | |
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Space Is Air | |
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Ragtag Bunch of Misfits | |
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Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: Word of God indicates one of these will appear in Volume 2 as can be read in the comments here. | |
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Proud Warrior Race Guy | |
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Proud Warrior Race Guy: The Daranir Republic has this as their hat. They make heavy use of propaganda, and their architecture is cathedral-like to show how the military has an almost religious aspect to it. | |
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| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_91cab736 | type |
Major Injury Underreaction | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_91cab736 | comment |
Major Injury Underreaction: Whisper displays this here, though Word of God on the next page indicates that it pretty much IS just a flesh wound. | |
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Layman's Terms | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_958a7bef | comment |
Layman's Terms: Inverted in this strip. | |
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Gambit Roulette | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_987be393 | comment |
Gambit Roulette: Though not used, the idea is roundly mocked. | |
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| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_9bb14eb1 | type |
Word-Salad Humor | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_9bb14eb1 | comment |
Word-Salad Humor: When the Nargun Exchange Controller refuses to speak to Whisper, she responds by rattling off a crazy salad of terrorist and advertising keywords, creating a barrage of low-level alerts that the Controller finds too irritating to ignore. | |
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| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_a9c7258a | type |
Absent Aliens | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_a9c7258a | comment |
Absent Aliens: None have been encountered, and the Souri have proved that explored space is effectively all of habitable space, so there probably aren't any in store. | |
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| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_aec13030 | type |
Space People | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_aec13030 | comment |
Space People: One in ten people who were raised in space develop Spacer Syndrome, which causes extreme motion sickness whenever they're exposed to natural gravity. Kari has it. | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_aec13030 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_aec13030 | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_afc52a86 | type |
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_afc52a86 | comment |
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: The JAKS are Illegal Ninja Zombie Cyborgs. | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_afc52a86 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_b1c4bc94 | type |
Arbitrary Weapon Range | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_b1c4bc94 | comment |
Arbitrary Weapon Range: Handwaved. Because conventional weapons' ballistic projectiles will keep going until they hit something (causing collateral damage), ballistic weapons are illegal in space. Instead, they use energy or plasma weapons which become weaker over distance. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_bce16d24 | comment |
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Deconstructed. You don't do it because his uncle is a pirate warlord. Of course, you can then just shoot the uncle... | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_bce16d24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_bce16d24 | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_c1652e97 | type |
Mental Affair | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_c1652e97 | comment |
Mental Affair: Because of the extent to which Whisper's body has been replaced by cybernetics, this is the only way she and her boyfriend could ever be intimate. | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_c1652e97 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_c2d5b652 | type |
Playing Both Sides | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_c2d5b652 | comment |
Playing Both Sides: Mensk is the secret contact of the pirates with both the Alliance and the Republic. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_c5c79ad3 | type |
And Your Little Dog, Too! | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_c5c79ad3 | comment |
And Your Little Dog, Too!: Abraham Mensk threatens to go after the families of Vaegyr and his wife. Vaegyr responds by just shooting him. This displays either extreme stupidity, overconfidence, or just underestimation of his opponent in Mensk, because Vaegyr was about to let him go. | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_c5c79ad3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_c5c79ad3 | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Space stations named after Jane Espenson and Tim Minear. Also, the captain of Kathryn's Glance, as the crew prepare to attack Espenson Station, says 'Have fun storming the castle.' | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_ccab244d | type |
Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_ccab244d | comment |
Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better: Subverted. Conventional guns and other kinetic weapons ARE quite useful, but have been banned due to remaining effective at very long ranges, or leaving rounds in orbit that effectively become unexploded ordnance. Dissipating energy "lances" are used instead. The Souri have no such qualms. | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_ccab244d | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_ccab244d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_ccab244d | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_dfcb2c08 | type |
The Evils of Free Will | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_dfcb2c08 | comment |
The Evils of Free Will: The Mazikeen virus, aka "Wisdom." One of its victims goes on at length about how its guidance ensures that everyone does the right thing. | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_dfcb2c08 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_dfcb2c08 | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_e206977a | type |
In Space, Everyone Can See Your Face | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_e206977a | comment |
In Space, Everyone Can See Your Face: It's used on Kari's space suit when she goes outside Wraith to investigate Scar's wreckage. The writer notes this is unrealistic, but says it's necessary or else you'd be looking at nothing except blackness. | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_e206977a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_e206977a | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_e563bf09 | type |
Insistent Terminology | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_e563bf09 | comment |
Insistent Terminology: Vaegyr is a privateer, not a pirate. | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_e563bf09 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_e563bf09 | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_e663d3ef | type |
Only a Flesh Wound | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_e663d3ef | comment |
Only a Flesh Wound: Averted. Daniel shoots Hal in the leg, and Hal winds up losing the leg. | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_e663d3ef | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_e663d3ef | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_ed59847b | type |
Computer Equals Monitor | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_ed59847b | comment |
Computer Equals Monitor: This trope is in full force here when Kari shoots out an infected workstation. Whisper comments on the implications of the situation here. | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_ed59847b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_ed59847b | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_f4548f8a | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_f4548f8a | comment |
Hereditary Republic: The Republic of Daranir is officially classified as a constitutional monarchy by the UTC, as the "Chancellor" is a hereditary position. | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_f4548f8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_f4548f8a | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_fcaec6bf | type |
Orbital Bombardment | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_fcaec6bf | comment |
Orbital Bombardment: The Republic has been bombarding the Cirin planet Farhaven for months, claiming that they've only been targeting strategic assets, but the locals have a different story. | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_fcaec6bf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_fcaec6bf | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_fdeed2aa | type |
Old-School Dogfight | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_fdeed2aa | comment |
Old-School Dogfight: World War II style fighter combat, only in space. | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_fdeed2aa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_fdeed2aa | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_ff5a74c8 | type |
Talking Is a Free Action | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) / int_ff5a74c8 | comment |
Talking Is a Free Action: Completely deconstructed when Mensk gets shot from behind while trying to convince his guards not to go rogue. Considering the people he'd been openly trying to kill for a long while were right behind him, this may have been a bad call. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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