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[[File:AdAstraPerAspera_9418.jpg|frame|Once again, the sons and daughters of Terra march to war.]]

 

{{quote|''Feeling cheerful? Read Ad Astra Per Aspera and [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|lose a little bit more faith in humanity!]]''}}

 

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* [[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.

* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: AMNDA, an AI created to control a parallel United States' nuclear arsenal. {{spoiler|Created from the brain patterns of death row inmates and the clinically insane, she went insane and destroyed humanity. She then discovered the Vacuity, and used it to escape the heat death of her universe. Her hatred extends to ''every possible parallel humanity'', and destroying them all is her new personal mission. Entire universes are rebuilt into processors, and her subroutines have a knack of torturing the residents of worlds not outright destroyed for eternity in Matrix-style simulations - [[For the Evulz]]. She [[A God Am I|considers herself a god]] - and with the ability to collapse universes, who would say otherwise?}}