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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: 28th century humanity is the most powerful species in the galaxy, with FTL {{spoiler|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.
* [[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.
* [[A Nazi
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Global nuclear bombardment is relatively common, and survivors are abandoned to their fate. {{spoiler|AMNDA, which expressively wants to [[Kill All Humans]], can destroy whole pocket universes.}}
* [[Armor Is Useless]]: [[Deflector Shields|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.
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** 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.
* [[Bug War]]: The war against the [[Starship Troopers|meropians]], arbeh, and other aliens.
* [[Call a Rabbit
* [[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.
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* [[Crapsack World|Crapsack Universes]]: Pan-galactic dictatorships, incessant warfare, and the enslavement of parallel Earths? [[It Gets Worse]] - {{spoiler|an insane AI with godlike powers that seeks nothing less than [[Omnicidal Maniac|the destruction of all sentient life in all possible universes.]]}}
* [[Culture Chop Suey]]: Most post-Collapse states. The Coalition is equal parts [[The Fifties|Fifties America]] and [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi Germany]]. The [[wikipedia:Stahlhelm|stahlhelm]] is associated with the American Empire instead of Germany.
* [[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 [[No Delays for
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: AMNDA - ''literally''.
* [[Divided States of America]]: Democracy World's North America, after the Coalition invasion combines it with [[Fallen States of America]].
* [[Earth Is the Center of
* [[Earth That Used to Be Better]]: Post-Collapse Earth in a nutshell.
* [[Evil Luddite]]: The Green Tribes.
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* [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness]]: Somewhere between [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness/Physics Plus|type 3]] and [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness/One Big Lie|type 4]].
* [[Mutually Assured Destruction]]: The author stated that a real, full-scale war between the three superpowers would cause a second Collapse.
* [[Nations
* [[Newspeak]]: Taken to a new level with [http://alternatehistory.org/discussion/showpost.php?p=6064692&postcount=2845 Technocracy-Sprache]. Each social caste has its own version of the language, with sophistication increasing with rank.
* [[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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* [[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.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** AMNDA is explicitly stated to be an almagation of [[Terminator|Skynet]] and [[Portal (
** The cerafi have [[Halo|plasma and crystalline ammunition, emphasizes personal honor, and promotions are based on kill counts.]]
** "In 2047, the German spacecraft [[Event Horizon|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 Masnchester, the food situation was so desperate that Coalition medics are ordered to [[Soylent Green
** Vacuity Pocket PLSM04 [[The Peshawar Lancers|suffered a meteor shower in the 1860s]], resulting in an India-centered British Empire and demon-worshipping Russians.
** Vacuity Pocket 32076AC is [[Years of Rice and Salt|dominated by Islamic Indian, Chinese, and West African cultures]] after the Black Death wiped out Europe.
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** Vacuity Pocket MRITX9 have 2604 Earth [[The Matrix|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 [[Ring World|several gigantic ringworlds]] instead of planets orbiting Sol, the product of an ancient and advanced alien civilization.
** Vacuity Pocket FR13ND541P is populated by [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
{{quote| ''[[Trolling Creator|It's over? And you ended with MY LITTLE PONY?]] *blows brains out* [[April Fool's Plot|This has got to be an April Fools' hoax, right?]]''}}
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** 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.
* [[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.
* [[Qurac]]: The [[People's Republic of Tyranny|Democratic Republic of]] [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Tank Goodness]]: Tanks and other heavy armor still dominate most planetary battlefields.
* [[The Caligula]]: Louise I, current General Secretary of the Conseil.
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