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''Afterlife Blues'' is a [[Web Comic
Brody Isett, our [[Unreliable Narrator|less than intelligent narrator]], had been living out his life of petty crime and getting caught on at least four worlds, until he got caught up in a plot of intrigue, subterfuge, and [[Artificial Intelligence]]. Liraz Andronescu, the Hero of Athens, needed a guide for her team to infiltrate New Abilene, the rogue planet still blockaded by the American space fleet. So she recruits Brody to come back to his homeworld, promising not to turn him over to the cops. But who is this person that they're trying to find, and more importantly, what kind of AI is he?
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You can read it online [http://www.project-apollo.net/ab/ here]. It's been on [[Series Hiatus]] since February 2011.
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▲* [[Anti Hero]]: Brody, though he hasn't done much yet.
* [[Artificial Intelligence]]: Franklin, and many of the other characters, and maybe even {{spoiler|a [[MacGuffin]]}}
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Our heroes track Brody down by luring him to commit a crime.
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* [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]: Planet Athens
* [[Fair Cop]]: Ranger Isabel Lyle
* [[Five
** Leader: Liraz Andronescu
** Lancer: Bethany Tapsell
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** Chick: Faith Buckeridge
** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Malik van Aartsen (their lawyer)
* [[FTL Travel]]: Averted. Emory starts on the whole "travel through alternate universes" explantion, but Brody isn't terribly interested in hearing about it. Later one of the authors gave a [[All There in the Manual|detailed explanation]] in a [http://project-apollo.net/ab/ab212.html message] to [[
* [[Gaslighting]]: The word was deliberately used to flavor the story, as noted in [[The Rant]] for [http://www.project-apollo.net/ab/ab015.html the appropriate page].
* [[Hacker Cave]]: Melissa's place
* [[Hot Chick in
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: There are advantages to being a cyborg, such as being able to completely ignore handgun rounds.
* [[Interactive Narrator]]: The story is framed by Brody recounting a story to a reporter in exchange for alcohol.
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* [[Lady of War]]: Liraz
* [[The Metric System Is Here to Stay]]: "You didn't recognise the Hero of Athens when you were two meters away from her?"
* [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness]]: 2. Among the hardest SF
* [[The Multiverse]]: So if you can't make FTL drives, why not settle on nearby planets in [[Alternate Universe|Alternate Universes]]? Interplanetary travel still requires some sub-light travel time to reach the gates.
* [[The Rant]]: A two-way rant between the writer and illustrator, as in ''[[
* [[
* [[Man in
* [[Meganekko]]: Bethany.
* [[Nanomachines]]: Medical, among other uses. Also, holy shit {{spoiler|hugeass spider!}}
* [[Night Hawks]]: [http://www.project-apollo.net/ab/ab070.html here]
▲* [[Railgun]]: Make sure you [[Read the Freaking Manual]]. It also appears to be [[Chekhov's Gun]]; I hope they remember to return it to him when the story's over.
* [[Senseless Violins]]: Referenced. Rather than conceal her gun in an instrument case, Bethany uses nano to conceal it ''as'' an instrument.
* [[Something Blues]]
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