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* [[Badass Abnormal]]: The Blackcollars.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Several of the Blackcollar-trained characters in ''The Backlash Mission'', most notably Woody Pittman.
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Many of the human administrators and security personnel are loyalty conditioned, a process involving drugs which renders people unable to betray the Ryqril, no matter how much they'd like to. One security guard, assigned to protect a bigshot he has reason to personally hate, daydreams about allowing an assassin to slip by
* [[Bulletproof Vest]]: Blackcollar basic equipment includes flexarmor, which is light and flexible but hardens when it receives an impact or laser blast. It even includes gloves and a hood.
* [[Common Ranks]]: The standard Terran military (and its remnants among the resistance) appears to use them, but the Blackcollars have their own separate rank structure. The two most commonly seen ranks are those of commando and commando commander, or "comsquare".
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* [[Keystone Army]]: Subverted. In ''The Backlash Mission'' the blackcollars acquire the result of a secret research project, {{spoiler|the drug Whiplash, which breaks the loyalty-conditioning of [[Les Collaborateurs]] and allows them to rebel. However, they find that the majority of people they try it on are still loyal to the Ryqril out of sheer inertia and the fact they've been serving the Ryqril all their lives}}.
* [[La Résistance]]: Most every TDE planet has its own underground resistance group, with varying degrees of effectiveness.
* [[Les Collaborateurs]]: The Ryqril's loyalty-conditioned human servants, who make up the bulk of the enemy [[La Résistance]] is
* [[The Mole]]: At least [[Once an Episode|one per book]].
* [[Ninja]]: Blackcollars certainly have a lot of Ninja elements; they could probably be described as Ninjas [[Recycled in Space|In Space]].
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