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Even after [[BioWare]] announced that it would be putting its own news updates on hiatus beginning in January of 2011, save for the weeks preceding the release of the final ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] and ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', [[Continuation Fic|CDN's members volunteered to write daily in-universe news stories of their own.]]
[[Cerberus Daily News]] can be found [http://www.cerberusdailynews.com here]. There's a wiki that can be found [http://cdn.wikia.com/wiki/Cerberus_Daily_News_Wiki here.] If you want to submit your own CDN story,[https://web.archive.org/web/20190713065131/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2239 here are the posting guidelines.]
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* [[Anyone Can Die]]: While players have control over their characters fates in the vast majority of threats, many characters meet their end at gunpoint. This has started hitting especially hard since the fall of Omega.
* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: [http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/?p=1244 When the Reapers finally arrive, many comments in CDN reports are filled with transmissions from worlds they are attacking.] Many are suddenly cut off mid-sentence.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Invoked in-universe with the Biotic lash technique used by cerberus agents. https://web.archive.org/web/20150103150645/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7961
** To a lesser extent, Omni-blades are also being debated as near useless in most combat situations.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Asarilover267. Never call the Alliance oppressors around him.
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* [[Brick Joke]]: The initial appearance of both Snow Varren and the Biotic Grizzly.
** As well as an elcor looking for the Cosimic Dating Network months after Abad referenced that site.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20190713065131/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=122325#p122325 Kittens fulfills a promise] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150102132457/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=117008#p117008 he made nearly a month ago] to Gatrinex.
* [[Church of Happyology]]: The Church of Dis. Comes complete with their very own [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Ell Raan Zirax]].
* [[Coincidence Magnet]]: Applicable to the entire forum and the characters habits of running into each other even during mundane tasks such as grocery shopping. The characters often [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshade]] it, usually by joking/theorizing that the CDN forums are actually an exercise in probablity manipulation.
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** "I don't always come back from the dead, but when I do, I make sure to wear awesome shades."
* [[Cool Starship]]: The ''Kahlee'', the ''Capslaugh'', the ''Nialla'', the ''BHV Antigonne'', the ''Ryujin'', the ''Revenant'', the ''Rosenkreuz'', the ''Aeneas''...
* [[Cool vs. Awesome]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20150912024635/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2980&start=260 Elcor vs. krogan]
* [[Crapsack World]]: The "Terminus Systems." The uncivilized half of the galaxy. One part [[Wild West]], one part [[Mega Corp]] playground, and one part Afghanistan.
* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: RememberTheBlitz will occasionally speak in this manner.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20150912025030/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=600 Vakkel versus Blasphemous Xenophage.] [[And There Was Much Rejoicing]].
** A group of thugs calls Goronak's bluff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150912024927/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=24886#p24886 He wasn't bluffing.]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20190713065131/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4021&start=20 Desta T'Res versus about eight of Sicues' thugs.] Averted, though for the Davril/Sicues showdown.
** An
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* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: The ''least'' of Abattoir's faults. Same with Diplomatic Immunity and YahgLadiesMan.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Half-blood Quarian has had to be rescued by several different parties, including a vorcha uprising on the Nailla where she hid in the ducts and waited for the calvary.
* [[Double Entendre]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20150103003516/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=829 This thread] is ''FULL'' of them.
* [[Drinking Game]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20190713065131/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=256110#p256110 Lupine Volt attempted to create on in one thread with expected results.]
* [[Elseworld]]: Referenced by name, even; different Elseworld threads explore different scenarios.
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: The ending of "Dynasty Maker". The main character's player was kept in the dark as to a... certain all-important detail.
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** HEROD is like a male [[System Shock|SHODAN]]...or [[Portal (series)|GLaDOS]].
** Some_Random_Merc is basically CDN's own [[Deadpool|Merc With A Mouth]].
** In a variant, the characters have also mentioned various cultural analogues: ''[[Top Gear|Top Core]]'', ''[[Knights of the Old Republic|Justicars of the Asari Republics]]'', ''[[James Bond|Dirk Black]]'', [[The Other Wiki|Extrapedia]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20150103004437/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6696&start=0 HV] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150103003526/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=273229#p273229 Tropes] [[America's Army|System's Alliance Navy]] ...
* [[Internet Counterattack|Extranet Counterattack]]: Taken to an extreme with Operation Down With Discord. Discori made some postings offering to sell slaves. An army of mercenaries launched a coordinated attack on his base.
** [[Memetic Mutation|Oh fuck]], [http://demotivator.org/photos/107/6f83f509f6a6fadcc92fae7816965028.jpg the extranet is here].
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** Laelix, Harrad and Cour's adoptive son, has two daddies.
** Kolya (Human Quarian). Technically it was one dad and one [[Honorary Uncle]] and it was only for four years of his life but it still counts.
* [[Head-Tiltingly Kinky]]: Happens with disturbing regularity. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150102130959/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1590&start=350 One of the more recent occasions,] where in [[Enfant Terrible|Suri'Neyvi]] posts a [[Noodle Implements|disturbingly sexual image]], and much of the forumites have this reaction.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20190713065135/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=27774#p27774 TSS/Abattoir fanfiction is leaked. To everyone.] TSS doesn't take it well.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: By one of the ''villains'', no less.
* [[Hideous Hangover Cure]]: Goronak's concoction. Whatever it is, it tastes awful, but works.
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** Same with [[Meaningful Name|John Galt]].
* [[Hooked Up Afterwards]]: Kel'Jaroth and Kiae'Era, after Kel helped save Kiae'Era's settlement and discovering they have a lot in common.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20190713065135/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=420&start=10 This] thread.
* [[I Call It Vera]]: Quint's FMBLA and Aphin's Fishjolnir. The former is a gun that shoots spent heat sinks at their opponents. The latter is a three foot-long rubber fish on a handle. And don't forget Lode's crowbar, [[Shout-Out|which he named Gordon.]]
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Asharia was reluctant to establish a close relationship because of her [[Serial Killer Killer|"condition"]]. However, that changed when she hooked up with Son_of_Orion. In an attempt to curb her impulses, she started visiting [[The Shrink|Ana'Therion vas Nedas]].
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** {{spoiler|In the recent post talking about Salarian politics, a comment is from a [[Crazy Awesome|REAPER]] itself.}}
** Nir'Konna has one when she realizes that Dippy hates being called a [[Berserk Button|Politician]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190713065134/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7637&p=280301#p280301 See for yourself]
** When the Alliance Eighth Fleet is [https://web.archive.org/web/20150102131009/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7669 ambushed at Ontarom by the Reapers], they take a few hits, but so far they're holding their ground. {{spoiler|[[It Got Worse|Then a Reaper dreadnought shows up]] and [[Curb Stomp Battle|takes out the cruiser SSV ''Edmonton'' in a single shot]].}}
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Completely averted. Not only are there now two forum users who go by "Quint," but there is a recurring joke involving every other batarian being named "Goronak."
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Modem's (assumed) name is Sarah. The only person who actually calls her this is her [[Mission Control|handler]], Tracer T.
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* [[Practical Joke]]:
** Aphin/The_Sarcastic_Salarian claims to be the king of them, despite being taken down several pegs by Hok in the past.
** Resident psychopath Abattoir got into a prank war with the above-mentioned Aphin. Naturally, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150102131004/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=671&start=0 hilarity ensued].
* [[Private Military Contractors]]: About a third of the cast are mercenaries.
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: At first, you'd think this was Abattoir. But, then, if you think so, you haven't met Sanguine and Robin Goodfellow.
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** Having several Latin Majors, a Greek, German, and three Finns helps with that.
** On another note; the display of Alliance Military procedure is very accurate thanks to more than one member of a military background/is attending military school. And a back breaking amount of work was done simply fleshing out the Separatist/Loyalist conflicts only alluded to in [[Mass Effect|Mass Effect 1's]] codex and the daily CDN reports as well as asari and quarian culture. Shame it'll probably be made non-canon come ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' though.
* [[Summon Bigger Fish]]: In 'The Lost World' chapter 3; first [https://web.archive.org/web/20150102132508/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=154730#p154730 invoked], then [https://web.archive.org/web/20150103004447/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=157652#p157652 used] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150103004452/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=157734#p157734 fully].
* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]: {{spoiler|Vox.}}
* [[Take That]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20150103150559/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3158 The Life Egregious] is full of them against some of the odder character choices.
* [[Take Your Time]]: By player consensus, CDN takes place between the first set of ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'''s recruitment missions and the attack on Horizon... events which, in the game, happen immediately after one another.
* [[That Makes Me Feel Angry]]: Any of the elcor participants, obviously.
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* [[Third Person Person]]: Twisted Logic, the raloi.
** Dreket does this as well.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20190713065136/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=44993#p44993 Ilara'Tam nar Selani]
* [[All The Tropes as a Gateway Drug]]: A surprising number of new users found the site through this page.
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: Kyesh, towards Naaya, for whatever reason.
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* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Shrell!
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: The [[Jerkass]] [[Troubled but Cute|AIArchitect]] attracts some fangirls, but doesn't want to get involved with any of both.
* [[Wacky Cravings]]: {{spoiler|Vox}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20151031112539/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2667 WILL get her peanut brittle.]
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: RememberTheBlitz claims to be this.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: May 1st, 2012 (2186 in-universe), when the Reaper invasion began in the forums.
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** Juhani at Diplomatic_Immunity's penthouse after the party. Went there to say hi, ended up taking part in an orgy with krogans, turians, Dippy and one asari, while drunk.
* [[What You Are in the Dark]]: The Chresk threads are a near perfect example on this, as you'll never know who will actually bet on the slaves being forced to fight to gain freedom until they do so.
* [[Where Everybody Knows Your Flame]]: [[Zig Zagged Trope]] and [[Parodied Trope]] with [https://web.archive.org/web/20190713065136/http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2246 The Palace], the most popular gay bar on Tayseri Ward. It features the requisite annoying electropop and some of the sexual depravity. However, it also has bouncers to prevent things from getting out of hand, as well as a variety of theme nights like [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly|Elcor Beat Poetry Night]] where the stereotypical music stops playing.
* [[Wrench Wench]]: Kim (Digital Dragon) is one part this, and one part [[Playful Hacker]].
* [[You Have to Have Jews]]: Asarilover267, and apparently Gunny Tritt.
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