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The Childe Cycle provides examples of:
* [[Absent Aliens]]
* [[Armor
* [[Artificial Gravity]]
* [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence]]: It is implied, but not quite certain, that this was the desired end state of the [[Myth Arc]] never completed because of [[Author Existence Failure]].
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* [[Defensive Feint Trap]]: ''The Tactics of Mistake''. The title comes from the hero's tactical doctrine, which calls for a series of feints, that gradually draw the enemy into an untenable position, at which point he attacks, and demolishes them. In fact, his latter decedents will use this to great effect.
* [[Deflector Shields]]: Not for most of the books, but in ''The Final Encylopedia'' one is established around the entire Earth.
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* [[Excited Show Title]]: Dorsai!
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: The Friendlies are [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|based roughly]] on the Roundheads of the The [[English Civil War]], while The Dorsai are loosely based on Swiss mercenaries.
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* [[Time Travel]]
* [[Title Drop]]
* [[Trope Codifier]]: With ''[[Starship Troopers (Literature)|Starship Troopers]]'' and [[H. Beam Piper]]'s ''Uller Uprising'', ''Dorsai!'' helped shape the modern conception of [[Military Science Fiction]]. ''Dorsai!'' in particular introduced cunning and hyper-aware military commanders, psychopathic aides, religious-focus fanatics, and space mercenaries. Donal traits can be seen in [[Co Dominium|Col. Falkenberg]] and [[The Thrawn Trilogy|Grand Admiral Thrawn]]. Lee serves as the seed for the psychopathic [[Hammers Slammers|Joachim Steuben]]. The Friendlies tend to invoke the fanatical [[Command and Conquer Tiberium|Brotherhood of Nod]].
* [[Waking Up At the Morgue]]: In ''Necromancer'', the protagonist transfers his consciousness to a body in a morgue.
* [[Wall of Weapons]]: Though true for many Dorsai, it is subverted in the ''Lost Dorsai'': the titular hero has wall of musical instruments displayed as if they were weapons which convinces the narrator that he truly has become a pacifist.
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