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[[Crapsack World|The Earth]] [[Apocalypse How|is dying.]] Global warming is coming to its logical conclusion. Various parts of the world are submerged. Overpopulation is stretching the remaining resources to breaking point. A few small outposts have been set up within the solar system, but they are harsh and brutal. Mankind needs a more permanent solution.
Hence The Project.
A massive [[Generation Ship]] named the [[Shout-Out|Willflower]] is built with the largest budget in the history of humanity. It will be crewed by the
Enter [[This Loser Is You|Eddie O'Hare]]. He considers himself to be the unluckiest man in the cosmos. He's been framed for taking money from some very important people. There are hitmen after him. He's down to his last couple of bucks but his luck changes when he meets Charles Perry Gordon, a man who looks exactly like him who wants out of The Project due to having just won an immense fortune.
However, this doesn't turn out to be the dream escape Eddie's dreamed of. His new identity is that of [[What Exactly Is His Job?|Chief Community Planner]], which is fairly high up the ladder and will require a lot of jumping through hoops. So, it's a bit of a relief when Eddie
Ten generations later, something has gone wrong. [[It Got Worse|Horribly wrong.]]
[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|So, a story about the last remnant of humanity in deep space sounds familiar, right?]] That's because it was written by ''[[
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* [[Ax Crazy]]: Paolo San Pablos aka "Mr. Pink Socks". He starts out as a hitman assigned to take out people who can't pay off their debts and runs across Eddie several times, even offering friendly advice. He kills Gordon after his big win, as Gordon was not supposed to break the casino's bank. After discovering Eddie on his list, he follows him on board the ship and is captured by security and sentenced to "the temporary suspension of life". He is the only other person to survive the revival process, but suffers some major [[Sanity Slippage]] in the process, resulting in near constant seizures.
* [[BFG]]: The Styx drones' laser rifles. One of them manages to [[Ludicrous Gibs|blow himself up]] [[Too Dumb to Live|by firing at a door at point blank range on the highest power setting.]]
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* [[Cloning Blues]]: The original security chief is cloned in a process known as droning. However, the intelligence of each new batch of drones deteriorates, leaving the entire security team with the mental agility of pond life.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Oslo. This being a work of Rob Grant, there must be at least one.
* [[Deconstruction]]: Of the premise of ''[[
* [[Dirty Old Monk]]: Father Lewis by the tenth generation. The original Lewis was staunchly opposed to the breeding plan and {{spoiler|shot Eddie to try and prevent it.}} The tenth generation Lewis, having inherited his job from his father is an atheist with cameras everywhere for the purposes of making pornography. When {{spoiler|he escapes the ship using the one remaining escape module, he takes the ship's prostitutes with him.}}
* [[Identical Grandson]]: Lampshaded by Amalgam Willard-Walters upon meeting Father Lewis.
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