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=== This fanfic contains examples of the following tropes: ===

* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: Averted - initially the Colonials and the SG teams can't understand each other, except for Daniel because he's, well, [[Cunning Linguist|Daniel]]. A translator is eventually hammered out.

* [[Depleted Phlebotinum Shells]]: [[Armor Piercing Attack|armor piercing]] explosive rounds, meant for killing Cylons, do nasty things to relatively poorly protected Jaffa.

* [[Depleted Phlebotinum Shells]]: [[Armor-Piercing Attack|armor piercing]] explosive rounds, meant for killing Cylons, do nasty things to relatively poorly protected Jaffa.

* [[Growing the Beard]]: The first few chapters aren't very strong. It takes until the end of the fifth before the Stargate side appears.

* [[Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better]]: Played with. The Colonials abandoned weapons-grade lasers because they couldn't get the useful power to damage starships' metamaterials. They tried plasma, but couldn't get the magnetic bottling down. Goa'uld plasma weapons, though, are shown to be very effective because they "burn" rather than have a one-time effect like kinetics and explosives.

* [[Nuke Em]]: Colonial willingness to throw nukes around initially appalls the SG teams, but most of them realise it's actually [[Nuclear Option]] when the time comes to throw down with Goa'uld Ha'taks.

* [[Nuke'Em]]: Colonial willingness to throw nukes around initially appalls the SG teams, but most of them realise it's actually [[Nuclear Option]] when the time comes to throw down with Goa'uld Ha'taks.

* [[Scenery Gorn]]: The very first scene is a dungeon where the Cylons have been... rough with their human captives.

* [[Space Navy]]: Naval terms are used over several reviewers' protests about this trope.