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''EV Nova'' has its own wiki [http://evn.wikia.com here].

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* [[Absent Aliens]]: Subverted in ''Classic''. The game had them in the backstory, but humanity [[Guilt-Free Extermination War|wiped them out]] after they tried to do the same to us. {{spoiler|There's still one last alien cruiser floating around out there, though.}}

** ''Classic'' had an alien invasion that nearly resulted in humanity being wiped out. The Confederation managed to turn the tables on the aliens {{spoiler|but there's still a leftover alien cruiser floating around out there somewhere}}.

** The First United Earth-Voinian War in ''Override'', again an alien invasion in which the Voinians attempted to overrun and enslave humanity and were handed a disastrous defeat at Sol.

* [[Hit and Run Tactics]]: Due to the game's poor grasp of real-life physics and the [[Suicidal Overconfidence|blindly-aggressive AI]], such tactics are favorable in combat. This leads to the infamous "Monty Python" and "Not the Nine O'Clock News" maneuvers. The former involves using an inertia-drive ship and gaining enough momentum to stay just outside of your pursuer's weapon range while firing back with similarly-ranged weapons; the latter is used to bypass a heavily-armed blockade by using a fast ship to goad the slower blockade ships out of the way by chasing after you, then once the blockade is at a sufficient distance from the landing zone, you turn and fly around the blockade and back towards the station to land.

* [[Hyperspace Lanes]]: Only certain system-to-system jumps are possible.

*** EV Classic got to it first, except the system was named Arrakis and the planet named Dune. In NAEV it was vice versa.

** Although not a direct shout out, the Old Earth [http://evn.wikia.com/wiki/IDA_Frigate IDA Frigate] bears a striking similarity to [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/EF76_Nebulon-B_escort_frigate this].

** ''Nova'' has a [[Ringworld]] named Tre'ar [[Halo|Helonis]].

** The [[Forklift Fu]], a [[Lethal Joke Item]] in ''Classic'', is a reference to an episode of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''.

* [[Standard Sci-Fi Fleet]]: In ''Nova'', the Federation and Auroran Empire each have an interceptor, a fighter-bomber, a gunship, a light cruiser, and a carrier. The Federation adds a scoutship, while the Aurorans later develop a fast battleship designed for close-range brawling. The Polaris use [[Living Ship|living ships]] equivalent to fighters, gunships, frigates, destroyers, and two types of [[The Battlestar|battleship/carrier hybrids]]. Meanwhile the Rebels have an interceptor, fighter-bomber, three different gunships, and two different cruisers.

** ''EVC'' gives the Confederation and Rebels each a fighter, gunship, destroyer, and [[The Battlestar|cruiser]].

* [[Starfish Aliens]]: The Wraith<ref>No relation to ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''</ref> in ''Nova''. They can grow to 30 meters in size and look like the business end of a trident, live in gas giants, can [[Stealth in Space|cloak]] and enter hyperspace unaided, [[Telepathic Spacemen|are telepathic]], and can emit [[Photoprotoneutron Torpedo|graviton beams]].

** Also the Krypt, the [[Hive Mind|hive minded]] result of the Vell-os ruling council having imbued their minds into their nanites upon the Vell-os' surrender to the Colonial Council in 555 NC. The Krypt manifests as "krypt pods", weird purple-glowing spheres in the wastes west of Federation territory.

 

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