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In addition, two older galaxies once existed that were merged to create Gemini:
* The Avalon Galaxy, once ruled by the scheming, reclusive Emperor William Cartheon, was eventually taking over by the [[The Chessmaster|slightly less scheming]] and [[A Child Shall Lead Them|very young]] Hogan Galle, who managed to rule the empire somewhat steadily for several years. This galaxy was later closed and merged to create Gemini.
* The Fornux Galaxy, ruled by the [[
The game naturally lends itself to [[Gambit Pileup
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* [[Absent Aliens]]: Though not for all galaxies. Some houses roleplay themselves as aliens, and Galaxy Baade saw an alien invasion (orchestrated mechanics-wise by the game administrator).
* [[Allegedly Free Game]]: Your house is very limited in its capabilities unless you're paying.
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* [[The Clan]]: What each player controls
* [[Continuity Snarl]]: Continuity between galaxies is an unholy mess.
** To a lesser extent, continuity in
* [[Days of Future Past]]: Of the [[Feudal Future]] variety
* [[The Emperor]]: The highest rank in the game. Since [[The Emperor]] is an actual player, there tends to be a much wider variety of Imperial styles than is traditional in fiction. They'll all inevitably be labeled an [[Evil Overlord]] by their opponents, however.
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* [[The Federation]]: Most Empires tend towards Federation-hood, although there are exceptions.
* [[Feuding Families]]: A key part of gameplay, regulated through the Feud Score mechanic.
* [[Feudal Future]]: The whole point of the setting, although the actual politics of the galaxies tend to more closely resemble Renaissance-era merchant houses rather than a traditional European feudal system.
* [[Final Death]]: Occurs if one of your dynasty members or retainers gets assassinated or killed in a coup or dies of the plague.
* [[Flame War]]: Arguments over the "gameyness" of certain tactics often descend into this.
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* [[Regent for Life]]: Averted across the board, strangely enough. The only straight example took place within a single House
* [[Shout-Out]]: Hooooo boy. There has been a House Atreides, a House Lannister and a House Targaryen to name but a few.
** Not to mention a [[Touhou|House Houraisan]] and a [[Haruhi Suzumiya
* [[Space Is an Ocean]]: Most galaxies tend to class their warships according to naval tradition.
* [[Space Pirates]]: There is a mechanic for funding piracy on mercantile routes around planets. It is widely described as being broken.
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* [[The Von Trope Family]]: Commonplace.
* [[We ARE Struggling Together!]]: Yes. Yes, we are.
* [[Ten
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208051010/http://inwiki.wikispot.org/Front_Page INWiki].
Many tropes can also be found in the stories of individual galaxies.
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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Martinus Zorander and his collection of intoxicating, and sometimes life-threatening, drinks.
* [[
** House Kincaid is depicted as this, even more than Cosca or Kane.
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The Confederacy of Free Houses in Baade, All members are female except one.
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* [[The Chessmaster]]: House Alhazred, all the way.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: The Wagonmaster, Mario Zorander, along with a good portion of his house.
* [[
* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: The Imperialist faith in Baade
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]: A good portion of the galaxy believes they do. This does not stop certain houses from using them extensively.
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* [[Gentle Giant]]: Viscount Levantes of Baade; Arguably a match for House Alhazred militarily and politically, able to singlehandedly take on entire enemy alliances, but an all around nice guy respected by most if not all of the galaxy.
* [[A God Am I]]: Sheik Alhazred of Baade, Status circa 4000, subverted in that the man has underlings speak for him and has never called himself such despite his massive skills of manipulation and his superpower-scale army.
* [[Go-Karting
* [[Good Is Dumb]]: Lord Ialach Oresthin in his early years was dangerously naive in his idealism.
* [[The Judge]]: Several
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* [[A Child Shall Lead Them]]: Ol Vaharat of House Vaharat was once a 'child of Godlike potential', an almost-unheard-of level of awesome. He grew up to be a dynamic, enchanting genius, but was never more than a mediocre administrator. All in all, not quite what was hoped for. Any plans for a religion centered around him pretty much fell out the window by that point.
* [[Screw You, Elves]]: The pointy-eared, silver-haired House Angelline prompted this response after surreptitiously becoming the Imperial House and gaining a [[
* [[Space Is an Ocean]]: Taken to its logical extreme in Draco, which is shrouded in ions and radiation known as the 'Godsea'.
* [[Total Party Kill]]: House Jefford's whole dynasty was wiped out in a matter of 1 game month, which equals to 3 days in real life.
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** And now, ironically, the Empire is [[The Alliance]].
* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Grimbold Godwinson acts this way, as a form of [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]. Considering [[Dysfunctional Family|his family]], this is probably a good thing.
* [[Author Appeal]]: You know who you are.
* [[Black and White Morality]]: Probably the only instance of this trope being played dead-straight in the entire game.
** [[Evil Versus Evil]]: May have decayed into this.
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* [[The Faceless]]: House Goratrix is said to conceal their faces with either [[In the Hood|hoods]] or veils.
** The women of House Houraisan, as well, wear veils, curtains, or cover their eyes with a fan, for a variety of reasons such as to hide their intentions, force a certain level of physical grace, or to just mess with people's heads.
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]:
** House Houraisan is a hybrid of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
** House Quest are Australians IN SPAAAAAAAAACE.
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* [[She's Got Legs]]: Saeko Houraisan.
* [[Showing Off the New Body]]: Erina Boudicca, after her Prometheus procedure gave her the body of a 25 year old porn star.
* [[Took a Level
* [[We Have Reserves]]: House Mikhailovsky-Ivanov military operations tend toward this. The standard size for an Eridanus legion is 3,000 men. A fresh Mikhailovsky-Ivanov legion is 12,000. An experienced Mikhailovsky-Ivanov legion is '''50,000'''.
* [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask]]: Misako Houraisan in her "mysterious faceless businesswoman" mode, quite literally with her hiding her face with veils, curtains, or fans. Strangely, while she plays the trope literally, she doesn't play the actual trope much, what with a stable court and a happy marriage and all.
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* [[Puppeteer Parasite]]: The Arudan.
* [[Religion of Evil]]: Fu Leng in Gemini, which is basically Chinese-styled Satanism.
* [[Starfish Aliens]]: The most noticeable are probably the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130823235612/http://inwiki.wikispot.org/Tlabakan Tlabakan].
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: also the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130823235612/http://inwiki.wikispot.org/Tlabakan Tlabakans].
* [[Suicide
* [[Super Soldier]]: The Vandals of Gemini, created by the original Empire to serve as shock troopers.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: The ''other'' interpretation of Emperor Madai Sheridan's death.
* [[Try to Fit That
Now defunct:
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