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'''''Intersections''''' was an independent series written by "Dashiva" which follows the criss-crossing escapades of seven
Cycle 1, titled ''Convergence'', is completed and can be found [
Cycle 2, titled ''Requiem'', had only its [https://www.fictionpress.com/s/2695091/1/Intersections-2-Requiem first chapter] released before the author apparently abandoned the project entirely.
The entire first Cycle was supposedly undergoing massive rewrites circa 2009, but it's uncertain if they were ever applied to the online version.
{{quote|The Characters:}}▼
* Julian Vail - a bounty hunter from Arctico with a troubled past and an even-more troubling quarry to hunt down. After {{spoiler|some mental problems that arise from the death of his beloved in Chapter 7, continuing through with an inadvertant mental probe in Chapter 12, he does a major [[Face Heel Turn]] and becomes the [[Big Bad]].}}▼
▲* Julian Vail - a bounty hunter from Arctico with a troubled past and an even-more troubling quarry to hunt down. After {{spoiler|some mental problems that arise from the death of his beloved in Chapter 7, continuing through with an
* Arlen Kase - soldier in the Metegaran Navy. After an enemy assault in Chapter 3 leaves him as the only surviving soldier of his detachment he experiences something of a spirit walk before returning to kick ass. He spearheads the protagonists' efforts to take down {{spoiler|Julian Vail and his evil buddies.}}
* Emma Braegiss - a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|morally grey]] telepathic assassin from the techno-planet Cy. Her actions switch from heroic to [[Ax Crazy]] psychotic at the drop of a hat. She's {{spoiler|the reason that Julian Vail becomes the [[Big Bad]] in Chapter 12, and also has some unresolved issues with her [[Psycho Lesbian|ex-girlfriend]] that lead to the latter's death.}}
* Brendan Maulen - musical prodigy from entertainment-planet Verdania. He was largely pressed into the limelight as a child given his family's prestigious history, and as such led something of a sheltered life. After {{spoiler|an attack on the vessel carrying most of the main characters he suffers a mental breakdown, and departs from the main group in Chapter 15, but returns at the start of Chapter 17 after he [[Took a Level in Badass]] and vows to stop the baddies.}}
* Lastolian - a slightly-crazed by still very cogent self-styled [[Mad Oracle|Prophet]] who is (initially) from Tezra. His past is shrouded in mystery, {{spoiler|given that it transpires he's actually one of a race of godlike beings who left him behind as an emissary to kick humanity's ass for their decadent ways. He later, literally, becomes God.}}
* Lanna Plasiv - smart, book-savvy Vice President of Metegaran. Slightly hot-headed, and at times almost sickeningly patriotic, she is offered the Presidency by exiting leader Luke
* Lev Stolv - a militiaman of the Swarm, the main adversaries of humanity, introduced in Chapter 4. His explosive debut includes {{spoiler|almost killing Emma's [[Cool Old Guy|new friend]] Brother Herbert, torching the organisation that hired her and taking off in her ship immediately thereafter. In a nice twist of fate he's betrayed by the people who employed him, who leave him for dead on a desert planet, right before he's rescued by his [[Complete Monster]] of a boss and enslaved as a pet personal assistant.}} He's something of a truth-seeker in this story, but is nowhere near as patriotic towards his race as Lanna is.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: General Tamb
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: The Swarm capturing the Pendragon in Chapter 3, and giving Kase hell for it afterwards.
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* [[Casual Interstellar Travel]]: Lane-jumping, also highlighted when {{spoiler|Lastolian swats aside the EM barrier to get to the Penumbra}}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|The teleport bracelet}}
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Vas
* [[Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are]]: Subverted slightly as Vail silently hunts the Prisoner on his vessel in Chapter 7.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Brother Herbert
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* [[Designated Hero]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Vail is established as a central character, most likely the hero to stop the Sundering despite his angst and self-sorrow, but this is ripped away after his [[Face Heel Turn]]. The Designated Hero role then falls to the trio of Kase, Brendan and (oddly) Emma.}}
* [[Destructive Saviour]]: {{spoiler|Lastolian.}}
* [[Distant Prologue]]: {{spoiler|Lastolian
* [[Doesn't Like Guns]]: Lastolian, although it
* [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]: The destruction of Klamastis
* [[Energy Being]]: {{spoiler|Lastolian. He pretty much becomes God after Vail kicks his ass in Chapter 20.}}
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: {{spoiler|After his Face Heel Turn, Vail is this to Kase.}}
* [[Evil Plan]]: {{spoiler|Cardain
* [[Evil Twin]]: The Prisoner/Lejin Kase, although not technically a twin.
* [[Explosive Decompression]]: Occurs when Vail escapes the Dante in Chapter 12. Kase is almost a victim to it.
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* [[Feudal Future]]: Sort of
* [[Flash Back]]: Used frequently, specifically in Chapters 5, 8, 11, 13, 14, 17 and 20. Subverted slightly in Chapter 10.
* [[Flowers for Algernon Syndrome]]: {{spoiler|Julian Vail, beginning with Siana
* [[Finish Him!]]: {{spoiler|Cardain telepathically urges Vail to do this when Lastolian is on his last legs
** {{spoiler|This also occurs when Kase murders a battered, confused and extremely apologetic Vail at the beginning of Cycle 2. Vail begs for mercy, so Kase gives him a bullet to the head. He is one ''cold'' bastard.}}
* [[Five-Man Band]]: Initially, Kase is The Hero, Emma is the Lancer, Lastolian and Lanna take turns being the Smart Guy, Vail is the Big Guy and Brendan and Stolv alternate being The Chick (although Brendan could later be considered the Lancer after he [[Took a Level in Badass|takes a level in badass]] and after {{spoiler|Vail skips town}}.
* [[Flaw Exploitation]]: Vail
* [[Follow the Leader]]: Kase does this from Chapter 15 onwards, good little soldier boy that he is.
* [[For the Evulz]]: The Swarm
* [[Government Conspiracy]]: Played with by {{spoiler|Luke
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Arguably Stolv fits this in Chapter 20, when he briefly allies with Emma to kill General Vas and the bridge crew of the Onterron. Whether or not this would have been permanent becomes a moot point after she shoots him in the back. Never turn your back on the hot, psychotic telepath.}}
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: {{spoiler|Lanna when she attempts to negotiate with Vail and Cardain in Chapter 20, with the Presidency on the line if she succeeds, right before Kase tases her.}}
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* [[Kill Sat]]: The Penumbra.
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: [[spoiler: [[Word of God]] indicates that Lanna, Stolv, Siana, Vas, Tamb, The Prisoner, Cardain and Luke are all definitely dead for real, and will not return to the story with some Lazarus-like resurrection technology (excepting a brief appearance by Stolv from an alternate universe). He hasn't said anything about Lykard, however...
* [[Loss of Identity]]: {{spoiler|Vail suffers this as part of Emma
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Played semi-straight with Emma, twisted with {{spoiler|Vail}}.
* [[Made of Phlebotinum]]: Most of the story.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Generals Tamb and Vas share this, until Vas
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Cardain
* [[The Men in Black]]: Subverted by Tempus
* [[Mind Rape]]: {{spoiler|Vail, Emma and Massick all fall victim to this, and to a lesser extent Brendan, Kase and Lanna are also recipients of this. Funnily enough, almost all of them have it happen to them by the same guy.}}
** {{spoiler|On that subject, Cardain himself, the mastermind behind most of the mind rapes, gets his own when Emma reverses it against him.}}
* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Luke
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Vail after he starts blasting the fleets at the Penumbra. Arguably Emma has this as well when she kills Gibson.}}
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|Vail
* [[Not So Different]]: Vail and Kase, also used in the conversation between Kase and Tamb.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: {{spoiler|Vas and Vail both slowly become the epitome of this trope.}}
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* [[Single Biome Planet]]: Llanfall, Sybillins, Arctico, Betadina Gamma
* [[Storming the Castle]]: The Battle of the Penumbra
* [[Survival Mantra]]: Kase
* [[Techno Babble]]: Frequent
* [[Time Travel]]: {{spoiler|Tempus, and specifically the mission they give Kase}}
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* [[Tragic Hero]]: {{spoiler|Vail, until his Face Heel Turn.}}
* [[Villain Episode]]: Chapter 14
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: {{spoiler|Vail and Cardain, until it
* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]: Seen in the flashbacks of Chapter 13 when Vail disowns his family
* [[Zerg Rush]]: Arguably the Swarm militiamen represent this
* [[Zeerust]]: Inverted
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