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[[File:mutchron.jpg|frame|The first boxed set]]
''[[Mutant Chronicles]]'' is a post-apocalyptic role playing game created by the Swedish company Target Games. It also spawned a semi-successful franchise: two [[Collectible Card Game
What's it all about? Earth gets too tight for the [[Mega Corp|MegaCorps]], so after battling for quite a time, they go and colonize the whole inner Solar System (and a few outposts beyond), since [[All Planets Are Earthlike]] (MASSIVE terraforming). Sadly, [[The British Empire|Imperial]] colonizers go a planet too far, reaching the mysterious Tenth Planet (named Nero) and unleashing the [[Cosmic Horror]] - The Dark Soul along with its [[Humanoid Abomination|Apostles]] and their [[The Legions of Hell|Dark Legion]]. People go nuts and form [[Religion of Evil|evil cults]], the Dark Symmetry makes [[
Of course, the [[Mega Corp|MegaCorps]] try to stop them, get their asses handed to them a couple of times, and if not for a [[Church Militant]] called the Brotherhood, they'd [[Memetic Mutation|fail forever]]. With the Brotherhood's help, the bigger part of humanity repents (mainly because the [[Knight Templar|Brotherhood's]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|methods are brutal,]] [[The Extremist Was Right|but work for humanity's good]]), leveling the playing field. On the other hand, [[We ARE Struggling Together!|corporate rivalries aren't forgotten]]; if the Corporations aren't kicking Legion ass, they're most probably butting heads over resources. If the [[United Nations|Cartel]], a body formed especially to mediate among the [[Mega Corp|MegaCorps]], allows it. Most of the time, it does.
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Most of the franchise is set about a thousand years after the defeat of the Dark Legion's first onslaught; humanity has rebuilt, but much of its past achievements have been impossible to equal (computers are usually based on vacuum-tube technology, most firearms still use jacketed lead bullets, and anything terraformation-related is still [[Lost Technology]] save for maintenance). And while the Megacorporations are once again at each others' throats, corruption and moral decay are spreading everywhere, even the vaunted Brotherhood, just as the Dark Legions and Dark Symmetry, which by then were barely more than a myth to most people, are making a comeback after marshalling their forces for another go at destroying humanity...
* [[Abnormal Ammo]] - some Dark Legion guns use it: black holes, corrosive chemicals, bullets that [[Face Heel Turn|turn you into]] [[The Dark Side|a Heretic]] and energy drained from ''[[Fetus Terrible|demonic fetuses]]''. Squicky.
* [[
** Double-subverted in that {{spoiler|1=Cybertronic's supposed AIs are actually wetware/hardware interfaces (i.e. the main component is always a cybernetically-enhanced [[Brain In
* [[Aliens and Monsters]] - the Dark Legion. Part this, part that. And [[Mutants]] and [[The Legions of Hell|demons]] too.
* [[All There in the Manual]] - see above. ''Warzone: Universe Under Siege'' manual serves backstories by the bucketload, not mentioning the comic book series starring signature characters.
* [[
* [[Amazon Brigade]] - lots. Etoiles Mortant, Mourning Wolves, Vestals and Valkyries to name a few. All supremely [[Badass]] Special Forces within their respective organizations.
* [[Ambiguously Evil]] - Cybertronic. They use [[A Is]], which have proven themselves to be a conduit for the [[Dark Side|Dark Symmetry]], seemingly without ill effects. They mysteriously lure employees away from other corporations. They seem to have developed some form of [[Mind Control]]. Their contributions to the Brotherhood are token at best. But they also send plenty of their troops to become Doomtroopers, provide other Doomtroopers with weapons, and no Cybertronic employee has ever shown signs of following the Dark Symmetry.
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** [[Badass Biker]] - Imperial Fenris Bikes and Necromowers, though the latter are more like Badass Quads.
** [[Badass Grandpa]] - Jake Kramer, Brotherhood personalities Cardinal Dominic, Inquisitor Nicodemus and Sebastian Crenshaw. To name a few.
** [[Badass in
** [[Badass Longcoat]] - Jake Kramer.
** [[Badass Long Robe]] - Brotherhood elite units, like Inquisitors.
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* [[Bilingual Bonus]] - In the film, [[Ron Perlman]] says the Our Father in Irish.
* [[Black Magic]] - Dark Symmetry. Duh.
* [[Blade
* [[Bling of War]] - Mishima with their samurai-styled armors, Brotherhood with [[Badass Long Robe
* [[Body Horror]] - Dark Legion is rife with this. Heretic Corruptors, Metropolitan Prophets and Cairaths to name a few. And if you're a Heretic, pray your Apostle you don't start succumbing to [[The Corruption]].
* [[Brainwashed]] - Dark Legion Cultists. And Cybertronic too.
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* [[Child Soldiers]] - literally, and [[Nightmare Fuel]]-powered. The Children of Illian are [[Undead Child|kid-sized zombies]] that overrun their enemies and bludgeon them to death with maces shaped like rattles. Or snipe them with high-impact slingshots. It's much, much less funny than it sounds.
* [[Church Militant]] - The Brotherhood. On the flipside, Dark Legion Cultists are an evil version of this.
* [[Cold Sniper]] - Cybertronic Chem.IMN. Basically, a [[Terminator]] with sniper rifle and chemical weapons. Calistonian Sundancers (space demons with sniper rifles and [[Cool Helmet
* [[Combat Medic]] - most Corporations field them. Cybertronic "personality" Dr Diana is an example.
** The Legions of Demnogonis have a spectacularly squicky version in the Curators, intelligent plague-spreading zombie medics that double as [[Deadly Doctor|deadly doctors]]. Demnogonis's troops are about the only one who'd care for their treatment.
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* [[Cosmic Horror Story]] - Not mandatory, but it's easy for the [[Game Master]] to make any campaign into this. It's just as easy to make it one flavor or another of [[Lovecraft Lite]], though.
* [[Creepy Child]] - Voice of Demnogonis. Looks like a perfectly normal child and drains life from your troops pretty quickly. Also the Children of Ilian (see [[Child Soldiers]] above).
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]] - that's what The Brotherhood thinks about Cybertronic. They just wait for a bigger screw-up to round up the whole corporation and [[Kill It
* [[The Dark Side]] - Dark Symmetry.
* [[Deadly Decadent Court]] - Any of the three nobility-styled [[Mega Corp|MegaCorps]] can have some aspects of this among its constituent noble houses, but the courts of Overlord Mishima and his three heirs are the best example.
* [[Deadly Doctor]] - most field medics are armed. The Dark Legion's Curators take this [[Up to Eleven]], however.
* [[Death From Above]] - Jump infantry, paratroopers, drop pods.
* [[Death Seeker]] - Imperial Mourning Wolves, as they're all widows of Imperial Wolfsbane killed in combat with the Dark Legion. Think woad-painted [[Action Girl
* [[Demonic Invaders]] - The Dark Legion.
* [[Drop the Hammer]] - Dark Legion's Gomorrean Emasculators wield big-ass warhammers. And dual gatling guns implanted in their shoulders.
* [[Dual Wield]] / [[Guns Akimbo]] - happens often, with units using [[Gun and Sword|swords and guns]] (or two melee weapons) at the same time. Played way too straight with Crucifiers, who have FOUR arms and a weapon in every one.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]] - The Dark Soul. It's a piece of the original Nothing that "was" before the Big Bang that wants a return to the good old days of nonexistence. '''''[[Omnicidal Maniac|Badly.]]'''''
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] - all of 'em.
** Bauhaus - Germany, Russia, France and Italy, served as 19th Century-style.
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** Cybertronic - multinational corporate hive.
** Imperial - United Kingdom, mostly with an Elisabethan/Victorian feel. Some of the units are [[Violent Glaswegian|violent]] [[Scotireland|Scotirish]] Highlanders with a berserk streak and love for facepaint.
** Mishima - Mostly Edo Japan, with [[Samurai]], [[
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]] - being processed into any of the Legionnaire or Necromutant variants. Or even "reanimated" into Cybertronic service... when your original Corporation manages to capture you alive.
* [[Five-Bad Band]] - The Dark Soul and its Apostles fit pretty well.
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* [[Gatling Good]] - a lot of heavy machine guns are those. Amount of barrels may vary, from three to [[More Dakka|shitload]].
* [[Geo Effects]] - In the tabletop wargames, pieces of terrain provide cover, concealment, the usual blah.
* [[Girl
* [[Golem]] - Dark Legion creations (hence the full name being 'Golem of Darkness').
* [[Gratuitous German]] - the names of some Bauhaus units and characters.
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* [[Hell Gate]] - Nero.
* [[Humongous Mecha]] - Imperial Hurricane Walkers. Not as humongous as Praetorian Behemoths, but still pretty big.
** Cybertronic's Eradicator Deathdroids approach this scale; however, the absolute king of this trope in-universe is (unsurprisingly) Mishima, ranging from the
* [[Interservice Rivalry]] - introduced in ''Warzone: Universe Under Siege'', where each faction has units divided between separate "services" that usually don't mix up.
* [[The Juggernaut]] - Dark Legion has a good few of'em, size XXXL. The Mercurian Maculator and Praetorian Behemoth, for instance. The biggest of all though is the [[Our Giants Are Bigger|Bio-Giant]].
* [[Laser Blade]] - Cybertronic Machinators use those.
* [[Laser Sight]] - some elite units can be equipped with those.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Has a lot of the same elements and feel as [[Warhammer
* [[Lost Technology]]: Averted: Technology from before the arrival of the Dark Symmetry still exists, but has been deactivated. All corporations still have blueprints for targeting computers, laser weaponry and orbital attack platforms archived, just waiting for the day when someone figures out a way to shield them from Dark Symmetry.
* [[Magic Knight]] - most Brotherhood sergeants in Warzone. Most Brothehood personel period (yes, even the ostensibly noncombatant missionaries and administrators) in the RPG.
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* [[No One Gets Left Behind]] - Capitol sergeants get PAID for this.
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] - Cartel, some Megacorp officers as well.
* [[Officer and
* [[One-Winged Angel]] - Stahler from Dark Legion. When you shoot him for the first time, the fun is only starting.
* [[Organic Technology]] - Dark Legion Necrotech. Part organic, part demonic, all squicky.
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* [[Samurai]] - Mishima's nobles and military, of course. They recently integrated ashigaru commoner-soldier units into the military, though, due to growing manpower needs and changing times. The enticement of escaping second-class citizen status (i.e. become a samurai yourself) if you perform well enough makes recruitment easy.
* [[Scary Black Man]] - Big Bob Watts. Imagine [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] with two freaking [[BFG|CANNONS]] on his shoulders. Yeah. There.
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Shoulders of Doom]] - old Capitol figures are most probably one of the biggest offenders. If we count Stahler out, that is.
* [[Sinister Scythe]] - some Dark Legion units wield those.
* [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness]] - hopelessly stuck on the serious end.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]] - played straight in Capitol, Cybertronic and Legion, less so in other factions that have whole [[Amazon Brigade
* [[Space Marine]] - two literal kinds in Capitol alone (Assault Marines being the "true" Space Marines and Free Marines being an [[Army of Thieves and Whores]]).
** Also has Marines of the standard variety
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* [[Spikes of Villainy]] - to drive the point home, Legion has this stuff liberally applied throughout. Golgotha's [[Spider Limbs]], Stahler's [[One-Winged Angel]] armor and some Nepharites, for example.
* [[Spy Catsuit]] - Etoiles Mortant.
* [[Standard Sci
* [[Sword and Gun]] - depends on the unit. Brotherhood infantry is usually the embodiment of this trope.
* [[Take Cover]] - it helps. See "Geo Effects" above.
* [[Taking You
* [[Torture Technician]] - in the fluff, Inquisitors. In Warzone, and very squickily, Eonian Justifiers. To name a few.
* [[Turn
* [[Ubermensch]] - Vince Diamond. In short: bleached [[Cyborg]] [[Vin Diesel]]. Some other Cybertronic troops also qualify.
* [[Undead Child]] - Children of Ilian. They beat the crap out of your units with rattles and slingshots.
* [[War for Fun
* [[Zombie Apocalypse]] - Legionnaires aplenty. Those guys are zombies WITH GUNS. Also, painfully literal in [[The Movie]].
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