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''Rats, Bats, and Vats'' and ''The Rats, The Bats, and The Ugly'' are military Science-Fiction books by [[Eric Flint]] and [[Dave Freer]] that take place in the same universe on a colony planet called [[Punny Name|Harmony And Reason]] with a [[Bug War]] going on. But wait, [[Sarcasm Mode|it gets better]]: the colony was put there by a [[Generation Ship|slow ship]] so a good deal of the passengers were of the genetic material variety ... [[Cloning Blues|instant conscripts]]! Hu, What not so instant? Well, crud. But wait, there are friendly aliens who are willing to <big>sell</big> us their [[Applied Phlebotinum|advanced technology]], [[Too Dumb to Live|too bad their ships FTL broke down on the way to warn us about the bugs]]. This technology consists of implants slowshield/hardshield chip and the Soft-Cyber chip, see below.
The first book deals with Chip Connolly, a vat-brat conscript, and a number of rats and bats getting [[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]], facing insurmountable odds. At the same time, Virginia "Ginny" Shaw, a young and [[Virginity Makes You Stupid|innocent]] heiress, her cyber-uplifted [[
The second book deals with Chip's [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished|court martial over the aforementioned events]] and Ginny and the others' attempts to save him from the firing squad.
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=== Contains examples of: ===
* [[Aliens Speaking English]]
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: The charges Chip is accused of include rape, desertion... and driving without a license.
* [[Big Eater]]: the uplifted Rats thanks to some shrew blood, to the point where it is mentioned repeatedly that they eat their enemies and if hungry enough their allies
* [[Bug War]]
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*** Both Shield types come in installation sizes
* [[Eats Babies]]: the evil aliens do this with aplomb.
* [[
* [[Exact Words]]: How the Doc resists the [[Restraining Bolt]]; sure, he'll follow the good, wonderful {{spoiler|Korozhet}}'s instructions. The Complete Monster {{spoiler|Crotchet}} might as well order a wall around, though.
** Later on, Dr. Thom learns the hard way that using his {{spoiler|Korozhet}} mind control device to order Ginny to come to him was a bad idea. At least without first ordering her to put down the chainsaw...
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* [[Miles Gloriosus]]: The HAR military brass minus Fitzhugh and Van Klomp.
* [[Oireland]]: the uplifted Bats to the point of asking why were they given high explosives again?
* [[Pimped
* [[Prequel]]: Genie Out of the Bottle is a short story taking place shortly before the main plot, detailing the backstory of Fitz, among other things. Available at the Baen Free Online Library here: http://www.baen.com/library/0743498879/0743498879.htm
* [[Prison Episode]]: Subverted when Chip gets thrown in the brig in ''The Rats, The Bats, and The Ugly'': he wants to stay in the brig where he gets a mattress and three meals a day. At the front, he doesn't get that.
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