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* Bumbling astronomer Dudley Bose observes an entire double-star system (Dyson Alpha and Beta) blink out of existence for no apparent reason, indicating a sort of instant-Dyson-sphere may have been erected.
* Humanity decides that either there is something bad inside the spheres that needed containing, or that there's something bad ''outside'', and the Dyson aliens tried to protect themselves {{spoiler|(it's the former)}}. They construct their ''first ever'' interstellar ship (up to that point having used planet-bound wormholes and trains to travel between colonies) and send it to investigate Dyson Alpha. Dudley Bose is placed on-board as a political maneuver.
* A [[Inspector Javert|genetically engineered detective]] chases an [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|interstellar terrorist]], Bradley Johansson. Said terrorist is a conspiracy nut who constantly warns humanity of an unknown alien infiltrator.
* One of the co-inventors of the wormhole technology seeks the wisdom of [[Proud Scholar Race Guy|intergalactic]] [[Recycled in Space|space elves]] regarding the Dyson pair, and gets stranded in the far corners of the galaxy, with an [[Starfish Alien|unknown alien]] and a young kid as his companions.
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* [[Jerkass]]: There are a lot of characters which could be called this, but the cake goes to Nigel Sheldon, who revealed the wormhole technology he and his buddy Ozzie had been developing by basically going to Mars to make fun of the [http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs30/i/2009/305/2/3/Meeting_on_Mars_by_psypher101.jpg NASA astronauts who were just arriving].
* [[Memory Gambit]]: Criminals will wipe memorycells after committing crimes to prevent them from being read.
** Those of both victims and perpetrators.
* [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]: The Silfen Friendship pendant given to Orion by his parents. Helps him and Ozzie out on the Silfen paths a few times by pointing them in the right direction.
* [[Ramming Always Works]]: A colossal invasion by an alien fleet that outnumbers the human fleet tens of thousands of times over is thwarted when one human ship hijacks an alien wormhole to their staging post and rams it. At twenty percent of the speed of light. [[Earthshattering Kaboom|Hilarity ensues]]. Missiles are later developed to exploit this idea.
* {{spoiler|[[Sealed Evil in a Can|Sealed Evil In a Dyson Forcefield]]}}: The Primes.
* [[Took a Level
* [[The Watson]]: Hoshe Finn to Paula Myo and Orion to Ozzie. Orion's ignorance of Commonwealth society and tech gives Ozzie an excuse to pine for it while stuck on the Silfen paths and Hoshe gives Paula a chance to explain her super detective reasoning. At one point their relationship is lampshaded when [[Fan of the Past|they briefly mention having read Sherlock Holmes books.]]
* [[Wetware CPU]]: The Primes never discovered computer chip technology, meaning that [[Big Bad|MorningLightMountain]] controls all mechanical processes with different immotile units. Additionally, it is distrustful of the computer processors it discovers with humans.
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