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** The Battle of Romulus starts with an advantage to the Federation remnant, attacking the fairly weak forces defending Romulus. Then the whole story is completely changed by the arrival of {{spoiler|a fresh, new Imperial sector fleet led by [[The Chessmaster]] Grand Admiral Thrawn, ''doubling'' the number of Imperial ships in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' galaxy.}} Then Nemesis's sector fleet arrives. The Federation remnant enters the battle with 600 ships, and leaves it with ''nineteen''.
* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: {{spoiler|Descending into the Abyss.}}
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Seems to be the ultimate plan of {{spoiler|both Mitchell and Palpatine; to kill all the gods.}} Also, Darth Maul would have qualified if not for a [[Heroic Sacrifice]].
* [[Defensive Feint Trap]]: Luring the enemy right into a [[Colony Drop]]—on an ''[[Cool Starship|Imperial Star Destroyer]]''. ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|And it works.]]''
* [[The Don]]: Hieronymus Darkstar, the crime lord of the Orion Syndicate.
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* [[Femme Fatale]]: Mara Jade. We're brutally reminded of this when she {{spoiler|tries to murder Leia.}}
* [[Forgotten Superweapon]]: A mysterious doomsday machine, which is destroyed in the same ''[[Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode in which it showed up, is [[Ret Conned]] back into existence and then revealed to be a war machine from one of the ancient Sith Empires that fought [[The Republic]] in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' galaxy. It's so powerful that it can slice apart an [[Cool Starship|Imperial Star Destroyer]] with a single blow. Without it, the Federation remnant would no longer exist. But it's also a bit of a subversion: despite saving the Federation fleet, the Battle of Romulus demonstrates that it isn't nearly as powerful as Kirk needs it to be.
* [[For Want of a Nail]]: It turns out that {{spoiler|Darth Nemesis is a Luke Skywalker who gave in to Vader during the "[[Luke, I Am Your Father]]" moment on Bespin.}}
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: [http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?p=2643554#p2643554 Here is a list of the sides].
* [[Glorious Leader]]: Captain Jellico seems to think that Kirk is this.
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* [[Villain Decay]]: The Borg, in comparison to [[The Empire]]. To be fair, they're no weaker than they were in ''[[Star Trek Voyager]]'', but that's a far cry from ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', where they were practically unstoppable.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: The audience would almost certainly hate Darth Nemesis if he wasn't so awesome. Lord Darkstar tries to achieve the same effect, but fails.
* [[Villain Team
** Grand Admiral Thrawn and Khan Noonien Singh are currently engaged in this. Khan is already plotting a takeover.
* [[The Worf Effect]]: The author ''loves'' this. To establish how powerful Nemesis's fleet is, it single-handedly destroys hundreds upon hundreds of Borg cubes—remember, the Borg, the nigh-unstoppable cyborg menace—as soon as it enters the ''[[Star Trek]]'' galaxy. Later, it takes over the Romulan Star Empire, almost exterminates the Klingons, annexes the Federation, and crushes the Dominion in the only battle between the two. Furthermore, Nemesis is scared by [[The Emperor|Emperor]] [[Evil Overlord|Palpatine]]. And ''then'' Palpatine himself is merely a tool of {{spoiler|Gary Mitchell}}.
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