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A book in the [[Star Trek Novel Verse]]. Featuring characters from [[Star Trek:
From the back cover:
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Crell Moset, the [[Mad Scientist]]. One of a trio of villains, he features alongside [[Complete Monster]] Gul Lemec and [[Pragmatic Villainy|pragmatic]], restrained villain Luaran.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Elias Vaughn. Mostly. He starts off like this, as he usually does, but partway through the novel he gets injured and is therefore of little use. In fact, he even serves as [[The Load]] for a bit. He seems to recover by the end, though, ready for his role in the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch]], set just over a year later. And Dr.Crusher sums up his [[Badass Grandpa]] status nicely:
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* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Crell Moset is originally from [[Star Trek: Voyager]], although no other Voyager characters appear here.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Elias Vaughn's participation in the liberation of Betazed was already established in the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch]], hence his appearance here. His exact role, and the mission itself, were left undescribed in the original mention, simply being a part of his back story. There was therefore a lot of flexibility, but the authors made sure to keep it consistant by featuring the character. ''The Battle of Betazed'' also makes a [[Continuity Nod]] to several other novels where Vaughn made an appearance, including tales of [[Star Trek:
* [[Emotion Bomb]]: The Betazoid Resistance {{spoiler|eventually use a technique of this kind to overwhelm the Jem'Hadar occupying the planet.}} They project every emotion they have.
* [[Expy]]: Hent Tevren is essentially [[The Silence of the Lambs|Hannibal Lecter as a Betazoid]]. Fittingly, he's good at mind games even when not using telepathy.
* [[Fantastic Fruits and Vegetables]]: ''Cavat'', a Betazoid cereal. Also ''Sadi'', a tart yellow fruit.
* [[For Science!]]: Crell Moset's motivation, both in his experiments at Betazed and in everything else he does. He may be working for Central Command and so the Dominion, but really he's performing medical experiments for his own scientific
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Averted. Psychopathic killer Hent Tevren had a normal family and doting parents. He kills people mostly because he enjoys it, not out of any great trauma.
* [[Godzilla Threshold]]: The only reason Betazed was going to liberate Hent Tevren was the sheer direness of their situation. They'd otherwise never consider it. {{spoiler|Thankfully, they never use his most brutal technique of telepathic lobotomy, but use a more humane method of overloading minds with emotional stimuli as a means of rendering foes unconscious adapted from said techniques in the end.}}
* [[It Never Gets Any Easier]]: Elias Vaughn, by this stage in his career, is ''very'' tired of casualty reports and damage figures. He's seen too many battles, too much death. This is a subtle [[Continuity Nod]] to his story arc in the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch]] series, which begins a year or so after this.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Crell Moset, the Cardassian biologist who is currently engaged in invasive medical experiments on Betazed's orbital station. He first appeared in [[Star Trek: Voyager]] (well, a hologram based on him did, anyway). His mission here is to try and produce telepathic Jem'Hadar, by transferring Betazoid brain material into Jem'Hadar soldiers.
* [[Mercy Kill]]: Cort Enaran (leader of the Betazoid Resistance), kills his friend Okalan with a poison dart, to spare him further pain as he's tortured by Dominion forces. ▼
** {{spoiler|It turned out he failed because their minds simply couldn't adapt to the influx of emotions such abilities would make them deal with, which provides a vital clue to a far less terrible and humane way to defeat them without resorting to telepathic murder}}.
* [[Mind Over Matter]]: Hent Tevren and his fellows, part of a secret society, successfully unlocked the potential for telekinesis in the Betazoid brain. ▼
▲* [[Mercy Kill]]: Cort Enaran (leader of the Betazoid Resistance), kills his friend Okalan with a poison dart, to spare him further pain as he's tortured by Dominion forces.
▲* [[Mind Over Matter]]: Hent Tevren and his fellows, part of a secret society, successfully unlocked the potential for telekinesis in the Betazoid brain.
* [[Mind Rape]]: Hent Tevren is fond of inflicting this. He even knows how to commit [[Mind Rape]]-murder, tearing a mind apart with the power of his own thoughts.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Data and Troi in one scene, while undercover on Betazed's neighbour world, Darona.
* [[Planetville]]: Cort Enaran is leading the Betazoid Resistance. Having one group of resistance fighters under one mountain chain referred to as "the Betazoid Resistance" seems to take us into [[Planetville]] territory. That said, Enaran and other leaders are former members of the parliament, so their resistance cell (near the capital) might be considered ''the'' resistance. Still, the novel probably runs afoul of this trope.
* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: Luaran, the Vorta overseer, objects to Gul Lemec casually shooting Betazoids. Like most Vorta, she has no moral qualms at all
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* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: Betazed is liberated
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* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: Luaran, the Vorta overseer, who beams out in a
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Deanna Troi is horrified to learn that the Betazoid Resistance {{spoiler|wants to bring in Hent Tevren, the telepathic serial murderer, to teach resistance fighters how to kill with their minds}}. She insists that to do so would violate everything their society stands for.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Hent Tevren is an extremely powerful telepath. He's also a psychopath.
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