Star Trek: Vanguard: Difference between revisions

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* [[Citizenship Marriage]]: {{spoiler|T'Prynn and Pennington, as a part of one of T'Prynn's many undercover schemes. She needs to get herself off of Vulcan, and requires Earth citizenship to avoid a specifically Vulcan identity check. She therefore marries Pennington, the nearest convenient Earther, and who has agreed to help her}}.

* [[Comic Book Fantasy Casting]]: The authors' websites include some notes on preferred casting - Reyes is [[Tommy Lee Jones]], for instance.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: In addition to the [[Arc Welding]] of the original series, T'Prynn was first mentioned in the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch]] novels as having worked with Elias Vaughn. Vaughn's daughter Prynn Tenmei is [[Dead Guy Junior|named after her]].

* [[Continuity Nod]]: In addition to the [[Arc Welding]] of the original series, T'Prynn was first mentioned in the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch]] novels as having worked with Elias Vaughn. Vaughn's daughter Prynn Tenmei is [[Dead Guy, Junior|named after her]].

** Razka the Saurian, who appears in ''Reap the Whirlwind'', first appeared in [[Star Trek a Time To]], where it was mentioned that he served during this timeframe.

* [[Cool Starship]]: ''[[Star Trek]]'' being ''[[Star Trek]]'', there's plenty to go around, but the [http://drexfiles.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/vanguard_3_hot_pursuit_r02.jpg USS Sagittarius] is a sexy little thing (even when it's on fire and about to be curb stomped by Klingons).

* [[Crapsack World]]: Golmira, home of the Denn, is like this, being a victim of runaway global warming in centuries past. That said, the current natives cope reasonably well on the whole, at least in the farming communities.

* [[Cultured Warrior]]: Gorkon.

* [[Damn It Feels Good to Be A Gangster]]: Zett Nilric. He always dresses in a perfectly tailored suit, cleans his weapons carefully to maintain appearances, and generally has a certain ''flair''.

* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be A Gangster!]]: Zett Nilric. He always dresses in a perfectly tailored suit, cleans his weapons carefully to maintain appearances, and generally has a certain ''flair''.

* [[The Dark Times]]: The Tholians look back on their rule by the Shedai as this, seeing as {{spoiler|they were used as living batteries to power Shedai equipment and boost their communications network}}. Interestingly, the Shedai {{spoiler|are responsible for Tholian sapience in the first place}}.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Reyes and Ezthene enjoy snarking at Gorkon.

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* [[Meaningful Funeral]]: {{spoiler|For the crew of the ''Bombey''}}.

* [[Mind Rape]]: The entire Tholian species suffers this due to the Federation's meddling with the Shedai. No wonder that the Tholians still hold a grudge over 100 years later, as shown in [[Star Trek Destiny]] and [[Star Trek Typhon Pact]].

* [[Mix and Match Critters]]: Sniffy, the half-walrus, half-dog thing. [[Ugly Cute|D'aaawwww]].

* [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]: Sniffy, the half-walrus, half-dog thing. [[Ugly Cute|D'aaawwww]].

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Reyes, after his {{spoiler|ex-wife is killed along with everyone else on Gamma Tauri IV, indirectly a result of the general cover-up Reyes himself is participating in}}.

* [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]]: The Apostate. He doesn't particularly want to take back the Taurus Reach and punish upstart younger races. He'd much prefer the Shedai go back to sleep.

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* [[Mythology Gag]]: Ganz' preferred alcohol. [[Star Trek the Original Series|"It's green!"]]

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Starfleet's response to Reyes' disobedience can in part be seen as this.

* [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]]: Quinn is on the receiving end of several, at the hands of Ganz's men.

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Quinn is on the receiving end of several, at the hands of Ganz's men.

* [[No Paper Future]]: Discussed a little, but averted, when Pennington reads a newspaper:

* [[No-Paper Future]]: Discussed a little, but averted, when Pennington reads a newspaper:

{{quote| "Print is dead"<br />

"Sure it is. They've been saying that for more than two centuries. Yet here it is in my hand, defying all predictions of its demise". }}

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* [[Super Smoke]]: The Shedai can shed their corporeal form at will.

* [[Superior Species]]: The Shedai believe they are this, unquestionably.

* [[Teeth Clenched Teamwork]]: Gorkon is attempting to find allies among the Federation and Tholians so that they and the Klingons can work together to avoid pointless war. The other Klingons are his biggest problem, and he well knows it.

* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: Gorkon is attempting to find allies among the Federation and Tholians so that they and the Klingons can work together to avoid pointless war. The other Klingons are his biggest problem, and he well knows it.

* [[The Atoner]]: Quite a few characters might qualify, but T'Prynn is the most notable.

{{quote| ''It is likely I will never balance the scales of my own guilt and virtue. But that does not absolve me of my responsibility to try''.}}

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* [[Warrior Poet]]: Gorkon.

* [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]]: This is part of the potential in Shedai technology, and everyone knows it. The Klingons naturally see the Shedai relics in terms of weapons potential, and are eager to exploit them to this end. The Federation has the possibility of weapons use firmly in mind, because they know that's what the Klingons would use it for. And the Tholians already know the power of weaponized Shedai tech and are horrified at the prospect of its revival.

* [[What a Piece of Junk]]: The ''Lovell''. It's an old ''Daedalus''-class starship that had been decommissioned for half a century before the Starfleet Corps of Engineers claimed it for their own. It has mismatched hull plates, welds and patches all over, and rattles like it's about to explode when it first accelerates to warp speed. But because it's a ship full of engineers who have nothing better to do than tinker, repair, or rebuild things it can keep up with (or outrun) any ship in the fleet.

* [[What a Piece of Junk!]]: The ''Lovell''. It's an old ''Daedalus''-class starship that had been decommissioned for half a century before the Starfleet Corps of Engineers claimed it for their own. It has mismatched hull plates, welds and patches all over, and rattles like it's about to explode when it first accelerates to warp speed. But because it's a ship full of engineers who have nothing better to do than tinker, repair, or rebuild things it can keep up with (or outrun) any ship in the fleet.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: A common response to T'Prynn's more cloak-and-dagger activities. And, eventually, Carol Marcus gives several of these speeches to Ming Xiong.

* [[With Due Respect]]: Made the subject of a joke by Captain Nassir and Commander Terrell:

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