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* [[Gondor Calls for Aid]]: In the [[Star Trek: Destiny]] trilogy, Bacco calls for aid from all other major powers in the Alpha and Beta quadrants, but their response is tepid and the combined fleet is annihilated within minutes anyway. All that her efforts really accomplish is to [[Sequel Hook|antagonize the Tholians]].

* [[Gunboat Diplomacy]]: She resorts to this on occasion, but usually only to scare an [[Ass in Ambassador]] into negotiating in good faith.

* [[Must Have Caffeine]]

* [[Not So Different]]: There have been a few scenes that compare (and contrast) her with the previous president, Min Zife. A few of them can [[Your Mileage May Vary|potentially be read]] as warnings of how easy it might be for someone of Bacco's integrity to slip nonetheless into less-than-moral conduct. A scene in [[Star Trek: Typhon Pact|''Zero Sum Game'']], in which Bacco is confronted by Federation Council members wary of her potentially questionable decisions, announcing their intention to veto a bill only to be outmaneuvered, recalls a scene in [[Star Trek: A Time to...|''A Time to Heal'']], where President Zife faced a similar confrontation. Where Zife deflected criticism by appealing to humanitarian arguments, while actually up to his neck in illegal activities, Bacco attacks with information on the support she has from other councillors, seemingly convinced that she's on the right side of the moral line. As both novels were written by the same author, the similarities (and contrasts) between the two scenes are likely entirely deliberate.

* [[Action Survivor]]: Although he becomes far more of a traditional action hero during the middle of the series, during his time as a asset of Starfleet Intelligence. Sadly, Quinn is very much in [[Butt Monkey]] territory...and not the humorous sort of [[Butt Monkey]], either.

* [[The Alcoholic]]: The reasons why were explained mid-way through the series. He then recovered for a time, only to fall back into alcohol towards the end, after suffering intense personal loss.

* [[Odd Friendship]]: With journalist Tim Pennington.

 

A Bajoran minister with ambitions to become the next Kai, replacing Kai Winn. He's responsible for setting in motion a lengthy character arc for Kira Nerys, when he casts her from the church for exposing the Bajoran public to heretical texts.

 

* [[Give Me a Sign]]

* [[Good Shepherd]]: He certainly has his moments. Despite his questionable decisions involving Kira, he truly cares for Bajor's spiritual well-being.

== The Klingons in general ==

 

* [[Finders, Rulers]]: Unofficially, the Sword of Kahless. Whatever the law says, anyone holding the sword will more or less find themselves ruler of the Klingon Empire. Fortunately, rightful leader Martok has it.

* [[King Arthur]]: ''The Left Hand of Destiny'' turned the ongoing Klingon saga into this, in part. Martok is Arthur. Worf is Lancelot, Emperor Kahless is Merlin, Alexander is Percival, Ezri Dax is the Lady in the Lake, Morjod is (obviously, Meaningful Name) Mordred, Gothmara is Morgan Le Fay. Martok's father, Urthog, is another obvious Arthurian homage. And the Sword of Kahless is of course Excalibur.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: The Klingons often demonstrate this trope in the novels; their enthusiastic bluster, casual violence and fondness for drink disguise the fact that they're every bit as capable of cunning manipulation as any other race; indeed, they're actually extremely political, for all their talk of "warrior's honour". Grodak in [[Star Trek: Seven Deadly Sins]] is a perfect example. Toqel, a Romulan politician, severely underestimates him and the Klingons in general, with troubling results for the Romulans and fatal ones for Toqel. Another Klingon character who illustrates the trope perfectly is General Khegh from [[Star Trek: Titan]].

 

=== B'Oraq ===

Our main protagonist Klingon when Worf and Martok aren't around. A hero of the empire, he commands the Klingon warship ''Gorkon''.

 

* [[Artificial Limbs]]: A plot point - Klag, who lost an arm in a previous conflict, could be fitted with an artificial replacement. He refuses, though, insisting that he's a Klingon, not a Borg. It's one of the [[Honor Before Reason]] issues Doctor B'Oraq has to deal with. Eventually, Klag accepts a biological graft - his dead father's arm to replace his own. It's not as effective, of course, but it's a compromise.

* [[Badass Transplant]]: Subverted originally, because having his father's arm attached where a stump used to be threw his fighting talent off by quite a bit in the first book. Over time he's regained some, if not a lot, of his old edge. However, to be fair, even at his worst (when he was merely a [[Handicapped Badass]] in prequel novel [[Diplomatic Implausibility]]), his skills were still only kinda off their usual game.

 

* [[Proud Scholar Race]]: Interestingly, they're shown in several novels to be more like the Vulcans than might be expected. Scholarship is valued highly in their culture. Despite or perhaps because of this, only those of higher class can pursue academic careers.

* [[Vestigial Empire]]: Back and forth in the novels, post [[Star Trek: Nemesis]]. In the immediate aftermath, the Romulan Star Empire [[Balkanise Me|fragmented into factions]]. Praetor Tal'aura and Proconsul Tomalak were able to reunite most of them, as the Federation sought to maintain peace along the borders. Commander Donatra, however, declared the worlds and fleets loyal to her independent. Between losing territory to Donatra, uprisings on the outworlds, and the damage from the [[Star Trek: Destiny|Borg Invasion]], the Empire was less than half its former size. It was explicitly stated in [[Star Trek: Articles of the Federation]] that the Romulans were no longer a superpower. However, they bounced back thanks to membership in the [[Star Trek: Typhon Pact|Typhon Pact]]. That said, the empire will presumably collapse again when Romulus is destroyed (though we're still a few years short of that in the current timeframe...)

* [[Villain Team-Up]]: A leading member of the Typhon Pact, an alliance of six previously xenophobic and aggressive antagonist cultures, united for mutual protection as a sort of rival-Federation.

 

* [[Face Death with Dignity]]: He makes a conscious decision to do so, so his enemies, if they're watching his arranged death, won't have the satisfaction of seeing him run and flail.

 

== Ruanek ==

 

 

* [[Blood Oath]]: He swore to avenge himself on the murderer of Shiarkiek (it led to a bit of [[Revenge Before Reason]]).

* [[Good Old Ways]]

* [[Good Shepherd]]

* [[Legacy Character]]: "My mother's name was Astraea. My daughter's name will be Astraea".

* [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone]]

== The Andorians ==

 

 

* [[Alien Blood]]: It's blue.

== The Bynars ==

 

 

* [[Fantastic Slurs]]: "Singleton" is a terrible slur among the Bynars, signifying one who is unfit for bonding with another; a rejected person. To the Bynars, who (almost) always operate in pairs, this is the ultimate insult. Protagonist character "Solomon" is on the receiving end of such abuse due to his decision [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|not to take another mate upon the death of his partner]].

== The Caitians ==

 

 

* [[Action Girl]]: The females are the hunters, as with Earth's lion.

== The Chelons ==

 

 

* [[Descriptively Named Species]]

== The Deltans ==

 

 

* [[Arch Enemy]]: The Carreon.

== The Kurlans ==

 

 

* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]

* [[Insectoid Aliens]]: Nasats resemble giant pillbugs. They therefore look like crustaceans, but are actually arachnid (eight limbs).

* [[Named After Their Planet]]

* [[Tree-Top Town]]: The Nasat civilization originated on the forest floor, but now resides in the canopy.

 

 

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