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* [[Martial Arts and Crafts]]: acrobats, knife jugglers, sharpshooters and other sideshow performers in one of the Emperor's games are actually Mantis operatives, showing off for the only one who knows who they really are: their Emperor.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: The Emperor often goes incognito as "Raschid," the name of a wily monarch who would go around his own peasants in disguise to learn how to curry favor from them. He chose this name deliberately; he'd make note of people who showed signs of recognizing its meaning -- these were people he felt it'd be worth his while to cultivate.
** It's a reference to ''Arabian Nights'' -- 'Haroun el Raschid' was the alias the Sultan used when spying on his own people incognito.
* [[Mind Probe]]: One of the more unpleasant devices Rykor (and others liker her) can use is a machine that scans every memory you've ever had. It's unfortunately of limited use on those who have been driven insane, however, so when they use it on a guy who's gone catatonic from nearly being eaten by a [[Starfish Alien]], they mostly get jumbles with only a few clue threads.
* [[Nepali With Nasty Knives]]: the Gurkhas, real-life badasses who continue to be badass in space.
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