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''Repensum Est Canicula.''

 

 

In a far-distant future, after ecological disasters caused the deaths of millions, humanity has united and reached into the stars. An accident with a deep scanner ring aimed at the sun has given access to a dimension known as [[Subspace or Hyperspace|Nodespace]], making FTL travel a reality. The military/space organization known as SolForce heads humanity's defense and space exploration and readies a colonization project.

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: The Herald is a random event in which a (presumably [[Abusive Precursors|Suul'ka]] employed) evangelist comes up and rants ominous foreshadowing at you, causing the morale of the planet he visits to drop. As with most random events, [[Talk to the Fist|shooting him down]] [[Shut UP, Hannibal|averts negative consequences]], presumably because it's hard to take him seriously when he's fleeing in an escape pod/space debris.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: The Deacon from the novelization of the first game is responsible for the formation of a Liir-Zuul alliance in the second. Apparently {{spoiler|the [[Care Bear Stare]] given to him in the book's climax}} gave him an unusual sense of individuality.

* [[Heroic Dolphin|Heroic Dolphins]]: The Liir are probably the 'nicest' of all the species, despite their enigmatic behaviour. In the novelization, a liir serves as the main character's mentor and is one of the most important members in the rag-tag coalition to entrap the Deacon.

* [[Hit Points]]: The first game normally shows the ship's "health" as a color-coded plus sign (green - optimum condition; yellow - heavy damage; red - critical). The sequel will show four health bars for each ship section (12 total) with damage distributed to top, bottom, left, and right (or your favorite naval equivalents of these terms). Damage to the front and rear will be distributed among the other four sides.

* [[Square-Cube Law]]: Liir Great Elders die from getting too big. {{spoiler|The Suul'ka said "fuck that".}}

* [[Standard Sci-Fi Fleet]]

* [[Stealth in Space]]: There are cloaking and jamming systems.

* [[Stronger with Age]]: Liir don't die of old age and never stop growing, and get larger, heavier and better and more experienced at psionic power as they age. Eventually, they suffocate under their own weight. Liir cherish their elders, as they are vital to maintaining Liir society and teaching the next generations. {{spoiler|The Suul'ka are what happen when Liir elders get too old, powerful and selfish and let go of their morality and responsibility for the sake of immortality.}}

 

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