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Then there was [[Enemy Mine (film)|the movie]].
Then there was [[Enemy Mine (film)|the movie]].


Later published in ''The Enemy Papers'' along with sequels ''The Tomorrow Testament'' and ''The Last Enemy'', as well as some bonus material related to the setting.
The sequels ''The Tomorrow Testament'' and ''The Last Enemy'' followed, and later the whole trilogy - along with bonus material related to the setting - was published as ''The Enemy Papers'' book.


The main plot is driven by implications of a big war between Humans and Dracs, its consequences and the true cause behind it.
The main plot is driven by implications of a big war between Humans and Dracs, its consequences and the true cause behind it.
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* [[Death World]]: Amadeen. Once it was just one more boring mining colony, but no more -- a courtesy of [[War Is Hell]] trope.
* [[Death World]]: Amadeen. Once it was just one more boring mining colony, but no more -- a courtesy of [[War Is Hell]] trope.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Not the [[Trope Namer]], but helped popularize it.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Not the [[Trope Namer]], but helped popularize it.
* [[I Am X, Son of Y]]: Dracs use [[Master Apprentice Chain]] in this way. Which (added to actually caring about one of them) makes Davidge a honorary member of Zammis' clan.
* [[Irrevocable Order]]: If the station where peace negotiations are conducted will be blown up, this will also take out the only officer capable of stopping the fleet sent to bomb the guilty party's homeworld. Joanne Nicole [[Good Is Not Nice|isn't nice]].
* [[Irrevocable Order]]: If the station where peace negotiations are conducted will be blown up, this will also take out the only officer capable of stopping in time the fleet sent to bomb the guilty party's homeworld. Joanne Nicole [[Good Is Not Nice|isn't nice]].
* [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]]: A number of characters, but principally Davidge.
* [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]]: A number of characters, but principally Davidge.
* [[Rubber Forehead Aliens]]: The difference between humans and Drac (save the very fact that the latter are hermaphrodite lizards) is not so great and more cultural than biological in nature. Much the same for other aliens.
* [[Rubber Forehead Aliens]]: The difference between humans and Drac (save the very fact that the latter are hermaphrodite lizards) is not so great and more cultural than biological in nature. Much the same for other aliens.
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* [[Sword of Damocles]]: The whole point of the Navi Di, although they do have to establish that they're fully willing and capable of using the power they have.
* [[Sword of Damocles]]: The whole point of the Navi Di, although they do have to establish that they're fully willing and capable of using the power they have.
* [[War Is Hell]]: The first book is mostly about two stranded pilots, but second and third deals with it more closely.
* [[War Is Hell]]: The first book is mostly about two stranded pilots, but second and third deals with it more closely.
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: One of the main messages of Talman (Drac "Bible") is "look what your true goal is, then start looking for the ways to reach it" <ref>yeah, it's Buddhist "[http://www.google.com/search?q=%2BBuddha+%2Bwounded+%2Barrow+%2B%22who+shot%22+%2Bpull look for things that really matter, don't be distracted by trifles]" cranked [[Up to Eleven]]</ref>. [[Realpolitik]] is just one pattern in a tapestry for them. No wonder that in this society the renowned teachers of Talma are given a wide berth, the way [[Asskicking Equals Authority]] works in more primitive cultures. They lead powerful clans, and even when one is disgraced and sent to [[Penal Colony]], the convoying soldier doesn't want to contradict him. But then, it turned out that even ''Dracs'' were duped and [[Unwitting Pawn|used by other schemers.]]
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: One of the main messages of Talman (Drac "Bible") is "look what your true goal is, then start looking for the ways to reach it" <ref>yeah, it's Buddhist "[http://www.google.com/search?q=%2BBuddha+%2Bwounded+%2Barrow+%2B%22who+shot%22+%2Bpull look for things that really matter, don't be distracted by trifles]" cranked [[Up to Eleven]]</ref>. [[Realpolitik]] is just one pattern in a tapestry for them. No wonder that in this society the renowned teachers of Talma are given a wide berth, the way [[Asskicking Equals Authority]] works in more primitive cultures. They lead powerful clans, and even when one is disgraced and sent to [[Penal Colony]], the convoying soldier doesn't want to contradict him.
** And then it turned out that even ''Dracs'' were duped and [[Unwitting Pawn|used by other schemers.]]
* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]: Human pilots are taught to insult one of renowned Drac philosophers [[I Shall Taunt You|to taunt cold-blooded enemy pilots into more rash actions]]. Drac pilots are [[Batman Gambit|taught]] that {{spoiler|''Mickey Mouse''}} was a renowned human philosopher, so they answer accordingly. It's not hard to guess which one incapacitates better.
* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]: Human pilots are taught to insult one of renowned Drac philosophers [[I Shall Taunt You|to taunt cold-blooded enemy pilots into more rash actions]]. Drac pilots are [[Batman Gambit|taught]] that {{spoiler|''Mickey Mouse''}} was a renowned human philosopher, so they answer accordingly. It's not hard to guess which one incapacitates better.


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