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''[[The Road to Cydonia]]'' is a crossover fan fiction between ''[[Ranma One Half½]]'' and ''[[X-COM|X-COM: UFO Defense]]'' written by Cap'n Chryssalid. In it, Ryouga and Akari are abducted by aliens, who discover the existence of the [[Fan Nickname|Nerima Wrecking Crew]] while probing Ryouga's mind. After killing Akari and [[Mind Rape|mind raping]] Ryouga, the aliens follow him to Nerima, where they attempt to abduct the rest of the crew. While the aliens succeed in capturing Cologne, Ranma and Ryouga manage to free the Tendos and take over the ship that was abducting them. After crash-landing it in South America, Ranma and Ryouga are approached by X-COM, an organization dedicated to fighting the alien threat. Ryouga, eager to seek revenge on the aliens, immediately decides to join, and Ranma ends up following him into the organization. Deciding that they'll need allies, they immediately seek to recruit the rest of the Nerima Wrecking Crew, and the Juliet and India squads are formed. The story then follows Ranma, Ryouga, Shampoo, Mousse, Ryu, Ukyou, Konatsu, and Tatewaki as they battle against the alien threat as members of X-COM.
 
There is also ''[[Reflections Lost On a Dark Road (Fanfic)|Reflections Lost Onon a Dark Road]]'', a [[Mega Crossover|crossover fic]] that takes place after ''[[The Road to Cydonia (Fanfic)|The Road to Cydonia]]'', written by [[Dark Titans (Fanfic)|Lathis]] and [[The Road to Cydonia (Fanfic)|Cap'n Chryssalid]].
 
''[[The Road to Cydonia (Fanfic)|The Road to Cydonia]]'' can be read [https://web.archive.org/web/20141127130435/http://www.wagnergrp.com/JBW_Website/Fanworks/trtc.html hereat the author's website] (32 chapters) or [https://web.archive.org/web/20120612215408/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2314624/1/The_Road_to_Cydonia hereat Fanfiction.net] (100 chapters).
 
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* [[Alien Abduction]]
* [[Alien Autopsy]]
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* [[Cold Flames]]: Battle Auras sometimes count as this. Especially Ryouga's.
* [[Crack Pairing]]: Ryouga/Nabiki
* [[Crossover]]: This is a crossover between [[Ranma One Half½]] and [[X-COM|X-COM: UFO Defense]].
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: This is a story about Ranma 1/2 characters fighting aliens using futuristic weapons and ultra-violent martial arts techniques. There are lots of them.
* [[Curse]]: The Hibiki family has no sense of direction because of a family curse.
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* [[Deus Angst Machina]]: Ryouga. Girlfriend killed right in front of him after being cut up for 20 minutes? Check. {{spoiler|Father turned into an evil alien hybrid, forced to fight him, then required to be kept locked up to avoid attacking them? Check. Months worth of shameful memories erased, then returned en mass? Check. Dead girlfriend revived as an alien hybrid no longer under control of the aliens, but dying, requests to be allowed to die, forcing him to prevent the operation that would save her life at the cost of her remaining humanity? Check. New recruits enable the aforementioned operation to succeed anyway, returning her to the control of the aliens? Formerly dead girlfriend now psychically attacking him in his dreams? Check.}}
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]
* [[ET Gave Us Wi -Fi]]: X-COM gets the majority of their technology by reverse engineering stolen alien technology.
* [[Evil Knockoff]]: Trenchard Ryouga
* [[Evil Twin]]: Trenchard {{spoiler|Cologne}}
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* [[Fountain of Youth]]: The aliens {{spoiler|appear to}} do this to Cologne. {{spoiler|In actuality, it's a clone.}}
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Trenchards
* [[Heir to Thethe Dojo]]
* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: X-COM frequently resorts to tactics that would be considered war crimes in their fight against the alien menace.
* [[Hive Mind]]: The Mind.
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* [[No Sense of Direction]]: Ryouga. Fortunately, his dog, Checkers, has both a functional sense of direction, and an unnaturally high intellect.
** All the Hibiki's, actually. Apparently, it's because of a [[Curse|family curse]].
* [[Overshadowed Byby Awesome]]: Most of the X-COM agents are at peak levels of human fitness, and are in the best physical condition they have ever been in. Nevertheless, they are completely overshadowed by the Nerima Wrecking Crew.
* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]
* [[Playing Withwith Syringes]]: What the aliens frequently do to their abductees.
* [[Powered Armor]]
* [[Ray Gun]]
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Why Ryouga joined X-COM.
* [[Ships That Pass in Thethe Night]]: Ryouga/Nabiki
* [[Sociopathic Soldier]]
* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: Ryouga and Akari when they were abducted by aliens.
* [[Touch of Death]]: Ryouga's "killing point" technique.
* [[They Would Cut You Up]]: The reason that powerful martial artists are moved to [[Double -Speak|sanctuary communities]] <ref>read: internment camps</ref> after the aliens find out about them.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Ryouga's rage is really unstoppable. After the aliens kill Akari, it doesn't completely go away for a significant portion of the story.
 
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