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* [[Cosy Catastrophe]]: Straight and averted. The {{spoiler|complete destruction of the solar system}} leaves the denizens of the Sheffield alive, but they're very much not unaffected by it.
* [[Cosy Catastrophe]]: Straight and averted. The {{spoiler|complete destruction of the solar system}} leaves the denizens of the Sheffield alive, but they're very much not unaffected by it.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Conrad's bodyguard.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Conrad's bodyguard.
* [[Death By Transceiver]]: Telepaths are aware of the sudden, tragic deaths of their twins.
* [[Death by Transceiver]]: Telepaths are aware of the sudden, tragic deaths of their twins.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: After the {{spoiler|[[Earthshattering Kaboom]]}}, things are bad. Then they lose {{spoiler|their third relativist, meaning they can never land and will all be dead in a few generations}}. That's when the suicides start.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: After the {{spoiler|[[Earthshattering Kaboom]]}}, things are bad. Then they lose {{spoiler|their third relativist, meaning they can never land and will all be dead in a few generations}}. That's when the suicides start.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|The unstable astronomer, after the destruction of the solar system}}.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|The unstable astronomer, after the destruction of the solar system}}.
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* [[No Seat Belts]]: Justified. If you need them at 0.97c, you don't need them. And when things go wrong on the Sheffield, gravity turns off and people float, they don't fly into walls.
* [[No Seat Belts]]: Justified. If you need them at 0.97c, you don't need them. And when things go wrong on the Sheffield, gravity turns off and people float, they don't fly into walls.
* [[Non-Idle Rich]]: The Conrads. They're richer than Croesus, but they put themselves through hellishly difficult educations and work for the money. For all of their medically extended lives. However, see [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]].
* [[Non-Idle Rich]]: The Conrads. They're richer than Croesus, but they put themselves through hellishly difficult educations and work for the money. For all of their medically extended lives. However, see [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]].
* [[Not With Them for The Money]]: Joel's completely unaware of it. And when he is, he has to flee.
* [[Not with Them for the Money]]: Joel's completely unaware of it. And when he is, he has to flee.
* [[Organization With Unlimited Funding]]: The Conrads.
* [[Organization with Unlimited Funding]]: The Conrads.
* [[Religion of Evil]]: The historical perspective is that the restrictive theocracy of Nehemiah Scudder was particularly vile, and the society of Earth is presented as having moved beyond religion and viewing monotheism and religion as being a backwards and rather unpleasant thing. Buddhism is still alive and well, thanks to the author not realizing that theism and religion aren't exactly synonymous.
* [[Religion of Evil]]: The historical perspective is that the restrictive theocracy of Nehemiah Scudder was particularly vile, and the society of Earth is presented as having moved beyond religion and viewing monotheism and religion as being a backwards and rather unpleasant thing. Buddhism is still alive and well, thanks to the author not realizing that theism and religion aren't exactly synonymous.
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: If you marry a Conrad and end up not being useful to the family, they'll pension you off.
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: If you marry a Conrad and end up not being useful to the family, they'll pension you off.
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