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The year is NC 0145<ref>somewhere around AD 2375</ref>. The war between the Terrans and the Cyrva ended 62 years ago, and the two species are on friendly terms, though not integrated. In an effort to improve interspecies relations, a joint military academy is founded in the Abyss system, where cadets of both species would study alongside each other, and form the mixed-species Joint Guardian Angels Strike Force upon graduating. Now, the first class of the academy is graduating, and Misuzu Stella, Crystal Is'va Dertanya, and their classmates are looking forward to some routine peace-time assignments on board their new command ship, the LSF ''Guardian Angel''. However, they soon find themselves fighting on the front lines against a sudden invasion by not one but several alien species.

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* [[Ace Custom]]: Misuzu gets a custom Ray Mk. III. Depending on the player's preference, it can be either slower and more powerful, or weaker but more maneuverable.

* [[Alternate Calendar]]: The NC calendar starts somewhere in the vicinity of 2230, coinciding with the UEU taking power on Earth.

* [[Airstrike Impossible]]: Several Cordi motherships and {{spoiler|the Hertak Flagship}} are destroyed in this manner.

* [[Apocalypse How]]: Class 6 on the previously-inhabitable planets of the Abyss system, as a result of the Terran-Cyrvan war. Rather than repair or terraform the ruined worlds, both species let them stand as they are, to serve as bleak and permanent reminders of the war.

* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: ''Adasyas'' have incredibly powerful [[Deflector Shields]], and are tough for capital ships to take down... unless a sneaky fighter pilot flies under the shields and shoots the core (this is pretty dangerous, as the ''Adasya'' still has numerous point defense turrets, and its homing lasers ''will'' hit you on the way in).

** Infi, dammit! Infi!

* [[Cowardly Lion]]: The Fura'ngle. They hate fighting, and run away from any conflict that looks like they might ''possibly'' lose. They also have technology on par with (or even surpassing) the Cyrva, and possess some extremely powerful weapons. They are also the only race smart enough to concentrate on omnidirectional turrets, which can make them extremely irritating to fight.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: The UEU, or "United Earth Union", the government that ruled humanity before the League of Terran Worlds overthrew it.

* [[Fandom Nod]]: During an intense battle, Tempest mentions a "BoE-3" simulator with similar situations. "BoE" refers to "[[Fan Nickname|Battle of Endor]]", a term used by the fans to describe huge battles involving many capital ships.

** In addition, one of the squadrons are known as the 42nd Hard Light squadron, featuring many cameos of various forumites.

** Crystal also has a moment of this, shouting "Itai!" after hurting herself. Rooming with Misuzu for a few years might have rubbed off on her.

** And then there's this from the "Ask a Crewmember" Q&A:

'''Isa''': "I have no idea what you are on about little sis..." }}

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|The Cordi after Crystal helps them rescue their Queen from the Hertak. A squad of Zy fighters also defect in the middle of the climactic battle, and prove instrumental in taking out a priority target. After the Flagship goes down, the Zy and Fura'ngle turn completely, and begin waging war on the Hertak to take back their homeworlds.}}

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Infi, preventing the Hertak Flagship from escaping the final conflict.}}

* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: In "A Nordera Day", {{spoiler|the JGASF Guardian Angels themselves, who use computer hax to shut down your fighter. You can only watch helplessly as you are taken down... by none other than Misuzu!}}

* [[Hulk Speak]]: THE NORDERA LIKE BIG BOOM! ROCKETS ARE FUN BECAUSE THEY ZOOM AND THEN BOOM! YEAARGH!

** Further, Cyrvans are sometimes called "Space Elves" by Terrans.

* [[Interface Screw]]: Scar decides to have some fun with the examination simulator.

'''Scar''': "That was me, this program was so easily hackable. Figured it would be fun to add a bit of a retro feel to it." }}

* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: Swarm missiles are very common on Terran, Cyrvan, Zy, and Hertak fighters. One Terran warship takes it [[Up to Eleven]], capable of firing volleys of what looks like several dozen at once.

* [[No Kill Like Overkill]]: Seems to be standard Hertak design philosophy. {{spoiler|The Aleyurians as well: the uber-powerful Prometheus Frame was their idea of a "light" fighter.}}

** Speaking of overkill, just what the hell did the Zy ''put'' in those {{spoiler|Anti-Fura'ngle}} missiles? They easily make the largest explosion seen in the game.

* [[No Transhumanism Allowed|No Transcyrvanism Allowed]]: The Cyrvans absolutely forbid genetic research of any kind, for any reason. (Strangely, [[Interspecies Romance|interbreeding with Terrans]] is permitted, though not encouraged.) Terrans aren't quite as strict about this, but view genetic engineering somewhat unfavorably, since the oppressive UEU used it heavily, and often on unwilling subjects.

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Crystal is 42. Still very young by Cyrvan standards, as they often live to be [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]].

* [[Oh Crap]]: Everyone has this reaction when the Hertak make their dramatic appearance. {{spoiler|The Hertak themselves when they are confronted with Infi, and again when they realize that Infi's about to disable their Flagship's super-hyperspace drive.}}

* [[Otaku Surrogate]]: Misuzu is a major [[Humongous Mecha]] fangirl, and collects model kits.

* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: The Cyrva are longer-lived, more physically flexible, more able to multitask,in general better shots than Terrans, and their ships are much, much more powerful and advanced. Terrans do have some advantages over them though, they are physically stronger and have a much higher pain tolerance, to the point that a fist fight between a Terran and a Cyrvan will ''always'' end in a Terran victory. Terrans are also more experienced and [[Determinator|determined]] in warfare, which is one of the reasons they were able to fight the more technologically-advanced Cyrva to a stalemate. The other, and arguably biggest, reason was the fact that as the war dragged on public support for it on the Cyrvan side dwindled, which meant that the volunteer-run Cyrvan armada stopped receiving reinforcements.

* [[Palette Swap]]: Fura'ngle Astrays are just red Sweepers with added firepower.

* [[Power Crystal]]: Fura'ngle ''Adasyas'' have one. [[Attack Its Weak Point|Guess what happens if you blow it up.]]

* [[Precursors]]: The Aleyurians.

* [[Roboteching]]: The ''Adasya''-class vessel has homing lasers (truly homing at that: these are ''100% accurate''). The cast points out that this should be impossible.

* [[Running Gag]]: Cordi ships and their tentacles.

* [[Sequel Hook]]: {{spoiler|What was the information Infi imprinted onto Dawn's mind? Who are the Fir'kyr? What was their relation to the Aleyurians, and why were the Hertak so interested in this?}}

== Lots of these ==

** ''[[Star Control]]'':

** Hard Light Productions members appear as a friendly squadron in one mission. Another apparently flies for the Nordera.

** ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico|Aestival]]''-class fighters.

** The first of the multi-target-homing swarm missiles you're give is called the IT-AN-0 after the man who made the [[Macross Missile Massacre]] famous, Ichiro Itano.

** The heaviest missile available happens to be called the [[Slayers|Dragonslave.]]

** The "Playground" simulator mission includes the ability to call in [[Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha Takamachi]] from the reinforcement menu. You can guess what happens next.

** Cyrvan capital ships include the [[Lyrical Nanoha|''Starlight''-class and the ''Breaker''-class.]]

** Though we only see his back, artwork of Justice looks suspiciously like [[Outlaw Star|Gene Starwind]]. He shares Gene's fascination for space and spaceships, and he also shares a last name (Hawking) with Gene's partner Jim.

** One of the weapons, the HEDR-3, is given the nickname [[Mahou Sensei Negima|'Spiritus Lucis']].

** The fighter power up sequence in the flight testing missions is exactly one extra line from [[Mechwarrior]] 3's mission-start lines.

 

* [[The Big Guy]]: Axe. Comes from growing up on a high-gravity world.

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|The Hertak, who enslaved the other hostile species [[Star Control|Ur-Quan style.]]}}

** The Cordi have a ship class called "Mothership", but it doesn't fit the trope.

* [[The Quiet One]]: Luna. Most of the cast finds her kind of weird, and have a difficult time speaking to her.

* [[Tron Lines]]: Apparently Cyrvan capital ships possess these.

* [[Transforming Mecha]]: ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico|Aestival]]''-class fighters have a mecha mode. Unfortunately, due to engine limitations, this is only shown in a split-second cutscene.

* [[Winged Humanoid]]: On extremely rare occasion, a Cyrvan is born with white, feathery wings. This is considered a good omen.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Dawn. Other than her, though, the trope is surprisingly averted. The only other character with unnatural hair shown is Tempest's bright pink, but [[Word of God|Word of Spoon]] says she dyes it, with her natural hair color (red-brown) being more believable.

 

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