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* GreatOffscreenWar: The operation to wipe out [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer the Brotherhood of Nod]] when it appeared on the Core Timeline and went on the offensive (called [[OperationBlank Operation: FIRESTORM]] officially, but labeled on the street as "The Tiberium War" (and by some of the more knowledgeable/pedantic about C&C lore, "[[WorldWarWhatever The Fourth Tiberium War]]") is mentioned as the reason the NOD base is currently abandoned.

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* GreatOffscreenWar: The operation to wipe out [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer the Brotherhood of Nod]] when it appeared on the Core Timeline and went on the offensive (called [[OperationBlank Operation: FIRESTORM]] officially, but labeled on the street as "The Tiberium War" (and by some of the more knowledgeable/pedantic about C&C lore, "[[WorldWarWhatever The Fourth Tiberium War]]") is mentioned as the reason the NOD base is currently abandoned.



* UnholyMatrimony: The WhamLine at the very end [[spoiler:insinuates that [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLADOS]] and ''freaking [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer CABAL]]'' are (at the very least) on the "dating" stage of this trope. Their literal PROGENY (as in, it is the A.I.'s actual name) makes an appearance on ''Operation: ENDGAME'']].

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* UnholyMatrimony: The WhamLine at the very end [[spoiler:insinuates that [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLADOS]] and ''freaking [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer CABAL]]'' are (at the very least) on the "dating" stage of this trope. Their literal PROGENY (as in, it is the A.I.'s actual name) makes an appearance on ''Operation: ENDGAME'']].

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* FictionalVideogame: Joker passes a short time entertaining himself with a ''Franchise/MassEffect'' handheld game early on.



* PoweredArmor: A downplayed version. Joker outfits himself with a hydraulic support frame (more of an endoskeleton, actually) that will assist him with moving around before running into the NOD base.



* UnholyMatrimony: The WhamLine at the very end [[spoiler:insinuates that [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLADOS]] and ''freaking [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer CABAL]]'' are (at the very least) on the "dating" stage of this trope. Their literal PROGENY (and that is not shouting, it is the A.I.'s actual name) makes an appearance on ''Operation: ENDGAME'']].

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* UnholyMatrimony: The WhamLine at the very end [[spoiler:insinuates that [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLADOS]] and ''freaking [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer CABAL]]'' are (at the very least) on the "dating" stage of this trope. Their literal PROGENY (and that is not shouting, (as in, it is the A.I.'s actual name) makes an appearance on ''Operation: ENDGAME'']].

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SHIELD Team Seven has been sent to investigate Ayers Rock, Austrailia, where Aperture Science is rumored to have moved into an abandoned Nod base. But while Maria "Captain America" Vincennes, the ninja version of Maya Ibuki, and Fujiko Mine are investigating the situation, Jeff "Joker" Moreau is left alone. And is soon forced to survive alone against a legion of the undead, and a homicidal AI.

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SHIELD Team Seven has been sent to investigate Ayers Rock, Austrailia, Australia, where Aperture Science is rumored to have moved into an abandoned Nod base. But while Maria "Captain America" Vincennes, the ninja version of Maya Ibuki, and Fujiko Mine are investigating the situation, Jeff "Joker" Moreau is left alone. And is soon forced to survive alone against a legion of the undead, and a homicidal AI.



* GreatOffscreenWar: The operation to wipe out [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer the Brotherhood of Nod]] when it appeared on the Core Timeline and went on the offensive (called [[OperationBlank Operation: FIRESTORM]] officially, but labeled on the street as "The Tiberium War" (and by some of the more knowledgeable/pedantic about C&C lore, "[[WorldWarWhatever The Fourth Tiberium War]]") is mentioned as the reason the NOD base is currently abandoned.



* UnholyMatrimony: The WhamLine at the very end [[spoiler:insinuates that [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLADOS]] and ''freaking [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer CABAL]]'' are (at the very least) on the "dating" stage of this trope]].

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* UnholyMatrimony: The WhamLine at the very end [[spoiler:insinuates that [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLADOS]] and ''freaking [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer CABAL]]'' are (at the very least) on the "dating" stage of this trope]].trope. Their literal PROGENY (and that is not shouting, it is the A.I.'s actual name) makes an appearance on ''Operation: ENDGAME'']].
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* HandicappedBadass: While Joker is still hindered by his Vrolic's Syndrome, he doesn't let it stop him from being the hero of this story.

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* HandicappedBadass: While Joker is still hindered by his Vrolic's Syndrome, he doesn't let it stop him from being the hero of this story.story.
* LandDownUnder: The whole story occurs on the Tiberium-irradiated [[DeathWorld hellscape]] that is the depths of the Post-Vanishing Australian Outback.
* UndeadHorseTrope: InUniverse: The first ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'''s "TheCakeIsALie" meme-GLADOS mentions having heard about it so often that she says about actually learning how to make and putting a real cake at the end of the testing areas (which is a pretty obvious lie) to make people stop using it.
* UnholyMatrimony: The WhamLine at the very end [[spoiler:insinuates that [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLADOS]] and ''freaking [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer CABAL]]'' are (at the very least) on the "dating" stage of this trope]].
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SHIELD Team Seven has been sent to investigate Ayers Rock, Austrailia, where Aperture Science is rumored to have moved into an abandoned Nod base. But while Maria "Captain America" Vincennes, the ninja version of Maya Ibuki, and Fujiko Mine are investigating the situation, Jeff "Joker" Moreau is left alone. And is soon forced to survive alone against a legion of the undead, and a homicidal AI.

And then things get even worse...

''[[http://marcoasalazarm.deviantart.com/art/CLINE-OP-GHOST-IN-THE-MACHINE-Haster-Jam-Entry-569544315?q=gallery%3Amarcoasalazarm%2F19745856&qo=18 Cline: Op: Ghost In The Machine]]'' is a one-shot story that is part of the ''Fanfic/CoreLine'' SharedUniverse.

Currently under construction. Please add tropes as you see them!

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!!This story has the following Tropes:

* ADayInTheLimelight: Unlike the previous stories featuring SHIELD Team Seven, the focus is entirely on Jeff "Joker" Moreau and his fight for survival.
* HandicappedBadass: While Joker is still hindered by his Vrolic's Syndrome, he doesn't let it stop him from being the hero of this story.

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