History Literature / Alterien

* {{Super Breeding Program}} - The Alteriens pass on their abilities and beauty to their children, who pass it on to their children and so on. Though this wanes beyond the second generation of hybrids beyond the First Alteriens (3/4 humans), the Nano Alteriens produce generations that are all genetically full Alteriens despite occasional mixing with humans. This is because of the way Oberon made them. Eventually, the Alterien society all have people that reflect beauty in various forms. Beauty becomes so much a part of their world, they eventually diversify even further to be more beautiful than their perceived "norm". Some later Alteriens develop uncommon eye, hair and skin colors in pursuit of that future course. It is of note, however, that "normal" for Alteriens equates to people who are very beautiful to the eyes of humans. This effect also takes place with people who use NAGA (Nano-Assisted Genetic Alteration), an advanced beautification technology Oberon devolped. The consequence of using it is the changes get imprinted on the germline. This allowed people who went through NAGA to pass their artificially-created beauty on to their children. Their modified genes would be so strong, this happened even when having children with less beautiful people. The only drawback would be that the children would always favor the parent that went through the NAGA process as opposed to the other parent or a mixture of the two.

* {{Super Breeding Program}} - The Alteriens pass on their abilities and beauty to their children, who pass it on to their children and so on. Though this wanes beyond the second generation of hybrid beyond the First Alteriens, the Nano Alteriens produce generations that are all genetically full Alteriens despite occasional mixing with humans. This is because of the way Oberon made them. Eventually, the Alterien society all have people that reflect beauty in various forms. Beauty becomes so much a part of their world, they eventually diversify even further to be more beautiful than their perceived "norm". Some later Alteriens develop uncommon eye, hair and skin colors in pursuit of that future course. It is of note, however, that "normal" for Alteriens equates to people who are very beautiful to the eyes of humans. This effect also takes place with people who use NAGA (Nano-Assisted Genetic Alteration), an advanced beautification technology Oberon devolped. The consequence of using it is the changes get imprinted on the germline. This allowed people who went through NAGA to pass their artificially-created beauty on to their children. Their modified genes would be so strong, this happened even when having children with less beautiful people. The only drawback would be that the children would always favor the parent that went through the NAGA process as opposed to the other parent or a mixture of the two.

* {{Super Breeding Program}} - The Alteriens pass on their abilities and beauty to their children, who pass it on to their children and so on. Though this wanes beyond the second generation of hybrid beyond the First Alteriens, the Nano Alteriens produce generations that are all genetically full Alteriens despite occasional mixing with humans. This is because of the way Oberon made them. Eventually, the Alterien society all have people that reflect beauty in various forms. Beauty becomes so much a part of their world, they eventually diversify even further to be more beautiful than their perceived "norm". Some later Alteriens develop uncommon eye, hair and skin colors in pursuit of that future course. It is of note, however, that "normal" for Alteriens equates to people who are very beautiful to the eyes of humans. This effect also takes place with people who use NAGA (Nano-Assisted Genetic Alteration), an advanced beautification technology Oberon devolped. The consequence of using it is the changes get imprinted on the germline. This allowed people who went through NAGA to pass their artificially-created beauty on to their children. Their genetics would be so strong, this happened even when having children with less beautiful people. The only drawback would be that the children would always favor the parent that went through the NAGA process as opposed to the other parent or a mixture of the two.

* {{Super Breeding Program}} - The Alteriens pass on their abilities and beauty to their children, who pass it on to their children and so on. Though this wanes beyond the second generation of hybrid beyond the First Alteriens, the Nano Alteriens produce generations that are all genetically full Alteriens despite occasional mixing with humans. This is because of the way Oberon made them. Eventually, the Alterien society all have people that reflect beauty in various forms. Beauty becomes so much a part of their world, they eventually diversify even further to be more beautiful than their perceived "norm". Some later Alteriens develop uncommon eye, hair and skin colors in pursuit of that future course. It is of note, however, that "normal" for Alteriens equates to people who are very beautiful to the eyes of humans. This effect also takes place with people who use NAGA (Nano-Assisted Genetic Alteration), most of whom are humans. The changes get imprinted on the germline. This allowed people who went through NAGA to pass their artificially-created beauty on to their children. Their genetics would be so strong, this happened even when having children with less beautiful people. The only drawback would be that the children would always favor the parent that went through the NAGA process as opposed to the other parent or a mixture of the two.

* {{Super Breeding Program}} - The Alteriens pass on their abilities and beauty to their children, who pass it on to their children and so on. Though this wanes beyond the second generation of hybrid beyond the First Alteriens, the Nano Alteriens produce generations that are all genetically full Alteriens despite occasional mixing with humans. This is because of the way Oberon made them. Eventually, the Alterien society all have people that reflect beauty in various forms. Beauty becomes so much a part of their world, they eventually diversify even further to be more beautiful than their perceived "norm". Some later Alteriens develop uncommon eye, hair and skin colors in pursuit of that future course. It is of note, however, that "normal" for Alteriens equates to people who are very beautiful to the eyes of humans. This effect also takes place with people who use NAGA (Nano-Assisted Genetic Alteration), most of whom are humans. The changes get imprinted on the germline. This allowed people who went through NAGA to pass on their artificially-created beauty on to their children. Their genetics would be so strong, this happened even when having children with less beautiful people. The only drawback would be that the children would always favor the parent that went through the NAGA process as opposed to the other parent or a mixture of the two.

* {{Super Breeding Program}} - The Alteriens pass on their abilities and beauty to their children who pass it on to their children and so on. Though this wanes beyond the second generation of hybrid beyond the First Alteriens, the Nano Alteriens produce generations that are all genetically full Alteriens despite occasional mixing with humans. This is because of the way Oberon made them. Eventually, the Alterien society all have people that reflect beauty in various forms. Beauty becomes so much a part of their world, they eventually diversify even further to be more beautiful than their perceived "norm". Some later Alteriens develop uncommon eye, hair and skin colors in pursuit of that future course. It is of note, however, that "normal" for Alteriens equates to people who are very beautiful to the eyes of humans. This effect also takes place with people who use NAGA (Nano-Assisted Genetic Alteration), most of whom are humans. The changes get imprinted on the germline. This allowed people who went through NAGA to pass on their artificially-created beauty on to their children. Their genetics would be so strong, this happened even when having children with less beautiful people. The only drawback would be that the children would always favor the parent that went through the NAGA process as opposed to the other parent or a mixture of the two.

* {{Super Breeding Program}} - The Alteriens pass on their abilities and beauty to their children who pass it on to their children and so on. Though this wanes beyond the second generation of hybrid beyond the First Alteriens, the Nano Alteriens produce generations that are all genetically full Alteriens despite occasional mixing with humans. This is because of the way Oberon made them. Eventually, the Alterien society all have people that reflect beauty in various forms. Beauty becomes so much a part of their world, they eventually diversify even further to be more beautiful than their perceived "norm". Some later Alteriens develop uncommon eye, hair and skin colors in pursuit of that future course. It is of note, however, that "normal" for Alteriens equates to people who are very beautiful to the eyes of humans. This effect also takes place with people who use NAGA (Nano-Assisted Genetic Alteration), most of whom are humans. The changes get imprinted on the germline, meaning their children inherit their physical beauty with very little variation.

* {{Intangibility}} - The Alteriens can vibrate the molecules of anything they touch, allowing them to pass through it like ghosts. The only limit to this ability is it does not work on iron. When in 4-dimensional space, the Alteriens are out-of-sync with normal space-time, allowing them to pass through surface-level objects and people. The surface they walk upon is synced to the moment they left the normal flow of space-time. Though it appears they are moving through different time frames when they tranz forward or backward through time, they don't actually "move" from the second they tranzed into. The only time that changes is when they tranz themselves back into 3-dimensional space, instantly traveling from that moment of time to another. The process of "moving time around them", however, is not so instantaneous and can take several perceived hours, depending on how far through time they wish to travel.

* {{Our Time Travel Is Different}} - The Alteriens can travel through time using high-yield vibration to create short-lived wormholes that typically last for less than a second. They call the method dimensional transpositioning or tranzing and use it to effectively teleport and travel through time. They can even upshift to 4-dimensional space where time is motionless. From there, they can actually rewind and fast-forward time around them.

* {{Intangibility}} - The Alteriens can vibrate the molecules of anything they touch, allowing them to pass through it like ghosts. The only limit to this ability is it does not work on iron.

* {{Bio augmentation}} - Many people receive bio-augmentation in the near-future world of Alterien. It is used to help the sick and to even help people replace lost limbs or failing organs. The obvious military application is used to make super soldiers like the SABERs.

* {{Intangibility}} - The Alteriens can vibrate the molecules of anything they touch, allowing them to pass through it like ghosts. The only limit to this ability is it does not work on iron.
* {{Ivy League}} - Newland University serves this role throughout the series. Oberon, himself, graduated from the pretigious university located in Charleston, South Carolina.
* {{I Will Find You}} - Oberon's elder half-sister, Sharon, stated she'd been looking for him for seven years. They finally reunite in her office after Oberon links her identity to a vision he'd had of her.

* {{Bio-augmentation}} - Many people receive bio-augmentation in the near-future world of Alterien. It is used to help the sick and to even help people replace lost limbs or failing organs. The obvious military application is used to make super soldiers like the SABERs.

* {{Intangibility}} - The Alteriens can vibrate their molecules to the point of allowing them to pass through solid matter. The only limit to this ability is it does not work on iron.

* {{Transhuman}} - The Alteriens (Alterien Homo sapiens) could be regarded as transhumans, as those of the first generation started out as ordinary humans prior to being transformed through advanced technology.

* {{The Three Faces Of Eve}} - The Sisters of Orion are portrayed in this way with a slight difference. They are more like the wise one, the caring one and the sexy seductress, though this does not become apparent until later in the series. Initially, they are all seemingly emotionless and pragmatic. This trope is also played more directly, as it is later revealed the Sisters of Orion have a very close relationship to another powerful being called Eve.

* {{Action Mom}} - Helena, Titania and others fit this trope throughout the series. Helena even actively assisted Oberon through some harrowing situations while being the mother of four children [[spoiler:: and even beyond the time she had two more with him.]]

* {{Pure Energy}} - The Alteriens can manipulate energy within and around their bodies.

* {{Action Girl}} - Oberon's partner, Abigail Summers, is a highly capable ISA agent. She's a former Navy SEAL who can handle herself in a fight and think her way out of a bad situation.
** Oberon's daughters also come to exemplify this trope in so far as getting into situations that require them to make use of their wits, martial arts acumen and, of course, their Alterien abilities. Between Kotone, Gloriana and Alice, the one who tends to get in the most violent situations is Kotone. She followed their father's footsteps and became an ISA agent for a few years. She even reported to a much older Abigail Summers, who by this time was a director.

* {{The Fair Folk}} - The Sisters of Orion and another person named Yon'ro are portayed as this when Oberon meets them during what he believes to be a dream.
** The Alteriens also exemplify this particular trope.

* {{Magical Native American}} - Oberon could be considered this, as he is a mixed Native American.
** He looks like an attractive Native American with gray eyes and dark brown hair. This trope is somewhat played down in that his abilities are science-based rather than magical. However, many humans who witness his abilities in certain time periods regard him as a magical being.

* {{Nebulous Evil Organisation}} - Spencer Industries, owned by Oberon's rival, Theseus Spencer, serves in this role.
** However, Oberon's own company and affiliate companies ironically serve this role insofar as achieving a great objective that doesn't bode well for humanity.
* {{Nigh Invulnerability}} - The Alteriens (as well as the Enhanced) seem nigh invulnerable.
** However, their bodies actually absorb the energy from impacts, friction and pressure. The energy is smoothly distributed throughout their bodies, allowing them to easily convert and or expel that energy as quickly as they absorb it.

* {{Precognition}} - The Alteriens and Enhanced all have the ability to perceive future events.
** What they see are actually possible future events rather than what will definitely occur in the future. In this sense, one might compare this ability to subconscious probability forecasting. Oberon is the only Alterien who had this ability prior to becoming an Alterien, albeit to a lesser degree.

* {{Space Elves}} - The Alteriens are revealed to be this after a fashion. They actually resemble the elves of legend and they even later inspire the legend of the alfar that later develops into the mythology of the elves and the Fae.
** Due to their superior technological advancement through the geniuses among them, including Oberon, they acquire a large fleet of space ships capable of 4th dimensional travel. Their ships essentially do what they can do, but at a much greater capacity. The Alteriens eventually build a massive society that spans several centuries across multiple planets.
* {{The Spark of Genius}} - Oberon is a technical genius, capable of designing or redesigning any viable machine that will be capable of doing whatever he wants or needs it to do.
** Oberon can also reverse engineer an existing machine through tactile interface. In other words, he can use his power of psychometry to find out how something works.
* {{Stable Time Loop}} - Oberon learns many of this actions after viewing possible futures present situations in which the effect comes before the cause. The Sisters of Orion take his learning even further when they tell him he is to travel to the 17th century to found the Sol 3 Group.
** The Sol 3 Group, currently known as Sol 3 United, is the same organization that built Newland University, his Alma Mater.
* {{Super Senses}} - The Alteriens have impressively sharp senses that allow them to hyper-focus on the smallest visual, auditory or olfactory detail.
** Visually, this effect is similar to telescopic vision, but they are just able to discern the tiniest details of something several meters away.

* {{Telekinesis}} - The Alteriens and Enhanced possess energy-based telekinesis. This means they can affect objects and people only be expelling a form of energy that makes that movement possible.
** They can also turn this ability "inward", surrounding themselves in a field that enables them to achieve flight.

* {{That Was Not a Dream}} - Oberon experiences a bizarre recurring dream in which he meets many strange new people, including the Sisters of Orion for the first time. They teach him how to use his energy manipulation ability to achieve flight and hold his ground against explosive force.
** However,certain things he saw during his surreal experience leaves him wondering if he was under the influence of drugs.
* {{The Three Faces Of Eve}} - The Sisters of Orion are portrayed in this way with a slight difference. They are more like the wise one, the caring one and the sexy seductress, though this does not become apparent until later in the series. Initially, they are all seemingly emotionless and pragmatic.
** This trope is also played more directly, as it is later revealed the Sisters of Orion have a very close relationship to another powerful being called Eve.

** [[spoiler: Oberon later learns the Shanda'ryn also had a hand in creating Homo sapiens when they felt the neanderthals had run their evolutionary course.]].

* {{Woman Scorned}} - The plot behind the second and third books of the Alterien series plays this up, though in a slightly different way from the traditional concept.
** In this version, Oberon has to fight off an assassin and ultimately face a powerful woman (Helena Velazquez) who blames him for the death of her best friend years earlier.

Alterien is a science fiction series by author, Adam R. Brown. The protagonist is a formerly amnesiac man named Oberon Navarro who discovers his true name and that the reason he's apparently as strong and as fast as the average superhuman is because he's an experimental life form called an altered Homo sapien; Alterien, for short. Soon after discovering who he is and what he is, Oberon sets out on a mission to ensure his new species multiplies in order to eventually replace the previous version of humanoids, Homo sapiens. Over the course of the series, Oberon faces many challenges, as he learns a great deal about what it means to be an Alterien and even rediscovers what it means to be human.

* {{Action Mom}} - Helena, Titania and others fit this trope throughout the series. Helena even active assisted Oberon through some harrowing situations while being the mother of four children [[spoiler:: and even beyond the time she had two more with him.]]

* {{The Fair Folk}} - The Sisters of Orion and another person named Yon'ro are portayed as this when Oberon meets them during what he believes to be a dream. The Alteriens also exemplify this particular trope.

* {{XRay Vision}} - The Alteriens are capable of seeing through solid objects with a visual ability that's similar to x-ray vision. Oberon calls it 3D Sight, which is the ability to perceive matter from a 4th dimensional perspective.

*** Additionally, many Alteriens, such as Oberon, have a heightened empathic sensitivity to concentrations of dark psychic energy. Being inside such an area makes Oberon very weak to the point he loses his ability to absorb kinetic energy. Leaving the area resolves the problem, though he sometimes requires help.
* {{Magical Native American}} - Oberon could be considered this, as he is a mixed Native American. He looks like an attractive Native American with gray eyes and dark brown hair. This trope is somewhat played down in that his abilities are science-based rather than magical. However, many humans who witness his abilities in certain time periods regard him as a magical being.

* {{Nebulous Evil Organisation}} - Spencer Industries, owned by Oberon's rival, Theseus Spencer, serves in this role. However, Oberon's own company and affiliate companies ironically serve this role insofar as achieving a great objective that doesn't bode well for humanity.
* {{Nigh Invulnerability}} - The Alteriens (as well as the Enhanced) seem nigh invulnerable. However, their bodies actually absorb the energy from impacts, friction and pressure. The energy is smoothly distributed throughout their bodies, allowing them to easily convert and or expel that energy as quickly as they absorb it.

* {{Precognition}} - The Alteriens and Enhanced all have the ability to perceive future events. What they see are actually possible future events rather than what will definitely occur in the future. In this sense, one might compare this ability to subconscious probability forecasting. Oberon is the only Alterien who had this ability prior to becoming an Alterien, albeit to a lesser degree.

* {{Space Elves}} - The Alteriens are revealed to be this after a fashion. They actually resemble the elves of legend and they even later inspire the legend of the alfar that later develops into the mythology of the elves and the Fae. Due to their superior technological advancement through the geniuses among them, including Oberon, they acquire a large fleet of space ships capable of 4th dimensional travel. Their ships essentially do what they can do, but at a much greater capacity. The Alteriens eventually build a massive society that spans several centuries across multiple planets.
* {{Stable Time Loop}} - Oberon learns many of this actions after viewing possible futures present situations in which the effect comes before the cause. The Sisters of Orion take his learning even further when they tell him he is to travel to the 17th century to found the Sol 3 Group. The Sol 3 Group is the same organization that built Newland University, his Alma Mater.
* {{Super Senses}} - The Alteriens have impressively sharp senses that allow them to hyper-focus on the smallest visual, auditory or olfactory detail. Visually, this effect is similar to telescopic vision, but they are just able to discern the tiniest details of something several meters away.

* {{Telekinesis}} - The Alteriens and Enhanced possess energy-based telekinesis. This means they can affect objects and people only be expelling a form of energy that makes that movement possible. They can also turn this ability "inward", surrounding themselves in a field that enables them to achieve flight.

* {{That Was Not a Dream}} - Oberon experiences a bizarre recurring dream in which he meets many strange new people, including the Sisters of Orion for the first time. They teach him how to use his energy manipulation ability to achieve flight and hold his ground against explosive force. However,certain things he saw during his surreal experience leaves him wondering if he was under the influence of drugs.
* {{The Three Faces Of Eve}} - The Sisters of Orion are portrayed in this way with a slight difference. They are more like the wise one, the caring one and the sexy seductress, though this does not become apparent until later in the series. Initially, they are all seemingly emotionless and pragmatic. This trope is also played more directly, as it is later revealed the Sisters of Orion have a very close relationship to another powerful being called Eve.

* {{Touched by Vorlons}} - The Shanda'ryn had a direct hand in creating the Altered Homo sapiens. In fact, it was Dr. Grey, with a lot of help from Ara, Li'nia, Lyra and Eve, who gathered those initial humans to transform them into Alteriens. Their subjects were then programmed with specific missions they were to carry out in order to ensure the new humanoid race becomes the only humanoid race in a few hundred years. [[spoiler: Oberon later learns the Shanda'ryn also had a hand in creating Homo sapiens when they felt the neanderthals had run their evolutionary course.]].

* {{Woman Scorned}} - The plot behind the second and third books of the Alterien series plays this up, though in a slightly different way from the traditional concept. In this version, Oberon has to fight off an assassin and ultimately face a powerful woman (Helena Velazquez) who blames him for the death of her best friend years earlier.
* XRayVision - The Alteriens are capable of seeing through solid objects with a visual ability that's similar to x-ray vision. Oberon calls it 3D Sight, which is the ability to perceive matter from a 4th dimensional perspective.

* {{Our Time Travel Is Different}} - The Alteriens can travel through time using high-yield vibration to create short-lived wormholes that typically last for less than a second. They call the method dimensional transpositioning or tranzing and use it to effectively teleport and travel through time. They can even upshift to 4-dimensional space and actually rewind and fast-forward time around them.

* {{Recurring Dream}} - Oberon had recurring dreams of his time as Dr. Grey's captive.