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[[caption-width-right:330: They're not the heroes we wanted. They're just the ones we could find.]]
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: [[spoiler:Aurora Legion protocol. Tyler insists on this when Cat is infected by the Ra'haam, but she forces them to go without her because she knows she's a goner.
** Subverted at the end of ''Aurora Burning'', where Zila is forced to stay behind in the past to ensure the success of the mission.]]
** Subverted at the end of ''Aurora Burning'', where Zila is forced to stay behind in the past to ensure the success of the mission.]]
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: [[spoiler:Aurora Legion protocol. Tyler insists on this when Cat is infected by the Ra'haam, but she forces them to go without her because she knows she's a goner.
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**Subverted [[spoiler:Subverted at the end of ''Aurora Burning'', where Zila is forced to stay behind in the past to ensure the success of the mission.]]
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* CoolBigSis: Scarlett eventually takes this role as things progress, with an element of TeamMom.
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* CoolBigSis: Scarlett is Tyler's twin sister, elder by three minutes and 37.4 seconds, and she never lets him forget it. She eventually takes on this role with Auri and Zila as things progress, with an element shades of TeamMom.
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: [[spoiler:Aurora Legion protocol. Tyler insists on this when Cat is infected by the Ra'haam, but she forces them to go without her because she knows she's a goner.goner.
** Subverted at the end of ''Aurora Burning'', where Zila is forced to stay behind in the past to ensure the success of the mission.]]
** Subverted at the end of ''Aurora Burning'', where Zila is forced to stay behind in the past to ensure the success of the mission.]]
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* CoolBigSis: Scarlett eventually takes this role as things progress, with an element of TeamMom.
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* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Zila favors gold hoop earrings, which she often changes to fit her mood or the mission.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Played straight with "Magellan", Aurora's uniglass. It used to be Tyler's, until Scarlett downloaded a bootleg personality program into it from a shopping network. It came with a free handbag.
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* AnythingThatMoves: Fin expresses attraction to individuals of multiple genders and species.
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* AnythingThatMoves: Fin expresses attraction to individuals of multiple genders and species. [[spoiler:He eventually falls for Scarlett.]]
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* OhMyGods: In the future, people invoke the "Maker".
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* OhMyGods: In the future, people invoke the "Maker". Expressions like "Maker's Breath" or sometimes "Maker's Bits!" are heard when someone is especially irritated or upset.
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* TheAssimilator: [[spoiler:The Ra'haam is capable of infecting members of sapient species to become agents of itself, but only if those individuals stray onto one of the 22 planets it's incubating on. It ''wants'' to absorb everything else into its gestalt.]]
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* TheAssimilator: [[spoiler:The Ra'haam is capable of infecting members of sapient species to become agents of itself, but only if those individuals stray onto one of the 22 planets it's incubating on. It ''wants'' to absorb everything else into its gestalt. In other words, they're biological versions of [[StarTrek The Borg]].]]
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** A legendary party on planet [[Literature/ACanticleForLeibowitz Leibowitz VII is mentioned, where they were partying believing that the apocalypse was nigh.]]
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* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:In book 3 Caersen tells Kal "Your sister would never have shamed me so, to lie with a Terran maggot". In the very chapter before that Saedii has ''very'' passionate sex with the half-Terran Tyler.]]
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* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:In book 3 Caersen Caersan tells Kal "Your sister would never have shamed me so, to lie with a Terran maggot". In the very chapter before that Saedii has ''very'' passionate sex with the half-Terran Tyler.]]
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* HateSink: [[spoiler:Caersen truly is a nauseating individual. A bully, an abusive father, an abusive husband, coward and manchild.]]
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* HateSink: [[spoiler:Caersen [[spoiler:Caersan truly is a nauseating individual. A bully, an abusive father, an abusive husband, coward and manchild.]]
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** [[spoiler:Caersen [[spoiler:Caersan is disgusted that Kal would love a Terran and claims that his sister would never shame him so. In the previous chapter Saedii is getting it on with Tyler.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Caersen finally decides to act out of love. This leads to him sacrificing himself so Auri and his son can make it back to the normal timeline with the trigger.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Caersen [[spoiler:In book 3, Caersan finally decides to act out of love. This leads to him sacrificing to sacrifice himself so Auri and his son can make it back to the normal timeline with the trigger.]]
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** [[spoiler:In an alternate future, Kal meets a Syldrathi girl called Lae. They get into an argument about family and Kal mentions that she has no idea what it means be part of a family like his. Lae's his niece.]]
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* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: For all of his smug superiority, Eshvaren-given superpowers, grand fleets and terrifying reputation, the Starslayer is ultimately a huge coward. He didn't have the guts to use his power to destroy the Ra'haam, even though he was more than capable of doing so. Instead he used it to be a galactic version of TheBully and grind the non-warrior classes of the Syldrathi under his militaristic heel. He also comes across like a PsychopathicManchild as he displays impulsive behaviour, a NeverMyFault inability to own up to his mistakes and mannerisms more in line with an angry teen with too much power.]]
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* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: For all of his smug superiority, Eshvaren-given superpowers, grand fleets and terrifying reputation, the Starslayer is ultimately a huge coward. He didn't have the guts to use his power to destroy the Ra'haam, even though he was more than capable of doing so. Instead he used it to be a galactic version of TheBully and grind the non-warrior classes of the Syldrathi under his militaristic heel. He also comes across like a PsychopathicManchild as he displays impulsive behaviour, a NeverMyFault inability to own up to his mistakes and mannerisms more in line with an angry teen with too much power. He doesn't fight the Ra'haam until he is absolutely forced to and he doesn't grow out of his xenophobic behaviour until he meets his partially-Terran granddaughter.]]
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** Scarlett: [[spoiler: a chain necklace with a silver medallion, which reads "Go With Plan B" on one side and which has a diamond embedded on the other side. The message refers to Zila's plan to ram the Weapon with their spaceship. The diamond is actually an Eshvaren crystal, whose use remains unknown as of the end of ''Aurora Burning''.]]
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** Scarlett: [[spoiler: a chain necklace with a silver medallion, which reads "Go With Plan B" on one side and which has a diamond embedded on the other side. The message refers to Zila's plan to ram the Weapon with their spaceship. The diamond is actually an Eshvaren crystal, whose use remains unknown as crystal. It is later used to get Scarlett, Finn, Zila and Nari Kim out of the end of ''Aurora Burning''.a timeloop.]]
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** Finian: [[spoiler: a metal ballpoint pen. Any other use unknown as of the end of ''Aurora Burning''.]]
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** Finian: [[spoiler: a metal ballpoint pen. Any other use unknown as of the end of ''Aurora Burning''.Scarlett uses it to save his life via a tracheotomy.]]
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** [[spoiler:Saedii hates Terrans, Wayweavers and peace-seekers. Her be'shmai is half-Terran, half Syldrathi Wayweaver and a peace-seeker.]]
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** [[spoiler:Saedii hates Terrans, Wayweavers and peace-seekers. Her be'shmai is half-Terran, half Syldrathi Wayweaver and a peace-seeker. Futhermore, before they fall in love, a running gag is that she constantly knees Tyler in the balls when she's pissed off. She will later give birth to his daughter.]]
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* {{Irony}}: The series is dripping with it.
** [[spoiler:Saedii hates Terrans, Wayweavers and peace-seekers. Her be'shmai is half-Terran, half Syldrathi Wayweaver and a peace-seeker.]]
** [[spoiler:Nari Kim hates Betraskans with a passion and shoots Zila multiple times when they first meet in a timeloop. She founds Aurora Academy together with her wife, Zila and a Betraskan.]]
** [[spoiler:Caersen is disgusted that Kal would love a Terran and claims that his sister would never shame him so. In the previous chapter Saedii is getting it on with Tyler.]]
** [[spoiler:Saedii hates Terrans, Wayweavers and peace-seekers. Her be'shmai is half-Terran, half Syldrathi Wayweaver and a peace-seeker.]]
** [[spoiler:Nari Kim hates Betraskans with a passion and shoots Zila multiple times when they first meet in a timeloop. She founds Aurora Academy together with her wife, Zila and a Betraskan.]]
** [[spoiler:Caersen is disgusted that Kal would love a Terran and claims that his sister would never shame him so. In the previous chapter Saedii is getting it on with Tyler.]]
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* CentralTheme: [[spoiler:Love doesn't just bring people together, but also guides them.]]
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** [[spoiler:In book 3, LoveRedeems kicks in and she rushes to help him when Aurora Academy is set to make it's last stand.]]
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* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:In the second book, it is revealed that Tyler's and Scarlett's mother was most likely Syldrathi.]]
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* TheCavalry: [[spoiler:After losing the Aurora Armada against the Ra'haam, Saedii comes in with the Syldrathi fleets to help Tyler.]]
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* StatuesqueStunner: Scarlett is six foot tall, and considered exceptionally attractive. [[spoiler: Saedii, Kal's older sister, is described as "two metres of Syldrathi warrior princess" and is absolutely gorgeous.]]
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* StatuesqueStunner: Scarlett is six foot tall, and considered exceptionally attractive. [[spoiler: Saedii, Kal's older sister, is described as "two metres of Syldrathi warrior princess" and is absolutely gorgeous. To be clear, she is about 6 feet.]]
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** [[spoiler:BOok 3: Zila is the true founder of the Aurora Academy. She is also the architect of the Ra'haam's defeat.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The squad goes through utter hell, but they get their happy endings. Cat is gone and Zila is separated from the team, but the former is now a willing and happy part of the reformed Ra'haam and Zila found true love.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Caersen finally decides to act out of love. This leads to him sacrificing himself so Auri and his son can make it back to the normal timeline with the trigger.]]
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:Tyler does not curse and is all about clean living. In book 3, Auri and Kal meet an older Tyler from an alternate universe where the Ra'haam succeeded in their goal of conquest. That Tyler drinks and swears like a sailor.]]
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* HateSink: [[spoiler:Caersen truly is a nauseating individual. A bully, an abusive father, an abusive husband, coward and manchild.]]
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* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:In book 3 Caersen tells Kal "Your sister would never have shamed me so, to lie with a Terran maggot". In the very chapter before that Saedii has ''very'' passionate sex with the half-Terran Tyler.]]
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* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: For all of his smug superiority, Eshvaren-given superpowers, grand fleets and terrifying reputation, the Starslayer is ultimately a huge coward. He didn't have the guts to use his power to destroy the Ra'haam, even though he was more than capable of doing so. Instead he used it to be a galactic version of TheBully and grind the non-warrior classes of the Syldrathi under his militaristic heel. He also comes across like a PsychopathicManchild as he displays impulsive behaviour, a NeverMyFault inability to own up to his mistakes and mannerisms more in line with an angry teen with too much power.]]
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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Scarlett starts questioning her sexuality once she lays eyes on Saedii.
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* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Apparently a thing with Syldrathi warbreed women. [[spoiler:The more Tyler shows his daring and badass side, the more Saedii becomes intrigued by him.]]
