History Literature / ChakonaSpace

** A recent story from another author hints that Neal might be something more like 300+.

A WebOriginal SharedUniverse UsefulNotes/{{Furry|Fandom}} setting, based on a WebSerialNovel, "Forest Tales", by Bernard Doove, ([[http://www.chakatsden.com available here (NSFW)]], [[http://furry.org.au/chakat/FT-index.html Mirror]], [[http://www.chakat.com/ Mirror 2]]. You might need to check all three as the site occasionally goes down for one reason or another.) that started as a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' FanFic and became its own series. "Forest Tales" was the first series in the setting, but others have been written, by Doove and an army of Chakat fans. Some of these fans are better writers than others.

* {{Crossover}}: Doove went full Brony in October of 2013 and began posting Pony stories over on Website/FimfictionDotNet. In June of 2017, he started posting a story called ''Cosmic Lotus''. On 22 Oct. 2017, ponies and Chakats met each other face to face in chapter 17.

* AirVentPassageway: ''Tales of the Folly'' chapter 4 features 6 Chakat cubs surviving having their station being taken over by pirates by hiding in an air duct.

** When Leanna (herm fennec morph, originally believed sterile thanks to a lying, [[ManipulativeBastard bastard]] [[{{Jerkass}} owner]]) joins their mating group shi quickly conceives kits with both Trina and Kris.

** A Rakshani hermaphrodite gets this due to having a relationship with a Terran anthro cat.

* LongevityTreatment: Neal Foster was accidentally subjected to experimental gene therapies during (or even before) the Gene Wars, increasing his longevity. Later he is subjected to a form of rejuvenation via transporters that have been TouchedByVorlons.

* FosterKid: Captain Foster has a history of adopting youngsters. he first time, it was at a young colony planet that had just suffered a catastrophic loss of parents and other adults. The current batch had simply wanted to visit an orbiting ship and stowed away in the wrong shipping container. See also: HappilyAdopted, below.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: During the rewritten ''Tales of the Folly'' Part 2, Captain Foster pulls an unusual heroic variant of this. Then again, [[RoadTripPlot trouble seems to follow him around]], and the locals are very aware of this fact.

** For some reason, Neal Foster has access to relays he shouldn't otherwise have access to.

* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Mike, Alex and Roseberry find a crooked gambling hall. The in-house roulette wheel cheater calls security, (a telepath) who backs down when confronted by Alex, who could probably take out the two much larger musclebound bouncers with him. The three Folly teens also engage the security type in some PsychicStatic mindgames.

* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Mike, Alex and Roseberry find a crooked gambling hall. The in-house roulette wheel cheater calls security, (a telepath) who backs down when confronted by Alex, who could probably take out the two much larger musclebound bouncers with him.

* ICallItVera: Neal Foster's shotgun, ''Betsy''.

* AbusiveParents: Cindy Grayson's father, Charles, has managed to make his daughter fear father figures.
** Charles was also skimming from accounts left to her by her grandmother to pay his own gambling debts.

--> '''Neil''': If (the Bunny Brothers) do say yes, you just might find out from docs Kelly or M’Lai first." At (Stew's) confused look, he smiled. "Unless you want them coming after you with a turkey baster!"
--> [Stew] stared at him moment, then closed her eyes. After another moment, she groaned. "Thanks a lot! Now I can’t get that image out of my head!"

--> Brajet shook her head. “Not even lunchtime and you’ve already got some of the local cops mad at you. Why do I have the bad feeling that this will be one of your more interesting visits?”
--> Neal grinned. “I have no idea what you’re talking about; it’s just another day in the life for me.”
--> Looking at his young ‘crew’, Brajet muttered, “That’s what I’m afraid of.”

---> "Wait a minute, the only reason to be sending some of these types of hardware to an unknown destination is if you’re…" Everyone turned to look at M’Lai as she stared at Neal. "You’re supporting a colony!"
--->'''Neal:''' "Nice try, but I am not supporting ''a'' colony."
--->'''M'Lai:''' "But, that’s the only thing that fits! Unless you like throwing expensive equipment out the airlock while hiding for long periods of time!"
---> Midnight laughed. "Easy M’Lai, the key word he’s jerking you around with is ''‘a’''. He said he’s not supporting ''‘a’'' colony." Looking at Neal, shi asked, "So just how many colonies are dependent on you and the Folly?"

** Another Rakshani gets some of this due to a different Deity or two.

-->'''Kestrel''': "Well?" she snapped, "What is it? A few hundred? Or a few thousand?"
-->'''Neal''': "Yes" with a smile.

--> '''Penelope Windsor''': "I didn’t have to stay hidden for the entire trip,"..."Only for as long as it took for it to be too late to turn back."

--> '''Neal:''' “I’ve been trying not to make the same mistakes that I made with Chase’s group. I just keep forgetting your group’s dynamics and reasoning are different from what theirs was.”
--> '''Weaver:''' “I guess that helps explain why you always seem to be putting your foot in your mouth…”
--> '''Neal:''' “… and wiggling my toes. Yes, I know. Each of your accounts has more than enough to get you home in style. The only reason to hang around any longer is because you want to.”

* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Crops up now and than. Moreso in the older stores and form the less-talented writers.

-->'''Stew''': "I want a raise."
-->'''Neal''': ..."Monetary, title, or altitude?"
-->'''Stew''': "The first two would be nice, but they are not what I’m after. I’m not sure what you mean by the third. The fourth option please."

** Shi and hir process also get featured in several other different stories in the 'verse.

* YoureDrinkingBreastMilk: Played with in some stories, subverted or played straight in others. Chakats, particularly pregnant Chakats, drink their own or other Chakats' breast milk. A hormone in it leads Chakats who drink it to lactate themselves. Played the straightest in a story in which the college roommate of a chakat wet nurse drinks the milk she leaves in the fridge without inquiring after its source.

* MachineEmpathy: Goldfur is just ''made'' of this trope. Shi even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it at one point. Swiftwalk points it out again, later.

* LongevityTreatment: Neal Foster was accidentally subjected to experimental gene therapies during the Gene Wars. Later he is subjected to a form of rejuvenation via transporters that have been TouchedByVorlons.

* AdultsAreUseless: The Faleshkarti. (This gets its own story justifying it in an unusual way.) [[spoiler: When they mature a hormone makes them stupid and only want to have sex and breed. Due to the overpopulation problems this encourages the comparatively genius-level children to accept Federation help in counteracting that particular aspect of their biology.]]

* MarshmallowHell: Appears in one of the associated illustrations. If you read carefully, there are others scattered around.

* LegacyCharacter: Other characters think this way about Captain Foster. They think the older Foster is the father or grandfather of the current Captain of the [[CoolStarship Folly]]. Captain Foster [[InvertedTrope inverts]] it by being the Fountain-of-Youth-Makeover-enhanced Original.

*** The carriers are later shown to contain several decks filled with smaller cargo carriers, which are in turn comparable to contemporary shipping containers so it's a).

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: At one point, Captain Foster posts a tongue-twister of a call for recruits to crew a cargo run he needs to make.
--> The Folly is looking for a few fools foolish enough to want to work long hours on their time off from Star Fleet.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: At one point, Captain Foster posts a tongue-twister of a call for recruits for a cargo run he needs to make.

--->'''Neal:''' "Nice try, but I am not supporting a colony."

---> Midnight laughed. "Easy M’Lai, the key word he’s jerking you around with is ‘a’. He said he’s not supporting ‘a’ colony." Looking at Neal, shi asked, "So just how many colonies are dependent on you and the Folly?"