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* CreditChip: A common payment method on Ringeltec is "[[https://www.rickgriffinstudios.com/comic-post/skinchange-p2/ one-time cards]]" that are said to be as good as cash, but only on Ringeltec. They seem to have a limit to the amount of currency they can hold as Rakham carries a sack full of them in two different colors.



* EyeScream: The loss of captain Ateri's eye is shown in flashback in ''Skeleton Crew'', commissioner Sarsuk gouged it out as punishment for contacting a ringel pirate ship and trading information.

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The loss of captain Ateri's eye is shown in flashback in ''Skeleton Crew'', commissioner Sarsuk gouged it out as punishment for contacting a ringel pirate ship and trading information.information.
** In "Skinchange" Rakham has an eye gouged out by a turek [[spoiler:in order to remove the bug Reagaix implanted in it.]]


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* MobDebt: Rakham (aka Seru Sugo) in "Skinchange" is running out on a 160 billion Yku debt to the ringel mob boss Olox Reagaix that he borrowed in order to pay his fines and establish a new identity after he accidentally killed an actress.
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* TheWikiRule: In [[http://geroo.space/b/index.php?title=Main_Page progress]]
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The ''Hayven Celestia'' universe is a creation of Rick Griffin and [=Gre7g=] Luterman, based on Griffin's short story ''Literature/TenThousandMilesUp''.

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The ''Hayven Celestia'' universe is a creation of Rick Griffin Creator/RickGriffin and [=Gre7g=] Luterman, based on Griffin's short story ''Literature/TenThousandMilesUp''.
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* MagicPlasticSurgery: In ''Skinchange'' a ringel film producer undergoes procedures to change his body shape and fur color while on the run from the mob, [[spoiler:as does the geroo shuttle pilot he hired to get him off Ringeltec.]]
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Rick Griffin's Website/DeviantArt [[https://www.deviantart.com/rickgriffin/gallery/54816318/Hayven-Celestia gallery]] hosts species sheets and other worldbuilding information.

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Rick Griffin's Website/DeviantArt [[https://www.deviantart.com/rickgriffin/gallery/54816318/Hayven-Celestia gallery]] hosts species sheets and other worldbuilding information.
information. [[https://rickgriffinstudios.com/hayven-celestia/ His website]] has retail links to all the books and the comic ''Skinchange''.




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* ''Skinchange'' (webcomic, posted on Rick's website.)



* ''Tales of Hayven Celestia''

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* ''Tales of Hayven Celestia''
Celestia'' (multiple authors)
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* ForInconveniencePressOne: In ''The Captain's Oath'', when To'onai and Loreel try to contact Pokokuro, they get put through to an AI answering program.
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* OhMyGods: The geroo use "Ancestors" in place of "God" and "Five Hells" in place of "Hell".
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* TheAlcoholic: Tesko has a habit of overindulging in the shipboard moonshine in an attempt to quiet her demons, [[PlayedForDrama only to end up hurting herself or her family even more.]]


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* SnakeVersusMongoose: Subverted with the cobra-like ssareth and mongoose-like montrose. The sareth are attempting a BenevolentAlienInvasion as they need a new homeworld and the montrose need protection from the krakun, but some of the montrose don't quite appreciate everything they've done.
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** In ''The Captain's Oath'' executions are on hold while the WFII is orbiting a planet being prepped for terraforming, [[spoiler: but the geordians Pokokoro assigned as security enjoy no such protections when they [[YouHaveFailedMe fail]] to control the geroo. And she attempts to covertly swap the highest-ranking crew with look-alikes.]]
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* {{Terraform}}: The krakun have the technology, deployed from specialized ships.

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* {{Terraform}}: The krakun have the technology, deployed from specialized ships. Stealing an extremely valuable terraformer is the overall goal of the protagonists of Rick's ''Final Days of the White Flower II'' series.



* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Kanti and Tish.

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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Kanti and Tish.Tish, Tish being a head taller than her mate. The third book of the Kanti cycle also features a geordian (~1.6 meters) and lio (~2 meters) couple.
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** Book 2: ''The Captain's Oath''
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Djedi from “Unintended” received cybernetic lungs that can tolerate vacuum for a period, following the extravehicular activity depicted on the cover of Tales of Hayven Celestia.

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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Djedi from “Unintended” received cybernetic lungs that can tolerate vacuum for a period, following the extravehicular activity depicted on the cover of Tales ''Tales of Hayven Celestia.Celestia''.



** Subject 059, [[TinyGirlHugeGuy a mysa,]] has a crush on lio researcher Tunac.

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** Subject 059, [[TinyGirlHugeGuy [[HugeGuyTinyGirl a mysa,]] has a crush on lio researcher Tunac.

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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Djedi from “Unintended” received cybernetic lungs that can tolerate vacuum for a period, following the extravehicular activity depicted on the cover of Tales of Hayven Celestia.



* GroundhogDayLoop: In “Life in the Stacks” Subject 059 begins to experience the same morning, over and over again. [[spoiler: It turns out her habitat stack was part of an experiment in chaos theory, they have their memories and biochemistry “reset” every day. But after trying to fix her “blanker” she finds herself in a rather less explicable time loop.]]



** Kyacotl are canine, with a culture based on [[ThoseWilyCoyotes pranks and trickery]].

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** Kyacotl Hekiru are visually like fennecs, and are commonly kept as pets by krakun as they breathe sulfur too.
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are canine, with a culture based on [[ThoseWilyCoyotes pranks and trickery]].


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** Subject 059, [[TinyGirlHugeGuy a mysa,]] has a crush on lio researcher Tunac.
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** Mysa look like foot-tall mice. Appropriately, most of the mysa in “Life in the Stacks” are employed as test subjects by the Lio Empire.
** Kyacotl are canine, with a culture based on [[ThoseWilyCoyotes pranks and trickery]].
** Umbrans look like bears.


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** Kyatec’s atmosphere is chlorinated. The geroo survey teams get implants that bind it to sodium from their blood.

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* ''Long Way Home''

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* AlienAbduction: Standard practice for Interplanetary Acquisitions survey teams on low-tech planets. Towards the end of "The Castaway" Ava admits that her team was going to abduct Tin as he was isolated from the rest of kyacaotl society.



* SapientEatSapient: Krakun occasionally eat their slaves. During their first meeting Pokokoro informs Ateri that geroo tastes best fried fresh (as in still alive) in oil.

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Krakun occasionally eat their slaves. During their first meeting Pokokoro informs Ateri that geroo tastes best fried fresh (as in still alive) in oil.


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* SapientShip: The krakun prefer to use slave crews because they can't be hacked, [[spoiler: but New Gerootec and some other factions do use AI ship pilots.]]


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* SleeperStarship: ''Long Way Home'' reveals that some smaller starships are run on autopilot with their crew in hibernation induced by adjusting the atmosphere.
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* TattooAsCharacterType: Sourang and tureks use tattoos to display tribal affiliation among other things, though sourang can only put them on their ears as they have fur [[spoiler: Saquel rips the tattooed ears off the sourang pups his gang kills to conceal their sapience from the rest of the colony.]] Ringel favor piercings, even as kits.

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* TattooAsCharacterType: Sourang and tureks use tattoos to display tribal affiliation among other things, though sourang can only put them on their ears as they have fur fur. [[spoiler: Saquel rips the tattooed ears off the sourang pups his gang kills to conceal their sapience from the rest of the colony.]] Ringel favor piercings, even as kits.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Kanti in ''Fair Trade''.]]
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Captain Ateri, though he does have his [[GoodIsNotNice tough]] moments.
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Kanti and Tish.

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