History Literature / MuvLuvAlternativeTotalEclipse

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The [=BETA=].

* BatmanGambit: Yuuya's plan for the team mock battle in Episode 3. [[spoiler: He takes a Strike Eagle and has Tarisa take the ACTV Eagle to lull her into a false sense of security, then maneuvers her into a position where Stella can snipe her, knowing that he can't beat her in close combat and the ACTV will allow her to evade his fire.]]

* OutOfFocus: Yui takes a back seat in episodes 3-5 so that more character development time can be given to the other characters.

* DecoyProtagonist: The prologue chapter (LN) and episodes (anime) follow Yui Takamura, before episode 3 switches to Yuuya Bridges' viewpoint.

US viewers may watch this legally on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/total-eclipse Crunchyroll.]]

* AirplaneArms: Inia

* {{Gorn}}: Episode 2. [[spoiler: Yui is forced to watch as her friends are eaten alive, complete with internal organ removal. {{Squick}}]]

* InSeriesNickname: All of the pilots in episode 3 end up giving each other nicknames, such as Yuuya being called [[Film/TopGun Top Gun]] due to being a Japanese-American citizen.

* MultinationalTeam: Argos Flight, which has Nepali, Swedish, Italian, and American pilots, and is commanded by a Turkish officer with a Japanese 2nd in command.

* {{DecoyProtagonist}}: The prologue chapter (LN) and episodes (anime) follow Yui Takamura, before episode 3 switches to Yuuya Bridges' viewpoint.

In 1998, BETA make landfall on Kyushu island, and in short order Kyoto, the capital of Imperial Japan, is lost, despite a desperate defense.

Enter 2nd lieutenant Yuuya Bridges of the US Army, for whom assignment to the Project [[ReassignedToAntarctica felt too much like a demotion]], 1st lieutenant Yui Takamura of the Imperial Royal Guards, head of the Japanese side of the XFJ program, and the "[[RedBaron Scarlet Sisters]]", 2nd lieutenants Cryska Barchenowa and Inia Sestina of the Soviet Army. Coming together from different backgrounds, their respective pasts and meeting at Yukon, along with the other participants in Project PROMINENCE, has important consequences for the Project, and indeed Yukon itself.

** Yuuya's previous assignment was as a test pilot at Groom Lake, Nevada, aka Area 51.

* MultinationalTeam: Argos Flight, which has Nepali, Swedish, Italian, and American pilots, and is commanded by a Turkish and a Japanese officer.

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** Despite being optimised for close combat, the Type-94 Shiranui can have four 36mm autocannons firing at once, on the same target. In fact, this 'gunsweeper' loadout can be fitted on pretty much any TSF and is a central part of TSF combat doctrine.
** In supplemental materials, this is the entire point of the A-10, which carries a ''ridiculous'' number of guns, and is the only TSF to have shoulder-mounted [{GatlingGood gatling guns]].

Set in the universe of ''MuvLuvAlternative'', ''Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse'' is a sidestory first serialized in Tech Gian, and later published as a series of light novels. An animated adaptation (the first story in the franchise to do so), titled ''Total Eclipse'', began airing on July 2nd, 2012.

''Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse'' is a MuvLuvAlternative sidestory published as a series of light novels, which received an animated adaptation that began airing on July 2nd, 2012.

The year is 2001. As Imperial Japan defends the front lines of the Far East, it faces difficulties in the development of a next-generation [=TSF=]. A solution appears in the [=XFJ=] program, a joint development between the US and Japan, under the auspicious of Project PROMINENCE, a UN-sponsored program intended to spur next-generation TSF development, using test pilots, scientists and engineers from around the world, gathering at Alaska's Yukon Base.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: One of the main BETA types is effectively like bulldozer capable of walking right through concrete buildings and shrugs off TSF rifle fire due to the thick carapace on it's forequarters; the same rifles are quite effective when aimed at their unarmoured rear.

** This is in part why Imperial Japan needs the [=XFJ=] program, as the Shiranui is too specialised to be upgraded, and requires a completely new TSF to be developed.

* {{DecoyProtagonist}}: The prologue episodes follow Yui Takemura, before episode 3 switches to Yuuya Bridges' viewpoint.

* GlassCannon: Laser-class [=BETA=] can be killed with infantry small arms. The hard part is killing them before they snipe you out of the sky.

* TheRemnant: Alaska houses the remnants of nations that have fallen to BETA, such as the European Union, and the Soviet Union, which is leasing Alaska from the US.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Or rather [[spoiler: Better to Be Shot Than ''Eaten Alive''.]]

* CripplingOverspecialization: This is in part why Imperial Japan needs the [=XFJ=] program, as the Shiranui is too specialised to be upgraded, and requires a completely new TSF to be developed.

** In supplemental materials, this is the entire point of the A-10.

* TheRemnant: Alaska houses the remnants of nations that have falled to BETA, such as the European Union, and the Soviet Union, which is leasing Alaska from the US.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: One of the main BETA types is effectivly like bulldozer capable of walking right through concrete buildings and shrugs off TSF rifle fire due to the thick carapace on it's forequarters, the same rifles are quite effective when aimed at their unarmoured rear.

** Yuuya's previous assignment was as a test pilot at Groom Lake, nevada, aka Area 51.

''Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse'' is a MuvLuv Alternative sidestory published as a series of light novels, which received an animated adaptation that began airing on July 2nd, 2012.