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* ShipOutOfTheWater: Normally you wouldn't find a submarine in geosynchronous orbit over Mars, but with the magic of space elevators it's quite simple to hoist them up.
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* ShipOutOfTheWater: ShipOutOfWater: Normally you wouldn't find a submarine in geosynchronous orbit over Mars, but with the magic of space elevators it's quite simple to hoist them up.
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* NukeEm: A pirate vessel launches a nuke at the Japanese space elevator on Mars and damages it, which prompts the crew of ''Skipjack'' to go bounty hunting for the culprit. [[spoiler: Except it was really an American false flag.]]
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: Jackie accidentally steps on her glasses after a pressurization incident, and an ''intact' lens gets embedded in her heel.
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* BoardingParty: Done by the Skipjack crew against some pirates in chapter 9.
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* FloodedFutureWorld: Albeit a rare case where it's not Earth. Mars becomes an ocean planet with virtually no surface after the alien terraforming.
* HotSubOnSubAction: The story opens with such a fight between ''Skipjack'' and a pirate sub.
* HotSubOnSubAction: The story opens with such a fight between ''Skipjack'' and a pirate sub.
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* OnlyElectricSheepAreCheap: Genuine steak is quite expensive on Mars, doubly so if you decide to order the wagyu.
* PuppetState: Panama has been reduced to this by the United States, due to Uncle Sam wanting control of the space elevator.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Jackie has ''Skipjack'' ram a pirate sub in chapter 8.
* ShipOutOfTheWater: Normally you wouldn't find a submarine in geosynchronous orbit over Mars, but with the magic of space elevators it's quite simple to hoist them up.
* PuppetState: Panama has been reduced to this by the United States, due to Uncle Sam wanting control of the space elevator.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Jackie has ''Skipjack'' ram a pirate sub in chapter 8.
* ShipOutOfTheWater: Normally you wouldn't find a submarine in geosynchronous orbit over Mars, but with the magic of space elevators it's quite simple to hoist them up.
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* AmicableExes: Jackie divorced Trip years before the story began, but that doesn't stop her from keeping him on the ship as one of the crew.
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler: The US plan is to stage attacks on the Japanese space elevator with Russian subs.]]
* MilitaryBrat: Jackie is the daughter of a retired sub captain of the US Navy, and herself served as the XO of a Sturgeon-class.
* MilitaryBrat: Jackie is the daughter of a retired sub captain of the US Navy, and herself served as the XO of a Sturgeon-class.
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* Terraforming: SpacePirates: Though they are closer to real world pirates than anything, considering they are on maritime vessels that just happen to be on Mars.
* {{Terraforming}}: It's why Mars is an ocean world now.
* {{Terraforming}}: It's why Mars is an ocean world now.
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On this virgin world, the seas belong to all- superpowers like the US and Nigeria trying to claim their piece of the pie; pirates and revolutionaries running amok on a virtually lawless planet; and mercenary crews seeing the whole situation as a way to make bank.
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On this virgin world, the seas belong to all- superpowers like the US and Nigeria Congo trying to claim their piece of the pie; pirates and revolutionaries running amok on a virtually lawless planet; and mercenary crews seeing the whole situation as a way to make bank.
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* AlternateHistory: Automated alien technology changed the world in the 1950's even without humanity being able to reverse-engineer it an iota. Humanity has a much larger space presence thanks to the considerable lift of the space elevators and Mars becoming hospitable, Nigeria is a world power due to having the only land-based elevator, and dialogue implies the Soviet Union has fallen to the wayside.
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* AlternateHistory: Automated alien technology changed the world in the 1950's even without humanity being able to reverse-engineer it an iota. Humanity has a much larger space presence thanks to the considerable lift of the space elevators and Mars becoming hospitable, Nigeria Congo is a world power due to having the only land-based elevator, and dialogue implies the Soviet Union has fallen to the wayside.
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* SpaceElevator: Earth has three along the equator- one in Panama controlled by the US, one in Nigeria, and one in the seas owned by Japan.
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* SpaceElevator: Earth has three along the equator- one in Panama controlled by the US, one in Nigeria, Congo, and one in the seas owned by Japan.
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The crew of ''Skipjack'', a Balao-class submarine captained by JackieJackie Johnson, falls into the third category.
Written by Pineapple, ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/skipjack.93558/ Skipjack]]'' is an AlternateHistory science fiction story that reads closer to the unholy fusion of ''Literature/TheHuntForRedOctober'' and ''Literature/TheExpanse'' than anything else.
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* AlternateHistory: Automated alien technology changed the world in the 1950's even without humanity being able to reverse-engineer it an iota. Humanity has a much larger space presence thanks to the considerable lift of the space elevators and Mars becoming hospitable, Nigeria is a world power due to having the only land-based elevator, and dialogue implies the Soviet Union has fallen to the wayside.
* CoolShip / CoolStarship: Skipjack manages to be ''both''. It's a WWII-era attack submarine that can double as an interplanetary spacecraft with the right add-ons.
* SpaceElevator: Earth has three along the equator- one in Panama controlled by the US, one in Nigeria, and one in the seas owned by Japan.
* Terraforming: It's why Mars is an ocean world now.
Written by Pineapple, ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/skipjack.93558/ Skipjack]]'' is an AlternateHistory science fiction story that reads closer to the unholy fusion of ''Literature/TheHuntForRedOctober'' and ''Literature/TheExpanse'' than anything else.
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* AlternateHistory: Automated alien technology changed the world in the 1950's even without humanity being able to reverse-engineer it an iota. Humanity has a much larger space presence thanks to the considerable lift of the space elevators and Mars becoming hospitable, Nigeria is a world power due to having the only land-based elevator, and dialogue implies the Soviet Union has fallen to the wayside.
* CoolShip / CoolStarship: Skipjack manages to be ''both''. It's a WWII-era attack submarine that can double as an interplanetary spacecraft with the right add-ons.
* SpaceElevator: Earth has three along the equator- one in Panama controlled by the US, one in Nigeria, and one in the seas owned by Japan.
* Terraforming: It's why Mars is an ocean world now.
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-> ''February 9, 1999- Today we sank a Delta IV over Utopia Planitia.''
-->-- '''The captain's log for the first chapter'''
The year is 1999, but this isn't the Mars we know. The Red Planet no longer lives up to its moniker, thanks to the arrival of automated alien technology in the 1950's that terraformed the planet and also "gifted" Earth with a trio of space elevator superstructures. Racing to take advantage of the key to the solar system, the great powers repurpose their submarines as ad-hoc spaceships, which return to their original role as they plop down into an alien ocean.
On this virgin world, the seas belong to all- superpowers like the US and Nigeria trying to claim their piece of the pie; pirates and revolutionaries running amok on a virtually lawless planet; and mercenary crews seeing the whole situation as a way to make bank.
The crew of ''Skipjack'', a Balao-class submarine captained by Jackie
-->-- '''The captain's log for the first chapter'''
The year is 1999, but this isn't the Mars we know. The Red Planet no longer lives up to its moniker, thanks to the arrival of automated alien technology in the 1950's that terraformed the planet and also "gifted" Earth with a trio of space elevator superstructures. Racing to take advantage of the key to the solar system, the great powers repurpose their submarines as ad-hoc spaceships, which return to their original role as they plop down into an alien ocean.
On this virgin world, the seas belong to all- superpowers like the US and Nigeria trying to claim their piece of the pie; pirates and revolutionaries running amok on a virtually lawless planet; and mercenary crews seeing the whole situation as a way to make bank.
The crew of ''Skipjack'', a Balao-class submarine captained by Jackie
