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* [[CatsAreMean Slag]], the ship's cat, whose two purposes in life are to fight rats and bully Harkins.
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* [[CatsAreMean Slag]], the ship's cat, whose two purposes in life are to fight fighting rats and bully bullying Harkins.
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* ArmourIsUseless: Averted. The Ketty Jay only has a few fixed machine guns, a single autocannon and a mediocre gunner in Malvery, but can still swat down enemy fighters because it has so much armour that it can tank anything short of an autocannon round. Likewise, Bess the Golem can soak gunfire and an armoured Century Knight took a point-blank shotgun blast which just stunned him.
* BadassAdorable: Bess. One minute she'll be tearing through an armoured ship, the next she'll be singing lullabies and acting grumpy if she isn't read her bedtime story on time.
* BadBoss: Frey almost starts off as one, he's not abusive to his crew but initially he didn't give a rat's ass about them, thinking they're just a bunch of transient scoundrels. He improves as he and the crew bond in the first book.
* BadassCrew: The crew of the Ketty Jay, who all have their strengths and weaknesses, but some of them are the best or near-best in their respective fields.
* BaitAndSwitch: The funeral at the end of [[spoiler: book four. It seems as though the crew are lamenting the Cap'n until "He was a damn fine cat" is uttered.]]
* BerserkButton: Pinn has one when he's teased about his sweetheart supposedly waiting for him back home.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Bess is very sweet towards Crake, but she will tear men apart if she has to. Crake himself can also count.
* {{BFG}}: Century Knight Colden Grudge is a very big man. Big enough to carry a ship's autocannon as his main gun.
* BigGood: The Century Knights. [[BlackAndGreyMorality Kinda.]] They're mostly enforcers for the Archduke, but they often act as heroic as their reputation if it doesn't interfere with their duty.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Frey and his crew are definitely grey, they've all done their share of bad things, and they'll kill to avoid being killed, but they won't kill without reason. They even express shock and horror when someone is murdered in front of them for the pettiest of reasons.
** The Awakeners heavily tread the fine line between grey and black, despite being a supposedly spiritual religious faction, and the Century Knights are ultimately grey, but also the closest you'll get to white in the ''Ketty Jay'' universe.
* BloodKnight: Silo used to be one with a taste for slaughtering enemies, but it's Bess that's the winner here. Bess has a child's delight in slaughter and loves making things (and people) fall apart in her hands. Only Crake mitigate her rampage, but anyone can order her to attack as she loves to hit.
* BadassAdorable: Bess. One minute she'll be tearing through an armoured ship, the next she'll be singing lullabies and acting grumpy if she isn't read her bedtime story on time.
* BadBoss: Frey almost starts off as one, he's not abusive to his crew but initially he didn't give a rat's ass about them, thinking they're just a bunch of transient scoundrels. He improves as he and the crew bond in the first book.
* BadassCrew: The crew of the Ketty Jay, who all have their strengths and weaknesses, but some of them are the best or near-best in their respective fields.
* BaitAndSwitch: The funeral at the end of [[spoiler: book four. It seems as though the crew are lamenting the Cap'n until "He was a damn fine cat" is uttered.]]
* BerserkButton: Pinn has one when he's teased about his sweetheart supposedly waiting for him back home.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Bess is very sweet towards Crake, but she will tear men apart if she has to. Crake himself can also count.
* {{BFG}}: Century Knight Colden Grudge is a very big man. Big enough to carry a ship's autocannon as his main gun.
* BigGood: The Century Knights. [[BlackAndGreyMorality Kinda.]] They're mostly enforcers for the Archduke, but they often act as heroic as their reputation if it doesn't interfere with their duty.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Frey and his crew are definitely grey, they've all done their share of bad things, and they'll kill to avoid being killed, but they won't kill without reason. They even express shock and horror when someone is murdered in front of them for the pettiest of reasons.
** The Awakeners heavily tread the fine line between grey and black, despite being a supposedly spiritual religious faction, and the Century Knights are ultimately grey, but also the closest you'll get to white in the ''Ketty Jay'' universe.
* BloodKnight: Silo used to be one with a taste for slaughtering enemies, but it's Bess that's the winner here. Bess has a child's delight in slaughter and loves making things (and people) fall apart in her hands. Only Crake mitigate her rampage, but anyone can order her to attack as she loves to hit.
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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: In ''The Ace of Skulls'', [[spoiler:Trinica is captured and made into an Imperator.]]
* ArmourIsUseless: Averted. The Ketty Jay only has a few fixed machine guns, a single autocannon and a mediocre gunner in Malvery, butcan still swat down enemy fighters because it has so much armour that it can tank anything short of an autocannon round. Likewise, Bess the Golem can soak gunfire and an gunfire. One heavily armoured Century Knight took takes a point-blank shotgun blast which that just stunned stuns him.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The juggernaut that rises from the ruined Azryx city.
* BadassAdorable: Bess. One minuteshe'll be she's tearing through an armoured ship, the next she'll be she's singing lullabies and acting grumpy if she isn't read her bedtime story on time.
story.
* BadBoss: At the beginning, Freyalmost starts off as one, he's not abusive to his crew but initially he didn't doesn't give a rat's ass about them, his crew, thinking they're just of them as a bunch of replaceable transient scoundrels. He improves as After significant CharacterDevelopment, he sheds this attitude and the crew bond in the first book.
comes to see them as family.
* BadassCrew: The crew of the KettyJay, who Jay all have their strengths and weaknesses, but some most of them are the best or near-best in their respective fields.
fields. They routinely win fights that a random gang of ruffians shouldn't survive, to the point where even the Century Knights are surprised at how hard they are to kill.
* BaitAndSwitch: The funeral at the end of[[spoiler: book four. It [[spoiler:It seems as though the crew are lamenting the Cap'n Cap'n, until "He was a damn fine cat" is uttered.uttered, revealing that the funeral is for Slag.]]
* BerserkButton: Pinnhas one flies into a rage when he's teased about his the sweetheart supposedly waiting for him back home.
home. Since Pinn is TheFriendNobodyLikes, the others regularly push the button anyway, especially Malvery.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Bess is very sweet towards Crake, but she will tearmen a man apart if she has to. to, or even if she's just allowed to.
** Crake himselfcan also count.
counts. He's an aristocratic gentleman who prefers to fight indirectly using his gadgets. However, when an Imperator has [[spoiler:his girlfriend Samandra]] hostage in ''The Ace of Skulls'', Crake [[BoomHeadshot shoots the Imperator]] over the hostage's shoulder without breaking stride.
** Jez is one of the kinder members of the crew and very easy to get along with. When her Mane side takes over, she can rip dozens of men apart in minutes.
* {{BFG}}: Century Knight Colden Grudge isa very big man. Big enough to carry a ship's autocannon as his main go-to gun.
* BigGood: The Century Knights. [[BlackAndGreyMorality Kinda.]] They're mostly enforcers for the Archduke, but they often act as heroic as their reputation if it doesn't interfere with their duty.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Frey and his crew are definitely grey, they've have all done their share of bad things, and they'll kill to avoid being killed, but they won't kill without reason. They even express shock Their heroism is more often than not accidental, but it does still save the day.
** It helps that their enemies, especially the Samarlans andhorror when someone is murdered Awakeners, are firmly in front of them for the pettiest of reasons.
black territory.
** TheAwakeners heavily tread the fine line between grey and black, despite being a supposedly spiritual religious faction, and the Century Knights are ultimately grey, but also gray as well. Despite mainly fighting on the closest you'll get side of good, their first duty is to white in the ''Ketty Jay'' universe.
Archduke, and they're led by ObstructiveBureaucrat Kedmund Drave.
* BloodKnight: Silo used to beone a rebel leader with a taste for slaughtering enemies, but it's Bess that's the winner here. enemies. He mellowed out after one operation cost far too much and led to his exile even from rebel-held territory.
** Bess has a child's delight in slaughter and loves making things (and people) fall apart in her hands. Only Crake can mitigate herrampage, rampages.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The Ketty Jay is an entire ship full of them.
** Pinn is an asshole and Harkins is scared of his own shadow, butanyone can order her to attack as she loves to hit. they're the two best pilots in Vardia.
** Malvery is drunk most of the time, but remains an excellent surgeon (mostly).
** Crake is an aristocratic failson bumming around with a pirate crew. He's also probably the second-best daemonist in the world, and easily the best at jury-rigged field daemonism.
* ArmourIsUseless: Averted. The Ketty Jay only has a few fixed machine guns, a single autocannon and a mediocre gunner in Malvery, but
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The juggernaut that rises from the ruined Azryx city.
* BadassAdorable: Bess. One minute
* BadBoss: At the beginning, Frey
* BadassCrew: The crew of the Ketty
* BaitAndSwitch: The funeral at the end of
* BerserkButton: Pinn
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Bess is very sweet towards Crake, but she will tear
** Crake himself
** Jez is one of the kinder members of the crew and very easy to get along with. When her Mane side takes over, she can rip dozens of men apart in minutes.
* {{BFG}}: Century Knight Colden Grudge is
** It helps that their enemies, especially the Samarlans and
** The
* BloodKnight: Silo used to be
** Bess has a child's delight in slaughter and loves making things (and people) fall apart in her hands. Only Crake can mitigate her
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The Ketty Jay is an entire ship full of them.
** Pinn is an asshole and Harkins is scared of his own shadow, but
** Malvery is drunk most of the time, but remains an excellent surgeon (mostly).
** Crake is an aristocratic failson bumming around with a pirate crew. He's also probably the second-best daemonist in the world, and easily the best at jury-rigged field daemonism.
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** Frey himself, sometimes it seems as if life is out to get him, no matter what he does. Though, once again, sometimes it ''is'' his own fault.
* CoolAirship: The Ketty Jay manages to be this, despite being quite an old and outdated model at the time the novel is set. Apparently she's patched together in such a haphazzard way, that only Frey can really fly her to her full potential.
* CoolAirship: The Ketty Jay manages to be this, despite being quite an old and outdated model at the time the novel is set. Apparently she's patched together in such a haphazzard way, that only Frey can really fly her to her full potential.
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** Frey himself, sometimes thinks of himself as one. Sometimes it seems as if life is out to get him, no matter what he does. Though, though once again, sometimes it ''is'' his own fault.
* CoolAirship: The Ketty Jay manages to be this, despite being quite an old and outdated model at the time the novel is set.Apparently she's She's patched together in such a haphazzard way, haphazard way that only Frey can really fly her to her full potential.
* CoolAirship: The Ketty Jay manages to be this, despite being quite an old and outdated model at the time the novel is set.
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* HellOnEarth: After the Awakeners had created their demonic Imperators, the leaders of the Awakeners also became possessed including the Lord High Cryptographer. Possessed, the Awakeners planned to a demonic invasion of the world.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The Century Knights are clearly this. They are an law-keeping organization whose each member has a very specific appearance and who all seem to embody the general feel of a pulp adventurer.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The Century Knights are clearly this. They are an law-keeping organization whose each member has a very specific appearance and who all seem to embody the general feel of a pulp adventurer.
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* HellOnEarth: After the Awakeners had created their demonic Imperators, the leaders of the Awakeners also became possessed including the Lord High Cryptographer. Possessed, the Awakeners planned to a demonic invasion of the world.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The Century Knights areclearly this. They are an law-keeping organization whose each a special league of roving enforcers for the Archduke of Vardia. Each member has a very specific appearance an individual costume and who all seem to embody the general feel of a fighting style, and get sent on pulp adventurer.adventures that only sometimes cross the Ketty Jay's path. There are even comic books about them.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The Century Knights are
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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:After Slag's death, the unnamed female cat is revealed to be carrying his kittens.]]
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Picture, for a few seconds, a tale of scallywag [[SkyPirate sky pirates]] trying to survive beneath the notice of the law. A tale of {{steampunk}} airship pirates. And now that we have your attention...
''Tales of the Ketty Jay'' is a series of four [[ScienceFantasy sci-fi fantasy]] books by Chris Wooding which focuses on an aircraft called the Ketty Jay, owned and piloted by Darian Frey, and her [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits ragtag crew.]]
We follow the ship from the arrival of Jezibeth "Jez" Kyte, the new navigator. She discovers that everyone on this ship has a reason to leave the world behind. Meanwhile, the world keeps trying to drag the crew into the schemes of the great and powerful.
The series plays in a well-established toolbox and doesn't add much (apart from psychological depth), but is damn good fun. The series is now concluded, and consists of four books: ''Retribution Falls'', ''The Black Lung Captain'', ''The Iron Jackal'', and ''The Ace of Skulls''.
''Tales of the Ketty Jay'' is a series of four [[ScienceFantasy sci-fi fantasy]] books by Chris Wooding which focuses on an aircraft called the Ketty Jay, owned and piloted by Darian Frey, and her [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits ragtag crew.]]
We follow the ship from the arrival of Jezibeth "Jez" Kyte, the new navigator. She discovers that everyone on this ship has a reason to leave the world behind. Meanwhile, the world keeps trying to drag the crew into the schemes of the great and powerful.
The series plays in a well-established toolbox and doesn't add much (apart from psychological depth), but is damn good fun. The series is now concluded, and consists of four books: ''Retribution Falls'', ''The Black Lung Captain'', ''The Iron Jackal'', and ''The Ace of Skulls''.
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''Tales of the Ketty Jay'' is a
The ''Ketty Jay'' is a freebooting aircraft
We follow
The
* [[TheCaptain Darian]] [[ByronicHero Frey]], a perpetual ne'er-do-well whose only talents are attracting interesting people and making dubiously legal money. Frey pines for [[TheLostLenore Trinica]], the woman he left at the altar, though she's not dead but [[PirateGirl roaming the skies]] as Frey's arch-nemesis.
* [[TheNavigator Jezibeth]] [[SuperSenses Kyte]], a newcomer to the crew whose skills come from an unlikely source: she died months ago and is being kept alive by the Manes, a legion of daemons who want Jez to join their HiveMind.
* [[GadgeteerGenius Grayther]] [[DefectorFromDecadence Crake]], son of a NouveauRiche family who fled the estate after his experiments with dark magic led to the death of his four-year-old cousin Bess.
* [[AnimatedArmor Bess]] [[TheBerserker herself]], who survived the accident as a child's soul bound to a hulking suit of armor.
* [[RebelLeader Silopethkai]] [[TheStoic Auramaktama]] [[OverlyLongName Faillinana]], machinist on the ''Ketty Jay'' and a former freedom fighter driven out from his clan.
* [[BackAlleyDoctor Althazar]] [[TheAlcoholic Malvery]], a war hero reduced to working as doctor on the ''Ketty Jay'' after drunkenly botching an operation.
* [[CowardlyLion Jandrew]] [[AcePilot Harkins]], one of the ship's two outfliers, a gifted pilot whose wartime experiences have reduced him to a twitchy mess.
* [[MilesGloriosus Artis]] [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Pinn]], the other outflier, convinced he's a "Hero of the Skies" who will one day return in triumph to the (married) girl he left at home.
* [[SixthRanger Ashua]] [[SatisfiedStreetRat Vode]], who joins the crew in ''The Iron Jackal'' when her side gig as an intelligence asset goes awry.
* [[CatsAreMean Slag]], the ship's cat, whose two purposes in life are to fight rats and bully Harkins.
The story plays in a well-established toolbox and doesn't add much (apart from psychological depth), but is damn good fun. The series is now concluded, and consists of four
* ''Retribution
* ''The Black Lung
* ''The Iron
* ''The Ace of
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* ActionGirl: Jez and Samandra Bree are incredible combatants. To a much lesser extent, Trinica Dracken who is willing to throw down in a gunfight but is acknowledged as just competent in battle. Later when Ashua makes her appearance, she gave a good fight to Frey and nearly parkour escapes him, she's also an expert at combat driving.
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* ActionGirl: Jez and Samandra Bree are incredible combatants. To a much lesser extent, combatants, the former due to her daemonic strength and senses and the latter due to training. Trinica Dracken who is also willing to throw down in a gunfight gunfight, but is acknowledged as just competent in battle. Later when on, Ashua makes her appearance, she gave gives Frey a good fight to Frey and nearly parkour escapes him, him with parkour; she's also an expert at combat driving.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Trinica Dracken. [[spoiler: She was once engaged to one Darian Frey, and found out she was pregnant just before they were due to get married. Frey got cold feet and ran away, leaving Trinica at the alter. She then ends up killing their unborn child in a botched suicide attempt, and eventually runs away from home, only to end up amongst a pirate crew. They brutally raped her and treated her as nothing more than a pet until she had the courage to stab the Captain in the neck, and take over the ship for herself.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: The first book has a set of rules for the card game Rake in the back.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Ashua is a savvy street punk who's been through a lot of scraps and adventures in her young life, but when she sees Bess and Jez in battle she notes that she's the Ketty Jay's 3rd most dangerous female. This also happens to Crake, he's one of the greatest daemonists in the world...and then he encounters the [[WorldsGreatestWarrior World's Greatest Daemonist]] in the form of Century Knight, Morben Kyne. Kyne's so good that Crake didn't even realize that everything Kyne was wearing is enchanted (and Crake has nothing but admiration).
* AllThereInTheManual: The first book has a set of rules for the card game Rake in the back.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Ashua is a savvy street punk who's been through a lot of scraps and adventures in her young life, but when she sees Bess and Jez in battle she notes that she's the Ketty Jay's 3rd most dangerous female. This also happens to Crake, he's one of the greatest daemonists in the world...and then he encounters the [[WorldsGreatestWarrior World's Greatest Daemonist]] in the form of Century Knight, Morben Kyne. Kyne's so good that Crake didn't even realize that everything Kyne was wearing is enchanted (and Crake has nothing but admiration).
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* AlasPoorVillain: Trinica Dracken. [[spoiler: She was once engaged to one Darian Frey, Frey and found out she was pregnant just before they were due to get married. with his child. Frey got cold feet and ran away, leaving left Trinica at the alter. She then ends up killing altar. A despairing Trinica botched a suicide attempt that killed their unborn child in a botched suicide attempt, and eventually runs child, then ran away from home, only home to end up amongst join a pirate crew. They crew -- who brutally abused and raped her and treated her as nothing more than a pet until she had the courage to stab stabbed the Captain in the neck, neck and take took over the ship for herself.]]
** By the final book, we learn that her suffering hasn't ended. She's a prisoner on her own ship, forced to keep up an intimidating charade for fear her crew will turn on her at the first sign of weakness. And that's before [[spoiler:she gets turned into an Imperator.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: The first bookhas includes a set of rules for the card game Rake in the back.
Rake.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Ashua is a savvy street punk who's been through a lot of scraps and adventures in her young life, but when she sees Bess and Jez inbattle battle, she notes that she's the Ketty Jay's 3rd most third-most dangerous female. This also happens to Crake, he's woman.
** Crake is one of the greatest daemonists in the world...and then he encounters the [[WorldsGreatestWarrior World's Greatest Daemonist]] in the form of CenturyKnight, Knight Morben Kyne. Kyne's so good that Crake didn't even realize that everything Kyne was he's wearing is an entire suit of enchanted (and equipment that Crake has nothing but admiration).doesn't even notice.
** By the final book, we learn that her suffering hasn't ended. She's a prisoner on her own ship, forced to keep up an intimidating charade for fear her crew will turn on her at the first sign of weakness. And that's before [[spoiler:she gets turned into an Imperator.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: The first book
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Ashua is a savvy street punk who's been through a lot of scraps and adventures in her young life, but when she sees Bess and Jez in
** Crake is one of the greatest daemonists in the world...and then he encounters the [[WorldsGreatestWarrior World's Greatest Daemonist]] in the form of Century
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* BadassAdorable: Bess, ''hands down''. One minute she'll be tearing through an armoured ship, the next she'll be cooing and singing lullabies.
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* BadassAdorable: Bess, ''hands down''. Bess. One minute she'll be tearing through an armoured ship, the next she'll be cooing and singing lullabies.lullabies and acting grumpy if she isn't read her bedtime story on time.
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* {{BFG}}: Century Knight, Colden Grudge is a very big man. Big enough to carry a ship's autocannon as his main gun.
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* {{BFG}}: Century Knight, Knight Colden Grudge is a very big man. Big enough to carry a ship's autocannon as his main gun.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Morben Kyne never takes off his mask, wears daemon-thralled armor everywhere, and generally creeps everybody out -- but proves to be a kind and humble man who's full of praise for Crake's achievements in daemonism, despite being the clearly superior daemonist himself.
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* DeaderThanDead: After getting burnt to a blacken crisp by a flamethrower, the crew thought Jez was done for sure. [[NotQuiteDead Except that wasn't quite the case...]]
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* {{Expy}}: The main crew clearly started out based on the cast of {{Series/Firefly}}, with Frey as Mal, Silo as Zoe, Harkins as Wash, Pinn as Jayne, Jez as Kaylee, Crake as Simon, and Bess as River. Ashua and Malvery don't really fit with Inara or Book, but otherwise, it's quite close.
** Of course, it's not just a straight adaptation. Frey is a more morally gray figure than Malcolm Reynolds, for example, and quite willing to fight dirty to save his own life. Harkins is as gifted a pilot as Wash, but he's too jittery to crack jokes, and is unlikely to marry Silo. Et cetera.
** Of course, it's not just a straight adaptation. Frey is a more morally gray figure than Malcolm Reynolds, for example, and quite willing to fight dirty to save his own life. Harkins is as gifted a pilot as Wash, but he's too jittery to crack jokes, and is unlikely to marry Silo. Et cetera.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Darian Frey.
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** Pinn, though it's usually his own fault. He just can't keep his mouth shut.
** Frey himself, sometimes it seems as if life is out to get him, no matter what he does. Though, once again, sometimes it ''is'' his own fault.
** Pinn, though it's usually his own fault. He just can't keep his mouth shut.
** Frey himself, sometimes it seems as if life is out to get him, no matter what he does. Though, once again, sometimes it ''is'' his own fault.
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* [[StandardStarshipScuffle Standard Airship Scuffle]]: Despite having the technology for them, there are no anti-ship missiles in this world, so battles in the sky are usually fought with capital airships pounding on each other using cannons and autocannons, with fighter jets doing some raking machine gun fire on vulnerable sections and mostly having an OldSchoolDogfight with each other.
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* [[StandardStarshipScuffle Standard Airship Scuffle]]: StandardStarshipScuffle: Despite having the technology for them, there are no anti-ship missiles in this world, so battles in the sky are usually fought with capital airships pounding on each other using cannons and autocannons, with fighter jets doing some raking machine gun fire on vulnerable sections and mostly having an OldSchoolDogfight with each other.
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* {{Utopia}}: The Thacians do civilization and art better than everyone else, and everyone knows it.
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* BiggerBad: The Awakeners were the main bad guys, but their backers and later betrayers were the Samarlans.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The Awakeners were the main bad guys, but their backers and later betrayers were the Samarlans.
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* BaitAndSwitch: The funeral at the end of [[spoiler: book four. It seems as though the crew are lamenting the Cap'n until "He was a damn fine cat" is uttered.]]
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* CurbStompBattle: The Manes are a race of undead super-human creatures known for killing everything in their path without exception. In the second book, a legion of them comes across a handful of Century Knights with Bess and the Ketty Jay crew. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The Manes never stood a chance.]]
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* CurbStompBattle: The Manes are a race of undead super-human creatures known for killing everything in their path without exception. In the second book, a legion of them comes across a handful of Century Knights with Bess and the Ketty Jay crew. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The Manes never stood a chance.]]
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The captain is a drug addict with commitment issues, the medic is an alcoholic SadClown, the mechanic is an escaped slave, the wingmen are a delusional fantastist and a ShellShockedVeteran, the MagiTek guy is wanted for manslaughter, the navigator is a HalfHumanHybrid... ''[[MisfitMobilizationMoment and you cross them]] [[CrowningmomentOfAwesome at your peril]]''.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The captain is a drug addict with commitment issues, the medic is an alcoholic SadClown, the mechanic is an escaped slave, the wingmen are a delusional fantastist and a ShellShockedVeteran, the MagiTek guy is wanted for manslaughter, the navigator is a HalfHumanHybrid... ''[[MisfitMobilizationMoment and you cross them]] [[CrowningmomentOfAwesome them at your peril]]''.
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* TheFellowshipHasEnded: At the end of the story, half of the Ketty Jay crew move on. Jez has joined the Manes, Crake takes up with Samandra Bree and is studying under Morben Kyne, Bess joins the army of Golems, Pinn is getting married and Harkins becomes a flight instructor for the Coalition Navy. The rest of the crew stay together with ex-pirate queen Trinica joining them and they intend to keep in touch.
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* TheFellowshipHasEnded: [[spoiler: At the end of the story, half of the Ketty Jay crew move on. Jez has joined the Manes, Crake takes up with Samandra Bree and is studying under Morben Kyne, Bess joins the army of Golems, Pinn is getting married and Harkins becomes a flight instructor for the Coalition Navy. The rest of the crew stay together with ex-pirate queen Trinica joining them and they intend to keep in touch.]]
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* TheFriendNoOneLikes: Pinn is an flatuent idiot who's dangerously clumsy with a gun when he's not flying a fighter plane. No one really likes him on the crew, but they do sometimes miss him whenever he disappears as he's an idiot that everyone can blame.
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* BigGood: The Century Knights. [[BlackAndGreyMorality Kinda.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Darian Frey
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Darian FreyFrey, he's a selfish dick but there's no doubting he cares about his crew and enough of conscience remains that he will feel guilty if he's in the wrong.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Archduke does much to prevent the murdering of daemonists by the Awakeners. While he has good reason to hate Frey, he's able to move past this and let Frey take command of a strike force (he's the most qualified to lead it). He also eventually forgives Frey and awards Frey's crew for their heroics.
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* ThatManIsDead: Silo was a rebel leader who's got an [[UnstoppableRage uncontrollable temper]] and a hate for the Samarlan and Dak. After doing one last job for the rebels, he realizes he no longer feels he belongs with the rebels and doesn't hate the Dak and Samarlan anymore. [[Spoiler: At the end of the series, Trinica declares her pirate queen dead and joins the crew permanently.]]
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* ThatManIsDead: Silo was a rebel leader who's got an [[UnstoppableRage uncontrollable temper]] and a hate for the Samarlan and Dak. After doing one last job for the rebels, he realizes he no longer feels he belongs with the rebels and doesn't hate the Dak and Samarlan anymore. [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: At the end of the series, Trinica declares her pirate queen dead and joins the crew permanently.]]
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* CorruptChurch: The Awakeners are appear to be a benign religion of unity, based on the ramblings of the last king. However they have religiously persecuted daemonists so they can have a monopoly on demon use. They also have a deal with an enemy nation, the Samarlan, trading future influence for Azryx relics. Finally the upper echelon of the Awakeners intend on starting a demonic invasion.
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Awakeners have religiously persecuted demonists so they can have a monopoly on demon use. They also have a deal with an enemy nation, the Samarlan, of future influence for Azryx relics.
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* DemonSlaying: After a certain incident, breaking the curse of the Iron Jackal is no longer an option for Frey. Good thing, Crake had a back-up plan. When the Iron Jackal fully materialized, Crake had experimental anti-demon machines ready. Frey, Ugrik and Crake were able to corner the Iron Jackal with these machines, before Frey stabs it with his demon-bound cutlass.
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* DemonSlaying: After a certain incident, breaking the curse of the Iron Jackal is no longer an option for Frey. Good thing, Crake had a back-up plan. When the Iron Jackal fully materialized, Crake had experimental anti-demon machines ready. Frey, Ugrik and Crake were able to corner the Iron Jackal with these machines, before Frey stabs it with his demon-bound cutlass. Later on, Crake will end up killing 3 demonic Imperators with the help of an amulet he made.
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** Also what happens when the Manes get a hold of you.
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** Also what everyone believes happens when the Manes get a hold of you.you.
* TheFellowshipHasEnded: At the end of the story, half of the Ketty Jay crew move on. Jez has joined the Manes, Crake takes up with Samandra Bree and is studying under Morben Kyne, Bess joins the army of Golems, Pinn is getting married and Harkins becomes a flight instructor for the Coalition Navy. The rest of the crew stay together with ex-pirate queen Trinica joining them and they intend to keep in touch.
* TheFellowshipHasEnded: At the end of the story, half of the Ketty Jay crew move on. Jez has joined the Manes, Crake takes up with Samandra Bree and is studying under Morben Kyne, Bess joins the army of Golems, Pinn is getting married and Harkins becomes a flight instructor for the Coalition Navy. The rest of the crew stay together with ex-pirate queen Trinica joining them and they intend to keep in touch.
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* MedalsForEveryone: Almost all of the Ketty Jay crew are given medals by the Archduke at an award ceremony for their heroics in the battle of Thesk, Frey didn't get one as it'd be too awkward politically (he once killed the Archduke's son) and neither did Ashua though she did get a pardon for treason.
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* KillItWithFire: This happens to Jez. While going berserk, she was FlashStepping through Awakener bullets, unfortunately one of the assault team had a flamethrower and Jez can't avoid a flaming gas cloud. Getting torched, downed her so the Awakener gave her a second helping...
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* KillItWithFire: This happens to Jez. Jez in their battle to capture an Imperator. While going berserk, she was FlashStepping FlashStep through Awakener bullets, unfortunately one of the assault team had a flamethrower and Jez can't avoid a flaming gas cloud. Getting torched, downed her so the Awakener gave her a second helping...
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* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The Century Knights are outfitted by the Archduke and his secret daemonists. One of these daemonists, Morben Kyne is also an active warrior for the Century Knights and he provided about half of their special equipment. Crake has a similar role for the Ketty Jay though he's not nearly so prolific.
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* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The Century Knights are outfitted by the Archduke and his secret daemonists. One of these daemonists, Morben Kyne is also an active warrior for the Century Knights and he provided about half of their special equipment. equipment including XRayVision goggles, [[HomingProjectile enemy-seeking demon bullets]] and an army of golems! Crake has a similar role for the Ketty Jay though he's not nearly so prolific.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Ashua is a savvy street punk who's been through a lot of scraps and adventures in her young life, but when she sees Bess and Jez in battle she notes that she's the Ketty Jay's 3rd most dangerous female.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Ashua is a savvy street punk who's been through a lot of scraps and adventures in her young life, but when she sees Bess and Jez in battle she notes that she's the Ketty Jay's 3rd most dangerous female. This also happens to Crake, he's one of the greatest daemonists in the world...and then he encounters the [[WorldsGreatestWarrior World's Greatest Daemonist]] in the form of Century Knight, Morben Kyne. Kyne's so good that Crake didn't even realize that everything Kyne was wearing is enchanted (and Crake has nothing but admiration).
* BiggerBad: The Awakeners were the main bad guys, but their backers and later betrayers were the Samarlans.
* DeaderThanDead: After getting burnt to a blacken crisp by a flamethrower, the crew thought Jez was done for sure. [[NotQuiteDead Except that wasn't quite the case...]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Amalicia Thade had been screwed over by Frey twice, but what would lead her to betray the Ketty Jay crew and the Century Knights in an ambush that led to Jez's death? Amalicia was feeling horny while her new husband was away and wanted Frey to have sex with her, unfortunately Frey [[TheLoinsSleepTonight couldn't get it up that time]].
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* {{Golem}}: Bess is a hulking armoured suit that's animated by a sliver of a dead girl's soul. As a golem, Bess is so strong that she can tear through thick, solid steel with ease and hold down packs of demons that have SuperStrength.
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* {{Golem}}: Bess is a hulking armoured suit that's animated by a sliver of a dead girl's soul. As a golem, Bess is so strong that she can tear through thick, solid steel with ease and hold down packs of demons that have SuperStrength. Later there's an entire army of golems, that wreck what's in their way.
* HellOnEarth: After the Awakeners had created their demonic Imperators, the leaders of the Awakeners also became possessed including the Lord High Cryptographer. Possessed, the Awakeners planned to a demonic invasion of the world.
* HellOnEarth: After the Awakeners had created their demonic Imperators, the leaders of the Awakeners also became possessed including the Lord High Cryptographer. Possessed, the Awakeners planned to a demonic invasion of the world.
* KillItWithFire: This happens to Jez. While going berserk, she was FlashStepping through Awakener bullets, unfortunately one of the assault team had a flamethrower and Jez can't avoid a flaming gas cloud. Getting torched, downed her so the Awakener gave her a second helping...
* MeleeATrois: In the final book, the last battle was initially between the Awakeners and the Coalition. Then the Awakeners's ally, the Samarlans come and betray them - intending to kill both sides. Then the Manes have been summoned and smash into the Samarlan fleet from behind...
* NotQuiteDead: Despite getting torched, Jez is still animated and the damage was mostly external, her insides were slowly [[GoodThingYouCanHeal regenerating new flesh for her]].
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Awakeners have religiously persecuted demonists so they can have a monopoly on demon use. They also have a deal with an enemy nation, the Samarlan, of precious gas for Azryx relics.
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Awakeners have religiously persecuted demonists so they can have a monopoly on demon use. They also have a deal with an enemy nation, the Samarlan, of precious gas future influence for Azryx relics.
* SecretWeapon: The Awakeners had an Azryx EMP device which destroys almost all of the Coalition Navy, luckily the Coalition had their own secret weapon - an army of Golems with each one more powerful than Bess.
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* ThatManIsDead: Silo was a rebel leader who's got an [[UnstoppableRage uncontrollable temper]] and a hate for the Samarlan and Dak. After doing one last job for the rebels, he realizes he no longer feels he belongs with the rebels and doesn't hate the Dak and Samarlan anymore.
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* ThatManIsDead: Silo was a rebel leader who's got an [[UnstoppableRage uncontrollable temper]] and a hate for the Samarlan and Dak. After doing one last job for the rebels, he realizes he no longer feels he belongs with the rebels and doesn't hate the Dak and Samarlan anymore. [[Spoiler: At the end of the series, Trinica declares her pirate queen dead and joins the crew permanently.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: The Ketty Jay crew gets this quite a few times, Darien Frey is responsible for the murder of the Archduke's son while Ashua was spying for what were actually the Sammies and nearly got the crew hanged for treason.
* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The Century Knights are outfitted by the Archduke and his secret daemonists. One of these daemonists, Morben Kyne is also an active warrior for the Century Knights and he provided about half of their special equipment. Crake has a similar role for the Ketty Jay though he's not nearly so prolific.
* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The Century Knights are outfitted by the Archduke and his secret daemonists. One of these daemonists, Morben Kyne is also an active warrior for the Century Knights and he provided about half of their special equipment. Crake has a similar role for the Ketty Jay though he's not nearly so prolific.
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* [[StandardStarshipScuffle Standard Airship Scuffle]]: Since there are no anti-ship missiles in this world, battles in the sky are usually fought with capital airships pounding on each other cannons and autocannons, with fighter jets doing some raking machine gun fire on vulnerable sections and mostly having an OldSchoolDogfight with each other.
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* [[StandardStarshipScuffle Standard Airship Scuffle]]: Since Despite having the technology for them, there are no anti-ship missiles in this world, so battles in the sky are usually fought with capital airships pounding on each other using cannons and autocannons, with fighter jets doing some raking machine gun fire on vulnerable sections and mostly having an OldSchoolDogfight with each other.
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* ArmourIsUseless: Averted. The Ketty Jay only has a single autocannon and a mediocre gunner in Malvery, but can still swat down enemy fighters because it has so much armour that it can tank anything short of an autocannon round. Likewise, Bess the Golem can soak gunfire and an armoured Century Knight took a point-blank shotgun blast which just stunned him.
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* ArmourIsUseless: Averted. The Ketty Jay only has a few fixed machine guns, a single autocannon and a mediocre gunner in Malvery, but can still swat down enemy fighters because it has so much armour that it can tank anything short of an autocannon round. Likewise, Bess the Golem can soak gunfire and an armoured Century Knight took a point-blank shotgun blast which just stunned him.
* BadBoss: Frey almost starts off as one, he's not abusive to his crew but initially he didn't give a rat's ass about them, thinking they're just a bunch of transient scoundrels. He improves as he and the crew bond in the first book.
* TheDreaded: Some of the Century Knights come with fearsome reputations, but their leader Kedmund Drave is especially someone to be scared of in a fight.
* FireForgedFriends: Initially the Ketty Jay crew have no real connection with each other than having no where else to go. Some of the members even hated each other, but through their first adventure the team is practically family now.
* MagicalAccessory: The Ketty Jay crew has daemon-bound earpieces from Crake that allows them to communicate long distance with each other. The Archduke has daemonists working for him, so his elite Century Knights have their own magical artifacts, for example Kedmund Drave has gauntlets that can catch bullets.
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* NewMeat: In ''Iron Jackal'', Ashua was just a hired gun for the Ketty Jay mounting a train raid. Later in the book, Frey needed a shipment of medicine for trade. The dealer agreed to give it, but in return they take Ashua permanently. The crew was split about taking her, with Frey especially against it since he was attracted to her. There were plans to eventually dump her, but Ashua is already a skilled operator and saved Silo, so with "First Mate" Silo vouching for her she's fully crew.
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* NewMeat: In ''Iron Jackal'', Ashua was just a hired gun for the Ketty Jay mounting a train raid. Later in the book, Frey needed a shipment of medicine for trade. The dealer agreed to give it, but in return they take Ashua permanently. The crew was split about taking her, with Frey especially against it since he was attracted to her. There were plans to eventually dump her, but Ashua is already a [[ExperiencedProtagonist skilled operator operator]] and saved Silo, so with "First Mate" Silo vouching for her she's fully crew.
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* BloodKnight: Silo used to be one with a taste for slaughtering enemies, but it's Bess that's the winner here. Bess has a child's delight in slaughter and loves making things (and people fall apart in her hands). Only Crake mitigate her rampage, but anyone can order her to attack as she loves to hit.
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* BloodKnight: Silo used to be one with a taste for slaughtering enemies, but it's Bess that's the winner here. Bess has a child's delight in slaughter and loves making things (and people people) fall apart in her hands).hands. Only Crake mitigate her rampage, but anyone can order her to attack as she loves to hit.
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* {{Golem}}: Bess is a hulking armoured suit that's animated by a sliver of a dead girl's soul. As a golem, Bess is so strong that she can tear through thick, solid steel with ease and hold on packs of demons that have SuperStrength.
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* {{Golem}}: Bess is a hulking armoured suit that's animated by a sliver of a dead girl's soul. As a golem, Bess is so strong that she can tear through thick, solid steel with ease and hold on down packs of demons that have SuperStrength.
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* BloodKnight: Silo used to be one with a taste for slaughtering enemies, but it's Bess that's the winner here. Bess has a child's delight in slaughter and loves making things (and people fall apart in her hands). Only Crake mitigate her rampage, but anyone can order her to attack as she loves to hit.
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* {{Golem}}: Bess is a hulking armoured suit that's animated by a sliver of a dead girl's soul.
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* {{Golem}}: Bess is a hulking armoured suit that's animated by a sliver of a dead girl's soul. As a golem, Bess is so strong that she can tear through thick, solid steel with ease and hold on packs of demons that have SuperStrength.
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* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Jez doesn't look like much, but with her superhuman strength and senses, she's easily the deadliest fighter in the crew after Bess the Golem.
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* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Jez doesn't look like much, but with her superhuman strength and senses, she's easily the deadliest fighter in the crew after Bess the Golem. When Jez taps into her Mane might, her rampage look alot like Bess's. Jez also has limited MindControl and SeeingThroughAnothersEyes as higher-order abilities.
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* RescueArc: In order to save Frey from the Iron Jackal demon, the crew needed to return an ancient artifact to its original home. Unfortunately Ugrik, the AdventurerArchaeologist who found the artifact, was held captive in a Samarlan holding pen. This forced a round-about side-adventure which involved permanently taking on a new member and finishing out Silo's rebel leader background story.
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* CowardlyLion: Crake has a bit of this, with his incompetence and fear in a shoot-out. But Harkins was dangerously close to being a DirtyCoward, he was so bad that even the ship's cat kicked his ass. But through his crush on Jez, he forced himself to man up a few times before taking on a dangerous air race for his own pride. With a victory in that air race and one against the cat, Harkins is still cowardly, but no longer falls apart in battle.
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* [[StandardStarshipScuffle Standard Airship Scuffle]]: Since there are no anti-ship missiles in this world, battles in the sky are usually fought with capital airships pounding on each other cannons and autocannons, with fighter jets doing some supporting machine gun fire on vulnerable sections and mostly having an OldSchoolDogfight with each other.
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* [[StandardStarshipScuffle Standard Airship Scuffle]]: Since there are no anti-ship missiles in this world, battles in the sky are usually fought with capital airships pounding on each other cannons and autocannons, with fighter jets doing some supporting raking machine gun fire on vulnerable sections and mostly having an OldSchoolDogfight with each other.
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* [[StandardStarshipScuffle Standard Airship Scuffle]]: Since there are no anti-ship missiles in this world, battles in the sky are usually fought with capital airships pounding on each other cannons and autocannons, with fighter jets doing some support fire on vulnerable sections and mostly having an OldSchoolDogfight with each other.
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* [[StandardStarshipScuffle Standard Airship Scuffle]]: Since there are no anti-ship missiles in this world, battles in the sky are usually fought with capital airships pounding on each other cannons and autocannons, with fighter jets doing some support supporting machine gun fire on vulnerable sections and mostly having an OldSchoolDogfight with each other.
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* AirborneAircraftCarrier: Every capital airship carries a contingent of fighter jets, with the Mane Dreadnoughts having the most impressive fleet. Even the Ketty Jay carries a pair of fighters.
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** The Delerium Trigger is a more straightfoward example, although while it's very big and powerful, it's not quite as fast as the smaller fighter ships.
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** The Delerium Trigger is a more straightfoward example, although while it's very big and powerful, it's not quite as fast as the smaller fighter ships. Meanwhile, the Storm Dog is an equally powerful frigate and with the help of the Ketty Jay, it was able to defeat the Delerium Trigger and force it into dry dock for months.
** The Manes have their dreadnoughts which are powerful enough to take down almost anything in their path, a fleet takes on the royal navy and is actually winning before the Manes lose too many ground forces and retreat.
** The Manes have their dreadnoughts which are powerful enough to take down almost anything in their path, a fleet takes on the royal navy and is actually winning before the Manes lose too many ground forces and retreat.
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* DemonSlaying: After a certain incident, breaking the curse of the Iron Jackal is no longer an option for Frey. Good thing, Crake had a back-up plan. When the Iron Jackal fully materialized, Crake had experimental anti-demon machines ready. Frey, Ugrik and Crake were able to corner the Iron Jackal with these machines, before Frey stabs it with his demon-bound cutlass.
* {{Golem}}: Bess is a hulking armoured suit that's animated by a sliver of a dead girl's soul.
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Awakeners have religiously persecuted demonists so they can have a monopoly on demon use. They also have a deal with an enemy nation, the Sammies, of precious gas for Azryx relics.
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Awakeners have religiously persecuted demonists so they can have a monopoly on demon use. They also have a deal with an enemy nation, the Sammies, Samarlan, of precious gas for Azryx relics.
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* ThatManIsDead: Silo was a rebel leader who's got an [[UnstoppableRage uncontrollable temper]] and a hate for the Samarlan and Dak. After doing one last job for the rebels, he realizes he no longer feels he belongs with the rebels and doesn't hate the Dak and Samarlan anymore.
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* ActionGirl: Jez and Samandra Bree are incredible combatants. To a much lesser extent, Trinica Dracken who is willing to throw down in a gunfight but is acknowledged as just competent in battle. Later when Ashua makes her appearance, she gave a good fight to Frey and is an expert at combat driving.
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* ActionGirl: Jez and Samandra Bree are incredible combatants. To a much lesser extent, Trinica Dracken who is willing to throw down in a gunfight but is acknowledged as just competent in battle. Later when Ashua makes her appearance, she gave a good fight to Frey and is nearly parkour escapes him, she's also an expert at combat driving.
* CurseEscapeClause: Frey gets cursed by an Azryx artifact, every night he's visited by a demon, the Iron Jackal. On the final night, the demon will materialize fully and kill him. The curse can be ended by returning the artifact to its rightful place. Too bad, Crake accidentally destroys it.
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* LostTechnology: The Azryx are a disappeared people that have technology that's centuries or millenniums ahead of their modern-day descendants. This includes making cities out of ceramic and laser-shooting bio-tech monsters.
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* LostTechnology: The Azryx are a disappeared people that have technology and demonist lore that's centuries or millenniums ahead of their modern-day descendants. This includes making cities out of ceramic and laser-shooting bio-tech bio-mechanical monsters.
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* MeatMoss: Silo is horrified to find that the powerplant of the Azryx city is a machine that's partially coated in beating pseudo-heart tissue.
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're sentient energy patterns from another reality and with the proper sound frequencies, they can be harnessed and controlled. Primitive people can also control them by going through a drug-induced trance.
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* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: Demon lore is a science in this world and demonists are scientists who require electrical equipment for their endeavors. Crake is astonished when he discovers a "magician" using demonic beings through a drug-induced trance.
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* ArmourIsUseless: Averted. The Ketty Jay only has a single autocannon and a mediocre gunner in Malvery, but can still swat down enemy fighters because it has so much armour that it can tank anything short of an autocannon round. Likewise, characters who have armour such as Bess and the Century Knights, can really take hits.
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* ArmourIsUseless: Averted. The Ketty Jay only has a single autocannon and a mediocre gunner in Malvery, but can still swat down enemy fighters because it has so much armour that it can tank anything short of an autocannon round. Likewise, characters who have armour such as Bess the Golem can soak gunfire and the an armoured Century Knights, can really take hits.Knight took a point-blank shotgun blast which just stunned him.
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* BadassCrew: The crew of the Ketty Jay, who all have their strengths and weaknesses.
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* BadassCrew: The crew of the Ketty Jay, who all have their strengths and weaknesses.weaknesses, but some of them are the best or near-best in their respective fields.
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* HiddenDepths: The entire crew of the Ketty Jay have intricate backstories to explain how they've become who they are.
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* HiddenDepths: The entire crew of the Ketty Jay have intricate backstories to explain how they've become who they are. One example is Malvery who's a war hero in the 1st War and was awarded one of highest military honours, he never mentions this as he's since become a fat drunk.
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* TheJuggernaut: Whenever Bess takes to action, expect steel walls to be ripped open and scores of enemies torn to bits while Bess walks through a hail of bullets. Then there's an actual Juggernaut that shows up in ''Iron Jackal'', this is a Godzilla-sized bio-mechanical monster that [[BreathWeapon can breath out]] [[WaveMotionGun a colossal heat ray that tears through city blocks and contemporary armies.]] [[RunOrDie The Ketty Jay just bugger out against it.]]
* TheJuggernaut: Whenever Bess takes to action, expect steel walls to be ripped open and scores of enemies torn to bits while Bess walks through a hail of bullets. Then there's an actual Juggernaut that shows up in ''Iron Jackal'', this is a Godzilla-sized bio-mechanical monster that [[BreathWeapon can breath out]] [[WaveMotionGun a colossal heat ray that tears through city blocks and contemporary armies.]] [[RunOrDie The Ketty Jay just bugger out against it.]]
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* MagicCompass: Grayther Crake makes daemon-bound compasses for the crew of the ''Ketty Jay'' that always point towards Darian Fray.
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* MagicCompass: Grayther Crake makes daemon-bound compasses for the crew of the ''Ketty Jay'' that always point towards Darian Fray.Frey.
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Awakeners have religiously persecuted demonists so they can have a monopoly on demon use. They also have a deal with an enemy nation, the Sammies, of precious gas for Azryx relics.
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* TheJuggernaut: Whenever Bess takes to action, expect steel walls to be ripped open and scores of enemies torn to bits while Bess walks through a hail of bullets. Then there's an actual Juggernaut that shows up in ''Iron Jackal'', this is a Godzilla-sized bio-mechanical monster that [[BreathWeapon can breath out]] [[WaveMotionCannon [[WaveMotionGun a colossal heat ray that tears through city blocks and contemporary armies.]] [[RunOrDie The Ketty Jay just bugger out against it.]]
