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If you're looking for the Creator/BusterKeaton movie of the same name, go [[Film/TheGeneral here]]. If you're looking for the Creator/IsaacAsimov story by the same name, go [[Literature/TheGeneralFoundation here]].
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If you're looking for the Creator/BusterKeaton movie of the same name, go [[Film/TheGeneral [[Film/TheGeneral1926 here]]. If you're looking for the Creator/IsaacAsimov story by the same name, go [[Literature/TheGeneralFoundation here]].
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* ErmineCapeEffect: East Residence court dress is extremely elaborate. The Governor is rarely seen out of his cloth-of-gold vestments and Suzette frequently wears her splendid and seductive court costume to awe and inflame provincial officials.
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** East Residence court dress is extremely elaborate. The Governor is rarely seen out of his cloth-of-gold vestments and Suzette frequently wears her splendid and seductive court costume to awe and inflame provincialofficials.officials.
** Inverted, however, with the Spirit of Man of the Stars' clergy. While their vestments are generally reminiscent of the Eastern Orthodox Church with some futuristic touches, their Sysups' most prised ceremonial garb is revealed to a humble intact systems engineer's jumpsuit from before the Fall.
** East Residence court dress is extremely elaborate. The Governor is rarely seen out of his cloth-of-gold vestments and Suzette frequently wears her splendid and seductive court costume to awe and inflame provincial
** Inverted, however, with the Spirit of Man of the Stars' clergy. While their vestments are generally reminiscent of the Eastern Orthodox Church with some futuristic touches, their Sysups' most prised ceremonial garb is revealed to a humble intact systems engineer's jumpsuit from before the Fall.
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* HumanityEnsues: Center, albeit gradually. The longer it's linked with Raj, the more the AI comes to grasp the human consequences of their actions.
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* HumanityEnsues: Center, albeit gradually. The longer it's linked with Raj, the more the AI comes to grasp the human consequences of their actions.actions and eventually consoles him that they're fighting for a future in which ''no one'' would have to resort to brutality ever again.
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* RenegadeSplinterFaction: The [=MilGov=] tribes are descended from Federation troops who went rogue when the Fall happened. Even by the time the novels take place, however, they still retain vestiges of their military origins in their lexicon and hierarchy.
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*** The Civil Government is Byzantine Rome, the Colony is the Sassanid Empire, the Squadron and Brigade are Vandals and Ostrogoths respectively, and the Skinners are the Huns.
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*** The Civil Government is Byzantine Rome, the Colony is the Sassanid Empire, the Squadron and Brigade are Vandals and Ostrogoths respectively, and the Skinners are the Huns. The Civil Government also contains elements of both Mexico and the American West, be it in its use of Sponglish or elements of its culture.
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** ''The Heretic'' sequel-series has Duisberg as Egypt (except the only other cultures ''are'' barbarians and not just regarded as it). Given that Duisberg's society was designed by an EvilCounterpart to Center, this might be deliberate in-universe.
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** ''The Heretic'' sequel-series has Duisberg as a cross between Germany and Egypt (except the only other cultures ''are'' barbarians and not just regarded as it).it), owing to the world in question having been originally settled by Germanic colonists. Given that Duisberg's society was designed by an EvilCounterpart to Center, this might be deliberate in-universe.
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* {{Handguns}}: The standard Civil Government sidearm is a five-shot revolver, similar to an early Colt. Barton Foley, however, prefers a cut-down shotgun he carries in a shoulder holster.
* {{Handguns}}: The standard Civil Government sidearm is a five-shot revolver, similar to an early Colt. Barton Foley, however, prefers a cut-down shotgun he carries in a shoulder holster.
* HumanityEnsues: Center, albeit gradually. The longer it's linked with Raj, the more the AI comes to grasp the human consequences of their actions.
* LanguageDrift: By the time the original novels take place, English has given way to hybridized languages such as Sponglish, Spanjol and Namerique.
* PutOnABus: Deliberately invoked by Center by putting [[spoiler:Thom Poplanich into stasis, both to protect him from the Civil Government's DecadentCourt and to train him to be the next Governor. Until he's ready, however, Raj goes with a cover story about getting rid of a potential rival to explain Thom's sudden absence.]]
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* VestigialEmpire: The Gubierno Civil is practically a text book example. Indeed the shrinkage is a serious problem that might lead to the extinction of Human life on Bellevue if not reversed.
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* VestigialEmpire: The Gubierno Civil is practically a text book example.example, as it represents what's left of the original Federation's planetary administration. Indeed the shrinkage is a serious problem that might lead to the extinction of Human life on Bellevue if not reversed.
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* TakeThat: It's mentioned that the war dogs are often fed a particular kind of fish, a spineless bottom-feeder with a disgusting smell, utterly unfit to be eaten by humans. The fish is called the ''avocati'' -- clearly derived from the Spanjol for "lawyer." Only good for dog food, eh....
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* TakeThat: It's mentioned that the war dogs are often fed a particular kind of fish, a spineless bottom-feeder with a disgusting smell, utterly unfit to be eaten by humans. The fish is called the ''avocati'' -- clearly derived from the Spanjol for "lawyer." Only good for dog food, eh....[[note]]This joke is even funnier if you know that David Drake was a lawyer before he became a writer.[[/note]]
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: According to a [[SoundOff marching song]], Rosie is too gentle for the tastes of the [[BadassArmy Descott Rangers]]:
--> -An' pops our cocks with jagged rocks/We're hardy sons of bitches!
--> -An' pops our cocks with jagged rocks/We're hardy sons of bitches!
