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** There is also a bit of this element with General Torrance and his increasingly totalitarian approach to running the fleet, resorting to conscripting literally anyone who has useful skills, eventually doing so at gunpoint. Though he is at least somewhat more justified by his desperate circumstances, being pursued by a superior enemy warship after having suffered massive damage and lost much of his original crew.
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* DieHardOnAnX: In this case, on the jump station Heimdall.
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* CorporateConspiracy:
** The series kicks off with Beitech's [[{{Pun}} hostile takeover]] of WUC's illegal hermium mine on Kerenza IV, including wholesale slaughter of the Kerenza population. [[FromBadToWorse It gets worse]] — during the attack they also released an experimental pathogen that causes even more mass death after the evacuation.
** In Gemina, they're at it again, taking over the Heimdall jump station to prevent the Kerenza survivors from making it back to civilisation to testify against Beitech. Murdering the station commander is only the beginning.
** The series kicks off with Beitech's [[{{Pun}} hostile takeover]] of WUC's illegal hermium mine on Kerenza IV, including wholesale slaughter of the Kerenza population. [[FromBadToWorse It gets worse]] — during the attack they also released an experimental pathogen that causes even more mass death after the evacuation.
** In Gemina, they're at it again, taking over the Heimdall jump station to prevent the Kerenza survivors from making it back to civilisation to testify against Beitech. Murdering the station commander is only the beginning.
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* BettyAndVeronicaSwitch: Happens with Hanna’s two main love interests in the second book. At first it appears that Jackson is responsible and reliable, while Nik is a drug dealer from a crime family. Later on, [[spoiler: Jackson turns out to be TheMole for [=BeiTech=], while Nik proves himself to be heroic and sympathetic.]]
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Our main characters are [[PlayfulHacker Kady Grant]], [[AcePilot Ezra Mason]], [[ActionGirl Hanna Donnelly]], [[TroubledButCute Nik Malikov]], [[GeniusCripple Ella]] [[HandicappedBadass Mali]][[TechnoWizard kova]], [[BadassNormal Asha Grant]], [[EvilFormerFriend Rhys]] [[HeelFaceTurn Lindstrom]], and [[AIIsACrapshoot AIDAN]]. Only Kady, Ezra and AIDEN appear in the first book, ''Illuminae''. Kady, Ezra, AIDEN, Hanna, Nik, and Ella are all in ''Gemina'', the second book, and for the finale book ''Obsidio'', everybody appears.
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Our main characters are [[PlayfulHacker Kady Grant]], [[AcePilot Ezra Mason]], [[ActionGirl Hanna Donnelly]], [[TroubledButCute Nik Malikov]], [[GeniusCripple Ella]] [[HandicappedBadass Mali]][[TechnoWizard kova]], [[BadassNormal Asha Grant]], [[EvilFormerFriend Rhys]] [[HeelFaceTurn Lindstrom]], and [[AIIsACrapshoot AIDAN]]. Only Kady, Ezra and AIDEN AIDAN appear in the first book, ''Illuminae''. Kady, Ezra, AIDEN, AIDAN, Hanna, Nik, and Ella are all in ''Gemina'', the second book, and for the finale book ''Obsidio'', everybody appears.
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* AbusiveParents: Ezra's mother, [[spoiler: [=BeiTech=]'s Director Frobisher]], was so abusive that he and his father fled to Kerenza IV to ensure she couldn't track them down, and Ezra and Kady broke up when he refused to travel off-planet for fear that she'd find him.
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* AbusiveParents: AbusiveParents:
** Ezra's mother, [[spoiler: [=BeiTech=]'s Director Frobisher]], was so abusive that he and his father fled to Kerenza IV to ensure she couldn't track them down, and Ezra and Kady broke up when he refused to travel off-planet for fear that she'd find him.
** Ezra's mother, [[spoiler: [=BeiTech=]'s Director Frobisher]], was so abusive that he and his father fled to Kerenza IV to ensure she couldn't track them down, and Ezra and Kady broke up when he refused to travel off-planet for fear that she'd find him.
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* AnyoneCanDie: The authors are quite good at building up characters who will ultimately be killed off. In ''Illuminae,'' [[spoiler:Kady's mentor Byron Zhang, Charles Dorian, and Ezra's friends James [=McNulty=] and Mikael "Chatter" Carlin]] all meet their ends after receiving quite a bit of development. [[spoiler:AIDAN tells Kady that Ezra is dead toward the end of ''Illuminae,'' but it's later revealed that he made it safely to the ''Hypatia.'']]
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* AnyoneCanDie: The authors are quite good at building up characters who will ultimately be killed off.
** In ''Illuminae,'' [[spoiler:Kady's mentor Byron Zhang, Charles Dorian, and Ezra's friends James [=McNulty=] and Mikael "Chatter" Carlin]] all meet their ends after receiving quite a bit of development. [[spoiler:AIDAN tells Kady that Ezra is dead toward the end of ''Illuminae,'' but it's later revealed that he made it safely to the ''Hypatia.'']]
** In ''Illuminae,'' [[spoiler:Kady's mentor Byron Zhang, Charles Dorian, and Ezra's friends James [=McNulty=] and Mikael "Chatter" Carlin]] all meet their ends after receiving quite a bit of development. [[spoiler:AIDAN tells Kady that Ezra is dead toward the end of ''Illuminae,'' but it's later revealed that he made it safely to the ''Hypatia.'']]
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* BadassNormal: Asha Grant. Other people in the series are expert hackers, incredible pilots, or trained killers, and she's... A pharmaceutical tech turned nurse.
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* BadassNormal: BadassNormal:
** Asha Grant. Other people in the series are expert hackers, incredible pilots, or trained killers, and she's... A pharmaceutical tech turned nurse.
** Asha Grant. Other people in the series are expert hackers, incredible pilots, or trained killers, and she's... A pharmaceutical tech turned nurse.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Instead of attempting planetary genocide, Beitech could have simply reported the illegal mining colony to UTA and watched as their competitors paid one fine after another (as Kady points out during her debriefing with a UTA officer after the Kerenza attack). Partially subverted, as the attack was considered a grave mistake by [=BeiTech=] and director Taylor, who ordered it, was executed. However, Beitech still attempted to cover everything up by trying to kill everyone even remotely involved, including their own people.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:
** Instead of attempting planetary genocide, Beitech could have simply reported the illegal mining colony to UTA and watched as their competitors paid one fine after another (as Kady points out during her debriefing with a UTA officer after the Kerenza attack). Partially subverted, as the attack was considered a grave mistake by [=BeiTech=] and director Taylor, who ordered it, was executed. However, Beitech still attempted to cover everything up by trying to kill everyone even remotely involved, including their own people.
** Instead of attempting planetary genocide, Beitech could have simply reported the illegal mining colony to UTA and watched as their competitors paid one fine after another (as Kady points out during her debriefing with a UTA officer after the Kerenza attack). Partially subverted, as the attack was considered a grave mistake by [=BeiTech=] and director Taylor, who ordered it, was executed. However, Beitech still attempted to cover everything up by trying to kill everyone even remotely involved, including their own people.
* TheComputerIsYourFriend: AIDAN is programmed to "prioritize and protect" the human crew in its fleet above all else. When the Phobos infection overruns one of the ships in book 1, AIDAN "prioritizes" the others and "protects" them by nuking the infected ship and ordering fighter pilots to shoot down the escape pods. (They refuse, which, while noble, is [[TheExtremistWasRight very bad in the long run]].) It only gets worse from there--until this is ultimately subverted when [[spoiler: Kady successfully calls AIDAN's bluff on a threat to nuke the science ship if it tries to break off from the warship, knowing no amount of mental gymnastics could make that count as "protection"]]. Eventually [[spoiler: it willingly sacrifices most of itself. The fragments that survive later admit it took extreme and inhuman measures, but maintain that it was for the greater good.]]
* ContrastingSequelProtagonist: We see this with each of the major characters in all three books.
** In ''Gemina'', Hanna is an ActionGirl in contrast to Kady's truly brilliant PlayfulHacker. Nik likewise is a TroubledButCute organized crime member, in contrast to Ezra's conventionally heroic AcePilot. The two of them also lacked a real relationship before the events of the book, as Hanna was involved with Jackson, an officer on Heimdall, in contrast to Ezra and Kady's rocky love affair.
** In ''Obsidio'', Asha is a mere pharmaceutical tech turned nurse, who nonetheless becomes a resistance fighter. Rhys is a member of the Beitech occupation force, stuck in a role he never intended. The two of them were also slightly older than the other four, being at least legal adults at the start of the series.
* ContrastingSequelProtagonist: We see this with each of the major characters in all three books.
** In ''Gemina'', Hanna is an ActionGirl in contrast to Kady's truly brilliant PlayfulHacker. Nik likewise is a TroubledButCute organized crime member, in contrast to Ezra's conventionally heroic AcePilot. The two of them also lacked a real relationship before the events of the book, as Hanna was involved with Jackson, an officer on Heimdall, in contrast to Ezra and Kady's rocky love affair.
** In ''Obsidio'', Asha is a mere pharmaceutical tech turned nurse, who nonetheless becomes a resistance fighter. Rhys is a member of the Beitech occupation force, stuck in a role he never intended. The two of them were also slightly older than the other four, being at least legal adults at the start of the series.
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* EmptyPromise: Near the end of ''Obsidio,'' AIDAN agrees that it will not kill anyone (or let anyone die) without express orders from the ''Mao's'' captain in exchange for not being shut off. Both Kady and the captain are wary of this trope after AIDAN's previous actions, [[spoiler:but eventually agree. Then, during the final battle, AIDAN seizes control of the [=BeiTech=] dreadnought ''Churchill'' and sets it on a collision course with the defunct ''Kenyatta.'' When Kady reminds it of the promise it made, it replies, "ILied."]] Readers who picked up the AI's tell ([[spoiler: <ERROR>]]) would have seen that one coming.
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* EmptyPromise: Near the end of ''Obsidio,'' AIDAN agrees that it will not kill anyone (or let anyone die) without express orders from the ''Mao's'' captain in exchange for not being shut off. Both Kady and the captain are wary of this trope after AIDAN's previous actions, [[spoiler:but eventually agree. Then, during the final battle, AIDAN seizes control of the [=BeiTech=] dreadnought ''Churchill'' and sets it on a suicidal collision course with the defunct ''Kenyatta.'' When Kady reminds it of the promise it made, it replies, "ILied."]] Readers who picked up the AI's tell ([[spoiler: <ERROR>]]) would have seen that one coming.
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* TheComputerIsYourFriend: AIDAN is programmed to "prioritize and protect" the human crew in its fleet above all else. When the Phobos infection overruns one of the ships in book 1, AIDAN "prioritizes" the others and "protects" them by nuking the infected ship and ordering fighter pilots to shoot down the escape pods. (They refuse, which, while noble, is [[TheExtremistWasRight very bad in the long run]].) It only gets worse from there--until this is ultimately subverted when [[spoiler: Kady successfully calls AIDAN's bluff on a threat to nuke the science ship if it tries to break off from the warship, knowing no amount of mental gymnastics could make that count as "protection"]]. Eventually [[spoiler: it willingly sacrifices most of itself. The fragments that survive later admit it took extreme and inhuman measures, but maintain that it was for the greater good.]]
* ContrastingSequelProtagonist: We see this with each of the major characters in all three books.
** In ''Gemina'', Hanna is an ActionGirl in contrast to Kady's truly brilliant PlayfulHacker. Nik likewise is a TroubledButCute organized crime member, in contrast to Ezra's conventionally heroic AcePilot. The two of them also lacked a real relationship before the events of the book, as Hanna was involved with Jackson, an officer on Heimdall, in contrast to Ezra and Kady's rocky love affair.
** In ''Obsidio'', Asha is a mere pharmaceutical tech turned nurse, who nonetheless becomes a resistance fighter. Rhys is a member of the Beitech occupation force, stuck in a role he never intended. The two of them were also slightly older than the other four, being at least legal adults at the start of the series.
* ContrastingSequelProtagonist: We see this with each of the major characters in all three books.
** In ''Gemina'', Hanna is an ActionGirl in contrast to Kady's truly brilliant PlayfulHacker. Nik likewise is a TroubledButCute organized crime member, in contrast to Ezra's conventionally heroic AcePilot. The two of them also lacked a real relationship before the events of the book, as Hanna was involved with Jackson, an officer on Heimdall, in contrast to Ezra and Kady's rocky love affair.
** In ''Obsidio'', Asha is a mere pharmaceutical tech turned nurse, who nonetheless becomes a resistance fighter. Rhys is a member of the Beitech occupation force, stuck in a role he never intended. The two of them were also slightly older than the other four, being at least legal adults at the start of the series.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Ezra makes an ASCII flower for Kady, and mentions he spent hours on it. [[spoiler: So when he supposedly constructs a perfect, gorgeous portrait of her while ''hiding in the vents from zombies''? That's one of the initial clues AIDAN has started impersonating him.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Ezra makes an ASCII flower for Kady, and mentions he spent hours on it. [[spoiler: So when he supposedly constructs a perfect, gorgeous portrait of her while ''hiding in the vents from zombies''? That's one of the initial clues AIDAN has started impersonating him.]]
** Ezra makes an ASCII flower for Kady, and mentions he spent hours on it. [[spoiler: So when he supposedly constructs a perfect, gorgeous portrait of her while ''hiding in the vents from zombies''? That's one of the initial clues AIDAN has started impersonating him.]]
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** Torrence [[spoiler:orders the execution of several of his pilots for not wanting to help him cover up AIDAN destroying the ''Copernicus'']] in ''Illuminae''.
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** Torrence [[spoiler:orders orders the execution of several of his pilots for not wanting to help him cover up AIDAN destroying the ''Copernicus'']] ''Copernicus'' in ''Illuminae''.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[ObstructiveBureaucrat General Torrence]] isn't winning any points for good ideas; some of his actions include executing two good pilots with a hostile warship on his tail and throwing computer techs in the brig when all hands are needed to wrangle AIDAN.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** [[ObstructiveBureaucrat General Torrence]] isn't winning any points for good ideas; some of his actions include executing two good pilots with a hostile warship on his tail and throwing computer techs in the brig when all hands are needed to wrangle AIDAN.
** [[ObstructiveBureaucrat General Torrence]] isn't winning any points for good ideas; some of his actions include executing two good pilots with a hostile warship on his tail and throwing computer techs in the brig when all hands are needed to wrangle AIDAN.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: If AIDAN had ''explained'' its reasoning for shooting down the escape pods, and asked the human commander to give the kill order--well, things were already pretty screwed up by that point, but it certainly would have helped.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: PoorCommunicationKills:
** If AIDAN had ''explained'' its reasoning for shooting down the escape pods, and asked the human commander to give the kill order--well, things were already pretty screwed up by that point, but it certainly would have helped.
** If AIDAN had ''explained'' its reasoning for shooting down the escape pods, and asked the human commander to give the kill order--well, things were already pretty screwed up by that point, but it certainly would have helped.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: In Illuminae, Kady dumped Ezra the day of the attack on Kerenza. They wind up working together to resolve the conflict.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: WorkingWithTheEx:
** InIlluminae, ''Illuminae'', Kady dumped Ezra the day of the attack on Kerenza.Kerenza IV. They wind up working together to resolve the conflict.
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** In an After-Action Report (AAR) partway through ''Illuminae,'' Ezra reflects that the only difference between an AI and a human is the ability to lie, because what programmer in their right mind would let a machine do that? [[We later find out that AIDAN has told a whole slew of lies, most notably pretending to be Ezra to lure Kady to the ''Alexander.'']]
** AIDAN gets <ERROR> messages all the time, but most notably [[spoiler:whenever it tells a lie]]. During ''Obsidio,'' it promises [[spoiler:not to kill anyone else without the captain's express permission <ERROR>.]]
** AIDAN gets <ERROR> messages all the time, but most notably [[spoiler:whenever it tells a lie]]. During ''Obsidio,'' it promises [[spoiler:not to kill anyone else without the captain's express permission <ERROR>.]]
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** In an After-Action Report (AAR) partway through ''Illuminae,'' Ezra reflects that the only difference between an AI and a human is the ability to lie, because what programmer in their right mind would let a machine do that? [[We [[spoiler:We later find out that AIDAN has told a whole slew of lies, most notably pretending to be Ezra to lure Kady to the ''Alexander.'']]
** Early in ''Gemina,'' Hanna responds to Nik's flirting by telling him she'd still have plans to wash her hair if it was "the last Saturday before the destruction of the universe." [[spoiler:Two weeks later, they're facing exactly that.]]
** AIDAN gets <ERROR> messages all the time, but most notably [[spoiler:whenever it tells a lie]]. During ''Obsidio,'' it promises [[spoiler:not to kill anyone else without a direct order from thecaptain's express permission <ERROR>.]]captain. <ERROR>]]
** Early in ''Gemina,'' Hanna responds to Nik's flirting by telling him she'd still have plans to wash her hair if it was "the last Saturday before the destruction of the universe." [[spoiler:Two weeks later, they're facing exactly that.]]
** AIDAN gets <ERROR> messages all the time, but most notably [[spoiler:whenever it tells a lie]]. During ''Obsidio,'' it promises [[spoiler:not to kill anyone else without a direct order from the
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* EmptyPromise: Near the end of ''Obsidio,'' AIDAN agrees that it will not kill anyone (or let anyone die) without express orders from the ''Mao's'' captain in exchange for not being shut off. Both Kady and the captain are wary of this trope after AIDAN's previous actions, [[spoiler:but eventually agree. Then, during the final battle, AIDAN seizes control of the [=BeiTech=] dreadnought ''Churchill'' and sets it on a collision course with the defunct ''Kenyatta.'' When Kady reminds it of the promise it made, it replies, "ILied."]] Readers who picked up the AI's tell ([[spoiler: <ERROR>]]) would have seen that one coming.
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** In an After-Action Report (AAR) partway through ''Illuminae,'' Ezra reflects that the only difference between an AI and a human is the ability to lie, because what programmer in their right mind would let a machine do that? [[We later find out that AIDAN has told a whole slew of lies, most notably pretending to be Ezra to lure Kady to the ''Alexander.'']]
** AIDAN gets <ERROR> messages all the time, but most notably [[spoiler:whenever it tells a lie]]. During ''Obsidio,'' it promises [[spoiler:not to kill anyone else without the captain's express permission <ERROR>.]]
** AIDAN gets <ERROR> messages all the time, but most notably [[spoiler:whenever it tells a lie]]. During ''Obsidio,'' it promises [[spoiler:not to kill anyone else without the captain's express permission <ERROR>.]]
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* ActionGirl: Most obviously Hanna, but it's apparent that Kady and Asha can hold their own in a fight.
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* AbusiveParents: Ezra's mother, [[spoiler: [=BeiTech=]'s Director Frobisher]], was so abusive that he and his father fled to Kerenza IV to ensure she couldn't track them down, and Ezra and Kady broke up when he refused to travel off-planet for fear that she'd find him.
** Nik's father is heavily implied to be this; part of the reason Nik [[spoiler: plead guilty for a murder he didn't commit]] was because he decided prison was better than living under his father's heel. [[spoiler:After he was released, his uncle brought him to ''Hemidall'' to put as much distance between them as possible. A wise idea, considering the first thing Nik did when he saw his father again was [[TheDogBitesBack break his jaw.]]]]
* ActionGirl: Most obviously Hanna, butit's apparent that Kady and Asha can hold their own both prove that they're far from helpless in a fight.
** Nik's father is heavily implied to be this; part of the reason Nik [[spoiler: plead guilty for a murder he didn't commit]] was because he decided prison was better than living under his father's heel. [[spoiler:After he was released, his uncle brought him to ''Hemidall'' to put as much distance between them as possible. A wise idea, considering the first thing Nik did when he saw his father again was [[TheDogBitesBack break his jaw.]]]]
* ActionGirl: Most obviously Hanna, but
* AnyoneCanDie: The authors are quite good at building up characters who will ultimately be killed off. In ''Illuminae,'' [[spoiler:Kady's mentor Byron Zhang, Charles Dorian, and Ezra's friends James [=McNulty=] and Mikael "Chatter" Carlin]] all meet their ends after receiving quite a bit of development. [[spoiler:AIDAN tells Kady that Ezra is dead toward the end of ''Illuminae,'' but it's later revealed that he made it safely to the ''Hypatia.'']]
** In ''Gemina,'' Nik is shot and dies in Hanna's arms [[spoiler: though it turns out the Nik who died was from an alternate universe]].
** Perhaps the best example comes from ''Obsidio.'' After improbably surviving for two and a half books, [[spoiler:Syra Boll is killed during a mutiny aboard the ''Mao'']].
** Kady invokes this in-universe. The report the Illuminae Group sent to [[spoiler:[[AbusiveParents Director Frobisher]] maintained that Ezra was dead to protect him from his mother.]]
** In ''Gemina,'' Nik is shot and dies in Hanna's arms [[spoiler: though it turns out the Nik who died was from an alternate universe]].
** Perhaps the best example comes from ''Obsidio.'' After improbably surviving for two and a half books, [[spoiler:Syra Boll is killed during a mutiny aboard the ''Mao'']].
** Kady invokes this in-universe. The report the Illuminae Group sent to [[spoiler:[[AbusiveParents Director Frobisher]] maintained that Ezra was dead to protect him from his mother.]]
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* BadassFamily: House of Knives are implied to be this, but we only really see Nik and Ella in action. [[spoiler: The rest suffer from TheWorfEffect, as they are no match for a Beitech hit squad that they were not expecting to be there.]]
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* BadassFamily: House of Knives are implied to be this, but we only really see Nik and Ella in action. [[spoiler: The rest suffer from TheWorfEffect, as they are no match for a Beitech hit squad that they were not expecting to be find there.]]
** Michelle Dennis, a relatively untrained computer programmer with no combat experience, arguably saves every single survivor on Kerenza and off of it by [[spoiler: shooting a [=BeiTech=] soldier before he can raise the alarm and stop Hanna's group from taking ''Magellan'']]. Not bad for someone whose only job was to plug in a memory stick.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Instead of attempting planetary genocide, Beitech could have simply reported the illegal mining colony to UTA and laugh as their competitor gets one fine after another (as Ezra stated during the interview with psychologist). Partially subverted, as the attack was considered a grave mistake by BeiTech and director Taylor, who ordered it, was executed, but Beitech still attempted to cover everything up by trying to kill everyone even remotely involved, including their own people.
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* BrickJoke: At the beginning of ''Gemina,'' Hanna teases Nik by claiming he might be handsome with a mustache. At the end of ''Obsidio,'' Nik has grown a mustache as part of his "disguise." Hanna decides she likes him better without it.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Instead of attempting planetary genocide, Beitech could have simply reported the illegal mining colony to UTA andlaugh watched as their competitor gets competitors paid one fine after another (as Ezra stated Kady points out during the interview her debriefing with psychologist). a UTA officer after the Kerenza attack). Partially subverted, as the attack was considered a grave mistake by BeiTech [=BeiTech=] and director Taylor, who ordered it, was executed, but executed. However, Beitech still attempted to cover everything up by trying to kill everyone even remotely involved, including their own people.people.
** In a similar fashion, most of the people aboard the ''Alexander'' might have survived if [[AIIsACrapshoot AIDAN]] had thought through the consequences of its decision before it [[spoiler:released the ''Copernicus'' survivors infected with Phobos from the hangar bay]]. Or if it had been straightforward with the ''Alexander's'' human commanders about why the survivors shouldn't have been brought aboard in the first place...
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Instead of attempting planetary genocide, Beitech could have simply reported the illegal mining colony to UTA and
** In a similar fashion, most of the people aboard the ''Alexander'' might have survived if [[AIIsACrapshoot AIDAN]] had thought through the consequences of its decision before it [[spoiler:released the ''Copernicus'' survivors infected with Phobos from the hangar bay]]. Or if it had been straightforward with the ''Alexander's'' human commanders about why the survivors shouldn't have been brought aboard in the first place...
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In the first book, it's the people who were infected by Phobos. In the second book, it's the lamina and the Beitech team, and in the last book, the main villains are the people on ''Churchill'' and ''Magnellan.''
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In the first book, it's the ''Lincoln'' and the people who were infected by Phobos. In the second book, it's the lamina and the Beitech team, and in the last book, the main villains are the people on ''Churchill'' and ''Magnellan.'' ''Magellan.''
* EarnYourHappyEnding: By the end of ''Obsidio,'' every single survivor from Kerenza and [[spoiler: ''Hemidall'']] has lost at least one loved one as a result of [=BeiTech=]'s actions, and every single main character has stared death in the face at least once. But, ultimately, [[spoiler:[=BeiTech=] is held accountable for the atrocities they've committed and the survivors are free to rebuild their lives]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: By the end of ''Obsidio,'' every single survivor from Kerenza and [[spoiler: ''Hemidall'']] has lost at least one loved one as a result of [=BeiTech=]'s actions, and every single main character has stared death in the face at least once. But, ultimately, [[spoiler:[=BeiTech=] is held accountable for the atrocities they've committed and the survivors are free to rebuild their lives]].
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* TheComputerIsYourFriend: AIDAN is programmed to "prioritize and protect". When the Phobos infection overruns one of the ships in book 1, AIDAN "prioritizes" the others and "protects" them by nuking the infected ship and ordering fighter pilots to shoot down the escape pods. (They refuse, which, while noble, is [[TheExtremistWasRight very bad in the long run]].) It only gets worse from there--until this is ultimately subverted when [[spoiler: Kady successfully calls AIDAN's bluff on a threat to nuke the science ship if it tries to break off from the warship, knowing no amount of mental gymnastics could make that count as "protection"]]. Eventually [[spoiler: it willingly sacrifices most of itself, and what survives doesn't fall into this trope.]]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: At one point in ''Gemina,'' Hanna strips to her underwear to [[ItMakesSenseInContext avoid being crushed by an elevator]]. The tech who transcribed the footage ([[spoiler:actually Nik]]) outright states that since said underwear was clearly for the benefit of her boyfriend, Jackson Merrick[[spoiler: (actually Sam Maginot, a.k.a. BeiTech agent Rapier)]], he will not describe it.
* TheComputerIsYourFriend: AIDAN is programmed to "prioritize andprotect".protect" the human crew in its fleet above all else. When the Phobos infection overruns one of the ships in book 1, AIDAN "prioritizes" the others and "protects" them by nuking the infected ship and ordering fighter pilots to shoot down the escape pods. (They refuse, which, while noble, is [[TheExtremistWasRight very bad in the long run]].) It only gets worse from there--until this is ultimately subverted when [[spoiler: Kady successfully calls AIDAN's bluff on a threat to nuke the science ship if it tries to break off from the warship, knowing no amount of mental gymnastics could make that count as "protection"]]. Eventually [[spoiler: it willingly sacrifices most of itself, itself. The fragments that survive later admit it took extreme and what survives doesn't fall into this trope.inhuman measures, but maintain that it was for the greater good.]]
* TheComputerIsYourFriend: AIDAN is programmed to "prioritize and
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* FieldPromotion: By the end of the series, [[spoiler: literal kids]] wind up in charge because anyone more competent with rank has been killed off. Same goes with Rhys in Obsidio, as he had only been deployed to Kerenza IV after all technicians on the surface were killed by rebels there.
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** [=BeiTech=] does it again when Rhys discovers [[spoiler:they've just been dumping the bodies of Kerenza IV citizens in mass graves, while being casually told that most people were slaughtered and the rest will be too.]]
* MindVirus: The Phobos virus in ''Illuminae.'' The original version attacked fear centers in the brain, temporarily giving victims symptoms similar to PTSD and rendering them unable to resist an invading force. Later, it mutates and begins eroding brain function, driving the infected irreversibly insane and turning them into [[TechnicallyLivingZombie Technically Living Zombies]].
* MoralityPet: One of the [=BeiTech=] ground commanders in ''Obsidio'' has several pets back on his homeworld, so when his soldiers take a liking to a stray cat, he looks the other way. [[spoiler:During the final battle, his last act is to throw a rock at the cat, scaring it away from an incoming missile.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[ObstructiveBureaucrat General Torrence]] isn't winning any points for good ideas; some of his actions include executing two good pilots with a hostile warship on his tail and throwing computer techs in the brig when all hands are needed to wrangle AIDAN.
** AIDAN creates a far bigger problem than it solves by [[spoiler:releasing those afflicted by [[HatePlague Phobos]] from their quarantine]]. Even if said action did ultimately give it the means to stop the ''Lincoln'' once and for all.
** Later, the AI [[spoiler:releases carbon monixide and kills two thousand people to relieve strain on the refugees' critically overstretched resources]]. This is the catalyst for a mutiny that gets [[spoiler:[[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Syra Boll]]]] killed.
* MoralityPet: One of the [=BeiTech=] ground commanders in ''Obsidio'' has several pets back on his homeworld, so when his soldiers take a liking to a stray cat, he looks the other way. [[spoiler:During the final battle, his last act is to throw a rock at the cat, scaring it away from an incoming missile.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[ObstructiveBureaucrat General Torrence]] isn't winning any points for good ideas; some of his actions include executing two good pilots with a hostile warship on his tail and throwing computer techs in the brig when all hands are needed to wrangle AIDAN.
** AIDAN creates a far bigger problem than it solves by [[spoiler:releasing those afflicted by [[HatePlague Phobos]] from their quarantine]]. Even if said action did ultimately give it the means to stop the ''Lincoln'' once and for all.
** Later, the AI [[spoiler:releases carbon monixide and kills two thousand people to relieve strain on the refugees' critically overstretched resources]]. This is the catalyst for a mutiny that gets [[spoiler:[[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Syra Boll]]]] killed.
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* PlanetTerra: Goverment is called United Terran Authority (UTA) and people celebrate "Day of Terra"
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* PlanetTerra: Goverment is called United Terran Authority (UTA) and people celebrate "Day of Terra""Terra Day."
** In ''Obsidio,'' Syra Boll [[spoiler:is shot during a mutiny]] after she fails to take the complaints of a new crop of refugees [[spoiler:from the destroyed jump station ''Hemidall'']] seriously. To be fair, she had a lot on her plate at the time...
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* RevealingCoverup: [[spoiler: This is deliberately engineered by the Illuminae Group, as they got hired by [=BeiTech=] to help clean up the mess(with the first book Illuminae serving as as their report to [=Beitech=]), only to turn around and hand it over to the UTA as court documents (with the second and third books, Geminae and Obsidio featuring court transcripts as the files are entered into evidence.]]
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* RevealingCoverup: [[spoiler: This is deliberately engineered invoked by the Illuminae Group, as Group; they got get themselves hired by as a clean-up crew for [=BeiTech=] to help clean up get access to the mess(with last few pieces of evidence they needed before reporting everything to the UTA. The first book Illuminae serving as as book, which shares its name with the group, is their initial report to [=Beitech=]), only to turn around and hand it over to the UTA as court documents (with [=Beitech=], while the second and third books, Geminae and Obsidio featuring books include court transcripts as the contents of the files are entered into evidence.]]
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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: In ''Illuminae'', Ezra is undergoing a pysch eval before he can become a fighter pilot. Not very impressed with the interviewer, he snarkily asks if the real psychologist died and he's talking to a medical intern or something. Given how many people Beitech just killed? Yeah.
* SearchingTheStalls: A Beitech soldier enters the bathroom, then notices Nik is in there and starts looking for him. Nik shoots him in the head over the partition.
* SearchingTheStalls: A Beitech soldier enters the bathroom, then notices Nik is in there and starts looking for him. Nik shoots him in the head over the partition.
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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: In ''Illuminae'', Ezra is undergoing undergoes a pysch eval before he can become a fighter pilot.as part of the UTA's conscription process. Not very impressed with the interviewer, he snarkily asks if the real psychologist died and he's talking to a medical intern or something. Given how many people Beitech just killed? Yeah.
* SearchingTheStalls:A In ''Gemina,'' a Beitech soldier enters the a bathroom, then notices Nik is in there spots Nik's jacket and starts looking for him. Nik shoots him in the head over the partition.partition.
* TechnicallyLivingZombie: Anyone infected with the mutated Phobos virus, referred to as the afflicted. They're reduced to psychotics who kill simply for the fun of it, don't appear to feel pain or fear, and are noted as possessing unnatural strength.
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* TechnicallyLivingZombie: Anyone infected with the mutated Phobos virus, referred to as the afflicted. They're reduced to psychotics who kill simply for the fun of it, don't appear to feel pain or fear, and are noted as possessing unnatural strength.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: In Illuminae, Kady dumped Ezra the day of the attack of Kerenza. They wind up working together to resolve the conflict.
** An even more stark examples comes from Obsidio, in which Asha and Rhys had an extremely rocky relationship previously, winding in the two of them going to the opposite ends of space. They wind up back together when he is part of the occupying army on the colony world she lives on.
** An even more stark examples comes from Obsidio, in which Asha and Rhys had an extremely rocky relationship previously, winding in the two of them going to the opposite ends of space. They wind up back together when he is part of the occupying army on the colony world she lives on.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: In Illuminae, Kady dumped Ezra the day of the attack of on Kerenza. They wind up working together to resolve the conflict.
** An even more starkexamples example comes from Obsidio, in which Asha and Rhys had an extremely rocky Rhys's relationship previously, winding in ended with the two of them going to the on opposite ends of space. They wind up back together when he is the universe. Then Rhys comes to Kerenza IV as part of [=BeiTech's=] occupation force. [[spoiler:After seeing firsthand the occupying army on horrors his fellow soldiers have perpetrated, Rhys performs a HeelFaceTurn and works with Asha to sabotage the colony world she lives on.
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** An even more stark
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In Obsidio, Rhys openly questions orders the soldiers were given (a.k.a genocide), attacks another soldier named Marcino for carrying them out and later reports him to his commanding officer, Jake Christie. Marcino simply laughs the attack and Rhys's YouMonster moment off, while Christie merely reprimands Rhys for "Snitching" and advises him to never do that again or be prepared to suffer terrible consequences. Rhys later kills Marcino and his whole squad and ensures the success of the Obsidio plan, which results in nearly all BeiTech goons (including Christie) being wiped out.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In Obsidio, ''Obsidio'', Rhys openly questions orders the soldiers were given (a.k.a genocide), attacks another soldier named Marcino for carrying them out and later reports him to his commanding officer, Jake Christie. Marcino simply laughs the attack and Rhys's YouMonster moment off, while Christie merely reprimands Rhys for "Snitching" and advises him to never do that again or be prepared to suffer terrible consequences. This turns out to be the final push Rhys later kills Marcino needs to commit to [[HeelFaceTurn helping Asha and his whole squad and ensures the success of the Obsidio plan, which results in nearly all BeiTech goons (including Christie) being wiped out.Kerenza IV Resistance]].
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* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: Fighters and ships use railguns and missiles, while people usually carry a VK rifle and .50 pistol.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In Obsidio, Rhys openly questions orders the soldiers were given (a.k.a genocide), attacks another soldier named Marcino for carrying them out and later reports him to his commanding officer, Jake Christie. Marcino simply laughs the attack and Rhys's YouMonster moment off, while Christie merely reprimands Rhys for "Snitching" and advises him to never do that again or be prepared to suffer terrible consequences. Marcino and his whole squad are later slain by Rhys and Christie (and nearly all BeiTech personell) dies during the final assault, which wouldn't have succeeded without Rhys.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In Obsidio, Rhys openly questions orders the soldiers were given (a.k.a genocide), attacks another soldier named Marcino for carrying them out and later reports him to his commanding officer, Jake Christie. Marcino simply laughs the attack and Rhys's YouMonster moment off, while Christie merely reprimands Rhys for "Snitching" and advises him to never do that again or be prepared to suffer terrible consequences. Rhys later kills Marcino and his whole squad are later slain by Rhys and Christie (and ensures the success of the Obsidio plan, which results in nearly all BeiTech personell) dies during the final assault, which wouldn't have succeeded without Rhys.goons (including Christie) being wiped out.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In Obsidio, Rhys openly questions orders the soldiers were given (a.k.a genocide), attacks another soldier named Marcino for carrying them out and later reports him to his commanding officed, Jake Christie. Marcino simply laughs the attack and Rhys's YouMonster moment off, while Christie merely reprimands Rhys for "Snitching" and advises him to never do that again or be prepared to suffer terrible consequences. Marcino and his whole squad are later slain by Rhys and Christie (and nearly all BeiTech personell) dies during the final assault, which wouldn't have succeeded without Rhys.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In Obsidio, Rhys openly questions orders the soldiers were given (a.k.a genocide), attacks another soldier named Marcino for carrying them out and later reports him to his commanding officed, officer, Jake Christie. Marcino simply laughs the attack and Rhys's YouMonster moment off, while Christie merely reprimands Rhys for "Snitching" and advises him to never do that again or be prepared to suffer terrible consequences. Marcino and his whole squad are later slain by Rhys and Christie (and nearly all BeiTech personell) dies during the final assault, which wouldn't have succeeded without Rhys.
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* PlanetTerra: Goverment is called United Terran Authority (UTA) and people celebrate "Day of Terra"
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* FieldPromotion: By the end of the series, [[spoiler: literal kids]] wind up in charge because anyone more competent with rank has been killed off.
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* FieldPromotion: By the end of the series, [[spoiler: literal kids]] wind up in charge because anyone more competent with rank has been killed off. Same goes with Rhys in Obsidio, as he had only been deployed to Kerenza IV after all technicians were killed by rebels there.
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** A [=BeiTech=] soldier [[spoiler: shoots a little girl for stealing protein bars and not being registered]] in ''Obsidio''.
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** A [=BeiTech=] soldier named Marcino [[spoiler: shoots a little girl for stealing protein bars and not being registered]] in ''Obsidio''.
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* ArmiesAreEvil: Although the story also focuses on showing a human side to them (Well, very few of them), the Beitech soldiers are guilty of numerous [[ObligatoryWarCrimeScene war crimes]], resorting to the defense that they are JustFollowingOrders or making excuses that their crimes are ultimately justified, because the colony was illegal.
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* ArmiesAreEvil: Although the story also focuses on showing a their human side to them (Well, very few of them), them. Actually only one, Oshiro from Obsidio), the Beitech soldiers are guilty of numerous [[ObligatoryWarCrimeScene war crimes]], resorting to the defense that they are JustFollowingOrders or making excuses that their crimes are ultimately justified, because the colony was illegal. If they bother to make excuses at all, as most literally revel in their crimes.
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* ArmiesAreEvil: While it is somewhat ambiguous, as the story also focuses on showing a human side to them, the Beitech soldiers are guilty of numerous [[ObligatoryWarCrimeScene war crimes]], resorting to the defense that they are JustFollowingOrders or making excuses that their crimes are ultimately justified, because the colony was illegal.
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* ArmiesAreEvil: While it is somewhat ambiguous, as Although the story also focuses on showing a human side to them, them (Well, very few of them), the Beitech soldiers are guilty of numerous [[ObligatoryWarCrimeScene war crimes]], resorting to the defense that they are JustFollowingOrders or making excuses that their crimes are ultimately justified, because the colony was illegal.
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** [=BeiTech=] does it again when Rhys discovers [[spoiler:they've just been dumping the bodies of Kerenza IV in mass graves.]]
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** [=BeiTech=] does it again when Rhys discovers [[spoiler:they've just been dumping the bodies of Kerenza IV in mass graves.graves, while being casually told that most people were slaughtered and the rest will be too.]]
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In Obsidio, Rhys openly questions orders the soldiers were given (a.k.a genocide), attacks another soldier named Marcino for carrying them out and later reports him to his commanding officed, Jake Christie. Marcino simply laughs the attack and Rhys's YouMonster moment off, while Christie merely reprimands Rhys for "Snitching" and advises him to never do that again or be prepared to suffer terrible consequences. Marcino and his whole squad are later slain by Rhys and Christie (and nearly all BeiTech personell) dies during the final assault, which wouldn't have succeeded without Rhys.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Beitech is ok with many "morally questionable" things, but apparently, having vulgar words in their reports is not one of them, as they requested vulgarities to be censored in the Illuminae report.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Beitech To an almost comical degree. [=BeiTech=] is ok with many "morally questionable" things, but apparently, having vulgar words in their reports is not one of them, as they requested vulgarities to be censored in the Illuminae report.
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** In Gemina, Hanna is an ActionGirl in contrast to Kady's truly brilliant PlayfulHacker. Nik likewise is a TroubledButCute organized crime member, in contrast to Ezra's conventionally heroic AcePilot. The two of them also lacked a real relationship before the events of the book, as Hanna was involved with Jackson, an officer on Heimdall, in contrast to Ezra and Kady's rocky love affair.
** In Obsidio, Asha is a mere pharmaceutical tech turned nurse, who nonetheless becomes a resistance fighter. Rhys is a member of the Beitech occupation force, stuck in a role he never intended. The two of them were also slightly older than the other four, being at least legal adults at the start of the series.
** In Obsidio, Asha is a mere pharmaceutical tech turned nurse, who nonetheless becomes a resistance fighter. Rhys is a member of the Beitech occupation force, stuck in a role he never intended. The two of them were also slightly older than the other four, being at least legal adults at the start of the series.
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** In Gemina, ''Gemina'', Hanna is an ActionGirl in contrast to Kady's truly brilliant PlayfulHacker. Nik likewise is a TroubledButCute organized crime member, in contrast to Ezra's conventionally heroic AcePilot. The two of them also lacked a real relationship before the events of the book, as Hanna was involved with Jackson, an officer on Heimdall, in contrast to Ezra and Kady's rocky love affair.
** InObsidio, ''Obsidio'', Asha is a mere pharmaceutical tech turned nurse, who nonetheless becomes a resistance fighter. Rhys is a member of the Beitech occupation force, stuck in a role he never intended. The two of them were also slightly older than the other four, being at least legal adults at the start of the series.
** In
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* KickTheDog: Torrence [[spoiler:ordering execution of his pilots for disobeying order to shoot down escape pods from Kopernicus]] in Illuminae, Falk [[spoiler:shooting Heimdall commander for answering his question right after the takeover]] in Gemina, Beitech soldier [[spoiler: shooting a little girl for stealing protein bars and not being registered (or Rhys discovering a mass grave and being casually told about the ongoing genocide)]] in Obsidio.
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* KickTheDog: KickTheDog:
** Torrence[[spoiler:ordering [[spoiler:orders the execution of several of his pilots for disobeying order not wanting to shoot down escape pods from Kopernicus]] help him cover up AIDAN destroying the ''Copernicus'']] in Illuminae, ''Illuminae''.
** Falk[[spoiler:shooting Heimdall [[spoiler:shoots the ''Heimdall's'' commander for answering his question right after the takeover]] in Gemina, Beitech ''Gemina''.
** A [=BeiTech=] soldier [[spoiler:shooting shoots a little girl for stealing protein bars and not being registered (or registered]] in ''Obsidio''.
** [=BeiTech=] does it again when Rhysdiscovering a discovers [[spoiler:they've just been dumping the bodies of Kerenza IV in mass grave and being casually told about the ongoing genocide)]] in Obsidio.graves.]]
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** [=BeiTech=] does it again when Rhys
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* RevealingCoverup: [[spoiler: This is deliberately engineered by the Illuminae Group, as they got hired by Beitech [=BeiTech=] to help clean up the mess(with the first book Illuminae serving as as their report to Beitech), [=Beitech=]), only to turn around and hand it over to the UTA as court documents(with documents (with the second and third books, Geminae and Obsidio featuring court transcripts as the files are entered into evidence.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Beitech is ok with many "morally questionable" things, but apparently, having swear words in their reports is not one of them, as they requested vulgarities to be censored in the Illuminae report.
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* KickingTheDog: Torrence [[spoiler:ordering execution of his pilots for disobeying order to shoot down escape pods from Kopernicus]]in Illuminae, Falk [[spoiler:shooting Heimdall commander for answering his question right after the takeover]] in Gemina, Beitech soldier [[spoiler: shooting a little girl for stealing protein bars and not being registered (or Rhys discovering a mass grave and being casually told about the ongoing genocide) in Obsidio]].
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* KickingTheDog: KickTheDog: Torrence [[spoiler:ordering execution of his pilots for disobeying order to shoot down escape pods from Kopernicus]]in Kopernicus]] in Illuminae, Falk [[spoiler:shooting Heimdall commander for answering his question right after the takeover]] in Gemina, Beitech soldier [[spoiler: shooting a little girl for stealing protein bars and not being registered (or Rhys discovering a mass grave and being casually told about the ongoing genocide) genocide)]] in Obsidio]].Obsidio.
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* KickingTheDog: Torrence [spoiler:ordering execution of his pilots for disobeying order to shoot down escape pods from Kopernicus]]ordering execution of his pilots for disobeying order to shoot down escape pods from Kopernicus in Illuminae, Falk [spoiler:shooting Heimdall commander for answering his question right after the takeover] in Gemina, Beitech soldier [spoiler: shooting a little girl for stealing protein bars and not being registered (or Rhys discovering a mass grave and being casually told about the ongoing genocide) in Obsidio].
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* KickingTheDog: Torrence [spoiler:ordering [[spoiler:ordering execution of his pilots for disobeying order to shoot down escape pods from Kopernicus]]ordering execution of his pilots for disobeying order to shoot down escape pods from Kopernicus in Kopernicus]]in Illuminae, Falk [spoiler:shooting [[spoiler:shooting Heimdall commander for answering his question right after the takeover] takeover]] in Gemina, Beitech soldier [spoiler: [[spoiler: shooting a little girl for stealing protein bars and not being registered (or Rhys discovering a mass grave and being casually told about the ongoing genocide) in Obsidio].Obsidio]].
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Instead of attempting planetary genocide, Beitech could have simply reported the illegal mining colony to UTA and laugh as their competitor gets one fine after another (as Ezra stated during the interview with psychologist). Partially subverted, as the attack was considered a grave mistake by BeiTech and director Taylor, who ordered it, was executed for it, but Beitech still attempted to cover everything up by attempting to kill everyone even remotely involved, including their own people.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Instead of attempting planetary genocide, Beitech could have simply reported the illegal mining colony to UTA and laugh as their competitor gets one fine after another (as Ezra stated during the interview with psychologist). Partially subverted, as the attack was considered a grave mistake by BeiTech and director Taylor, who ordered it, was executed for it, executed, but Beitech still attempted to cover everything up by attempting trying to kill everyone even remotely involved, including their own people.
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