History Series / AnotherLife2019

* {{Transgender}}: Although not explicitly stated yet, Zayn is meant to be nonbinary like the actor, with an ambiguous gender presentation. No one ever addresses Zayn by any pronouns, interestingly enough.

* CrazyEnoughToWork: Ian Yerxa's plan in the first episode to have the ''Salvare'' slingshot around a sun with the FTL shield bubble deployed to protect it from incoming flares has a projected 11% chance of not working but Niko refuses because she thinks it's too high a chance. Yerxa is so sure that it's a workable plan that he spends a significant chunk of the episode [[TheStarscream undermining Niko's authority so he can implement the maneuver]], [[spoiler:finishing with a full-blown mutiny and tossing Niko in a soma chamber]]. RealityEnsues, however -- sure, ''eleven percent'' sounded like [[NeverTellMeTheOdds low enough odds]] to make it worth trying, but when confronted with reality the situation becomes too unpredictable and the ''Salvare'' is nearly destroyed.

** The alien Achaia is almost an homophone with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaeans_(Homer) Achaeans]], the proverbial "Greeks bearing [[TrojanHorse gifts]]" from ''Literature/TheTrojanCycle''.

** The alien Achaia share a name with the proverbial "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaeans_(Homer) Greeks]] bearing [[TrojanHorse gifts]]" from ''Literature/TheTrojanCycle''.

* BalkanizeMe: The dialogue implies that this has been going on, as while trying to communicate with [[spoiler:the Artifact on the alien moon]] Sasha mentions that there are currently 213 nations on Earth, as opposed to the current 195. This happened despite other countries coming together, like the Koreas forming United Korea.

* MeaningfulName: Even Ian ''Yerxa'''s name alludes to him being a massive [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]].

* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfDistance: The ''Salvare'' can't fly blind through a few light-years of black-matter space because they might hit a planet. The odds of that happening are so infinitesimally low that they defy calculation. As a matter of fact, it's highly unlikely that there ''is'' a planet ''anywhere'' in there.

It premiered on ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'' on July 25, 2019.

* EasilyForgiven: When she reassumes command after the attempted mutiny, Niko decides to forgive the mutineers who violently overthrew her, despite having every good reason to order them replaced and send back in stasis. Most egregiously, this includes Ian, the guy who lead the munity, despite him staging said munity for entirely egoistical reasons and endangering both the ship and the crew during his brief time in charge, by causing the exact scenario Niko was attempting to prevent by refusing his plan in the first place. Ian even tells her that he wouldn't have done the same, had he been in her position, and later even tries to stab her in the back.

* AIIsACrapshoot:
** Albeit not intentionally, William ends up being this at several points. While he is designed to be helpful and protective of the crew, several very weird and counter-intuitive choices in his programming ends up rendering him a threat to them.

** William can respond emotionally to situations, which is, all thing considered, a very good idea, since he is supposed to interact with a human crew, and it would certain help in such situation to come across to them as simply another human. The problem is that William doesn't simulate emotions, as one would reasonably expect; he actually ''feels'' them and cannot turn them off. This proves a terrible idea, when he falls in love with Niko, has "sex" with her (well, as close as an insubstantial hologram can get to having sex with a human) when she is high on drugs, and is rejected by her when she comes down from her trip and realizes that she was acting irrationally when she had a "tryst" with him. William responds by having an emotional breakdown over her rejection, and shuts himself down, becoming unavailable in a situation where his absence endangers the crew.

* IdiotBall: Many examples.

** When Niko reveals that she has accidentally killed Ian, she doesn't include the very important detail that the reason he ended up dying was because she was defended herself against him as he was trying to stab her {{in the back}}. Instead, she just justifies his death by vaguely referring to him as "a threat". Her ambigious wording only manages to make it sound like she straight up executed him in cold blood, making the crew distrustful of her.

* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Killing the alien virus by exposing the infected crew to a nearby star's gamma radiation]] turns out to be this. Everyone will live, but everyone's now sterile and will never be able to have children. Keep in mind that with the exception of Niko, who already has a daughter, everyone aboard the ''Savare'' is in their mid-twenties, and several of these characters explicitly mentioned wanting to have lots of kids. [[spoiler:August, however, ends up pregnant anyway, thanks to one of her two partners beating the odds.]]

* OhCrap: Exactly August's reaction when she learns that [[spoiler:she's pregnant from either Oliver or Javier]].

* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The ''Salvare'' can't fly blind through a few light-years of black-matter space because they might hit a planet. The odds of that happening are so infinitesimally low that they defy calculation. As a matter of fact, it's highly unlikely that there ''is'' a planet ''anywhere'' in there.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Albeit not intentionally, William ends up being this at several points. While he is designed to be helpful and protective of the crew, several very weird and counter-intuitive choices in his programming ends up rendering him a threat to them.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith:
** Taken UpToEleven: When [[spoiler:Erik enters the Artifact, the Achaia communicate with him using one of his memories to provide a familiar setting]].

** Turns out [[spoiler:Oliver's girlfriend]] only exists in VR.

* LingerieScene: Cas spends a significant chunk of screen time in her first episode walking around in her sports bra and shorts (because she has just been brought out of soma sleep).

** The second episode has the ''Salvare'' crew dealing with the very first issue after almost getting cooked by a sun: life support malfunctioning and venting a significant amount of air, leaving them with [[RaceAgainstTime five hours]] to find some place to mine for resources.

** William can respond emotionally to situations, which is, all thing considered, a very good idea, since he is supposed to interact with a human crew, and it would certain help in such situation to come across to them as simply another human. The problem is that William doesn't simulate emotions, as one would reasonably expect; he actually ''feels'' them and cannot turn them off. This proves a terrible idea, when he falls in love with Niko, has "sex" with her (well, as close as insubstantial hologram can get to having sex with a human) when she is high on drugs, and is rejected by her when she comes down from her trip and realizes that she was acting irrationally when she had a "tryst" with him. William responds by having an emotional breakdown over her rejection, and shuts himself down, becoming unavailable in a situation where his absence endangers the crew.

** William can initiate safety protocols without the crew or the captain's approval, would would be sensible enough in a situation where the captain or the crew is unconcious or otherwise unable to give him orders, but neither the crew nor the captain have the authority to override his safety protocols once he has first started them, which endangers both the ship and the crew when he malfunctions and decides to respond to a threat that actually isn't there.
** Willaim can respond emotionally to situations, which is, all thing considered, a very good idea, since he is supposed to interact with a human crew, and it would certain help in such situation to come across to them as simply another human. The problem is that Willaim doesn't simulate emotions, as one would resonably expect; he actually ''feels'' them and cannot turn them off. This proves a terrible idea, when he falls in love with Niko, has "sex" with her (well, as close as insubstantial hologram can get to having sex with a human) when she is high on drugs, and is rejected by her when she comes down from her trip and realizes that she was acting irrationally when she had a "tryst" with him. Willaim responds by having an emotional breakdown over her rejection, and shuts himself down, becoming unavailable in a situation where his absense endangers the crew.

** Willaim can respond emotionally to situations, which is, all thing considered, a very good idea, since he is supposed to interact with a human crew, and it would certain help in such situation to come across to them as simply another human. The problem is that Willaim doesn't simulate emotions, as one would resonably expect; he actually ''feels'' them and cannot turn them off. This proves a terrible idea, when he falls in love with Niko, has "sex" (well, as close as insubstantial hologram can get to having sex with a human) with her when she is high on drugs, and is rejected by her when she comes down from her trip and realizes that she was acting irrationally when she had a "tryst" with him. Willaim responds by having an emotional breakdown over her rejection, and shuts himself down, becoming unavailable in a situation where his absense endangers the crew.

** Willaim can respond emotionally to situations, which is, all thing considered, a very good idea, since he is supposed to interact with a human crew, and it would certain help in such situation to come across to them as simply another human. The problem is that Willaim doesn't simulate emotions, as one would resonably expect; he actually ''feels'' them and cannot turn them off. This proves a terrible idea, when he falls in love with Niko, has "sex" (well, as close as hologram can get to having sex with a human) when she is high on drugs, and is rejected by her when she comes down from her trip and realizes that she was acting irrationally when she had a "tryst" with him. Willaim responds by having an emotional breakdown over her rejection, and shuts himself down, becoming unavailable in a situation where his absense endangers the crew.

* EasilyForgiven: When she reassumes command, Niko decides to forgive the mutineers who violently overthrew her, despite having every good reason to order them replaced and send back in stasis. Most egregiously, this includes Yerxa, the guy who lead the munity, despite him staging said munity for entirely egoistical reasons and endagering both the ship and the crew during his brief time in charge, by causing the exact scenario Niko was attempting to prevent by refusing his plan in the first place.

** General Dubois assigned Niko to command the mission, replacing Ian, but left Ian on board, despite his obvious resentment at serving under his replacement. [[spoiler:He mutinies at the first opportunity.]]
** Despite the vital importance of the mission, no one bothered to do psychological evaluations of the crew, many of whom are clearly unsuitable to working in a high-stress environment.

** Ian [[spoiler: commits mutiny in order to implement a high-risk plan. After Niko regains command, he tries it again, even though his plan proved to be a complete failure and he has no viable alternative.]]
** The crew goes along with [[spoiler: Ian's mutiny]] despite his only argument being that his plan is high risk and that his willingness to take risks is supposed to make him a more suitable commander.
** Niko allowed [[spoiler: Ian to walk around freely after his mutiny]] instead of putting him back in cryo-sleep.

* TheNeidermeyer: Ian Yerxa, the Executive Officer of the ''Salvare'', was originally appointed to be the mission commander and clearly constantly resents Niko Breckenridge for accepting the job and taking over his position, posting an idea to slingshot the ''Salvare'' around an unstable sun that he believes is CrazyEnoughToWork and Niko is weak for not accepting it. [[spoiler:He leads a mutiny, the plan fails so badly that a significant chunk of the first season is spent struggling with the TraumaCongaLine that it causes (massive damage to the ship, AlmostOutOfOxygen, infection with an alien virus when exploring a planet to replenish said oxygen, and the list goes on), and even if it remains fuzzy enough that Niko has a well-justified MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction and the people who decry her action have a JerkassHasAPoint stance, Ian still picked up a knife and walked right up to Niko with all signs that he was going to [[TheStarscream stab her in the back]] and [[KlingonPromotion take over]]. He doesn't makes it past the first episode as a result.]]

* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Sasha, after being foiled in his attempt to destroy the ship, fights off the influence of the Achaia implant long enough to grab Zayn and force Bennie to kill him to save her life.]]

* EasilyForgiven: When she reassumes command, Niko decides to forgive the mutineers who violently overthrew her, despite having every good reason to order them at least replaced, and even incarated. Most egregiously, this includes Yerxa, the guy who lead the munity, despite him staging said munity for entirely egoistical reasons and endagering both the ship and the crew during his brief time in charge, by causing the exact scenario Niko was attempting to prevent by refusing his plan in the first place.