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* FeudalFuture: The mammal species seem governed by noble houses while the reptiles have a more centralized empire. There's also the "knight" motif among the mammalian pilots; both they and their Drogahri counterparts wear uniforms that resemble futuristic suits of armor.

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* FeudalFuture: The mammal species seem governed by noble houses while the reptiles have a more centralized empire. There's also the "knight" motif among the mammalian pilots; pilots on both they and their Drogahri counterparts sides, all of whom wear uniforms that resemble futuristic suits of armor.

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* FantasticRacism: All over the place. Not only is there mutual hatred between the Drogahri and the mammals, but the mammals sometimes distrust each other, and Jake the mixed-breed canine faces discrimination for being a "mutt".

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* FantasticRacism: All over the place. Not only is there mutual hatred between the Drogahri and the mammals, but the mammals different mammalian species sometimes distrust each other, and Jake the mixed-breed canine faces discrimination for being a "mutt"."mutt" within Fenris.
-->'''[[https://lancercomic.com/comic/chapter-2-page-46/ Carlos]]:''' A mutt, a Bastetian, and a Taurican board a cruiser... sounds like the start of a joke.

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''[[https://lancercomic.com/ Lancer: The Knights of Fenris]]'' is a SpaceOpera webcomic created by Tim H. Nielsen. It's set in a galaxy populated by a variety of anthropomorphic animals.

The {{Backstory}}: Years ago, the reptilian Drogahri were just barely beaten back by an alliance of mammalian Houses, and tensions have been rising between the Houses again. While on patrol, a squadron of SpaceFighter-piloting Knights run into a Drogahri advance force. Will they become the first casualties of a second war?

The main four characters are Rolf Garret (wolf), veteran leader of the squadron we follow, and his young pilots Jake Marshall (mixed-breed dog), Mika Fadeneir (lynx) and Bosco Mattrick (bull).

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->''"You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up."''
-->-- '''Chuck Yaeger'''

''[[https://lancercomic.com/ Lancer: The Knights of Fenris]]'' (or just ''Lancer'' for short) is a SpaceOpera webcomic created by Tim H. Nielsen. It's set in a galaxy populated by a variety of anthropomorphic animals.

The {{Backstory}}: Years
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Twenty years
ago, the reptilian Drogahri and their empire were just barely beaten back by an alliance of mammalian Houses, and tensions have been rising between the Houses again. in the years since. Commander Rolf Garret, a wolf of House Fenris and a veteran of the last war, takes a squadron of three young knights under his wing: Jake Marshall, a mixed-breed dog and Garret's former squire; Mika Fadeneir, a lynx of House Bastet; and Bosco Mattrick, a bull of House Taurus.

While on patrol, a squadron of SpaceFighter-piloting these four Knights run into a Drogahri advance force. Will they become the first casualties of force around a second war?

The main four characters are Rolf
black hole. A battle between {{Space Fighter}}s ensues, in which Commander Garret (wolf), veteran leader goes missing, and the three other pilots barely escape the black hole with their lives… only to find that [[TimeDilation over a year]] has now passed in the rest of the squadron we follow, galaxy, and his young pilots Jake Marshall (mixed-breed dog), Mika Fadeneir (lynx) and Bosco Mattrick (bull).
that the Drogahri are winning the new war.





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* FantasticSlur: "Scalies" for the Drogahri.



* GoodScarsEvilScars: Rolf has a scar on his snout, a souvenir of his fight with General Yuta.

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* TheHorde: The Drogahri are treated as such by the Houses at least.

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* GuiltInducedNightmare: [[https://lancercomic.com/comic/chapter-2-page-40/ Some days after]] the trio's first battle [[TimeDilation (from their perspective)]], Jake has a nightmare of the Drogahri pilot he shot down floating dead in space. He confides in Bosco about the weight of his first kill, though Bosco can only tell him not to dwell on it.
* TheHorde: The Drogahri are treated as such by the Houses Houses, at least.



* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: SubvertedTrope with Mika. Her uniform is primarily red and black, but she's one of the heroes.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Drogahri we've met so far are AlwaysChaoticEvil creatures dedicated to war and conquest. If any there are any good ones, they haven't appeared yet.

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* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: SubvertedTrope {{Inverted|Trope}} with Mika. Her uniform is primarily red and black, but she's one of the heroes.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Drogahri we've met so far are AlwaysChaoticEvil creatures dedicated to war and conquest. If any there While some are any good ones, they more abhorrent than others (one is shown being visibly apprehensive towards the idea of sacrificing their own), we still haven't appeared yet.seen any "good" ones yet.
* ShoutOut:
** Anthropomorphic animals piloting {{Space Fighter}}s in a sci-fi setting? [[VideoGame/StarFox Sounds familiar.]]
** From [[https://lancercomic.com/comic/chapter-2-page-44/ this page]] where the three heroes' distress signal is found: [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi "It's an older code, but it checks out!"]]
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Not to be confused with the Mecha-based RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'', the 1968-70 WesternSeries ''Lancer'', or [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Fenris, the homeworld of the Space Wolves]].

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Not to be confused with the Mecha-based RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'', the 1968-70 WesternSeries ''Lancer'', or [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Fenris, the homeworld of the Space Wolves]].
Wolves in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''.
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Not to be confused with the Mecha-based RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'', the 1968-70 WesternSeries ''Lancer'', or [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 the homeworld of the Space Wolves]].

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Not to be confused with the Mecha-based RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'', the 1968-70 WesternSeries ''Lancer'', or [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Fenris, the homeworld of the Space Wolves]].
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''[[https://lancercomic.com/ Lancer: The Knights of Fenris]]'' is a SpaceOpera webcomic created by Tim H Nielsen. It's set in a galaxy populated by a variety of anthropomorphic animals.

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''[[https://lancercomic.com/ Lancer: The Knights of Fenris]]'' is a SpaceOpera webcomic created by Tim H H. Nielsen. It's set in a galaxy populated by a variety of anthropomorphic animals.



Not to be confused with the Mecha-based RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'' or the 1968-70 WesternSeries ''Lancer''.

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Not to be confused with the Mecha-based RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'' or ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'', the 1968-70 WesternSeries ''Lancer''.
''Lancer'', or [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 the homeworld of the Space Wolves]].
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Drogahri we've met are AlwaysChaoticEvil creatures dedicated to war and conquest. If any there are any good ones, they haven't appeared yet.

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** Likewise, Admiral Trikorn has a set of three scars over his left eye.
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* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: SubvertedTrope with Mika. Her uniform is primarily red and black, but she's one of the heroes.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: House Fenris (canines) (felines) seems vaguely European while House Bastet is somewhat Egyptian. House Taurus (presumably bovines) has so far been represented only by one knight.

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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: House Fenris seems vaguely European while House Bastet is somewhat Egyptian. House Taurus has so far been represented only by one knight.

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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: House Fenris (canines) (felines) seems vaguely European while House Bastet is somewhat Egyptian. House Taurus (presumably bovines) has so far been represented only by one knight.
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* FantasticRacism: All over the place. Not only is there mutual hatred between the Drogahri and the mammals, but Jake the mixed-breed canine faces discrimination for being a "mutt".

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* TheAtoner: Mika wants to restore the reputation of House Bastet, which somehow betrayed the other houses during a past war. [[NoodleIncident We haven't been given the details yet.]]

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* TheAtoner: Mika wants hopes to restore the reputation of redeem House Bastet, which somehow betrayed the other houses during a past war. [[NoodleIncident We haven't been given the details yet.]]

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* DecoyProtagonist: The earlier chapters feature Rolf as the main character, complete with a scene-setting {{Flashback}} showing his near-fatal battle with the feared Drogahri leader General Yuta. But then Rolf disappears, and the three young pilots he commanded become the protagonists.

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* DecoyProtagonist: The earlier early chapters feature Rolf as the main character, complete with a lengthy, scene-setting {{Flashback}} showing his near-fatal battle with the feared Drogahri leader General Yuta. But then Rolf disappears, and the three young pilots he commanded become the protagonists.


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* EnemyMine: While the mammalian species haven't gotten along in the past, they're forced to unite in self-defense against the Drogahri.


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* MixedAnimalSpeciesTeam: The four main characters are a wolf, a dog, a lynx and a bull.
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* TheAtoner: Mika wants to restore the reputation of House Bastet, which somehow betrayed the other houses during a past war. [[NoodleIncident We haven't been given the details yet.]]

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* DecoyProtagonist: The earlier chapters feature Rolf as the main character, complete with a scene-setting {{Flashback}} showing his near-fatal battle with the feared Drogahri leader General Yuta. But then Rolf disappears, and the three young pilots he commanded become the protagonists.



* FeudalFuture: The mammal species seem governed by noble houses while the reptiles have a more centralized empire. There's also the "knight" motif among the mammalian pilots; both they and the Drogahri counterpart wear uniforms that resemble futuristic suits of armor.

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* FeudalFuture: The mammal species seem governed by noble houses while the reptiles have a more centralized empire. There's also the "knight" motif among the mammalian pilots; both they and the their Drogahri counterpart counterparts wear uniforms that resemble futuristic suits of armor.



* GoodScarsEvilScars: Rolf has a scar on his snout, a souvenir of his near-fatal battle with the feared Drogahri leader General Yuta.

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* GoodScarsEvilScars: Rolf has a scar on his snout, a souvenir of his near-fatal battle fight with the feared Drogahri leader General Yuta.
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* FeudalFuture: The mammal species seem governed by noble houses while the reptiles have a more centralized empire. There's also the "knight" motif among the mammalian pilots; both they and the Drogahri counterpart wear uniforms that resemble futuristic suits of armor.



* GoodScarsEvilScars: Rolf has a scar on his snout, a souvenir of his battle with the feared Drogahri leader General Yuta.

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* NobleWolf: Rolf Garret, the brave, heroic mentor to the three young pilots from the Banner Sentinels.
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The {{Backstory}}: Years ago, the reptilian Drogahri were just barely beaten back by an alliance of mammalian Houses, and tensions have been rising between the Houses again. While on patrol, a squadron of SpaceFighter-piloting knights run into a Drogahri advance force. Will they become the first casualties of a second war?

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The {{Backstory}}: Years ago, the reptilian Drogahri were just barely beaten back by an alliance of mammalian Houses, and tensions have been rising between the Houses again. While on patrol, a squadron of SpaceFighter-piloting knights Knights run into a Drogahri advance force. Will they become the first casualties of a second war?



* CarnivoreConfusion: Bosco asks Jake and Mika what they'll eat once they run out of rations, since they're carnivores and there don't seem to be any chickens on the planet.

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* CarnivoreConfusion: When the three young Knights are stranded behind enemy lines, Bosco asks Jake and Mika what they'll eat once they run out of rations, since they're carnivores and there don't seem to be any chickens on the planet.



* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Every character we've seen so far sports a military uniform with boots except Duchess Ivanna Morozov of House Bastet, a BarefootCartoonAnimal who wears a flowing robe.

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* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Every character we've seen so far sports a military uniform with boots except Duchess Ivanna Morozov of House Bastet, a BarefootCartoonAnimal who wears a flowing white robe.

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''[[https://lancercomic.com/ Lancer: The Knights of Fenris]]'' is a SpaceOpera webcomic created by Tim H Nielsen. It's set in a galaxy populated by a variety of anthropomorphic animals. Years ago the reptilian Drogahri were just barely beaten back by an alliance of mammalian Houses, and tensions have been rising between the Houses again. While on patrol a squadron of SpaceFighter-piloting knights run into a Drogahri advance force. Will they become the first casualties of a second war?

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''[[https://lancercomic.com/ Lancer: The Knights of Fenris]]'' is a SpaceOpera webcomic created by Tim H Nielsen. It's set in a galaxy populated by a variety of anthropomorphic animals.

The {{Backstory}}:
Years ago ago, the reptilian Drogahri were just barely beaten back by an alliance of mammalian Houses, and tensions have been rising between the Houses again. While on patrol patrol, a squadron of SpaceFighter-piloting knights run into a Drogahri advance force. Will they become the first casualties of a second war?

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* DefaceOfTheMoon: When the Drogahri conquer Edenia IV, they carve [[https://lancercomic.com/comic/chapter-1-page-38/ a giant dragon figure]] into the planet's surface.



* GoodScarsEvilScars: Rolf has a scar on his snout, a souvenir of his battle with the feared Drogahri soldier General Yuta.

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* GoodScarsEvilScars: Rolf has a scar on his snout, a souvenir of his battle with the feared Drogahri soldier leader General Yuta.



* {{Jerkass}}: When Jake, Mika and Bosco are rescued, some crew members on the cruiser that picks them up treat them badly because they're suspicious of their black hole story. This especially includes Grant the logistics specialist, who purposely gives the pilots the worst accommodations he can find.

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* {{Jerkass}}: When Jake, Mika and Bosco are rescued, some crew members on the cruiser that picks them up treat them badly because they're suspicious of their black hole story. This especially includes Grant the logistics specialist, who purposely gives the pilots [[https://lancercomic.com/comic/chapter-2-page-58/ the worst accommodations he can find.find]].

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The main four characters are Rolf Garret (wolf), veteran leader of the squadron we follow, and his pilots Jake Marshall (mixed-breed dog), Mika Fadeneir (lynx) and Bosco Mattrick (bull).

Not to be confused with the Mecha-based RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'' or the 1968-70 WesternSeries ''Series/{{Lancer}}''.

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The main four characters are Rolf Garret (wolf), veteran leader of the squadron we follow, and his young pilots Jake Marshall (mixed-breed dog), Mika Fadeneir (lynx) and Bosco Mattrick (bull).

Not to be confused with the Mecha-based RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'' or the 1968-70 WesternSeries ''Series/{{Lancer}}''.
''Lancer''.



* BrutishBulls: Between his BrutalHonesty and HairTriggerTemper, Bosco fits the profile.



* FantasticRacism: All over the place. Not only is there mutual hatred between the Drogahri and the mammals, but Jake the canine faces discrimination for being a "mutt".

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* FantasticRacism: All over the place. Not only is there mutual hatred between the Drogahri and the mammals, but Jake the mixed-breed canine faces discrimination for being a "mutt".



* GoodScarsEvilScars: Rolf has a scar on his snout, a souvenir of his battle with the feared Drogahri soldier General Yuta.



* {{Jerkass}}: When Jake, Mika and Bosco are rescued, some crew members on the cruiser that picks them up treat them badly because they're suspicious of their black hole story. This especially includes Grant the logistics specialist, who purposely gives the pilots the worst accommodations he can find.



* TimeDilation: A close scrape with a black hole causes three knights to miss out on more than a year of the war.

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* StreetUrchin: Jake was one in his {{Backstory}} until Rolf chose him as a squire, causing Jake to treat him as a ParentalSubstitute.
* TimeDilation: A close scrape with a black hole causes three knights Jake, Mika and Bosco to miss out on more than a year of the war.war.
* UncertainDoom: After the encounter with the black hole, Rolf goes missing and no one is sure if he's still alive, or what's happened to him.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: In this case, the characters are closer to "anthro" than "funny".
* WrenchWench: Tawny Fenner, the ace mechanic aboard the Fenris cruiser. She's very thorough at her job, although Mika isn't happy with [[https://lancercomic.com/comic/chapter-2-page-52/ the way Tawny treats her ship]].

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''Lancer: The Knights of Fenris'' is a SpaceOpera webcomic set in a galaxy populated by a variety of anthropomorphic animals. Years ago the reptilian Drogahri were just barely beaten back by an alliance of mammalian Houses, and tensions have been rising between the Houses again. While on patrol a squadron of SpaceFighter-piloting knights run into a Drogahri advance force. Will they become the first casualties of a second war?

[[https://lancercomic.com/ Read it here]]

Not to be confused with the Mecha-based RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}''.

!!Tropes:

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''Lancer: [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lancer_the_knights_of_fenris.png]]

''[[https://lancercomic.com/ Lancer:
The Knights of Fenris'' Fenris]]'' is a SpaceOpera webcomic created by Tim H Nielsen. It's set in a galaxy populated by a variety of anthropomorphic animals. Years ago the reptilian Drogahri were just barely beaten back by an alliance of mammalian Houses, and tensions have been rising between the Houses again. While on patrol a squadron of SpaceFighter-piloting knights run into a Drogahri advance force. Will they become the first casualties of a second war?

[[https://lancercomic.com/ Read it here]]

The main four characters are Rolf Garret (wolf), veteran leader of the squadron we follow, and his pilots Jake Marshall (mixed-breed dog), Mika Fadeneir (lynx) and Bosco Mattrick (bull).

Not to be confused with the Mecha-based RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}''.

!!Tropes:
''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'' or the 1968-70 WesternSeries ''Series/{{Lancer}}''.

!!Lancer: The Tropes of Fenris:



* FantasticRacism: All over the place. Not only is there mutual hatred between the Drogahri and the mammals, but Jake the canine faces discrimination for being a "mutt".



* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Every character we've seen so far sports a military uniform with boots except Duchess Ivanna Morozov of House Bastet, a BarefootCartoonAnimal who wears a flowing robe.



* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Drogahri we've met are AlwaysChaoticEvil creatures dedicated to war and conquest. If any there are any good ones, they haven't appeared yet.



* TimeDilation: A close scrape with a black hole causes three knights to miss out on more than a year of the war.

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* TimeDilation: A close scrape with a black hole causes three knights to miss out on more than a year of the war.war.
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''Lancer: The Knights of Fenris'' is a SpaceOpera webcomic set in a galaxy populated by a variety of anthropomorphic animals. Years ago the reptilian Drogahri were just barely beaten back by an alliance of mammalian Houses, and tensions have been rising between the Houses again. While on patrol a squadron of SpaceFighter-piloting knights run into a Drogahri advance force. Will they become the first casualties of a second war?

[[https://lancercomic.com/ Read it here]]

Not to be confused with the Mecha-based RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}''.

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* TheAlliance: The Houses formed one to fight the Drogahri Horde, with the Banner Sentinels as the more visible face.
* CarnivoreConfusion: Bosco asks Jake and Mika what they'll eat once they run out of rations, since they're carnivores and there don't seem to be any chickens on the planet.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: House Fenris seems vaguely European while House Bastet is somewhat Egyptian. House Taurus has so far been represented only by one knight.
* FeudalFuture: The mammal species seem governed by noble houses while the reptiles have a more centralized empire.
* TheHorde: The Drogahri are treated as such by the Houses at least.
* SpaceFighter: Knights fly AceCustom fighters called "Lancers".
* TimeDilation: A close scrape with a black hole causes three knights to miss out on more than a year of the war.

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