1 | [[http://www.void-dogs.com/ ''Void Dogs'']] is a {{fantasy}} SpaceOpera by AlexandraErin, better known for the adult fantasy series ''Literature/TalesOfMU''. This lighter, more comedic story follows the misadventures of the crew of the ''Shays Rebellion'', a deep space cargo ship owned by a shady businessman and manned by nameless {{RedShirt}}s and a crew of "lovable" rogues, including: |
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3 | * Lilliana Corsair, scheming "den mother" and manager of the ship's affairs. |
4 | * Dick Unger, the pilot. |
5 | * Regan Bard, delusional mechanic. Possible exiled prince. |
6 | * Galatea Adams, oversexed computer expert. |
7 | * Leo Parda, a genetically altered cat man. |
8 | * Nick Bradley, a practitioner of the "clone lifestyle." |
9 | * Handy, [=AKA=] Handjob, one of a group of mass-produced parahumans with another set of arms instead of legs. |
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11 | The ship's owner, Daniel Shays, doesn't care what the crew does as long as they keep the money coming in. |
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14 | !!Provides examples of: |
15 | * ActionSurvivor: Lilliana |
16 | * AnvilOnHead: When the ship is boarded, Handy drops various items including potted plants, a bowling ball and an anchor out of the air ducts onto the intruders. The incongruity of keeping things like potted plants, a bowling ball or an anchor in the duct system is noted. |
17 | * AuthorFilibuster: In a couple places, the action halts while the narration or a character explains something that bugs the author about science fiction. It's PlayedForLaughs. |
18 | * AWizardDidIt: FasterThanLightTravel, ArtificialGravity, anything else that's impossible or wildly improbable according to the laws of physics is said to be magic instead. |
19 | * {{BFG}}: Cicada's [=GSMR=] gun. |
20 | * {{BFS}}: Regan's monoedge sword. |
21 | * TheCaptain: Not present among this crew of sociopaths. |
22 | %%* CoolStarship: The ''Rebellion'' |
23 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Regan, full stop. Most of the time, she barely seems competent. When the fighting starts, it's a different story. It helps that she's also TheBerserker. |
24 | * CloudCuckoolander: Regan. Half of what she says is delusions. The other half is lies. |
25 | * TheCaper: The museum job. |
26 | * DeadpanSnarker: Leo. |
27 | * DirtyCoward: Daniel Shays. He's willing to throw non-essential personnel to a pursuing necromancer in order to make sure he gets away. Lilliana is a more pragmatic version of this. |
28 | * DramaticGunCock: Lampshaded. A button producing user selectable gun cock sound effects is built into Cicada's high-tech BFG. |
29 | * {{Expy}}: Handy is essentially one of Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's [[Literature/VorkosiganSaga quaddies]] with her ComicallySerious knob turned up to 11. |
30 | * FutureImperfect: |
31 | ** One chapter includes references to Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti's ''Art/{{David}}'' {{sculpture|s}} and Creator/EdvardMunch's famous Art/{{The Scream|Munch}} poster. |
32 | ** Not to mention Regan's favorite author, the great Irish writer MarcTwain! |
33 | ** Plus New York city was believed to be a myth for a long time, "An English colony on the American coast, seriously?" |
34 | * InsistentTerminology: Regan insists on putting a ''the'' before all names or nicknames |
35 | * OrphanedEtymology: Lampshaded repeatedly, including a self deprecating reference to an "early 21st century writer" who was notorious for her insistence on repeatedly lampshading OrphanedEtymology. |
36 | * PoliceCodeForEverything: The ''Fickle Finger'''s security has a code for "exiled royalty has detonated a bottle". They also have one for "exiled royalty has detonated a turtle". |
37 | * ScheduleSlip: Seems to be getting better, though. |
38 | * SpacePeople: Liliana is a "space gypsy" while Handy is designed for zero-g work. |
39 | * {{Technobabble}}: ruthlessly mocked as scientific-sounding excuses for AWizardDidIt |
40 | * UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The museum job. |
41 | * UsedFuture: used, abused, and sold at a discount. |
42 | * WrenchWench: Regan, but don't call her a wench. She's actually the exiled prince of Nova Hibernia. |
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