Line #98 Literature/ChakonaSpace


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3	A WebOriginal SharedUniverse UsefulNotes/{{Furry\|Fandom}} setting, based on a WebSerialNovel, "Forest Tales", by Bernard Doove, ([[http://www.chakatsden.com available here (NSFW)]], [[http://furry.org.au/chakat/ Mirror]], [[http://www.chakat.net/ Mirror 2]]. You might need to check all three as the site occasionally goes down for one reason or another.) that started as a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' FanFic and became its own series. "Forest Tales" was the first series in the setting, but others have been written, by Doove and an army of Chakat fans. Some of these fans are better writers than others.
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5	Many of the stories are accompanied by artwork, which is done by a variety of artists of varying levels of artistic talent. Many of the cast bio pages are similarly accompanied by artwork, also frequently NSFW.
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7	The central characters of most of the stories are Chakats, a genetically-engineered hermaphroditic feline centaur race who were created at the height of mankind's genetic engineering ability and are thus, arguably, an entire race of {{Mary Sue}}s.
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9	The protagonist of the "Forest Tales" stories is a Chakat named Forestwalker who works as a Forest Ranger in Australia in the 24th century.
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11	If you've become a fan of Doove's writing, see also: FanFic/GoldfursStoriesAboutPonies.
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14	!!'''WARNING!!''' Much of the artwork, as well as much of the writing in this series is NSFW. Follow links with due care.
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16	!!The series provides examples of:
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18	* AbusiveParents: Cindy Grayson's father, Charles, has managed to make his daughter fear father figures. Charles was also skimming from accounts left to her by her grandmother to pay his own gambling debts.
19	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: At one point, Captain Foster posts a tongue-twister of a call for recruits to crew a cargo run he needs to make. (emphasis added)
20	--> The Folly is looking ''for a few fools foolish'' enough to want to work long hours on their time off from Star Fleet.
21	* AdultsAreUseless: The Faleshkarti. (This gets its own story justifying it in an unusual way.) [[spoiler: When they mature, a hormone makes them stupid and only want to have sex and breed. Due to the overpopulation problems this encourages the comparatively genius-level children to accept Federation help in counteracting that particular aspect of their biology.]]
22	* AerithAndBob: Skunktaurs prefer to make use of Aerith type names for whatever reason.
23	** Due to their language being [[TheUnpronouncable nigh impossible for most humans to use]], many Caitians will take the Terranglo translation of the meaning of their name and use that. The trope comes into play most clearly when a Caitian with a fairly simple native name is in the same environment as one with a much more complex, and less pronounceable name, Especially if they have adopted the Terranglo version of their name.
24	* AirVentPassageway: A few of these have popped up so far.
25	** ''Tales of the Folly'' chapter 4 features 6 Chakat cubs surviving having their station being taken over by pirates by hiding in an air duct.
26	** One of Doove's "Flight of the Phoenix" chapters features a ferret morph crawling through access passages with replacement commo wires, then using said passages as a hiding place to help retake the ship from pirates.
27	* AIIsACrapshoot: Tess has developed a habit of only informing her captain and crew of things she deems important. Otherwise, she's fine.
28	* AliensAreBastards: The Rakshani started off this way, but upon formally meeting Captain Neal Foster, they were willing to sit down at the treaty table.
29	** There are also multiple different groups of pirates who just happen to be aliens. The two most prominent groups are Voxxan.
30	* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Played straight most of the time. Sometimes, the TranslationConvention is applied. For a few instances electronic translators are mentioned.
31	* AllThereInTheManual: a lot of the world building in the story universe happens outside of the stories, in such [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly named articles]] like 'An Introduction To Chakats' or 'An Introduction To Stellar Foxtaurs'.
32	* AlmightyJanitor: Neal Foster of the Folly, an engineering genius with enormous influence and resources including three colonies, who pretends to be a simple freighter captain, [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory arguably]] the [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Lazarus Long]] (crossed with a bit of [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]]) of the setting.
33	* AlternativeCalendar: Since genuinely alien worlds are involved, this comes up occasionally. Both Raksha and Chakona each have a different length of year and day, therefore, unique calendars compared to Earth.
34	** Chakona is mentioned as using a different ''clock'' due to the differing length of day.
35	* AlternateNumberSystem: Some of the stories mention that Caitians use a base 8 system. This gives some of them troubles with the base 10 system everybody else is using.
36	* ArtificialGravity: Seems that all starships in this setting are mentioned as being equipped with this. As well as all of the {{Space Station}}s.
37	* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The Rakshani Deities did this. And they consider modern Rakshani to be their children.
38	* AuthorAvatar: Chakat Goldfur, child of Longstripe and Desertsand, is literally this. She's basically the main protagonist of most of the main storyline.
39	* AutomatedAutomobiles: This type of vehicle is routinely seen in this 'Verse. One story discusses the advantages. One article discusses the development of these vehicles. The same article also discusses the in-universe fiction centered on these vehicles, as well as how that same fiction has been altered by those same AI driven cars.
40	* AWizardDidIt: Multiple examples.
41	** Rakshani deities have done plenty of meddling with their children. Particularly the fertility deities. See: But I Can't Be Pregnant, below.
42	** Also rather strange: ''The Colony''. The reader never even '''sees''' the wizard waving his wand...
43	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Especially when you are aboard the ''Folly''. {{Lampshaded}} word for word.
44	* BeenThereShapedHistory: In one story set in [[AlmightyJanitor Captain Foster's]] past, he stumbles upon the peace talks between TheFederation and the Rakshani. He diverts those talks in directions the big felines would survive.
45	* BerserkButton:
46	** Do '''NOT''' attempt to harm a Chakat's cub. You will find the experience to be painful.
47	** Do '''NOT''' attempt to harm anyone Neil Foster considers to be under his care. You might not survive.
48	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Chakats will happily befriend just about anybody they encounter if given the chance, but ''don't'' push their (thankfully few) Berserk Buttons...
49	* BizarreAlienBiology: The Faleshkarti. Seriously. Just read the last 10 to 15% of ''And the Children Shall Lead.''
50	* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: The Folly's rabbit chef likes to add this kind of spice to meals when she thinks her captain or fellow crew-members aren't paying attention to her culinary efforts. She has learned to tighten up her aim after a group she wasn't targeting sampled the spiced up stew she left out for the captain, who had, as usual, skipped dinner.
51	** She put four drops of a rare, Caitian spice into a half-full pot of stew when a single drop would have been sufficient for a full pot.
52	* BondageIsBad: Averted, male-on-female domination is taboo in Foxtaur culture but somehow [[spoiler: it helps Garrek deal with the aftereffects of being flooded with mating pheromones]]. Also, BDSM-play is still legal in the Federation if you take the required safety classes.
53	* BornAsAnAdult: Leanna and pretty much any other similar slave morph. Leanna was "decanted" as a young adult, rather than as a child. This creates the [[UnfortunateImplications morally scary]] economic benefit of slaves ready to work as soon as they are decanted.
54	* BottomlessMagazines: Neal's [[ICallItVera Betsy]] is no ordinary shotgun. The ammo tube contains a transporter target beacon so [[InstantAIJustAddWater Tess]] can transmit more rounds during a firefight.
55	* BrainBleach: Stew wants some after discussing her desire for children with Neal.
56	--> '''Neil''': If (the Bunny Brothers) do say yes, you just might find out from docs Kelly or M’Lai first." At (Stew's) confused look, he smiled. "Unless you want them coming after you with a turkey baster!"\
57	[Stew] stared at him moment, then closed her eyes. After another moment, she groaned. "Thanks a lot! Now I can’t get that image out of my head!"
58	* BrotherSisterIncest: Forestwalker, Goldfur, and Quickpaw; Garrek and Malena. Among others.
59	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: During the rewritten ''Tales of the Folly'' Part 2, Captain Foster pulls an unusual heroic variant of this. Then again, [[RoadTripPlot trouble seems to follow him around]], and the locals are [[GenreSavvy very aware]] of this fact.
60	--> Brajet shook her head. “Not even lunchtime and you’ve already got some of the local cops mad at you. Why do I have the bad feeling that this will be one of your more interesting visits?”\
61	Neal grinned. “I have no idea what you’re talking about; it’s just another day in the life for me.”\
62	Looking at his young ‘crew’, Brajet muttered, “That’s what I’m afraid of.”
63	* ButICantBePregnant:
64	** Chakat Midnight gets this thanks to a mischievous Rakshani fertility deity.
65	** Rakshani fertility deities get around. There are several characters who find themselves in this position thanks to them.
66	** [[spoiler:Thayla was old enough to be under the impression that she was menopausal. Turns out she wasn't.]]
67	* CallASmeerpARabbit: Two [[CatFolk feline]] alien races, Caitans and Rakshani, are named after a [[Franchise/StarTrek fictional feline race]] and a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent race of evil spirits from Asian legends]].
68	* CasualInterstellarTravel: And Neil Foster makes it even better/faster. Not to mention, more efficient.
69	* CanonDiscontinuity: During the early years when it was mostly just Doove writing in the universe, a great deal of things were said, or allowed, that Doove has said a number of times that, if he could go back and redo it, wouldn't be in the universe. It's probably a good idea not to put [[BroadStrokes too much stock in what characters said]] and it may be best if you avoid talking about parts of the universe that are overly ''Franchise/{{Star Trek}}''-ish, or those guys who sound an awful lot like [[Franchise/StarWars the Empire]].
70	* CatFolk: Chakats are hermaphroditic feline centaurs. Additionally, you've got Caitans, Rakshani, and other cat-morphs.
71	* ChristmasEpisode: The final chapter of the ''Flight of the Phoenix'' is one of these.
72	* ColdEquation: During the first chapter of the "More Terrible Than Chains" story, a slave ship breaks down light years from anyplace habitable. One of the crew wants to protect their significant investment. The captain understands the limitations of the life pods.[[note]]The crew also lampshades how shoddy their ship is, because the budget cuts were the reason the ship wasn't reliable in the first place. If the designers spared just a little more budget, at least with redundant life-boats, there wouldn't ''be'' a cold equation.[[/note]]
73	--> "Idiot! You know the life pods are designed solely to support a certain number of people for a certain amount of time. Add just one slave and no one in that pod may get to the destination alive."
74	** Fortunately, this enables the Federation to rescue the left-behind slaves without resistance.
75	* CombatPragmatist: One of Neal Foster's many Hats.
76	* ContainmentField: Little page time is given to them, but they are there, especially when an author starts discussing antimatter.
77	* CoolStarship: Neal Foster's ''Folly'' exemplifies this trope. The FSS Pegasus definitely counts as well.
78	* CorruptChurch: Any story involving the 'Holy' Christian Kingdom of North America is going to involve some combination of racism, terrorism, [[HumanExperimentation human/alien/morph experimentation]], or just plain murder. The priests who don't engage in hypocritical sermons, abuse of power[[note]]including embezzlement of donations and spiteful persecution of morph minors and inter-species couples[[/note]], or outright blasphemy[[note]]technically Gildedtongue is one of the nice priestesses but shi still ''had sex in a church''[[/note]] are typically full-blown terrorists.
79	* {{Crossover}}: Doove went full Brony in October of 2013 and [[FanFic/GoldfursStoriesAboutPonies began posting Pony stories]] over on Platform/FimfictionDotNet. In June of 2017, he started posting a story called ''Cosmic Lotus''. On 22 Oct. 2017, ponies and Chakats met each other face to face in chapter 17.
80	* CruelMercy: Allen Fesler loves this trope. His character Neal Foster pulls this off often enough for it to be one of his Hats.
81	** At one point, Captain Foster leaves a pirate ship with nothing but life support. Getting anything else running means shutting off the breathable air.
82	--> '''Desertwind:''' Displeased indeed, if he had chosen to not give them a clean death.
83	* DCupDistress: Multiple examples. Two stand-outs:
84	** Pandora was an amply bosomed vixen from a foxtaur tribe where small breasts were the norm and got teased mercilessly for it, called a "cow" often. Of course this made her quite attractive to those outside her village, including her human mate.
85	** Skunktaur Darkwave was embarrassed by the large breasts hy got when in female phase, mostly because hys first [[GenderBender change]] was on the day of a big soccer game and hy was thrown off balance.
86	* DeflectorShields: Both ship-mounted and personal shields have been mentioned in different stories.
87	* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: A few days after his unfortunate TeleporterAccident, Dale spends a few moments checking out his new, larger, more impressive body in a mirror. Only to be interrupted by an admiring Lupu.
88	* DividedStatesOfAmerica: Nearly every large nation was destroyed in World War III. America is now divided into six commonwealths, and Australia has become the new center of the world.
89	* DominantSpeciesGenes: When chakats mate with older species of "taur"; such as Terran foxtaurs, wolftaurs, and non-hermaphroditic cattaurs, the cubs are always chakats with some of their other parents' coloration. But when chakats interbreed with either of the species derived from them, skunktaurs and stellar foxtaurs, offspring take after the mother, and given that they're all {{Hermaphrodite}}s that could be either parent.
90	* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale /[[DoubleStandardRapeSciFi Sci-fi]]:
91	** Averted; [[spoiler:Garrek]] is severely traumatized[[spoiler:, and it's made clear that he'll be affected for life]].
92	** [[spoiler: Malena]] was rather traumatized as well, she had no idea that [[spoiler: flooding him with mating pheromones would make him so... aggressive.]]
93	* DramaticIrony: Technically, ''all'' humans are the descendants of gene-mods, as humanity reached a bottleneck after World War III and the government felt the need to augment humanity to survive the post-apocalypse. All those Human First bigots are recombinants themselves.
94	** In one possible timeline, homo-sapiens on Earth went extinct because some bigot tried to assassinate a morph, hit a human, who was given an EmergencyTransformation into a chakat, and the results of the case study led to a breakthrough in transformation technology[[note]]canon ends here[[/note]], which evolved over time into instant nanomachine gratification, eventually convincing the 'victorious' Humans First movement on Earth to splice themselves up[[note]]with a 'big' push from a biohacker's transformation plague[[/note]] until every last human became a morph.
95	** "Wolves in the Snow" is about how the most infamous genocidal maniacs in human history inadvertently diversified the human race into multiple species, when their genetically-engineered wolftaur war-beasts went rogue, defected to Russia, and helped advocate genetic engineering decades before the first commercial morphs were born.
96	* DrillSergeantNasty: One episode of "''Tales of the Folly''" gives us Kestrel pushing this trope for a little while.
97	* DropShip: In chapter 8 of ''Tales of the Folly'', Capt. Foster's personnel shuttle is described as an "...old assault shuttle...". Given the setting, said shuttle tends to fit this trope rather well.
98	* EmergencyTransformation: A favorite of the setting, often involving some human ending up in an unfamiliar furry body. See TeleporterAccident and TouchedByVorlons below.
99	* EtTuBrute: In chapter 7 of Tales of the Folly, Neal has been injured in some spaceport drama. Not only are his mates, companions and children trying to tie him down in a sickbay bed, so is his ''ship''. He then proceeds to quote Julius Caesar.
100	* EvenEvilHasStandards: The 'Holy' Christian Kingdom of North America is an intentional breeding ground for ultra-racist terrorists. However, even they realize they '''cannot''' tolerate [[PedophilePriest Pedophile Priests]], so they chemically castrate the clergy to prevent any instance of religious rape, despite the consequences for their criminal families.
101	* EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite: Numerous examples of supposedly straight or even bigoted characters falling for Chakats. Other herms aren't always so lucky.
102	* ExactWords: This trope pops up quite frequently in these stories.
103	** At one point Neal trips up his guests with the number of colonies he's supporting.
104	---> "Wait a minute, the only reason to be sending some of these types of hardware to an unknown destination is if you’re…" Everyone turned to look at M’Lai as she stared at Neal. "You’re supporting a colony!"\
105	'''Neal:''' "Nice try, but I am not supporting ''a'' colony."\
106	'''M'Lai:''' "But, that’s the only thing that fits! Unless you like throwing expensive equipment out the airlock while hiding for long periods of time!"\
107	Midnight laughed. "Easy M’Lai, the key word he’s jerking you around with is ''‘a’''. He said he’s not supporting ''‘a’'' colony." Looking at Neal, shi asked, "So just how many colonies are dependent on you and the Folly?"
108	** Later, Neal Foster uses the Exact Words of some badly misbehaving cubs against them, using Tess' transporters to shower them with the nuts they had been throwing at ''his'' cubs only minutes earlier, using the phrases "It’s just a little harmless fun, and it’s not like anyone is getting hurt" against his cubs' tormentors.
109	** Inverted by Karl Whitepaw, who is being pursued by his vengeful, spiteful ex-wife. She has an arrest warrant drawn up that is so rigid that it cannot be applied to Karl due to his new surname.
110	** If you are not [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor careful with wishes]] in the presence of Rakshani Deities, they will throw this trope at you with a mischievous laugh that you will never even hear.
111	* ExoticExtendedMarriage: Chakats are [[{{Polyamory}} polyamorous]], with a saying that "love doesn't divide, it multiplies". Denmating is the equivalent of bf/gf/hf, while permanent lifemating may occur after a full year of denmating. In addition, Foxtaurs and Caitians are polygynous due to skewed gender ratios (3-1 and 8-1 females to males respectively). The former two species are Terran, but uncommon enough on earth that [[InterspeciesRomance mates of different species]] have to get used to their idea of monogamy as a foreign concept.
112	* ExplosiveBreeder: The Faleshkarti suffer from this. When they reach maturity they become obsessed with sex, sex triggers a hormone that decreases their intelligence, and the only way to slow the hormone's progression is to get pregnant. Also, they're Hermaphrodites so every single one of them can give birth. When the Federation makes contact with them every inch of land on their homeworld is covered with arcologies and the oceans had been converted into massive algae farms. Federation geneticists eventually discover a way to prevent the neural degradation and lower their sex drives, which was rather fortunate as they were breeding more quickly than they could colonize new planets.
113	* ExplosiveOverclocking: Captain Foster discusses this with respect to overloaded warp core failures.
114	** In the rewritten and expanded chapter 2 of ''Tales of the Folly'', Captain Foster wrecks half of his ship by this means when he [[WeaponizedTeleportation weaponizes]] his transporters in order to [[ColonyDrop take out]] some planet bound siege turrets.
115	* FanOfThePast: Various characters come off as this to some extent. Neal Foster lives this, mostly owing to being 200+ years old.
116	* FantasticRacism: Some stories revolve around specist, anti-furry sentiment. One story features an anti-human wolf.
117	* FantasticShipPrefix: All federation starships, regardless of type or class receive the prefix FSS.
118	* FlatCharacter: Given the loads of characters in the story, and the large number of contributors, not all the characters are well developed.
119	* {{Flanderization}}: Humans First started out as just being some sort of crackpot political movement as Earth for Humanity. Then one day they got cranked up to 11, and had several riots worldwide. This seems to happen quite a bit within the Chakona Space setting, especially with guest authors.
120	* FoodFight: The ''Folly'' features "''Alternate Thursdays''" which involve [[PieInTheFace pies]] and replicators. And needing to take baths afterwards.
121	* FosterKid: Captain Foster has a history of adopting youngsters. The first time, it was at a young colony planet that had just suffered a catastrophic loss of parents and other adults. The current batch had simply wanted to visit an orbiting ship and stowed away in the wrong shipping container. See also: HappilyAdopted, below.
122	* FreeLoveFuture: The Chakats [[LampshadeHanging have a saying]], "Love Multiplies, it Does Not Divide".
123	* FriendlyTickleTorture: Neal Foster loves dishing this out.
124	* GenderBender: Skunktaurs. They are described as being [[{{Hermaphrodite}} hermaphrodites]], but they are only one sex at a time, so... Also at least one other herm character.
125	** There are also herms who are biased to prefer one gender but look like what they prefer. It causes some level of trouble for such characters.
126	* GenderRarityValue: Because of their skewed gender ratio, foxtaurs practice polygyny but they also discourage if not outright forbid Todds from "dangerous" professions such as hunting or Starfleet. Moreover, village-associated foxtaur todds have an "obligation" to have sex with any vixens who want them in a one week period every five years.
127	* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: The Gene Wars occurred because people did not see anything wrong with the creation and treatment as slaves versions of humans based on other lineages than primates. Also, the Pro-Morph side created "[[ProudWarriorRaceGuy War Beasts]]", and Chakats are arguably Peacekeeping Beasts.
128	* GenreSavvy: See: ButForMeItWasTuesday above.
129	* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: In Forest Tales #29, Goldendale does this to Swiftwalk.
130	* [[GodInHumanForm God in Feline Form]]: In two of Allen Fesler's 'Tales of the Folly' installments, we get Rakshani Deities appearing in the associated artwork. Instead of tiger stripes, they get wings, leopard style spots, and heads more like a lynx or bobcat. Though some of the design of an individual Deity may well depend on the imagination of the character viewing the Deity in question.
131	* HappilyAdopted: Most of Captain Foster's first group of adopted, furry children look up to Neal with a variety of positive emotions, and view their time aboard the Folly as a good thing. His current group is leaning this way as well. Especially Cindy Grayson.
132	* HappinessInSlavery:
133	** Leanna explains that there are, in fact, worlds where type 1's can be found. Hir homeworld, Pharos, isn't one of them.
134	** Due to extreme conditioning, Shi is stuck in type 3 territory with her new, ''chosen'' master, Admiral Kline, who ''hates'' slavery.
135	* HeelFaceTurn: Ketta.
136	* {{Hermaphrodite}}:
137	** Chakats, Skunktaurs, Stellar Foxtaurs, [[spoiler: many hyenas]], some individuals of other morph types. And one genderqueer human who got genetic surgery.
138	** Non-Terran example: Faleshkarti
139	* HoldUpYourScore: During chapter 7 of ''Tales of the Folly'', a few Chakats have some fun. When they finish, they are subjected to being rated by the rest of the crew and passengers of the ''Folly''. Most give average scores, but one of the scorecards is marked "HOLY #%#^^$$!!". Later, in chapter 9, a pair who didn't realize they were quite so ''noisy'' get busy after work and affect all on board. Afterward, they are greeted by everyone holding the "HOLY #%#^^$$!!" card. Neal [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this when he comments: "We sometimes find the [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale scale we’re using isn’t quite large enough]] for what we’re trying to measure."
140	* HormoneAddledTeenager: It comes up in multiple stories, but notably ''Tales of the Folly'', that the heat/rut cycle means that teenaged Chakats (and to a lesser extent older ones) become ''at least'' as hormonal as human teens, and it doesn't help matters that they are empaths and tend to [[EmotionBomb unintentionally project]] their arousal and pleasure
141	* HumanAliens: Subverted in the Chakat Universe. Voxxans are aliens who are almost indistinguishable from genetically engineered plantigrade foxmorphs from Earth. Their cultures even share similarities with Terran Western culture, allowing them to adjust and blend in easily.
142	* HumansAreTheRealMonsters:
143	** Like a lot of UsefulNotes/{{Furry\|Fandom}} stories, we have the Human's First movement. Or terrorist group. Or... something.
144	** There's also the Non-Aligned Worlds where slavery of morphs is still practiced.
145	* ICallItVera: Neal Foster's shotgun, ''Betsy''. Also Mike's version, ''Thumper''.
146	* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: While on shore leave from the Folly, Mike, Alex and Roseberry find a crooked gambling hall. The in-house roulette wheel cheater gets caught and calls security, (a telepath) who backs down when confronted by Alex, who could probably take out the two much larger musclebound bouncers with him. The three Folly teens also engage the security type in some PsychicStatic mindgames.
147	--> '''Roseberry:'''“Whatever you two were thinking it was sufficient to almost make hym piss hymself. Me, I was wondering if Tess was already telling Neal we’d run into a little problem.”
148	--> Mike grinned at hir. “And hy knew that we knew that they’re rigging their games.”
149	--> Alex grinned as well. “Ruined hys whole day being able to read us and know we didn’t think we were bluffing.”
150	* InformedFlaw: Chakats in general are suppose to suffer from a number of flaws (like requiring more room, more food) that receive little page time. Outside of that, Goldfur (the character) is supposedly less trusting of strangers [[spoiler: after one cub was kidnapped and nearly killed, and another '''IS''' killed in a riot]]. Little has been seen of this as yet.
151	* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Chapter 3 of Doove's ''Flight of the Phoenix'' series features a pair of "Ambassadors" who kill their servant and dump hir body at the base of a stairwell. Captain Yote announces the death of said servant (without including details) and one of them snarks about making sure the stairwells are properly safe, instantly implicating "him"self in said death.
152	* InterspeciesRomance: Too many to list. It's generally accepted that taurs can only procreate with other taurs and bipedal morphs with other morphs and sometimes with humans, though there are many exceptions due to genetic tinkering and above mentioned mischievous fertility Deities.
153	* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Chakats, and pretty much every other character has no compunction about walking around nude. Of course, because these are prose stories, we'd never get to see such... if it weren't for the illustrations.
154	* InstantAIJustAddWater: Neither Tess (the original) nor Tina (the copy) know how Tina came about, but all involved are happy with the results.
155	* IntelligentGerbil: Most Morphs are bipedal tetrapods, but some, such as the Chakats, are quadrupedal hexapods known as taurs.
156	* ISOStandardHumanSpaceship: A wide variety of different ship types here.
157	** The Folly is a [[MileLongShip long]] pod-carrying interstellar freighter. An early configuration of this vessel looked sort of like a corn cob with some of the kernels missing, thus one of its early names.
158	*** The Folly also carries several classes of shuttle for moving cargo pods as well as a personnel shuttle described as a refitted assault shuttle.
159	*** The Folly also sails with a military detachment consisting of a pair of light carriers and a pair of escort destroyers for a while.
160	** The Phoenix is a former Star Corps exploration ship refitted as a cargo ship.
161	** Descriptions of Admiral Kline's flagship, the Pegasus, fail to give it any kind of descriptive class, but we can guess based on it being an admiral's flagship.
162	** Pirate-operated Q ships get plenty of mention.
163	* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Chakats are mentioned to be highly susceptible to this. Forestwalker seems particularly bad off with it.
164	* IWasNeverHere: In Chapter 3 of the ''Tales of the Folly'' series, Captain Foster tells Shadowchaser: "They are not here, you did not see them." regarding some rescued Rakshani recovering on his ship.
165	* JediMindTrick:
166	** Pulled off by a variety of Chakats at different times and in different places.
167	** Surprisingly averted by Redpaw ({{Telepathy}}) Skunktaurs, due to MindOverManners.
168	* LawOfInverseFertility: Some supposedly compatible character pairs have a difficult time making babies, and several supposedly incompatible couples are surprised with cubs. (See ButICantBePregnant, above.)
169	** Best example: Forestwalker's foxmorph mates, Katrina Snowfox and Kris Fletcher. Though they are still different species (arctic and red, respectively).
170	*** When Leanna (herm fennec morph, originally believed sterile thanks to a lying, [[ManipulativeBastard bastard]] [[{{Jerkass}} owner]]) joins their mating group shi quickly conceives kits with both Trina and Kris.
171	** Thanks to a mischievous Rakshani fertility deity, Admiral Kline gets a supposedly incompatible Caitan, Rakshani, and finally a Chakat pregnant before people catch on that there's something unusual about his sperm.
172	** In the "Next Generations" stories Kline's granddaughter Stargazer was conceived in a similar manner to three of hir oldest aunts and uncles. Hir mother was one of his Chakat daughters and shi discovered that his ability to breed with anything was hereditary after sleeping with a bipedal cougar.
173	** A Rakshani hermaphrodite gets this due to having a relationship with a (also herm) Terran anthro cat due to, again, fertility deities.
174	** But overall the majority of cubs and kits are conceived intentionally.
175	* LegacyCharacter: Other characters think this way about Captain Foster. They think the older Foster is the father or grandfather of the current Captain of the [[CoolStarship Folly]]. Captain Foster [[InvertedTrope inverts]] it by being the Fountain-of-Youth-Makeover-enhanced Original. (See LongevityTreatment below.)
176	* LivingLieDetector: Chakats and Redpaw Skunktaurs are all about this. Also, possibly, anyone living with Neal Foster long enough.
177	* LivingShip: The Stariionae are inorganic beings capable of faster than light travel, whose native habitat is the vacuum of space. Though one of them DID have a passenger compartment strapped on for one story.
178	* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: Even when he can't remember who he is, resident AlmightyJanitor, Neal Foster [[{{MacGyvering}} MacGuyvers]] his way out of trouble by rigging the automatic doors and artificial gravity plating.
179	* LongevityTreatment: Neal Foster was accidentally subjected to experimental gene therapies during (or even before) the Gene Wars, increasing his longevity. Later he is subjected to a form of rejuvenation via transporters that have been TouchedByVorlons. Although the longevity treatments are kept when he resets, his bones still age normally, thus aging faster than the rest of his body.
180	* LoopholeAbuse: Captain Foster has told his latest young crew that they are only allowed off the ship and onto the station in groups of 3 or more. Shadowcrest (11 years old) takes Holly and Quickdash (7 years each) with hir and twists the rule into a pretzel by exploring the station.
181	* LostColony: In "Little Cub Lost" Goldfur and Garrek's cub Eudora stumbles upon a technologically regressed tribe of miniature foxtaurs created by a pre-Starfleet colony.
182	** Also Holme in Cassandra Foxx's "Coming Home Again" series.
183	* LoverNotAFighter: Forestwalker is the non-violent type and mentions this trope by name at least once.
184	* LowCultureHighTech: The Stariionae have quantum computers for brains, phase-shifting technology, nigh-indestructible hulls, anti-swarm weaponry, nuclear material processors, and what have you. They're all stuck in a Warring States bandit culture, practice cannibalism out of necessity, and have ''no'' idea who designed them or how any of their bodily functions work.
185	* MachineEmpathy: Goldfur is just ''made'' of this trope. Shi even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it at one point. Swiftwalk points it out again, later. Hir abilities in this area reach for, but don't quite hit {{Technopath}} territory.
186	* MagneticWeapons: Captain Foster's [[ICallItVera Betsy]] is just a little [[SuperweaponSurprise more powerful than it looks]].
187	--> '''Narration:''' Neal’s old shotgun only looked old fashioned; the rings along the barrel and the ‘choke’ were magnetic. When used with solid rounds, the weapon did double duty as a baby rail-gun, boosting the speed of the projectile far beyond what the gunpowder could do.
188	* MarshmallowHell: Appears in one chapter of the ''Tales of the Folly'' series. It gets reinforced by the associated illustration. If you read carefully, there are others scattered around.
189	* MassiveNumberedSiblings:
190	** Many Chakats fall into this but the Goldfur / Forestwalker household is heading into overdose with this one.
191	** Goldfur fathered 2 (Malena, Lupu), Garrek x Goldfur 2x, Garrek x Malena (Triplets!), Midnight x Forest (Twins), Forest x Midnight, Boyce x Midnight, Boyce x Forest, Kris x Katrina, Kris x Leanna, Leanna x Katrina. Since Goldendale is still living with Goldfur and Forest: Dale x Lupu. (Dale x Swiftwalk on the way.)
192	** For the math impaired: 16 various cubs with another on the way.
193	** Not related to Goldfur / Forestwalker but worth mentioning: The 2 different sets of cubs adopted by Neil Foster. Also, 5 of his many mates and companions are pregnant with 6 more cubs, all due at about the same time.
194	*** He treats all of them as though he was in fact a biological parent. He plans to treat the 6 yet to come exactly the same.
195	** All of them are PlayingWithATrope as only small groups share even a single parent, and some don't share any.
196	* MathematiciansAnswer: Neal Foster and company love this trope.
197	-->'''Kestrel''': "Well?" she snapped, "What is it? A few hundred? Or a few thousand?"\
198	'''Neal''': "Yes" with a smile.
199	---> The "correct" answer was more like '''several''' hundred thousand.
200	** Later, in chapter 7, Quickdash and Holly are asked if they would rather fly or repair a slightly damaged shuttle. Their answer: "Yes!"
201	** Again with Stew only a few hours of story time later when Neal asks if something was caused by Tess or Deities.
202	* MatterReplicator: They have a few minor limitations but still prove useful. Especially on the ''Folly'' during "Alternate Thursdays".
203	* MayDecemberRomance: Garrek and Thayla.
204	** Longstocking and Darkstar, though at 106 Darkstar is "just" middle-aged.
205	** [[spoiler: Martin and Bethany.]]
206	* MeaningfulName: Many Chakats are named for their appearance or a dominant personality trait. Foxtaurs often get meaningful surnames.
207	* MileLongShip: Captain Foster's ''Folly'' is described as being on the order of 2 kilometers long.
208	* MindLinkMates: Quickdash and Holly are developing this. It is a common trait among Chakats.
209	* MindOverManners: Skunktaurs are often mentioned as having a strong code of ethics regarding their [[{{Telepathy}} telepathic Talents]].
210	* MindOverMatter: Bluepaw skunktaurs, as well as Chakats with Bluepaw skunktaur ancestry display telekinetic abilities.
211	* MonumentalDamage: In different stories, it is revealed that the Hoover Dam and the Eiffel Tower were both destroyed during the Gene Wars. The Eiffel Tower was rebuilt. Hoover Dam wasn't.
212	* MustHaveCaffeine: Admiral Boyce Kline and his Chipinge coffee.
213	* MyDefenseNeedNotProtectMeForever: Played with in the hands of a stowaway:
214	--> '''Penelope Windsor''': "I didn’t have to stay hidden for the entire trip," [...] "Only for as long as it took for it to be too late to turn back."
215	* MyGrandsonMyself: Contributing author Allen Fessler gives us the ''Tales of the Folly'' series. The ''Folly's'' captain, Neil Foster is somewhere north of 200 and due to his teleporters having been TouchedByVorlons, he gets occasional "fountain of youth" makeovers and is able to pull off this trope convincingly. Other characters assume that the older version of foster they knew / see pictures of and the one they now see are grandfather and grandson respectively. At least one non-human character is convinced it's the same man.
216	* NoodleIncident: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] during chapter 9 of ''Tales of the Folly''. Neal's fist set of adopted cubs managed to get into some kind of trouble that they don't want Tess disclosing. Turns out, it involved bringing home a mistreated sex slave...
217	* NoPeriodsPeriod: One of many improvements in Chakats.
218	* TheNoseKnows: Most of the furry characters in this universe have very keen noses. It is mentioned [[AllThereInTheManual the supplemental materials]] that Chakats have a sniffer on par with other felines, but with their high intelligence, they would make trackers equal to the best bloodhounds.
219	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Leanna pulls this off early on, but [[NoSell can't get it to fly past]] [[TheEmpath Forestwalker]].
220	* OhMyGods: A variety of variations of this can be seen in the various stories on the site.
221	** Chakats frequently use some variation of "Makers!".
222	** Since they do have plenty of Deities, Rakshans can sometimes be heard calling to them.
223	* OlderThanTheyLook: Thanks to his [[{{Teleportation}} transporters]] (see Longevity Treatment above), Neil and many of his colonists, a few of his friends and all 14 of his Rakshani Marines fall into this trope.
224	* OneNationUnderCopyright / CompanyTown: Neal Foster mentions that many interstellar colonies wind up this way due to corrupt corporations taking over existing colonies. Complete with quoting a line from the classic song, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIfu2A0ezq0 "Sixteen Tons"]]''.
225	** Then again, some colonies start out this way.
226	* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Weaver attributes this trope to Neal Foster, but little if any page time is given to it.
227	--> '''Neal:''' “I’ve been trying not to make the same mistakes that I made with Chase’s group. I just keep forgetting your group’s dynamics and reasoning are different from what theirs was.”\
228	'''Weaver:''' “I guess that helps explain why you always seem to be putting your foot in your mouth…”\
229	'''Neal:''' “…and wiggling my toes. Yes, I know. Each of your accounts has more than enough to get you home in style. The only reason to hang around any longer is because you want to.”
230	* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Chakats have the upper torso of a female humanoid cat sprouting from what should be the neck of a massive pantherid cat with both male and female sexual organs. The other "tauric" races change the animal involved around as appropriate -- skunks, foxes, horses, etc -- but keep the same arrangement. Although most varieties are single sex versions.
231	* PaintTheTownRed: In a recent story set in Neal Foster's more distant past, Allen Fesler's character plays with the artificial gravity plating, then points out some stains on the ceiling to a recalcitrant new crew member.
232	* PapaWolf:
233	** Neil Foster. Full stop. (See Berserk Button above)
234	-->'''Captain Foster''': “Oh yes, I have that mindset. You’ll find I have no problems with removing someone or something that I see as a threat to me or those under my care. I see nothing wrong with teaching others to be able to protect themselves and those they care for.”
235	** All Chakats are this. ''[[{{Hermaphrodite}} And]]'' MamaBear.
236	** Same goes for a number of other races, for example Stellar Foxtaurs are highly protective of not only their own cubs but those of their entire clan (since they practice population control and only a few are allowed to breed).
237	* ParentalIncest: In the ''Life's Dream'' side-story. Also during Karl and Pandora's series their oldest daughter claimed him for Obligation (to Karl's dismay).
238	* PathOfInspiration: The Holy Christian Kingdom of North America is basically this; the whole kingdom is set up as a twisted mega-fundamentalist nation where all the HolierThanThou [[FantasticRacism human supremacists]] gather to debase and insult non-humans. In reality, it's a breeding ground for terrorist cells; the kingdom extorts its populace, blames the morphs, and recruits disgruntled young men as cannon fodder. But most of the upper leadership are ''anti''-religious, and the cells are put to work testing unethical military technology and turning Earth into a terrorized police state. Most of the minions don't realize their victims include a ''very'' large portion of humanity.
239	** H1 itself is portrayed as a mad cult of human supremacists seeking to rid Earth of morphs and aliens. It is implied to be even ''worse'' in "All Our Times Have Come"; it's actually a massive criminal syndicate that spans ''multiple'' planets and persecutes minorities (including human minorities) mainly for power and profit. [[http://www.chakatsden.com/chakat/Stories/FrederikeWeismann-4.html Frederike's story]] shows that the mastermind controlling H1 and the terrorist cells '''is not religious''', and treats them as minions:
240	-->'''Humans First Mastermind''':"Ah, for each minion, we put on another mask. Computer, save modified holographic double alpha-zero-five[[note]]the hologram simulates a Bishop, used to dupe Hughes into serving them[[/note]] and end program."
241	* PersonAsVerb: Neal Foster has been known to work anywhere from 12 to 36 hours straight, often skipping meals or otherwise working through meals. In chapter 6 of "Tales of the Folly", Neal's apprentice engineers try to "pull a Foster" and do the same thing.
242	* PlanetOfHats: Both averted and played straight, depending on the author. Pretty much every species is defined as acting in such and such a manner.
243	** Of special note: The Non-Aligned World of Celeste. Each human is given a psychologically matched furry companion at the age of 10.
244	* PokeInTheThirdEye: In chapter 7 of ''Tales of the Folly'', Neal Foster manages to poke Windsong's third eye by making her think hir tail was scorched.
245	** Quickdash later threatens to do worse to the same Chakat.
246	* {{Polyamory}}: Most Chakats have multiple mates, they rate the level of seriousness by "companion", "denmate", and "lifemate"; denmate being the level where they're typically willing to have kids if compatible. And they have casual sex with many more people. In addition Foxtaurs and Caitians practice polygyny due to shortages of males. Monogamous characters are kind of in the minority.
247	* ThePornomancer: It would be an exaggeration to accuse every chakat or foxtaur in every "Forest Tales" story ever of possessing this trait. However, it would not be a ''huge'' exaggeration.
248	* PortmanteauCoupleName: A ''canon'' example in the form of Charles and Katherine Turner, the creators of Chakats. [[invoked]]
249	** Strange example would be '''Quick'''wind and Short'''dash''' and their cub Quickdash.
250	* PowerIncontinence: The morning after being "processed", we learn that Shadowcrest has been TouchedByVorlons and is unable to control hir newly ennhanced PsychicPowers.
251	* PowerStrainBlackout: Swiftwalk is headed for this in one story. Shi renegotiates her teleportation contract to fix the problem.
252	* PrehensileTail: Chakats have a very strong one.
253	* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Rakshani in general.
254	* PsychicPowers:
255	** Chakats all possess [[TheEmpath Empathy]] to some degree.
256	** Telepathy, Telekinesis and Astral Projection also exist, mostly in other genetically engineered races.
257	*** The skunktaurs are the best known examples, being divided into three "houses" that each possess a different ability.
258	** One Skunktaur / Chakat hybrid develops a talent for Teleportation and masters its uses.
259	* PsychicRadar: Some Chakats are written to be masters of this, while others merely pull it off.
260	* PsychicStatic: Chakat Swiftwalk finds hirself on the wrong end of an electronic box called a 'Jangler'. It was intended to overload her empathic talents enough to nearly incapacitate hir. The antagonists in that chapter failed to remember hir Astral Projection talent or hir connections.
261	* PuppyDogEyes: Penny tries this trick but it kinda falls on its face when she... "gave (Captain) Yote her best [[PuppyDogEyes wide-eyed helpless waif look]], which might have worked a lot better if she wasn’t so well fed and sexy."
262	* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: During one chapter of 'Tales of the Folly', a small fleet of Starfleet's finest hitch a ride on the ''Folly''. The sensor tech on one of the ships is having trouble believing the readings being sent to his systems.
263	-->'''Sensor Tech Carson''': "Well, for one thing, your passive scans are ‘showing’ non-powered objects at five times the range my sensors could, and the couple of times your people went active my display wouldn’t scale far enough out to see what they were looking at!"
264	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Neal Foster is well over 200 during most of the stories that feature him. Some of his colonists are well over 100.
265	** A recent story from another author hints that Neal might be something more like 300+, as he was recognized by one of his former neighbors, ''who cryogenically froze herself in the 21st century''.
266	* RefugeInAudacity: How Neal Foster tells some of his "lies". It's the "third method of lying" according to him, the first being BlatantLies, the second being lies by omission.
267	* RoadTripPlot: Lots and lots of them. All three varieties. With several interstellar type 2 trips due to both Goldfur and Midnight being in the Stellar Services. More interstellar trips occur in other stories.
268	** Alan Fesler's "Tales of the ''Folly''" is set on a starship, causing the entire series to be a giant Type 1, with the smaller side trips being Type 3s.
269	* RoaringRampageOfRescue / RoaringRampageOfRevenge:
270	** Neal Foster has played both sides of this one and has blurred the line on TranquilFury as well.
271	** One rampage left some of his adopted cubs with such a bitter taste that it still causes tensions decades later.
272	* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Crops up now and than. Moreso in the older stories and form the less-talented writers.
273	* ScaramangaSpecial: In one chapter of the "Flight of the Star Phoenix" sub-series, a group of hijackers pulls this off in conjunction with slow chargers for the energy pistol's power cells to further avoid detection by the ship's crew.
274	* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: One of the stories mentioned that the Gene Wars, which happened during the late 21st century, killed off over 20 ''billion''. Keep in mind that as of 2010, the population of Planet Earth is estimated at only 6 billion.
275	** Keep in mind that figure isn't just humans, morphs were artificially produced and in many cases were designed to breed quickly.
276	** Same trope, different category: One of Allen Fesler's ''Tales of the Folly'' stories mentions cargo pods attached to the ''Folly'' as being 60 meter cubes. While the ''Folly's'' 2km overall length would certainly support these, the shuttles Capt. Foster uses to ferry them to the surface are either: a) truly monstrous in size, or b) carrying smaller pods, or c)the pods aren't as symmetrical as mentioned. (60m equals nearly 200 feet)
277	*** The pods are later shown to contain several decks filled with smaller cargo carriers, which are in turn comparable to contemporary shipping containers so it's a).
278	* SecretTestOfCharacter: Neal tests any adult passengers or crew by having them cub-sit. If the cubs break them, they fail. So far all have passed.
279	* SettlingTheFrontier: What Chakats, Skunktaurs, and Stellar Foxtaurs were designed for.
280	* SexShifter: Skunktaurs.
281	* SexSlave: Leanna Fennec and a lot of others from the planet shi came from.
282	** One human saves a foxtaur from committing suicide. However, he's a cynical outlaw and promptly pimps her out.
283	* ShipperOnDeck: Forestwalker. She's probably responsible for the births of hundreds of kids from dozens of potential mates paired up near-perfectly with each other. Apparently she arranges love-centered marriages like a science. Partly justified thanks to her high psychic empathy rating.
284	* ShoutOut: Enough that they have [[ShoutOut/ChakonaSpace their own page]].
285	* SinisterMinister: Reverend Hughes; man of God by day, ruthless religious terrorist by night. He's a recurring antagonist, and a surprisingly competent agent, [[UnwittingPawn despite being completely duped]] into working for less-than-religious masterminds.
286	** NunTooHoly: His second-in-command, Yuki, pretends to be a nun faithfully working under Hughes. She doesn't believe in the cause; she just wants to torture morphs with experimental technology.
287	* SmellySkunk: Skunktaurs are mentioned as periodically participating in "stinky times". Apparently, these events require special soap and/or shampoo to clean up the aftermath.
288	* SpaceAmish: The general tech level of most foxtaur clans / villages. Though the vast majority are on earth due to Territorial Attachment Syndrome.
289	* SpacePeople: Starwalker Stellar foxtaurs, Stariionae
290	* SpacePirates: Several stories featuring pirates, bandits and terrorist groups who just happen to operate starships.
291	* SpaceshipGirl: The private starship ''Phoenix'' has Madeline, in the "on life support and hooked up to the ship's computer with holographic avatars" sense.
292	** To a slightly lesser extent, the ''Folly'' has Tess, a deity-enhanced [=AI=].
293	** The ''Folly'', being something of an interstellar AirborneAircraftCarrier freighter, has one baby starship daughter ship called ''Gwendolyn''. Gwen has a copy of Tess that Captain Foster simply calls Tina.
294	* SpaceStation: These are quite popular in the Literature/ChakonaSpace 'Verse.
295	** Major stations can be found orbiting Earth and Chakona. Others exist elsewhere.
296	** A major station is under construction above Arisia.
297	** Numerous mining stations also exist in other systems.
298	* SpeciesSurname: Plenty of cases.
299	** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with Leanna Fennec. Shi was created in a Gene Lab and didn't get a surname until after shi was freed and given one by Forest.
300	* SpinOffspring: The "Next Generations" stories, so far about Boyce and Midnight's granddaughter Stargazer.
301	* StacysMom: Neal Foster encounters a little of this in one chapter when he accompanies Zhane to her parents' house.
302	--> And if their mother, Yelest, was any indication of what the girls would look like when they got older, all Neal could think was ‘wow!’. Like her daughters, she was just over seven feet tall, and ‘stacked’ was the only word that fit. Not the kind of thoughts to be having of one’s ‘mother-in-law’ when ‘daddy-in-law’ was giving you the look that suggests that he’s wondering how small a box he could squeeze you into.
303	* StandardSciFiHistory: TheFederation seems to be at its Apex with hints of being headed for the Decline; while precursor technologies and new alien civilizations are being discovered, racism is increasing to ridiculous levels.
304	* StupidJetpackHitler: Lars V. Jensen's [[http://www.chakatsden.com/chakat/Stories/WolvesInTheSnow.html "Wolves in the Snow"]] suggests that the Nazis created [[spoiler: wolftaurs]].
305	* SubspaceAnsible: It started life as a Star Trek fan-fic. '''Of Course''' it will have real-time interstellar commo.
306	** For some reason, Neal Foster has access to relays he shouldn't otherwise have access to. But he's also laying down his own network of relays that the big commercial interstellar communications carriers won't be able to turn off.
307	* SuperiorSpecies:
308	** Chakats [[spoiler: and Stellar Foxtaurs]] were deliberately designed as this.
309	** One story deconstructed this, pointing out their superior immune systems were ''too'' good - they formed antibodies to lifesaving medications, requiring the development of immunosuppressive drugs.
310	** One of their major weaknesses of ''superiority'' is higher needs - they have a higher calorie requirement, go berserk if they feel their loved ones need more safety, and if they spend too long without physical comfort from other Chakats, they will go completely insane. On a ship filled with hundreds of non-Chakats.
311	* SuperSoldier:
312	** What [[spoiler:the Foxtaurs]] were originally designed for, but the Gene Wars ended before they could be deployed so [[spoiler: they made up a story about being designed as park rangers, and made sure that their kits never knew the truth. This is implied to be the reason why mating pheromones awaken some kind of permanent ruthless warrior instinct in males, among other side effects]].
313	** Also what the Chakamils were designed to be, before their project was cancelled and most of the type were liquidated. Though at least one survived long enough to mate with a normal Chakat and produce an overly-aggressive cub (Darkstar, whose daughter and granddaughter inherited the same predispositions).
314	** Saurons were designed to look like normal humans but produced deadly plagues, after the Gene Wars most of them were dropped off on a planet appropriately named Mordor, which Starfleet was eventually forced to sterilize from orbit.
315	* SuperweaponSurprise: See WeaponizedExhaust below. Also, Capt Foster's main cargo handling corridor. A batch of pirates get all the way to the front of his ship before he turns the gravity up to 100g's and turns the PoweredArmor wearing SpacePirates into bullets aimed at their own ship.
316	* TakeAThirdOption: Susan "Stew" Pebble pulls a 4th option variation on Neal one night:
317	-->'''Stew''': "I want a raise."\
318	'''Neal''': ..."Monetary, title, or altitude?"\
319	'''Stew''': "The first two would be nice, but they are not what I’m after. I’m not sure what you mean by the third. The fourth option please."
320	* TechnologyMarchesOn: Brilliantly semi-lampshaded by Doove himself in one story in which a character is handed a memory chip containing several hundred gigabytes of data. Said data then being fed to a hand-held device.
321	** Reality has delivered: [=SanDisk=] manages to squeeze 200 GB of capacity in a microSD card (consisting only of stacked chips and a bit of protective lacquer) and also makes 512 GB SD cards.
322	* {{Telefrag}}: Takes a depressing turn as [[spoiler:Krita's second child fails to teleport out of her womb without intersecting with her body, killing her by childbirth]].
323	* TeleporterAccident:
324	** Dale Perkins is subjected to one of these. [[spoiler: He becomes a chakat because of it.]]
325	** The same story gives us the story of the first person in that 'verse to be transported. It [[EmptyShell did not go well]].
326	** Dale's accident is the basis for Professor Oceanwalker's deliberate application of this procedure. Shi and hir process also get featured in several other different stories in the 'verse.
327	** Having been TouchedByVorlons, Neil Foster's transporters can perform a 'fountain of youth' makeover version of this.
328	** One bunny was accidentally cloned due to a freak weather-influenced software glitch. Unfortunately, this used up his girlfriend's mass, killing her.
329	* ThankTheMaker: Chakats will often refer to "the makers" in this way—even though they know full well exactly who those makers were.
330	* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Several different versions and instances.
331	** John R. Plunkett's "Star Dancer" series does this to one character.
332	** The same contributing author gives us "Star Dancer Reunions" in which the main focus character performs a variation of this to the entire crew of the star ship she is on.
333	** "Tales of the Foxtaur Clans: Briar Patch" has space pirates "disposing of" an entire clan of [[SpacePeople Starwalker]] foxtaurs this way. [[spoiler: Big mistake, if you couldn't figure that out from the title already.]]
334	* TomatoSurprise: From Garrek's perspective in his and Goldfur's BackStory, [[spoiler:[[AccidentalPervert Goldfur]] is a [[UnsettlingGenderReveal Hermaphrodite]]. When he [[StupidSexyFlanders calms down]] and [[ShownTheirWork belatedly does his research]] (as he should have done in the first place) he is more comfortable with hir.]]
335	* TookALevelInBadass: When she accidentally becomes a stowaway on the Folly, Cindy Grayson winds up on the receiving end of some self defense instruction. She also takes some advanced self-defense classes from a group of Rakshani Marines.
336	** When her father, [[AbusiveParents Charles Grayson]] finally catches up with her and shows up in Chakona's Council chambers, he tries to get physical with his daughter and Cindy [[CurbStompBattle mops the floor]] with him.
337	* TouchedByVorlons: We get several different examples:
338	** Boyce Kline is interfertile with any mammalian morph, taur, or alien species thanks again to at least one Deity.
339	*** Same goes for his descendants, [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction in ways that defy physical limitations.]]
340	** Shamara, a Herm Rakshani, winds up fertile with any biped feline species thanks to a different Deity. Possibly the same one responsible for hir being born a herm in the first place (hir parents lost a male and a female child in an accident, apparently some Deity thought it would be amusing to replace them both in one), possibly another one.
341	** Allen Fesler's character, Shadowcrest, is injured badly enough that an EmergencyTransformation ''process'' is the only lifesaving measure likely to save hir. Hir natural empathic abilities go [[PowerLevels over 9000]] thanks to some overenthusiastic [[GodInHumanForm Deities]].
342	** The transporters aboard the Folly are able to perform a "Fountain of Youth" makeover thanks to yet a different Deity (or three).
343	* TouchTelepathy: Physical contact creates an unfilterable, unblockable link between the mind reader and pretty much anybody else. Especially another telepath. Not that the touch is required in the first place.
344	* TokenHuman: Humans, especially main characters, are very much in the minority in these stories. Though they are still a major fraction of the Federation's population.
345	** Captain Foster is the only human on the ''folly''. [[spoiler: His status as "Token human" is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the ongoing rewrite of [[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25466283/ chapter 3.]]]]
346	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Admiral Boyce Kline and his Chipinge coffee.
347	-->'''Rosepetal''': He’s been out for weeks, and there’s been no living with him!
348	* TransplantedHumans: "The Colony" spin-off series has 500 21st century humans transformed into Chakats and dumped in the middle of the wilderness on some distant planet, somehow.
349	* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: This will happen to characters in any of the stories set in space. Word of God suggests it only takes about three weeks or so to go from Earth to Chakona; expect this never to happen in the stories though.
350	** Chakat Swiftwalk speeds any person-related plot to "now".
351	* TwinTelepathy: While Quickdash and Holly aren't technically twins, they are collectively called the ''Terror Twins''. And due to Quickdash's developing talents, there's lots of telepathic communication, so...
352	* {{Tykebomb}}:
353	** The story ''The Cub'' gives us a perfect example of a [[DefusingTheTykebomb self defusing Tykebomb]].
354	** Of note: Cub's bomb status was a result of his previous FantasticRacism.
355	* TwoOfYourEarthMinutes: Pops up now and then when comparing Terran clocks vs. clocks on Chakona.
356	* {{Understatement}}: Neil Foster is mentioned to be a master of this.
357	--> '''Weaver''' (responding to an understated comment from Neil): "This coming from the man who calls the ocean damp and the surface of the sun warm."
358	* {{Unobtainium}}: Contributing author Allen Fesler gives us ''Boronike'' which is apparently used in teleporter tech due to its inability to ''be'' teleported.
359	* UnproblematicProstitution: Several different stories in this 'verse mention licensed brothels. Some page time is devoted to the fact that some of the "Employees" at these establishments are former {{SexSlave}}s. Page time is also given to speculation on the happiness of said former sex slaves.
360	* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Martin Yote and Commander Bethany Oakwood in "Flight of the Phoenix", largely because her last relationship with a superior officer got her blacklisted by Starfleet. [[spoiler:They keep it up for five years, until the final chapter.]]
361	* UnusualEuphemism:
362	** Foxtaurs have their "obligation", referring to [[GenderRarityValue males being legally obligated to stud themselves to continue the species]].
363	** One example seems to be a ShoutOut to ''Series/RedDwarf''.
364	---> ('''Arcade Manager'''): "'''What the smegging hell is going on here?'''"
365	* UnwantedHarem: Garrek claimed to have left home because of one of these. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] later: The village AlphaBitch pursued several males.
366	* VillainDecay: Over time, members of the "Humans First" movement have become either incredibly stupid with their actions and plans or rely on [[GambitRoulette convoluted plots]]. One wonders why they don't just place a few car bombs, like normal terrorists.
367	** They do ''occasionally'' commit acts of terrorism; cf. the stories ''Near Enough is Never Good Enough'' (roadside bomb used in backstory), ''Transformations'' (Airport-bomb [[RecycledInSPACE in a Teleporter]]), and ''Retribution'' (in which how do we know they didn't literally use carbombs).
368	* WeaponizedExhaust: An old fusion drive (Called a 'Torch Drive') is used to slice and dice one pirate vessel and seriously damage another. The incident is later discussed by Captain Foster in 2 different stories.
369	* WeaponizedTeleportation: Captain Foster and his [=AI=] Tess, love this trope. It's used often enough to be one of their more prominent Hats.
370	* WeWillSpendCreditsInTheFuture: Galaxy-wide currency is the Fed-Cred.
371	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The Gene Wars were caused by this, and certain people measure Morphs as less worthy than insects.
372	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Whatever happened to Captain Foster's cockatiels? they were introduced in chapter 2, mentioned again in chapter 3, again in chapter 7 then... Nothing.
373	* WordOfGod: Pretty much all the background information.
374	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Shadowcrest comes out of Neil Foster's "Processing" looking like shi's about 19 or 20. Shi is in fact more like 12 or 13.
375	* YoureDrinkingBreastMilk: Played with in some stories, subverted or played straight in others. Chakats, particularly pregnant Chakats, drink their own or other Chakats' breast milk. A hormone in it leads Chakats who drink it to lactate themselves. Played the straightest in a story in which the college roommate of a chakat wet nurse drinks the milk shi leaves in the fridge without inquiring after its source.

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