1 | ''Life. Love. Hyperspace.'' |
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3 | ''[[http://galaxioncomics.com Galaxion]]'' is a [[SpaceOpera science fiction]] comic book and webcomic series written and drawn by Tara Tallan. |
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5 | ''[[CoolStarship Galaxion]]'', an unique starship belonging to the Terran Space Administration ([=TerSA=]), a civilian space survey organisation, is being loaned to the [[SpaceNavy Interplanetary Patrol]] (IP) for the purposes of testing an experimental new drive. The two previous tests, on ''Pathfinder'' and ''[[MeaningfulName Hiawatha]]'' have ended... explosively, so the tensions are high. Especially that [[TheBrigadier Scavina Nelson]], whose [[GadgeteerGenius engineer]] husband died in the previous attempt, is now on board, personally overseeing the proceedings. But the problems with the new drive have been straightened out, so the engineers say. |
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7 | WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong |
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10 | !!Tropes: |
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12 | * ActualPacifist: [=TerSA=] (but not IP!) rule one - no weapons on alien planets. Under no circumstances. |
13 | * AdmiringTheAbomination: Zan has a tendency. |
14 | * AerithAndBob: Much more Aerith with names such as Fusella, Scavinia, Zandarin, but there are Bobs as well - Alex, Anna, Patty. |
15 | * AfterTheEnd: Planet designated 76432-69-GM, by means of a nuclear war and an AlienInvasion on top of it. |
16 | * AlienInvasion: Of the Orehu planet, or 76432-69-GM, the Infiltration flavour, because the invaders are tiny {{Puppeteer Parasite}}s. |
17 | * AlternateUniverse[=/=]AlternateHistory: After the jump, the cosmos at large seems to be the same, including the species - but histories and languages appear completely different. |
18 | ** And now turns out it's the same universe, just 21 (and a half!) parsecs from inhabited space. |
19 | * [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: Aria, of the renowned geologist Jax Augustus. |
20 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Zan, unless he's building something. Although, he has been known to end up building something else than intended. |
21 | * BetterAsFriends: Fusella and Darvin. She tries to set him up with her BestFriend Aria. |
22 | * BodySnatcher: [[spoiler: Rautani are the Orehu snatched by Miesti]]. |
23 | * BrainwashResidue: Seems the [[PuppeteerParasite Miesti]] leave some [[{{Telepathy}} telepathic ability]], though we don't yet know its extent. |
24 | * TheBrigadier: [[IronLady Scavina Nelson]], an actual Brigadier General and much less of a stiff Jerkass than she initially appears. |
25 | * TheBridge: Played very, very straight, except for the [[AvertedTrope aversion]] of NoSeatBelts (you can see them being fastened). |
26 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Zan is an utter genius in all matters technical and very much forgetful in all matters interpersonal. [[TheCharmer Darvin]] tends to act as his CloudcuckoolandersMinder. |
27 | * TheCaptain: Fusella Miertier. Although she has quite a [[TheMcCoy sanguine nature]], she's very competent and generally liked as a leader and as a person. |
28 | * CasualInterstellarTravel: Yes and no - the amount of space the experimental drive covered in a blink of an eye would take about ''seven months'' to travel normally. |
29 | * TheCharmer: Darvin, lovable, charming and aware of it. But he's a decent guy, thank goodness. |
30 | * ChasedByAngryNatives: With rakes. |
31 | * CoolStarship: The ''Galaxion'' used to be a [[StarshipLuxurious private yacht]] of an "insanely wealthy" (Fusella's words!) eccentric. That's why it's nautilus-shaped, spacious and wonderfully decorative. |
32 | * CorruptedData: ''Hiawatha'' logs are encrypted with obsolete IP keys, which [=TerSA=] does not have. So they can't read them. |
33 | * CunningLinguist: Vessa Khavis can speak many languages, including Myradi which is supposedly insanely difficult. |
34 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: You can tell it was [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] extensively, now that it happened, but the funeral service [[spoiler: for Patty starts chapter 11]]. |
35 | * TheEngineer: Anna Ito, the chief engineer of ''Galaxion''. Friendly, easy-going, GadgeteerGenius. |
36 | * EverythingSensor: Yes, they have lifeforms sensor. Used for maximum Drama. |
37 | * FlashbackEffects: Rounded panels. |
38 | * FirstContact: What all the members of [=TerSA=] Survey Teams dream of doing (as opposed to their usual surveying and geology work). [[spoiler: What Jax Augustus actually did]]. Thoroughly botched by our protagonists, although later Aria and Zan decide it had no way of going well in the first place. [[spoiler: The ''Hiawatha'' crew was first contacted by the friendly Orehu.]] |
39 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Or is it? [[spoiler: Why does Aria - and only Aria - get a flashback during the jump?]] Also, Patty feeling under the weather. |
40 | * FTLTestBlunder: The third prototype of the experimental drive actually seems to work without exploding. [[spoiler: Once.]] |
41 | * GogglesDoNothing: [[http://galaxioncomics.com/1-comic/book-1/chapter-3/chapter-3-p-53/ See rant]]. |
42 | * HappilyMarried: Scavina and Jeff Nelson. |
43 | * TheHilarityOfHats: [[http://galaxioncomics.com/1-comic/book-1/chapter-3/chapter-3-p-64/ Patty]] has a large collection of the most {{Cloudcuckooland|er}}ish hats ''in the universe''. [[spoiler: Turned into a TearJerker at her funeral.]] |
44 | * ImpairmentShot: A long sequence, starting [[http://galaxioncomics.com/1-comic/book-3/chapter-9/title-254/ here]]. |
45 | * InappropriatelyCloseComrades: Fusella believes that regulations of this sort are silly, and actively plays TheMatchmaker to her crew. |
46 | * InSeriesNickname: Mal[[spoiler:odorous]], the chief scientist of the research team. How he got it? NoodleIncident. |
47 | * InsistentTerminology: Justified, because this isn't Earth. It's 76432-69-GM, which looks identical, except for the AfterTheEnd, and they didn't land on New Zealand, but on a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute of an island. |
48 | * InterdimensionalTravelDevice: The new drive, turns out, jumps (briefly) through another dimension. |
49 | * ItSeemedTrivial: Pretty butterfly... [[spoiler: turns out a PuppeteerParasite InsectoidAlien seeking hosts]]. |
50 | * JurisdictionFriction: IP versus [=TerSA=]. Constantly. |
51 | * LanguageBarrier: English and Orehu are [[AvertedTrope ''not'']] [[AliensSpeakingEnglish mutually understandable]]. [[http://galaxioncomics.com/1-comic/book-3/chapter-8/title-219/ But Vessa tries]]. |
52 | * MadScientist: The research team consists of people lovably crazy ForScience, although Zan has moments of being even ''crazier'' and more single-minded. |
53 | -->'''Their motto''': If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be '''research'''! |
54 | * TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Scavina [[http://galaxioncomics.com/1-comic/book-1/chapter-3/chapter-3-p-91/ channels cpt. Kirk a bit]] to understandable [[BigWhat reactions]] of Fusella and Vessa. [[spoiler: But gets her way, because they found the ''Hiawatha'']]. There's a hint of ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem here. |
55 | * MasterRace: Miesti, with humans/humanoids as SlaveRace. [[spoiler: But humanoids are not their usual symbiotes - they've crashed as well and are making do with what they found]]. |
56 | * TheMatchmaker: Fusella. She thinks those rules against fraternization are stupid, anyway. |
57 | * MildlyMilitary: [=TerSA=], so mildly that [[TheCaptain Fusella]] plays matchmaker to her crew. Don't think they're any less competent for that, though. |
58 | * TheMedic: Patty is one for the Survey Team. She diagnoses her own broken forearm, using the proper Latin name. |
59 | * MyGreatestFailure: For Scavina, the ''Hiawatha'' disaster. |
60 | * NoodleIncident: Whatever it was Zan did that got him into trouble with [=TerSA=]. |
61 | * NoSenseOfHumor: "The Machine" Anderson. |
62 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: The [[SpaceNavy IP]] is infamous for it, to Fusella's eternal annoyance. |
63 | * OldFriend: [[AmicableExes Darvin]] and [[TheBabyOfTheBunch Zan]] to Fusella. |
64 | * OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Zan Wilder has a wide range of expertise, which may have something to do with both his [[CuriousAsAMonkey curiosity]] and tendency to get fired. |
65 | * PaintingTheMedium: The Orehu's language is done in a florid, almost unreadable script. Also, there's some use of SpeechBubbles in that way (Fusella's sprout flowers when she smells hot [[TrademarkFavouriteFood chocolate]]). |
66 | * PuppeteerParasite: [[InsectoidAliens Miesti]]. |
67 | * RebusBubble: What's a common phrase meaning you [[http://galaxioncomics.com/1-comic/book-1/chapter-1/chapter-1-p-19/ just said something embarrassing]]? |
68 | * RefugeInAudacity: [[http://galaxioncomics.com/1-comic/book-1/chapter-1/chapter-1-p-7/ Hey]], it ''is'' her ship! |
69 | * TheScrounger: Zan functions as one, in that [[GadgeteerGenius he can build anything]]. |
70 | * TheSnarkKnight: Vessa. As we learn from a side story, Fusella is one of the very few commanders she's willing to work under. |
71 | * TheSocialExpert: Darvin's job - he's an executive officer. And [[TheCharmer great at it]]. |
72 | * TheStoic: Alex "The Machine" Anderson. He doesn't even care about what seems to be a dislocated arm (his own). |
73 | * SpaceCadetAcademy: Fusella, [[ChildProdigy Zan]] and Darvin were together in one. |
74 | * SpacePeople: Aria was born on an asteroid. |
75 | * StartingANewLife: Elly and Trev. [[spoiler: Together.]] It's been ten years... |
76 | * SuddenLackOfSignal: The first sign they're not even close to Kansas anymore. |
77 | * TeamMom: Fusella has been called "mama captain". |
78 | * {{Telepathy}}: Between the Rautani, at least. [[spoiler: Temporarily given to Zan and Aria by a trenat injection.]] |
79 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Fusella loves chocolate, both the hot drink and the solid kind. |
80 | * TrueCompanions: Fusella regards the crew as her family. |
81 | * WastelandElder: Vanguarthe for the Orehu. |
82 | * WhamEpisode: Aria coming to tell general Nelson what she suddenly remembered of her captivity, [[spoiler: namely, that she met [[TheLostLenore Jeff Nelson]] who gave her some messages]]. |
83 | * WhenYouComingHomeDad: Except Hilena has a strained relationship with her mom. Her father was a ReasonableAuthorityFigure through and through, and she [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest adored him]]. |
84 | * UndergroundCity: [[spoiler: Of the surviving Orehu.]] |
85 | * TheUnseen: Even though our heroes are visiting the Myradi space now, and Fusella has had a (videophone) conversation with one of them, we ''still'' have no idea what they look like and precisely how [[StarfishAliens starfish]] the Myradi are. |
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