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* The Fornux Galaxy, ruled by the [[0% Approval Rating|unpopular]] Emperor Takemitsu Bayushi, later deposed by an alliance lead by [[Regent for Life|Regent]] Lucia Santiago following a violent [[La Résistance|revolution]].
The game naturally lends itself to [[Gambit Pileup
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* [[Absent Aliens]]: Though not for all galaxies. Some houses roleplay themselves as aliens, and Galaxy Baade saw an alien invasion (orchestrated mechanics-wise by the game administrator).
* [[Allegedly Free Game]]: Your house is very limited in its capabilities unless you're paying.
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* [[We ARE Struggling Together!]]: Yes. Yes, we are.
* [[Ten-Minute Retirement]]: Happens often to players. They quit the game and then find they can't stay away.
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208051010/http://inwiki.wikispot.org/Front_Page INWiki].
Many tropes can also be found in the stories of individual galaxies.
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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Martinus Zorander and his collection of intoxicating, and sometimes life-threatening, drinks.
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** House Kincaid is depicted as this, even more than Cosca or Kane.
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The Confederacy of Free Houses in Baade, All members are female except one.
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* [[The Chessmaster]]: House Alhazred, all the way.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: The Wagonmaster, Mario Zorander, along with a good portion of his house.
* [[
* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: The Imperialist faith in Baade
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]: A good portion of the galaxy believes they do. This does not stop certain houses from using them extensively.
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* [[She's Got Legs]]: Saeko Houraisan.
* [[Showing Off the New Body]]: Erina Boudicca, after her Prometheus procedure gave her the body of a 25 year old porn star.
* [[Took a Level
* [[We Have Reserves]]: House Mikhailovsky-Ivanov military operations tend toward this. The standard size for an Eridanus legion is 3,000 men. A fresh Mikhailovsky-Ivanov legion is 12,000. An experienced Mikhailovsky-Ivanov legion is '''50,000'''.
* [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask]]: Misako Houraisan in her "mysterious faceless businesswoman" mode, quite literally with her hiding her face with veils, curtains, or fans. Strangely, while she plays the trope literally, she doesn't play the actual trope much, what with a stable court and a happy marriage and all.
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* [[Puppeteer Parasite]]: The Arudan.
* [[Religion of Evil]]: Fu Leng in Gemini, which is basically Chinese-styled Satanism.
* [[Starfish Aliens]]: The most noticeable are probably the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130823235612/http://inwiki.wikispot.org/Tlabakan Tlabakan].
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: also the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130823235612/http://inwiki.wikispot.org/Tlabakan Tlabakans].
* [[Suicide by Cop]]: This may not have been exactly what [[The Emperor|Emperor Madai Sheridan]]i had in mind when he challenged [[Master Swordsman|Ser Jacques]] [[Super Soldier|of Vandal]] to a duel, but the community's named it a Vandal-assisted suicide in any case.
* [[Super Soldier]]: The Vandals of Gemini, created by the original Empire to serve as shock troopers.
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