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== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Star Wars]]'' is more or less the [[Trope Codifier]] in modern fiction. While it's far from the first and has its own unique quirks, [[Star Wars]] made the Standard Sci Fi Setting palatable for the masses.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* ''[[Rifts]]'''s ''Phase World'' setting. The Consortium of Civilized Worlds is [[The Federation]], the Transgalactic Empire is [[The Empire]] of [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]], and the [[Crystal Spires and Togas]] are handled by the United Worlds of Warlock. Any examples of [[The Virus]] or [[Planet Looters]] are, for the time being at least, nascent and/or lying in wait.

* Fading Suns uses a setting which falls nearly exactly into this trope. The Excints Ur have littered space with floating portals that allow for travel ans strange technologies, the Known Worlds are United under the new Phoenix Emperor, harboring numerous races amongst the humans. The Vau are the wise race living in their own world outside the empire. And constantly straining to get in the Empire are the Symbiots, a metamorphic plague/virus/infestation. Of course, space pirates, political conflicts and psychics manifestation abound.

* The ''[[Halo]]'' games have less of a mystical bent than other examples but otherwise fits perfectly. The Covenant are the [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]], The Flood are [[The Virus]], and The Forerunners are the [[Neglectful Precursors]]. The plot is largely as above.

* ''[[Free Space]]'': The Terrans play this trope completely straight, but while the Vasudans certainly fit the [[Proud Warrior Race Guys|ProudWarriorRaceGuyss]] stereotype, the [[Omnicidal Maniac|xenocidal]] Shivans are slightly anomolous. Whilst certainly [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]], from beyond known space, and responsible for wiping out the ([[The Empire|downright maliciously imperialistic]]) [[Neglectful Precursors|Ancients]], the Shivans are neither [[The Virus]], a [[Horde of Alien Locusts]], nor [[Planet Looters]]. They don't bother with conquest, looting, or assimilation, all they care about is getting to the [[Apocalypse How|xenocide]]. FTL drives are both [[Subspace or Hyperspace|subspace drives]] and require a [[Portal Network]] of jump nodes to travel between systems. There is a total lack of any metaphysical aspect or aliens aside from the core 3 races. Aside from those minor details, it's a Standard Sci Fi Setting.

* ''[[Galactic Civilizations]]'' used this as part of its "nothing you haven't seen before" approach to game design.

* ''[[Mass Effect]]'', though the Spectres are closer to Space Secret Agents than [[Space Marine]]s. Otherwise, replace [[The Virus]] with a robotic [[Eldritch Abomination]] and throw the Krogan in as the [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]s.

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