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He bases this entirely on sci-fi show conventions. Jenkins theorizes that the creation of The Chronicles of the Intrepid created an alternate timeline in which they existed, but the show never did, but everything else that happened before that point in the two universes is the same. Justified by the Narrative being in control at the time.

Acoustic License: During a battle, Chief Engineer West replies to comments by Abernathy and Q'eeng just after entering the bridge, meaning he was somehow able to hear them through a door, with red alert sirens blazing.

He also refers to an Ensign Jacobs as "Jackson" after he's injured by an exploding console, so Abernathy may be having trouble keeping up with turnover among his bridge crew.

Accidental Misnaming: Abernathy is prone to doing this to Dahl.

Is a Crapshoot: The Intrepid responds to a distress call from an independent space station that had been taken over by killer machines. ( We'll wait while you untangle the levels of meta involved at this point.) However, it seems to have since fallen through. In February 2014, a television adaptation of Redshirts was announced. The book even has its own theme song, written by Jonathan Coulton, no less. Naturally, the examples below contain many spoilers, so tread carefully. Redshirts is very trope heavy, and many of them are Played With, Parodied, Lampshaded, Zig Zagged, Subverted, or Double Subverted.

His shipmates seem terrified of Captain Abernathy and his senior officers, and do everything in their power to avoid the dreaded "Away Missions." Ensign Dahl’s suspicions come to a head when a mysterious figure approaches him in the corridor and warns him to " avoid the Narrative." His excitement at this very prestigious posting quickly wanes as he discovers something odd about his new ship.

Redshirts is a Hugo Award-winning novel by John Scalzi which takes the concept of the Red Shirt, examines it, deconstructs it, and tears it inside out, taking an in-depth look at what would happen if the eponymous expendable extras ever discovered why the universe treats them as its own personal Chew Toys.Įnsign Andrew Dahl, fresh out of the Academy, has received his first assignment on the Universal Union’s flagship, the Intrepid. Jimmy Hanson: Death by shuttle door malfunction.

Maia Duvall: Within five minutes of getting to my new post I heard three different stories of crew buying the farm on an away mission.