/lit/ - Literature

What are the staples you tend to see on a good science-fiction/fantasy story? Doesn't necessarily have to be specific overdone tropes or cliches, more like recurring generalist elements and patterns that are proven to act as a nice setup for an engaging narrative.

At the top of my head I can think of:
- protagonist is an outsider in some capacity thrown into an unfamiliar situation
- conflicting factions with their own set of strengths and values
- supporting ensemble cast with contrasting personalities, often representatives of the different factions
- ruling authority figures playing pivotal roles
- special powers or abilities that allow for extraordinary fits not possible in the real world
- takes you through a vast set of very distinctive geographical environments
- really large man made structure is significant to the story
- a big scale war-like sequence between large groups
- a more intimate one on one confrontation between the protagonist and the villain or anti-hero
- very imposing non-human singular entity as an obstacle (like a monster, robot, superweapon, battleship, etc)
- human vs nature sequence - getting through an harsh location or (un)natural disaster
- chase or escape sequence
- invading or defending from invaders sequence
- opposing forces competing for the same tangible thing (mcguffin, resource, location, person...)

What ingredients am I missing?