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Nohbody "In distress", my ass. Since: Jan, 2001
"In distress", my ass.
Jul 30th 2015 at 6:54:52 AM •••

Pulled the following:

  • Absent Aliens: Used in spirit. They're not actually absent, just... Not important. Humanity has made contact with at least twelve sapient species during its exploration of the galaxy, and at least one multi-stellar species has gone extinct (The Alphanes), but they are not involved in the story at all. The Medusans of Basilisk are important in the first novel, but fade into the background once Honor leaves their system since they only possess a Bronze Age level of technology. The only sapient aliens that have a presence throughout the series are the treecats of Sphinx, primarily represented by Nimitz, the 'cat who has adopted Honor — and tropewise they're more Manticoran Bond Creatures than an alien faction. There are a couple of alien species that humanity has uplifted but they're somewhere on the other side of the Solarian League, and not any more relevant than almost any other aliens in the series.note 

That entry has always bugged me for the longest time, but it kind of slipped away from my attention over time due mostly to my own laziness. :P

Anyway, Absent Aliens means the aliens are absent, which is clearly not the case in the Honorverse. Treecats, the Alphanes from "A Grand Tour", and the rest mentioned in the entry are aliens, certainly exist in the setting, and in the case of the treecats still are plot-relevant.

Edited by Nohbody All your safe space are belong to Trump
Ripsaw These are the voyages... Since: Jan, 2001
These are the voyages...
Oct 17th 2014 at 1:44:35 PM •••

Never mind. Let me try to figure out how to delete...

Edited by 192.31.106.34 Be careful what you wish for, 'cause you might just get it all...
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