Liang Ling-tsan
Channing
Daedalus
Imhotep
(asteroids)
Archimedes
Vitruvius
Leonardo
Katsuragi no Kami (?)
Sennacherib
Imhotep held only a scientific base until two intelligent species, Tigeries and Seafolk, were settled there after their evacuation from Starkad in the Saxonian System a generation ago. Thus, the Pyramid, housing Imperial offices, and other new buildings have grown in the lifetime of Diana Crowfeather, daughter of a xenologist involved in the resettlement.
Sector Admiral Olaf Magnusson is based on Daedalus. Targovi, the son of a Tigery evacuee, has had an oxygill implanted so he does not need a helmet and pump to survive when visiting either the Imhotepan highlands or Daedalus. Targovi regularly travels in his spaceship, Moonjumper, from Imhotep to Daedalus where he trades from a van.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
At first I was puzzled by how Anderson listed Sennacherib, a fierce warrior king of Assyria, as an ENGINEER. But it made sense after I looked up an account of his building and engineering projects.
More exactly, the surviving Tigeries of Starkad were settled by the Empire in the lowlands of Imhotep, where the atmosphere was suitable for them. Targovi used the oxygill when he visited the highlands of Imhotep, where humans lived and could breathe the atmosphere (and similar terrestroid planets like Daedalus).
Altho not mentioned, regrettably, I'm assuming humans who needed to make long visits to the Tigery lowlands of Imhotep used similar gills to breathe the atmosphere without the inconvenience of a helmet and oxygen tank/pump.
Sean
I have reworded the post.
Kaor, Paul!
I noticed!
Sean
Post a Comment