Manuel, Strategist And Tactician

There is wisdom not only in the Technic History but also in other fictional realms.

Manuel, an accomplished organizer, reminds us of van Rijn:

"I did notice Manuel exchange a few words in the slave pen with Ensign Hokusai, who had been captured with Kathryn and myself. Someone had to lead the humans, and Hokusai was the best man for that job. But how had Manuel known? It was part of his genius for understanding."
-"The Star Plunderer," pp. 346-347.

Manuel has managed to pre-arrange one detail of the mutiny with Kathryn without even her fiancee, Reeves, knowing.

"And by now few of the humans expected to live or cared much about much of anything except killing Gorzuni. Manuel had timed it right." (p. 352)

The artificial gravity in the ship is Gorzunian which is twice Terrestrial but Manuel switches it off, thus removing the Gorzuni's advantage and instead advantaging the Solar Navy men with free-fall training. Manuel and Reeves soar into combat like superheroes:

"Then we were pushing off and soaring out the door and into the corridor beyond. Praise all gods, the Commonwealth navy had at least given its personnel free-fall training." (p. 350)

In the lower gravity of Barsoom, John Carter effectively has a superpower. He can leap above the head of a twelve-foot green Martian and lop his head off with a sword. Superman, from the heavier planet Krypton, was originally able to leap a tall building with a single bound, not to fly! But Manuel's men fly in zero gravity.

Reeves praises all gods. James Blish's Okies invoke gods of all stars but that is a different future history.