Continuing to read "Security" over breakfast before Christmas Eve shopping.
The secret project to develop a new weapon is in a black-painted space station in an orbit out of the ecliptic. The American government is authoritarian, having apparently lost World War III. Hence, "Security" counteracting allegedly well organized "subversives." Other than that, global politics are recognizable. Characters expound military and political history in mini-speeches.
Poul Anderson has several Martian races. One, feathered and owlish, appears in several short stories, including here. Surprisingly, human beings have literally enslaved this version of the Martians. One Martian, Rakkan of Thyle, is part of the project and might turn out to be a significant character although I will have to ascertain this later.
Reading and posting have become ultra-episodic.
(Meanwhile, the "L.L." in The Hound Of The Baskervilles has been identified.)
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