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The voyage of the Nieuw Breda (Lingo: 9B). The 9B was a transporter of the VIC (Vereenigde Interstellair Compagne) out of Concourse:Vier (C:V) engaged in the VIC’s recolonization enterprise. VIC had recognized that a number of marginal colonies settled during late First Expansion might be made prosperous with the adoption of modern, Second Expansion technologies.…
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Major Characters Note that ages are given in what you might call “Earth years lived.” The Spacers have been traveling at relativistic speeds. The Uman year is longer than ours. So no simple correspondence. In order of appearance: David Richard, 27, grew up in the Hudson’s Bay area. His parents were physicians, and he went…
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Umasun is a G0V star, a little larger, brighter, and bluer than Sol. Uma is the star’s fourth planet, giving it a year 1.27 times that of Earth. The orbit is more elliptical than Earth’s. It is 1.17 times the circumference of Earth, but of lower density, so that the gravity is 0.94G. The lower…
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Hanny’s Story I was just writing innocently along, telling my planetary romance, when I got to the part where my people were over wintering in Wawee. I planned for them to tell stories. I’d give them a couple of lines humorously describing each tale. Sarey telling about one of her stranger clients. Richard, Plott, and…
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At the time of If We Live the Ayvens are seen as a caste, which claimed the right to rule not only the Stablen, but also each individual band. But they began as a religious movement. As the tales of the Wild Girl percolated up to the southeast Hastab from Lastablen, they began to change…
