Within the Honorverse there exists many classes of ship. Some of these are hyper-capable and some, due to size or design, are restricted to local operations. There are huge merchant vessels and passenger liners, small courier boats, and enormous, powerful dreadnoughts. All hyper-capable ships share certain characteristics. They are all double-ended hulls, tubular in design, […]
The advent of interstellar travel in the Post Diaspora era fundamentally changed the galaxy. For the first time humans could travel faster than light, and thus could connect to colonies founded by slow sleeper ships. With hyperdrive the galaxy was open to humanity, though the technology would need to be refined and adapted before true, […]
The Star Kingdom of Manticore (which through annexation of the Talbott Cluster and the agreed division of the Silesan Confederacy with the Andermani Empire had become the Star Empire of Manticore) and the Republic of Haven had begun peace talks following the devastating Battle of Manticore. Both sides had suffered tremendous casualties and both sides […]
Technically the 2nd Manticoran-Havenite War was a continuation of the first, which ended with a truce and not a formal peace treaty. Opinion is divided as to whether history should record the second war as actually being a second war. Nonetheless, following the conclusion of hostilities in 1915 PD, both Haven and Manticore had undergone […]
The Manticoran-Havenite War (sometimes referred to the First Manticoran-Havenite War) raged between 1905 PD and 1915 PD. It followed years of building tension and hostility between the two powers, dating back to 1857 PD and the foresight of Manticoran monarch King Roger III. King Roger’s assassination by Havenite agents (a fact kept from the public) […]
The history of the Republic of Haven should serve as a warning for a number of reasons. Well-meaning attempts at ending or mitigating poverty were mismanaged and handled by corrupt politicians, leading to a collapsed economy and a regime built upon conquest. It did not start out that way. Haven itself was settled a century […]
For many years the single-system star nation of Grayson was a minor, virtually unknown player in galactic affairs. Following encounters with both the Star Kingdom of Manticore and the People’s Republic of Haven, Grayson would take on a more important position. The Yeltsin system (in which Grayson is located) was first colonised in 988 PD, […]
Within the Honorverse there is arguably no more important empire than the Star Kingdom. Much of the story takes place within the Kingdom or concerns the Kingdom’s activities. The Kingdom was not unique in being a single-system government (at first), however it had an unusually large navy and economic and political clout, which was due […]
For ages I’ve been meaning to build a set of pages that explore one of the most developed sci-fi universes I’ve ever come across – the Honorverse. There are 14 books in the main series, plus numerous spin-offs and non-fiction material to flesh out the universe. I have only read the main series, though perhaps […]
The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer. Welcome to autumn and welcome to October. We are now into Halloween month! I dare say this is my daughter’s favourite time of year, even more so than Christmas. I have an idea for a costume, one that will hopefully top our experience during […]
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