Humanity Is Superior: Weber rarely misses an opportunity to

Bring News Back: In both In Death Ground and The Shiva Option, deep scouts from the Terran Federation Navy discover closed warp points with huge strategic implications while they’re several systems deep in enemy territory and have no way of getting a message home. Humanity Is Superior: Weber rarely misses an opportunity to point out how much better Terran industry, and to a lesser extent technology, is than the Orion Khanate’s. Knight Templar: The alien civilization in Crusade thinks of the Terrans as their godlike saviors, and the Khanate of Orion as the devil to such an extent that any Terrans seen aiding the Orions are viewed as “fallen angels” who must be exterminated for the greater good. The aliens got their ideology from an isolated Terran expedition while the Terrans and Khanate were at war. When the aliens emerged into the galaxy, the Terrans and Khanate were on friendlier terms. Info Dump: This is David Weber we’re talking about here. Match Cut: In Crusade. (“. Redwing!”) Military Science Fiction: Of course! Really 700 Years Old: Certain select individuals have received “antigerone” treatments, which vastly extend their lifespans. Admiral Ivan Antonov, the main fleet commander during Crusade, is still healthy enough to be recalled to active duty in In Death Ground nearly a century later. Spiritual Successor: The Honor Harrington series, also by Weber, reuses concepts, technology, personality, even a few names. For example http://jorgequadros.com.br/when-we-are-young-we-have-a-favourite-song-for-every-situation/, “Alois Saint Just” is central to Crusade, and “Oscar Saint Just” becomes a major character in HH. Strategy Versus Tactics: There are two types of drives: military drives, which are very powerful and take up a small hull volume but must be periodically shut down for maintenance, and commercial drives, which are bulkier and slower but are actually faster over long distances due to their greater endurance. Most warships accept no substitutes for military drives; however, the Bugs use commercial drives for their fleets, making their ships less capable and survivable but allowing them to more easily gather and deploy the crushingly huge attritional fleets they favor. Unwanted False Faith: In the back story for Crusade, a Terran starship crash landed on an inhabited alien planet during the First Interstellar War, and its captain told the inhabitants there how the Khanate of Orion was the enemy. The aliens take his words as Divine Revelation, painting the Terrans as angels and the Orions as devils. So when, long after hostilities between the Terrans and Orions have ended, an Orion starship happens to poke its nose into their star system, they blast the “devils” to smithereens. To prove to the Orions that we’re still friendly and prevent another war, the Terrans have to attack this alien race who, unwilling to give up their Cargo Cult beliefs, conclude that these new Terrans are “fallen” Terrans.

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