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Rated R for rishathra
The Ringworld is unstable!
Humanity has waged five interstellar wars against the Kzinti
Jinx, a distorted moon around a gas giant orbiting Sirius is one of the most important human planets
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The Puppeteers are so named because of the ressemblance between their two two heads and sock puppets, first remarked by a spaceship crewman named Pierson.
It has been discovered that the furry cones inhabiting the deserts of Down around Luyten’s Star are sentient beings capable of telepathy
Humans have adapted to living in different planets with those from low-gravity worlds such as We Made It being lithe and tall and those from heavy worlds like Jinx being short and stocky
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Through their company General Products, the Puppeteers are a major commercial power across the Known Space universe, essentially monopolizing the spaceship building business
The Outsiders, a secretive race of octopus-like beings in between the realm of plants and animals, travel the galaxy in city-sized ships following the elusive starseeds as they migrate from the Core to the Outer Rim.
Puppeteers are known for their mastery of languages, being capable of speaking flawless human Interworld (usually and disconcertingly in a sultry human female voice) thanks in part to their vocal organs which resemble a bird’s syrinx
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Hearth, the Puppeteer homeworld is home to around a trillion of beings, as the Puppeteers largely refuse to leave their homeworld for outer space, in fear of being stranded and away from their kin. The sheer population and industry of the planet has caused the Puppeteers to physically remove it to the outer edges of their system to prevent it from boiling with the waste heat coming from a trillion bodies and continent sized cities.
