Questions tagged [honorverse]
For questions about The Honorverse, a fictional universe that serves as a setting for David Weber's Honor Harrington series of books. Named after the central character (Honor Harrington), the series later diverges, weaving together many different plots and sub-plots involving a vast number of characters across multiple star nations, all against the back-drop of a century-long inter-stellar war.
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Which poem about a soldier does Honor Harrington epitomize?
I seem to recall that there is a poem referenced in one of the later Honor Harrington books. It is about a soldier, and the poem basically describes Honor to a tee. I looked the poem up years ago ...
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In which Honorverse novel did Honor Harrington first attend the naval academy?
In which Honorverse novel did Honor Harrington first attend the naval academy and meet Michelle Henke?
I am unable to find that novel.
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How does wormhole traffic control ensure incoming and outgoing ships don't collide?
In Honorverse the fastest way of communication between star system is to send a boat from one to another. It seems from description that traffic is dense enough that it requires an ATC (STC - space ...
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Why did Weber decide not to kill off Honor Harrington?
This answer mentions that David Weber had planned for Honor Harrington to perish in the Battle of Manticore, a claim which is also made on Wikipedia with a little more detail:
Weber also feels that ...
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Did the Mesan Alignment plot ever get a conclusion?
The final two books in the separated threads of the Honorverse "main" timeline were Uncompromising Honor (2018) and Shadow of Victory (2016)
Given the Mesan alignement have been revealed ...
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Fate of Captain Wu of HMS Cometary
At the start of A Rising Thunder, a Captain Wu of HMS Cometary has quite a lengthy introductory scene.
During his time on stage Captain Wu introduces the escalating nature of the conflict between ...
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Is each Hyper layer a discrete and singular space?
Most of the text of the Honor Harrington series treats the levels of Hyperspace as if each were a discrete layer. Almost an instance of different universe that happens to map directly to the physical ...
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Did Weber base People's Republic of Haven on post-revolution France?
On one hand, the topical question seems like a "doooh!" - the whole Honorverse series was conceived as "Horatio Hornblower... IN SPACE", and there are a lot of references/Easter ...
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How does Warnecke break the deal in the Honorverse novel "Honor Among Enemies"?
In Honor Among Enemies, Honor "tricks" Andre Warnecke into accepting a deal to escape which she arranges for him to violate:
"I made you an offer which would have left you alive," ...
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What historical event was "A Grand Tour" in the Honorverse based on?
In the anthology More Than Honor (An anthology in the Honorverse, edited by David Weber), there is an author's note following A Grand Tour (By David Drake) claiming that the events are based on ...
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On what basis was William (Willie) Alexander a member of the Government before becoming Baron Grantville
Given that Hamish Alexander is Earl White Haven, and therefore holds the White Haven seat in the Lords, on what basis is William (Willie) Alexander first the Minister of the Exchequer and then leader ...
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How many books remain in the Honor Harrington series?
As of February 2015, there are 13 books. The latest is HH13 A Rising Thunder, and the story doesn't end there. How many books are still to come?
By A Rising Thunder,
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In what story did Honor Harrington address the Weapons Development Board on the grav lance?
In David Weber's On Basilisk Station (end of chapter thirty-two), Andrew Yerensky asked Honor Harrington to address the Weapons Development Board. Honor responded:
"Well, Commodore Yerensky, I don'...
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Why are inertial compensators only needed for crewed ships?
Honorverse spacecraft move around using a reactionless "impeller drive" based on gravity manipulation. This drive can accelerate craft at thousands or even tens of thousands of thousands of gravities ...
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In Honorverse canon known as of July 2014, which ships have been commanded by Honor Harrington?
Across all the various stories of the Honorverse, the question does arise as to how many commands the now-Duchess has held. Outside her serving in roles as a flag officer, which ships has she held ...
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How does time dilation affect Honorverse missiles?
The Honorverse is pretty good at telling us how long voyages take for "the universe at large" versus people on the ship. Their ships are limited to a speed of .8c, or slower in hyper-space. This ...
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What is the recommended order to read Honorverse works?
David Weber's Honorverse military SciFi series encompasses main series books, a couple of sub-series, and anthologies.
Some of those works were published later but are in-universe prequels (e.g. "...
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First Gen vs Second Gen prolong in Honorverse
In the Honor Harrington series by David Weber they keep talking about life extension via Prolong. They distinguish between First Generation recipient and Second Generation recipient.
I am trying to ...
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Effects of nuclear explosions in space? [closed]
In the Honor Harrington universe, ship-to-ship combat takes two forms: missiles and direct energy weapons.
Missiles come in two forms - bomb-pumped lasers and contact nukes. Both use multi-megaton ...
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Has Baen Books released a non-ARC version of Mission of Honor?
Baen books has a history of releasing compilation CDs of novels, licensed for free sharing (including electronically) in the bindings of 1st edition hardcovers.
Typically, this includes the series to ...
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What are the different forms of FTL travel and how do they interact?
The Honorverse includes several different forms of FTL travel, and I must admit I'm confused about the differences.
There's 'hyper', which has different 'bands', each with a different relative speed ...
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How does the Impeller Wedge in the Honor Harrington series work?
I may have missed it somewhere, but how does the impeller wedge in the Honor Harrington series work. I am only a couple of books in, but I don't quite understand how the impeller wedge works to offer ...
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