By John Ringo
WITH acquaintances LIKE THESE... With the Earth within the direction of the rapacious Posleen, the peaceable and pleasant races of the Galactic Federation supply their assets to aid the backward Terrans -- for a cost. Humanity now has 3 worlds to protect. As Earth's armies rush into conflict and unique operations devices scout alien worlds, the people start to examine a helpful lesson: you could guard yourself out of your enemies, yet may perhaps the Lord prevent out of your allies.
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Perry Rhodan Neo is a reboot of the storyline beginning within the yr 2036 rather than 1971.
For additional info at the material, see the English Wikipedia article on Perry Rhodan and/or the corresponding German Wikipedia article.
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Perry Rhodan ist der Titelheld der gleichnamigen deutschen Science-Fiction-Serie, die seit dem eight. September 1961 ununterbrochen wöchentlich in shape von Heftromanen mit einer Druckauflage von etwa eighty. 000 Heften (Stand: Jahr 2011) erscheint. Insgesamt sind bisher 2700 Hefte mit run one hundred sixty. 000 Seiten erschienen, deren Geschichten einen Zeitraum von über 3000 Jahren umfassen (Stand: Mai 2013).
Am 30. September 2011 startete parallel zur alten Serie eine Neufassung additionally Perry Rhodan Neo, mit dem Untertitel „Die Zukunft beginnt von vorn“. In dieser landet Perry Rhodan erst im Jahr 2036 auf dem Mond. Die Serie erscheint zweiwöchentlich und ist nach drei Staffeln mit je acht Taschenheften ab Heft 25 in Staffeln mit jeweils zwölf Romanen gegliedert.
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It was the first piece of Galactic technology he had encountered and it met all the criteria for good science fiction. On the other hand, the first thing it did was get a fact wrong. "The President signed emergency reactivation papers on all members of the GalTech conference with prior service at seven twenty-three am this morning. " The NCO's stone-hard face tracked to the general like an armored turret. " The general shrugged. "I guess somebody figured better safe than sorry. " Mike scratched his chin and looked at the ceiling, taking note of the black domes of security cameras.
Good point," Horner admitted. "But firing from the hip is only a short-range answer. " "Yes, and that's the point. " Mike cocked an eyebrow. "I had actually gotten that far myself," Horner noted. He gifted Mike with another cold smile and folded his hands in his lap. He had tired of complaints, it was time for ideas. O'Neal nodded and reopened the briefing packet. "To stop them will require infantry. We can degrade them with artillery; air is out; we might be able to come up with a wonder tank, but if it's too big the production end will kill us.
Not necessarily," interjected Mike. He flipped to another page of the briefing packet. "Think of it this way. The Posleen fight in phalanx, right? " The general's eyes narrowed as he watched Mike, working through the logic. "And they basically can't be routed. " Mike scratched his chin in thought. "The Galactics never have been able to," Horner pointed out. The possibility that humans might be able to was inherent in the correction. " Mike shook his head at the thought, tapping his cheek and scratching the slight stubble already arising.
