Fleet of Worlds

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Fleet of Worlds
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Universe	Known Space
Notable races	Pierson's Puppeteers
Notable people	Nessus, Hindmost, Chiron
Creator	Larry Niven
Genre	Science fiction
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Fleet of Worlds are both a location and a book in Larry Niven's Known Space series.

[edit] Planets

The Fleet of Worlds are the planets of the Pierson's Puppeteer race. They consist of the actual homeworld and its agricultural worlds, arranged in a polygonal Klemperer rosette. They moved their worlds into this formation when their home star turned into a red giant, using an inertialess, reactionless drive purchased at great price from the Outsiders. After the discovery that the core of the galaxy is exploding, the Puppeters turned the fleet towards the Magellanic Clouds, gradually reaching a speed of 80% lightspeed.

[edit] Novel

The novel, co-written by Niven and Edward M. Lerner, was released in 2007. It is set shortly after the events of At the Core, and will be followed by a sequel from the same team, Juggler of Worlds.

[edit] Misconceptions

-The word Klemperer rosette was misspelled as 'Kemplerer rosette', as it has been since it first appeared in Ringworld.