Talk:On Basilisk Station

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[edit] Tone

I am removing the "tone" indicator. This article is at least as "encyclopedic" as the other Harrington book articles, and is at abou the same level as most articles about novels.

[edit] Plot

"And none too soon, as the rival star nation of Haven, a bloated conqueror which has been slowly strangling on its own economic policies for over half a century, has set its eyes on the Star Kingdom. The plan Haven has evolved begins with a coup de main against Basilisk; whipping the low-tech native aliens into a killing frenzy that would sweep across the planet in a haze of blood, and provide the interstellar pretext Haven desires to swoop in and take control of the system before Manticore can respond. This would lead to a logical next step of invasion of Manticore through the two Junction termini Haven would then possess; Trevor’s Star and now Basilisk."

I was under the impression that the Havenites wanted to control the Basilisk system so as to prevent Manticoran interference with their invasion fleet heading towards Silesia, as explained in the Prologue. Where in the book does it say that capture of the Manticore system itself was Haven's ultimate goal? --Impaler30 15:45, 4 June 2007 (UTC)