Off Armageddon Reef - David Weber

Off Armageddon Reef.

David Weber.

Synopsis:
It is the twenty-fifth century and the Gbaba have almost succeeded in making humanity extinct. Had they known that even one human being remained alive then they would have hunted them down and finished the task.

Admiral Pei and his crew desperately give up their lives to insure that a few human beings get away in secret from the Gbaba.

It ...
...without the betraying high-tech spoor which, if detected, would bring the deadly Gbaba scout ships to them.

It was decided that the sleeping colonists would have false memories implanted.
But the colony's administrator, Langhorne, and the colony's psychologist, Bedard, programmed them into believing that operation ark's command staff were Gods!!

There were many among the command staff who where very unhappy at ... more

Off Armageddon Reef.

David Weber.

Synopsis:
It is the twenty-fifth century and the Gbaba have almost succeeded in making humanity extinct. Had they known that even one human being remained alive then they would have hunted them down and finished the task.

Admiral Pei and his crew desperately give up their lives to insure that a few human beings get away in secret from the Gbaba.

It was called operation Ark and created a refuge for humanity without the betraying high-tech spoor which, if detected, would bring the deadly Gbaba scout ships to them.

It was decided that the sleeping colonists would have false memories implanted.
But the colony's administrator, Langhorne, and the colony's psychologist, Bedard, programmed them into believing that operation ark's command staff were Gods!!

There were many among the command staff who where very unhappy at the notion of people actually worshiping them as gods.
A revolution took place and concluded with the deaths of all the command staff.

The colonists then led simple lives on the planet they named Safeholden. Any change, invention, progress or any advancement at all is strictly forbidden and taboo.

Whilst in orbit, a surveillance system, continues to sweep the planet, automatically striking at anything that emits tech spoors.
The colonists believe these rare blasts to be lightning bolts are from their gods, Langhorne and Bedard!
But, Admiral Pei had hidden a P.I.C.A (personality-integrated cybernetic avatar) deep beneath a mountain. It looked, thought, felt, and basically was the human female named Nimue Alban. The biological Nimue was one of the more brilliant tactical officers the federation navy had ever produced and she had sacrificed her life for operator ark.
A pica is virtually identical to a real human.
This nimue can eat, sleep, bleed and even feel emotions And Pei also left the Nimue several high-tech gadgets.
But nothing that would attract the attention of the orbital surveillance system. This nimue "slept" beneath the mountain until Pei recording "woke" her up...750 years later.

The nimues task was to undo the mess created by Langhorne and Bedard's 'extra' programming to the colonists.

She is to restore the heritage to humanity which had been taken by the Gbaba . And this Nimue takes her task very seriously.

This is a large novel, being very descriptive, as is David Webers style.

It is a true Sci-Fi novel and worth reading.

Recommended with 5 *****

Greg 

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