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From: draughn@iitcs.UUCP (Mark Draughn)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Niven's Protectors
Message-ID: <156@iitcs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 21:27:50 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 12 21:27:50 1985
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In article <3147@topaz.ARPA> godwin@uci-icse writes:
>From: Dave Godwin 
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>	Bigger question, though.  This one has always bothered me about
>Niven's universe.  What the heck happens to Home after the Protectors left
>to beat off the Pak ?  Obviously, our guys win, because even by Louis Wu's
>time, Pak were unknown.  But whathappens to Home itself, with all that
>Tree-Of-Life virus floating in the atmosphere ?  It bugs me.

More important.  What happened to brennan's fleet?  They probably won the
war, but...  As far as they know, Earth is unprotected.  Earth is also
left without the Brennan-monster to keep the peace.  Any time now, the fleet
should be returning.  Protectors with hyperdrive will be unbeatable.  They can
do anything they want.  (Unless humanity kills them off.  But I don't believe
thay would.)  They might want to rebuild the ringworld.  They would
certainly slaughter the Kzinti and the Trinocs.  They might decide to kill
off the grogs, the bandersnatchi, maybe even a few of the puppeteers.

Whatever happens, it would make a damned good story.

                                          Mark Draughn