Beowulf
From Honorverse
Beowulf was a planet in the Sigma Draconis System, the second oldest human colony world and one of the oldest members of the Solarian League. Beowulf was renowned for its scientists, especially in the fields of hyper physics, medicine, and applied genetics.
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[edit] Biology
The climate was dry and dusty. (HH9)
Gremlins were an intelligent species native to Beowulf. They rated just below the treecat of Sphinx on the Sentience scale, about 10 points below humans on a scale of 0 to 100, with humans at 100.[1] (HH1)
[edit] Society
Beowulf society had a generally much more relaxed view towards sexuality than most other human societies elsewhere. They were regarded with some alarm by the more conservative, and with positive horror by the most conservative; many Beowulfans, like Allison Chou Harrington, took some enjoyment in twitting the more staid. Many of Beowulf's original settlers were of Oriental extraction and had arrived there as part of the earliest colonization efforts to leave Earth. Beowulf was humanity's oldest colonies, and had been the source of many colonial expeditions itself. (HH3)
Beowulf was, for nearly its entire existence, among the most medically advanced -- if not the most advanced, planets. Its most significant competition at the leading edge of medical research and practice was Old Earth itself, Mesa (which had been founded by a renegade from Beowulf, Leonard Detweiler, and the Star Kingdom of Manticore, which was very 'close' to Beowulf (in transit time, due to the Manticore Wormhole Junction) and benefited therefrom.
Mesa's connection with assorted criminality, especially the genetic slave trade carried on by Manpower Incorporated, was a very long standing cause of conflict between Mesa and Beowulf. Beowulf had led an ethical movement in medical genetics, being primarily responsible for the Beowulf Code and the Cherwell Convention. Its government also maintained a covert, but highly skilled, military organization called the Biological Survey Corps, whose purpose was opposition to the genetic slave trade and to Mesan activities in general. (WS2)
Beowulfans did not believe in fetal tubing, and preferred to carry their children to terms naturally whenever possible. (HH4)
[edit] Government
Beowulf's government was a representative elective oligarchy governed by a Board of Directors. (HH8)
[edit] Armed Forces
- Beowulf Self-Defense Force
- Biological Survey Corps
[edit] History
In 1246 PD, scientists on the planet developed the gravitic impeller drive. (HH1) Beowulf provided substantially to the aid Old Earth received in the aftermath of the Final War, involving the genetic supermen developed in Ukraine.
Allison Chou was a native of the planet. (HH2) She met Alfred Harrington while he attended Semmelweiss University on Beowulf and accompanied him back to Manticore when he returned to duty with the Royal Manticoran Navy. (HH7)
