Courses Eric Frank Russell - WASP

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Set in the future, the story is about

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James Mowry and an inter-planetary war between humans (collectively referred to as "Terrans") and the Sirians (collectively referred to as the Sirian Empire, from

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). The war has been on for nearly a year as the story begins. The Terrans, while technologically more advanced than the Sirians, are outnumbered and out-gunned twelve-to-one.

The Sirians are a

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species that share many of the same physical characteristics as their Terran enemies. Some of the more noticeable differences are their purple-faced complexions, pinned-back ears and a bow-legged gait. The Sirian Empire is reminiscent of fascist states that existed in the

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; they frequently employ a much-feared

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force named the Kaimina Tempiti, or Kaitempi; they

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much of their media and they quell opposition to the government or the war through the use of violence and intimidation.

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