Peter Nordbo
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Peter Nordbo is a character from the Man-Kzin War series of books, mainly the stories collected in Inconstant Star
. He was an astronomer and noble on Wunderland, and during the First Man-Kzin War, was pressed into service for the Kzin
following their occupation of the world. At the height of the occupation, he discovered a source of bizarre radiation on a world many lightyears away, and was taken to investigate by the scientifically minded Kzin who oversaw him.
During the flight, forces under Buford Early
and Ulf Reichstein Markham liberated Wunderland, and Nordbo was convicted of collaboration and stripped of all of his possessions. In order to secure his release and clear his name, his daughter Tyra
secured the help of Robert Saxtorph and his ship to investigate. They found that Peter had discovered a remnant of the Tnuctipun, a black hole
powered hyperdrive
that could also be used as a powerful Hawking radiation
beam weapon. Peter had freed himself from the Kzinti and was reunited with Tyra, and after the weapon was destroyed by the Kzin, returned to Wunderland to free his name.
Inconstant Star
Inconstant Star is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson. The stories Iron and Inconstant Star were first published in The Man-Kzin Wars and Man-Kzin Wars III, respectively.-Plot introduction:...
. He was an astronomer and noble on Wunderland, and during the First Man-Kzin War, was pressed into service for the Kzin
Kzin
The Kzinti are a fictional, very warlike and bloodthirsty race of cat-like aliens in Larry Niven's Known Space series....
following their occupation of the world. At the height of the occupation, he discovered a source of bizarre radiation on a world many lightyears away, and was taken to investigate by the scientifically minded Kzin who oversaw him.
During the flight, forces under Buford Early
Buford Early
Buford Early is a recurring character from the Man-Kzin Wars series of books. Along with Chuut-Riit and Ulf Reichstein-Markham, Early is both one of the few major recurring characters, and one of the few characters to have a large role in stories written by more than one author.Early was born on...
and Ulf Reichstein Markham liberated Wunderland, and Nordbo was convicted of collaboration and stripped of all of his possessions. In order to secure his release and clear his name, his daughter Tyra
Tyra Nordbo
Tyra Nordbo is a character from the Man-Kzin War series of books, introduced in the stories collected in Inconstant Star. She was a native of Wunderland, daughter of Landholder Peter Nordbo. During the First Man-Kzin War, Peter was pressed into service for the Kzin following their occupation of...
secured the help of Robert Saxtorph and his ship to investigate. They found that Peter had discovered a remnant of the Tnuctipun, a black hole
Black hole
A black hole is a region of spacetime from which nothing, not even light, can escape. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will deform spacetime to form a black hole. Around a black hole there is a mathematically defined surface called an event horizon that...
powered hyperdrive
Hyperdrive
Hyperdrive is a name given to certain methods of traveling faster-than-light in science fiction. Related concepts are jump drive and warp drive....
that could also be used as a powerful Hawking radiation
Hawking radiation
Hawking radiation is a thermal radiation with a black body spectrum predicted to be emitted by black holes due to quantum effects. It is named after the physicist Stephen Hawking, who provided a theoretical argument for its existence in 1974, and sometimes also after the physicist Jacob Bekenstein...
beam weapon. Peter had freed himself from the Kzinti and was reunited with Tyra, and after the weapon was destroyed by the Kzin, returned to Wunderland to free his name.