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DaveC426913
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I have questions.
I am 58% of the way through, so not looking for story lore; I'm trying to understand what the Radchaai are.
Breq is Radchaai and an ancillary. She was once a ship brain.
Anaander Mianaai is Radchaai. She has multiple ancillaries; does it follow then that she too is the hub of a ship with troops? Or is there another configuration?
Seivarden is Radchaai, but only an ancillary.
Do all Radchaai live as part of these ships? Do any Radcahaai have actual bodies anywhere?
I mean, if everyone we've met so far is an ancillary, that means they are all human corpse soldiers, including the various Anaander Mianaai.
I touched on some Dyson Sphere Homeworld exposition in the story; perhaps that's where Radchaai citizens live who aren't part of the fleet? Do they have bodies? Are they humanoid?
Finally, what's with the affinity for gloves? They seem more important to Radchaai than clothes. At one point, a character doesn't bother to clothe herself and thus is naked except for her gloves. At another point, the narrator mentions a community who live where it is so warm, their gloves are almost too thin to be effective (ie. they still wear gloves, but for some unevidenced reason).
I donned my Googles* but haven't been able to find any more detailed lore online about the peculiar biology and nature of Radchaai.
*DaveC426913, 2024
I am 58% of the way through, so not looking for story lore; I'm trying to understand what the Radchaai are.
Breq is Radchaai and an ancillary. She was once a ship brain.
Anaander Mianaai is Radchaai. She has multiple ancillaries; does it follow then that she too is the hub of a ship with troops? Or is there another configuration?
Seivarden is Radchaai, but only an ancillary.
Do all Radchaai live as part of these ships? Do any Radcahaai have actual bodies anywhere?
I mean, if everyone we've met so far is an ancillary, that means they are all human corpse soldiers, including the various Anaander Mianaai.
I touched on some Dyson Sphere Homeworld exposition in the story; perhaps that's where Radchaai citizens live who aren't part of the fleet? Do they have bodies? Are they humanoid?
Finally, what's with the affinity for gloves? They seem more important to Radchaai than clothes. At one point, a character doesn't bother to clothe herself and thus is naked except for her gloves. At another point, the narrator mentions a community who live where it is so warm, their gloves are almost too thin to be effective (ie. they still wear gloves, but for some unevidenced reason).
I donned my Googles* but haven't been able to find any more detailed lore online about the peculiar biology and nature of Radchaai.
*DaveC426913, 2024