Uplift questions

Well, since I have joined this mailing list I can ask =

some questions that I've wondered about. I haven't =

read Heaven's Reach in a while, but I don't remember =

the book answering these questions. Maybe some list =

members might know.



Spoiler warning to anyone who hasn't read Heaven's =

Reach!!







1. When Gillian traded things with Uriel, did she take
=A0any rewqs? They'd be very valuable both for Earthclan
=A0and for that colony Alvin and Huck moved to.

2. Did we ever find out why Gillian wanted a herd of =

Glavers? I doubt they're legally available for uplift =

yet, but Contacting Aliens does say they haven't been =

spotted (in the other Galaxy 2) in 2000 years. Did she
=A0figure they might be the last of their kind, and want
=A0to prevent the Jophur from killing them all? (It =

would also have made it possible for Dwer to take a =

few back to Jijo, but I doubt David Brin would make =

things so narratively "easy" for Jijo.)

3. When Streaker and Polkjhy exchanged people and =

chunks of hull, did Lark and Ling give any of the red =

rings to Gillian? Those things are a potent biological =

weapon against Jophur, even if used only as a =

defensive measure.

4. Lark saw an Urs on Polkjhy, stuck in an air bubble. =

Why would any Urs accept such a watery/confined fate? =

She'll be stuck in that little bubble for the rest of =

her life. Why didn't she go onto the Streaker while =

all those Dolphins were going onto Polkjhy?



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