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selective-breeding-experiment
The puppeteers engineered conflicts like the Man-Kzin war to control species expansion and maintain galactic balance.
1 chapter across 1 book
Ringworld (1970)Larry Niven
Chapter 13 -
In this chapter, Louis Wu reflects on the religious beliefs of the Ringworld natives, mistaking their reverence for the Ringworld engineers as worship of gods. The narrative explores the puppeteers' instinctive fighting reflex and reveals the strategic use of starseed lures by the puppeteers to manipulate galactic events, including the Man-Kzin war. Tensions rise as Speaker-To-Animals accuses Nessus of meddling in a war, highlighting the complex political and biological manipulations underlying interspecies conflicts.