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uplifted-dolphins
Dolphins have been genetically and cognitively enhanced to sentience, capable of piloting starships and communicating complex ideas.
1 chapter across 1 book
Startide Rising (1983)David Brin
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This chapter follows Toshio's intense struggle to physically subdue and communicate with Keepiru, a sentient uplifted dolphin, amidst dangerous oceanic aftershocks, revealing tensions between humans and dolphins and the stakes of their interspecies cooperation. Concurrently, the narrative shifts to a political and military intrigue among alien races debating betrayal rituals during a galactic conflict, and finally to a personal log entry by Gillian Baskin expressing concern for missing crew members and the psychological strain aboard the ship Streaker.