![]() Tom's powerful Niss computer finds nothing about such a creature-or about the Derelict Fleet itself or the water world on which they land for repairs after being chased by Galactic flotillas-in the onboard Library. Gillian's primary assignment is in the busy infirmary, but she spends whatever time she can studying a billion-year-old cadaver that Thomas (Tom) Orley rescues from the Derelict Fleet some time before the novel opens. This makes her an official source of information alongside the anonymous narrator. There are a few small spoilers in The Uplift War for SR, so if you plan on reading both, read Startide Rising first (isn't much, but they are there). Gillian keeps a Journal, which is frequently quoted to bring the reader up to date on developments. The Uplift War is not exactly a follow up to Startide Rising, but it does take place in the same universe as Startide Rising and it takes place chronologically right after it. ![]() ![]() 228) to countermand, if necessary, neo-dolphin command. A tall, stately, pretty, dark-blonde woman in her early thirties, Gillian is both a physician and an agent of the Terragens Council, which in commissioning the mission of the exploration vessel Streaker issues to Gillian "secret orders" (pg. ![]()
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