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Honor Stephanie Harrington
Race Human
Gender Female
Born October 1, 3961AD (Gregorian Calendar)
Homeworld Sphinx
Occupation Manticoran/Grayson Naval Officer,
Grayson Steadholder,
Manticoran Countess
and Duchess
Affiliation Star Kingdom of Manticore
Protectorate of Grayson
Rank up to Admiral of the Fleet


Honor Stephanie Harrington is a fictional character, the eponymous heroine of a series of science fiction books set in the "Honorverse", written by David Weber and published by Baen Books. Note This is the 'Main' article for the Honor Harrington related Book series and Sub-series by David Weber. Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus A list of planets in the Honorverse. Alphabetical order A Alizon B Basilica The Star Kingdom of Manticore (SKM frequently referred to as Manticore or the Star Kingdom was a Fictional star-nation in the " Honorverse The planet Grayson is a Fictional human star-nation in the " Honorverse " located in the Yeltsin's Star system Note This is the 'Main' article for the Honor Harrington related Book series and Sub-series by David Weber. David Mark Weber is an American Science fiction and Fantasy author. Baen Books is an American Publishing company established in 1983 by long time Science Fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. She is known among the Sphinxian felinoid treecats, by one of whom she has been adopted, as "Dances on Clouds. Treecats are a species of intelligent Lifeforms who take a prominent role in a series of novels and stories about the fictional " Honorverse "

An officer in the Royal Manticoran Navy (RMN), the space navy of the Star Kingdom of Manticore, Harrington bears a striking professional resemblance to both the real-life British naval officers Admiral Lord Nelson and Captain Thomas Cochrane, as well as the fictional character Horatio Hornblower. Royal Manticoran Navy (abbreviated RMN is a Fictional Space navy in the Honorverse, a long-running series of novels and stories written by David Weber The Star Kingdom of Manticore (SKM frequently referred to as Manticore or the Star Kingdom was a Fictional star-nation in the " Honorverse The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1st Viscount Nelson 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758– 21 October 1805 was a British Admiral Lord Sir Thomas Alexander Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquês do Maranhão GCB, RN (14 December Admiral of the Fleet Horatio Hornblower 1st Baron Hornblower, GCB, is a fictional protagonist of a series of Novels by C (Weber references the creator of Hornblower at least once, a minor instance of "breaking the fourth wall", as an homage. Cecil Scott Forester was the Pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith ( August 27 1899 – April 2, 1966) an English The fourth wall is the imaginary wall at the front of the stage in a Proscenium Theater, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play For medieval usage see Homage (medieval and Commendation ceremony, or Homage (disambiguation Homage (from the French ) Like Nelson, she loses an eye and an arm in combat; her initials are the same as Hornblower's, and like all three officers, she has a genius for tactical command throughout the series and becomes a living legend by using those skills in several major engagements—battles for which the press nicknames her "The Salamander" for always seeming to be "where the fire is hottest. Military tactics ( Greek: Taktikē, the art of organizing an army are the techniques for using weapons or military units in combination for engaging and defeating Salamander (orig from Persian: sām, "fire" and andarūn, "within" is the common name for a group of approximately 500 Species " By the tenth main-line novel (Ashes of Victory) Honor has emerged as a strategist of note as well, and has been promoted to the rank of Admiral in both the Manticoran and Grayson space navies. Ashes of Victory is the ninth Honor Harrington novel by David Weber. Military strategy is a National defence policy implemented by Military organisations to pursue desired strategic goals Derived from the Greek The planet Grayson is a Fictional human star-nation in the " Honorverse " located in the Yeltsin's Star system

Other parallels with real history include the political situation. During much of Harrington's career, her native Star Kingdom of Manticore is at war with the neighboring People's Republic of Haven (PRH), a conflict that bears more than a passing resemblance to the Napoleonic Wars between the British Empire and France. The Star Kingdom of Manticore (SKM frequently referred to as Manticore or the Star Kingdom was a Fictional star-nation in the " Honorverse The Republic of Haven is a fictional political entity (known as a "star nation" in the context of its fictional universe in the Honorverse, a series of Military The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

Some of the battles described in the Honor Harrington series resemble real-life sea battles. For instance, the long stern chase described in On Basilisk Station has some parallels with the actions of HMS Kent at the Battle of the Falklands during World War I. The first novel in David Weber 's popular Honor Harrington series On Basilisk Station, follows Commander Honor Harrington and Her Majesty’s light cruiser The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a British naval victory over the Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 during the First World War Similarly, the deathride by Sarnow's battlecruisers in The Short Victorious War bears a resemblance to similar maneouvres by Admiral von Hipper during the Battle of Jutland. The Short Victorious War is the third Honor Harrington novel by David Weber. fix various bugs per WikipediaHow to fix bunched-up edit links --> The final actions in The Honor of the Queen contain elements from the battles of the Barents Sea and North Cape during World War II, as well as the Battle of the River Plate. The Honor of the Queen is David Weber 's second Honor Harrington novel The Battle of the Barents Sea took place on December 31, 1942 between British ships escorting Convoy JW  51B to Kola In the World War II naval Battle of the North Cape, ships of the Royal Navy sank the German Battlecruiser ''Scharnhorst'' off Norway The Battle of the River Plate ( December 13, 1939) was the first major naval battle in World War II.

Contents

Early life

Honor was born on October 1, 3961 AD, at Craggy Hollow (the Harrington family home), County Duvalier, in the Duchy of Shadow Vale on the planet Sphinx, one of the three inhabited worlds of the Manticore system. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. A list of planets in the Honorverse. Alphabetical order A Alizon B Basilica This is a list of regions in the Honorverse, and short descriptions She is the daughter of neurosurgeon Alfred Harrington and physician/geneticist Allison Benton-Ramirez y Chou Harrington. Socially, by virtue of her father's ancestry, she was born a yeoman—meaning that she is a descendent of paying settlers of the second wave of settlement of the Star Kingdom of Manticore, not a member of the nobility (who for the most part can claim descent from the first colonists) nor a zero balancer (someone who could not afford to buy passage to Manticore during the second wave, but were in enough demand that Manticore paid their way). Yeoman is noun used to indicate a variety of positions or Social classes In the 16th century a yeoman was also a Farmer of middling social status who owned Nobility is a government-privileged title which may be either hereditary (see Hereditary titles) or for a lifetime Her mother is an immigrant from the planet Beowulf, which is known for its strong research and practice in the life sciences. Additionally, her paternal ancestors were "genies", people genetically engineered (specifically with the Meyerdahl Beta modification) to survive on high gravity planets such as Sphinx. Genetic engineering, Recombinant DNA technology, genetic modification/manipulation (GM and gene splicing are terms that apply to the direct As revealed in In Enemy Hands, this gives her more efficient muscles, enhanced reaction speed, stronger bones, tougher cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and a higher than average intelligence quotient. For the movie of the same name please see " In Enemy Hands " Muscle (from Latin musculus, diminutive of mus "mouse" is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the Bones are rigid organs that form part of the Endoskeleton of Vertebrates They function to move support and protect the various organs of the body produce This is an article about the rock music band "Circulatory System" In living organisms a respiratory system functions to allow Gas exchange. An Intelligence Quotient or IQ is a score derived from one of several different Standardized tests attempting to measure Intelligence. She was raised in the Third Stellar Missionary Communion (Reformed), but is not significantly religious.

Honor is one of the few people adopted by a Sphinxian treecat, an intelligent indigenous species. Treecats are a species of intelligent Lifeforms who take a prominent role in a series of novels and stories about the fictional " Honorverse This occurred when she was a child, a rarity among treecat adoptions. She has dubbed her 'cat Nimitz (after World War II Admiral Chester Nimitz). Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, USN, GCB ( February 24, 1885 &ndash February 20, 1966) held the dual command After conducting considerable research on them, she eventually becomes one of the foremost experts on treecats.

Career

At the Academy

Harrington attended the Royal Manticoran Navy's Saganami Naval Academy on Manticore's Saganami Island, and becomes an officer in the Royal Manticoran Navy. Royal Manticoran Navy (abbreviated RMN is a Fictional Space navy in the Honorverse, a long-running series of novels and stories written by David Weber The Star Kingdom of Manticore (SKM frequently referred to as Manticore or the Star Kingdom was a Fictional star-nation in the " Honorverse Royal Manticoran Navy (abbreviated RMN is a Fictional Space navy in the Honorverse, a long-running series of novels and stories written by David Weber One of the RMN's best tacticians, and she can make effective tactical evaluations, often quickly and intuitively. Her mathematical aptitude and navigational skills are excellent, but her poor performance in mathematics courses is the source of much irritation, and more than a few problems, while at the Academy. At Saganami Island, her roommate is Michelle Henke, cousin of Queen Elizabeth III of Manticore. Vice Admiral Lady Gloria Michelle "Mike" Samantha Evelyn Henke, Countess Gold Peak, Vice Admiral of the Red Gold Peak is a Fictional character Queen Elizabeth III is a leading character the reigning monarch of the Star Kingdom of Manticore, in the fictional Honorverse stories and novels originally by Having been shy and lacking in self-confidence, Harrington learned much from "Mike" Henke during those years.

Also at the Academy, Harrington unwittingly becomes the target of a perverse, boorish midshipman, Lord Pavel Young, heir to the Earldom of North Hollow. Lord Pavel Young, Eleventh Earl of North Hollow is a Fictional character in the Honorverse novels written by David Weber; he fulfils the role When Young attempts to rape her in the showers, she defends herself, sending him to the hospital. Academy administrators suspect the truth, but her shame keeps her from disclosing it. Young thus escapes with a reprimand rather than dismissal from the Academy; in the following decades, he attempts revenge by sabotaging her RMN career. Her outstanding abilities enable her to progress well, if erratically, despite enmity of the Young clan and its allies.

Her midshipwoman cruise aboard HMS War Maiden under Captain Bachfisch shows her ability as a combat tactician during an engagement with Silesian rebels. The Silesian Confederacy is a fictional star "nation" that appears in David Weber 's Honor Harrington series of novels With the rest of the chain of command either killed, disabled, or out of communication, Harrington assumes command. She finishes off the opposing ship and is promoted, ahead of her class, to ensign. Ensign (ˈɛnsən is a junior rank of commissioned officer in the militaries of some countries normally in the infantry or navy

In command

Harrington's first command is a Light Attack Craft; she is later given command of the HMS Hawkwing, a Destroyer, and after a year of service goes to the RMN's Advanced Tactical Course. Harrington graduates high in her class from the RMN's Advanced Tactical Course, and immediately assumes command of the light cruiser HMS Fearless as a Commander. Her exploits while posted at Basilisk Station bring her widespread fame — and a sentence of death from the People's Republic of Haven. The first novel in David Weber 's popular Honor Harrington series On Basilisk Station, follows Commander Honor Harrington and Her Majesty’s light cruiser The Republic of Haven is a fictional political entity (known as a "star nation" in the context of its fictional universe in the Honorverse, a series of Military Now firmly on the fast track to senior rank, she proves to have something akin to the Nelson touch, earning the devotion of her officers and enlisted personnel, as well as the high regard of both Manticore's allies (especially Grayson), and her military opponents. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1st Viscount Nelson 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758– 21 October 1805 was a British The planet Grayson is a Fictional human star-nation in the " Honorverse " located in the Yeltsin's Star system However, she also makes new political enemies and suffers several personal losses.

When Harrington is captured en route to a new command, the death sentence is ordered to be carried out. Her escape kills a member of Haven's ruling triumvirate, Cordelia Ransom, destroying her private battlecruiser, the PNS (People's Navy Ship) Tepes. Cordelia Ransom is a Fictional character in David Weber ´s Honorverse series of novels

Assuming Harrington was also killed, the PRH propaganda office releases a fake video recording of her "execution". As a result, simultaneous state funerals were staged for her on both Manticore, and Grayson. The Royal Manticoran Navy renames the new Medusa class she had helped inspire to the Harrington class in her honor, although she convinces them to retract the change when she returns. The Grayson Space Navy christens the lead starship in their parallel class the GNS Honor Harrington. Despite her protests upon her return, the Graysons find various inventive reasons to avoid renaming it, or removing the statue of her outside Grayson's Parliament building –— much to her embarrassment.

At the opening of At All Costs, Honor is appointed commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Unconquered, the RMN's equivalent of HMS Victory or USS Constitution — a ship kept in commission for its historical significance. Construction In December 1758 the commissioner of Chatham Dockyard was instructed to prepare a Dry dock for the construction of a new First-rate Construction In August 1785 after the Revolutionary War drew to a close Congress sold, the last ship remaining in the Continental Navy. Appointment to the crew is a largely ceremonial honor bestowed by the Manticoran monarch.

Summary

In the course of her career, Honor Harrington becomes a Duchess of the Star Kingdom of Manticore, a Grayson Steadholder, and an Admiral in both the Grayson Space Navy and the Royal Manticoran Navy. A duke is a member of the Nobility, historically of highest rank below the Sovereign, and historically controlled a Duchy or a Dukedom The Star Kingdom of Manticore (SKM frequently referred to as Manticore or the Star Kingdom was a Fictional star-nation in the " Honorverse A Stadtholder ( Dutch: stadhouder, " steward " or literally "place-keeper" or "stead-holder" in older Dutch in the Low She also earns several medals for bravery, including the Parliamentary Medal of Valor for saving both Queen Eliabeth III and Protector Benjamin Mayhew IX (the heads of state of Manticore and Grayson respectively) from a surprise attack. She receives the Monarch's Thanks on several occasions, including lifesaving during an avalanche on Gryphon and her handling of an accident on HMS Manticore. She is the only living holder of the Star of Grayson, and the first in six hundred years to receive it twice.

Honor Harrington's rank and titles as of the end of the events in At All Costs include Admiral of the Fleet and Captain HMS Unconquered Lady Dame Honor Stephanie Alexander-Harrington, Steadholder Harrington, Duchess Harrington, Countess White Haven. At All Costs is David Weber 's eleventh Honor Harrington novel Her claim to "Countess White Haven" is unclear but arguable, since she is Earl White Haven's second wife (a case of polygamy), but in any event is not held in her own right. Legally, Steadholder Harrington, Duchess Harrington, and the Admirals Harrington are different entities inhabiting the same body. With the acquiescence of the Manticoran Foreign Office and the backing of the Queen, Steadholder Harrington's Grayson armsmen (personal bodyguards) are permitted to accompany her on RMN vessels.

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Character trademarks

Honor loathes coffee and considers hot cocoa far superior. At All Costs is David Weber 's eleventh Honor Harrington novel

She owns and practices with a replica Colt M1911 .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol, a weapon considered to be an anachronistic "hand cannon" by her contemporaries, who prefer pulsers, which fire small-calibre darts at extremely high velocity using a gravitic propulsion system. The M1911 is a single-action, Semi-automatic pistol ( Handgun) chambered for the. A semi-automatic, or self-loading Firearm is a gun that requires only a trigger pull for each round that is fired unlike a single-action She acquired a taste for obsolete handarms from her uncle, Jacques Chou, who is an active member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Society for Creative Anachronism (usually shortened to SCA) is a historical re-creation and Living history group founded in 1966 which His training made her a pistol expert (useful on Sphinx outside its protected areas, given its native predators).

She also wears an eyepatch from time to time, due to the loss of her left eye while defending Protector Benjamin Mayhew from an assassination attempt. Normally she uses a prosthetic eye, though on occasion it has been disabled (as when she was captured and transported to Hades). Additionally, some of the nerves on the left side of her face were damaged during the same incident, and were replaced with natural-looking circuitry.

She lost her left arm during the escape from the Tepes and had it replaced by a cybernetic arm which, among other interesting features, contains a hidden pulser pistol inside the index finger, a weapon which has saved her life on at least one occasion.

Honor practices a fictional martial art known as coup de vitesse (French for blow of speed). Many works of Fiction such as movies and books have characters that practice Martial arts. This is a fusion of several western and Oriental martial arts, where emphasis is placed on offense at the expense of defense, resulting in a very brutal and effective style. As of War of Honor, Honor has earned an eighth level black belt. War of Honor is David Weber 's tenth Honor Harrington novel Plot summary Five years have passed since a truce was reached between There is only one higher rank. Her proficiency has saved her and others several times.

Honor has become proficient with the Grayson style of swordplay, involving a blade very similar to the katana, which by a quirk of history is used ceremonially by Steadholders and is the center of a martial art on Grayson. A is a type of Japanese sword ( nihontō) and often is called a "samurai sword

Honor Harrington in other media

An Honor Harrington movie was announced by Echo Valley Entertainment. [1] However, later information suggested that it would actually be a television series, to be written and produced by Peter Sands. Peter Sands (born 1 May 1924) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil Party politician who briefly served as a member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann [2] When David Weber was asked which actress he envisioned as Honor Harrington, he replied, "I don’t think there’s anyone out there who has the proper combination of height, physicality, and demonstrated acting ability to be 'perfect' for the role, so my mind is fairly open on this topic. " Actress Claudia Christian, who plays Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5, has been suggested as a potential candidate; Weber says "She’s much shorter than Honor, but so are most women, and I think she could handle the physicality. Claudia Ann Christian (born August 10, 1965) is an American actress writer singer musician and director Susan Ivanova is a fictional character in the Science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Claudia Christian. Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created produced and largely written by J . . I think it’s more important to have someone who can portray Honor’s character and command style than it is to have someone who is six feet two inches tall. " Weber's concern is that the director would push Christian to re-create Ivonova's character while playing Honor and "Ivanova’s command style is totally different from Honor’s. "[3]

An Honor Harrington video game called Honorverse, is proposed to be made in Fall 2008.

An Honor Harrington wargame, Saganami Island Tactical Simulator (SITS), was released at Gencon in 2005 by Ad Astra Games. Saganami Island Tactical Simulator ( SITS) is a tabletop Wargame set in the Honorverse, currently in its second edition Gen Con is the one of the largest Despite a recent lawsuit from Lucasfilm and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on February 15, Ad Astra Games is a company that produces Boardgames, miniatures wargames and Role-playing games It was founded in 2004 by Ken Burnside [4]

Concept and creation

David Weber didn't set out to create a female protagonist; "it was the way the character came to me," Weber explains. David Mark Weber is an American Science fiction and Fantasy author. "I didn't set out to do it because I thought that it was especially politically sensitive on my part or because I thought it was likely to strike a chord with female readership or be a financial success. It was just the way that the character first presented herself. " Weber doesn't find writing a female character particularly challenging, because, he says, "I'm writing about a human being who happens to be female. " When he first started writing, he had developed her entire back story before he started the first book. However, since he knew from the beginning that these books would become a series, he deliberately set Honor up as a character who changes and grows. One example Weber offers is that in The Short Victorious War, Honor off-handedly refers to her genetically enhanced metabolism, which isn't fully explored until In Enemy Hands: "It was one of those little things that I knew about or that I was holding in reserve," Weber says. The Short Victorious War is the third Honor Harrington novel by David Weber. For the movie of the same name please see " In Enemy Hands " [5]

Weber chose the character's name so that she had the same initials as "Horatio Hornblower", to whom he foresaw Honor was going to be compared. Admiral of the Fleet Horatio Hornblower 1st Baron Hornblower, GCB, is a fictional protagonist of a series of Novels by C He says, "There are certainly, clearly, similarities between the two. There are also huge differences. And Honor has never been as neurotic as Hornblower was. Hornblower always carried a massive sense of inferiority around with him. Honor never did. " Weber also feels that in the later books in the series, Honor has more in common with Admiral Horatio Nelson than Hornblower. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1st Viscount Nelson 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758– 21 October 1805 was a British [5]

Notes

  1. ^ Honor Harrington. Hollywood. com. Retrieved on 2006-04-28. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title
  2. ^ VisionFire Films. Peter Sands: Biography. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2006-04-28. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title
  3. ^ Weisskopf, Toni (September 2003), David Weber Internet Interview, Baen, <http://www.baen.com/intdweber.htm> 
  4. ^ Saganami Island Tactical Simulator. Ad Astra Games. Ad Astra Games is a company that produces Boardgames, miniatures wargames and Role-playing games It was founded in 2004 by Ken Burnside Retrieved on 2006-06-22. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
  5. ^ a b Wilson, Alyce, “Interview with David Weber”, Wild Violet 6 (1), <http://www.wildviolet.net/live_steel/david_weber.html> 

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