 the legacy of the aldenata, also known as the posleen war series is the fictional universe of one of john ringo's military science fiction series. == premise == the central premise is that in 2001, humanity receives greetings from a highly advanced, peaceable galactic federation. however, all is not well, for a species of aggressive aliens known as the posleen are attacking the galactics. since the galactics are almost entirely unable to fight, they are appealing to the proven military abilities of humanity for aid. however, things are rarely as simple as they seem, and humanity soon discovers that the galactics are no friends at all. there are plots within plots, some going back to the dawn of humanity and beyond: plots that endanger the very survival of humanity. the first four novels cover the posleen war in which the posleen invade earth. another novel, cally's war (and its two sequels), takes up the story a few decades later; the hero is set nearly a thousand years later. watch on the rhine takes place immediately after gust front and extends until march 2008, with the very last chapter taking place at some unspecified point far after the end of hell's faire but prior to the beginning of the hero. a role-playing game based on the d20 system and the legacy of the aldenata universe will be published in the near future. an early version of this game is available on the free cd-rom included in the first hardcover edition of hell's faire. the fourth novel hell's faire includes some sluggy freelance guest strips by pete abrams since the popular internet comic strip is featured somewhat prominently in a way. (a massive armored military vehicle is named after bun-bun the mini-lop from the strip.) some of the strips are samples of the actual comic strip and others are an exclusive alternate timeline setting where the sluggy characters have to deal with the posleen invasion. as the posleen have yellow blood, the war song "march of cambreadth" ("let their yellow blood run cold") becomes popular with the military. the song, its lyrics, and artist's bio is included in the baen free library. ==aliens== there are several major races in the universe of the legacy of the aldenata. ;aldenata : a mysterious elder race, they created galactic society and then vanished without a trace, apparently having transcended the need for material bodies. the glossary in "yellow eyes" describes the aldenata somewhat disparagingly as "galactic tranzis", largely disappeared from the galactic scene in sheer funk and shame at the damage they had, despite all the best intentions, wrought." elsewhere in the book they are described, similarly disparagingly, as "galactic do-gooders". they were c
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