Hyperion Cantos

==Summary==
The Hyperion Cantos is a series of science fiction books written by Dan Simmons, being largely a homage to the works of John Keats, in particular of Hyperion. The Cantos have four main books, Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion, Endymion and Rise of Endymion, the later two happening centuries after the first two. There are also three short stories that make part of the universe: Remembering Siri, Death of Centaur and Orphans of the Helix.
Mankind's domain of the stars is absolute. The Hegemony of Man extends its tendrils through the galaxy, and 
==Power of the Verse==
Hyperion is surprisingly powerful, and character tiers go all over the place. Strong, unaugmented humans have feats that range from high Street to even the lower rinds of Wall level, while even casual, civillian-grade weaponry have very solid Wall level feats, and military-level technology allows even personal weapons to range from Small Building to at least Large Building level. Powerful machinery and robots can compete directly with spaceships, which are often armed with Small City level or higher weaponry, and in groups, have been known to cause damage to cosmic structures such as planets. The Ultimate Intelligences, however, are far above everything else in the universe, being easily Universe level+ in power and potentially reaching greater heights.
Hyperion's speed levels are one of its most remarkable aspects. While strong humans are well within the normal expectancies, military technologies easily allow beings to reach Supersonic speeds, and the quickest beings, such as technological marvels of the TechnoCore and of future mankind, can reach Relativistic+ speeds even out of fast-time, and those capable of phase shifting and dipping into fast-time are MFTL+ to surprising degrees for their tier. Hawking and Gideon Drives allow for incredibly quick MFTL+ across the universe, and the Ultimate Intelligences can reach speeds as high as Immeasurable.
Hax in the universe is very significant, as well. Most military-grade personnel have capabilities such as Invisibility, Temperature Manipulation with heat exceeding that of the sun's surface, Resistance to Extrasensory Perception through radar shields, Density Manipulation by materials that change their composition to better adequate to threats, and much more. In the upper echelons of the verse, extremely high-level Time Manipulation can be seen, and powers such as Space Manipulation are as well. The Ultimate Intelligences trump everything else in verse, being able to control every aspect of the universe's quantum composition.
==Explanations==
*Cosmology & glossary to the universe.
==Calculations==
*The power of Bhees, Nemes violent deceleration, the Noble Guard ignores 230 G, Nemes strikes in five nanoseconds, an CPB is used on a river.
==Supporters/Opponents/Neutral==
===Supporters===
* EliminatorVenom
===Opponents===
===Neutral===
==Characters==
===The Shrike Pilgrimage===
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*Fedmahn Kassad
===TechnoCore===
*TechnoCore
*Rhadamanth Nemes
===Ultimate Intelligences===
*Machine Ultimate Intelligence
===Weapons===
*FORCE Multipurpose Assault Rifle
*Phase Suit
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