Manticore (Honorverse)

Manticore is a fictional planet from the Honorverse, a series of books written by David Weber and published by Baen Books.

It is the third planet of Manticore A (Manticore-A III), one of the binary stars of the Manticore system, an one of two habitable planets of that star. Now named Manticore, it is the capital of the Star Kingdom of Manticore. The capital city is Landing City.

Although it is much like Old Earth, long years (1 terran year (T-year) equals approximately 0.6 Manticore year) and extended seasons required only small adjustments compared to the indigenous disease it harbored. This plague had killed over 60% of the first group of colonists (almost 90% of those born on Old Earth).

HMSS Hephaestus, one the Royal Navy's shipyards, is in permanent orbit around the planet. As well as HMS Unconqurered, the only ship commanded by both Ellen D'Orville and Edward Saganami, now restored and in permanent commission in the Navy.

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