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** {{spoiler|Takkata-Jim}} in ''Startide Rising''. {{spoiler|His}} entire betrayal was all to save ''Streaker'' and the crew, and get them home to Earth.
** At the end of ''Sundiver'', Helene figures out {{spoiler|Pring Culla's}} reasons for {{spoiler|sabotaging Sundiver: he}} was part of a long-term plot to free {{spoiler|the Pring species}} from a very harsh client indenture, and was trying to protect Earthclan by {{spoiler|making them look like harmless fools,}} so other races would ignore them instead of trying to kill them.
** In the ''Uplift Storm'' trilogy, the Rothen invasion of Jijo turns out to be caused by {{spoiler|Lieutenant Tish't}}, a Danikenite who believes the Rothen are humanity's patrons. {{spoiler|She}} secretly told them ''Streaker's'' location and heading, thinking they'd help the ship get home safely.
* [[What We Now Know to Be True]]:
** The Galactics have nothing but contempt for the Earthling concept of the mathematical continuum, and thus for any science not based on discrete mathematics. This may be justified, since even some real life Earthlings regard the continuum as a useful shortcut that we can forget about once we have sufficient computing power.
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{{Nebula Award for Best Novel}}
[[Category:Nebula Award]]
[[Category:Xenofictional Literature]]
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