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The ''Alliance/Union'' universe in [[CJC. J. Cherryh]]'s fiction is a complex, detailed future history that is the subject of most books and series she's written over the years. It's a [[Space Opera]] setting, with [[Faster-Than-Light Travel]] of the [[Subspace or Hyperspace]] type which is invented after a fair amount of sub-light exploration and colonization. All the novels take place after the FTL revolution, however. The universe is the setting for ''[[Cyteen (Literature)|Cyteen]]'', the ''[[Chanur Saga]]'' and the ''[[Morgaine Cycle]]'', though the latter is only loosely connected via the back story.
 
 
Not to be confused with the Union of Allied Planets from ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]''.
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** Conrad Mazian: He refuses to accept defeat and keeps on fighting, even after he's cut loose.
* [[Melee a Trois]] - the Company Wars produce, by the end, ''four'' sides: Earth and Union being the original two warring sides, while those in the middle get tired of being kicked around by both and form the Alliance. Meanwhile, the Earth Company Fleet goes rogue and is disavowed by the home planet, which starts building a new fleet under closer control.
* [[Raised Byby Natives]] - In ''Finity's End'' a merchant spacewoman's orphan is raised on a space station by the local humans and also the [[Innocent Aliens|Downers]] from the planet below. Just as he is getting settled into that society, his mother's ship returns and forces him back into their very different society. Drama ensues.
* [[Older Than They Look]] - FTL travels slows down physical aging by around 25% due to a small amount of [[Time Dilation]]. So spacer teenagers look like middle school kids, twenty-somethings look like teenagers, etc.
** Also there is a drug called Rejuv which is made from something native to Cyteen and freezes aging (except for turning your hair completely gray) until approximately 140, at which point your age rapidly catches up to you.
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