List of Planets in The Honorverse - B

B

Barnett

Peep system (mentioned in HH9, 1/2 way into Ch. 19 and beginning of Ch. 35). The single habitable planet is Enki (DuQuesne Base).

Basilica

Bassingford Medical Center

Includes a mental health oriented hospital. Mentioned by Mercedes Brigham more than half way into Chapter 10 of "Flag in Exile". Also mentioned 2/5 into Chapter 3 of Echoes of Honor.

Beowulf

Located in the Sigma Draconis system, Beowulf is the oldest human colony, having been founded almost two thousand years before the events in the Honorverse saga. Beowulf is a major member of the Solarian League. It has a deserved reputation as the most advanced genetic medical establishment in the Galaxy, as well as a very clear commitment to medical ethics. It was also the home of one of the greatest hyperspace theorists and researchers in history. Adding to the prosperity of Beowulf is the fact that the Sigma Draconis system is one of the termini of the Manticore Wormhole Junction, making the system a major trading partner of the Star Kingdom of Manticore. Beowulf is known throughout human space for its extremely liberal sexual mores, its permissiveness generally, and its tolerance for whatever lifestyle any person chooses. For this reason, people from newer colony worlds (especially those not members of the Solarian League) find Beowulfian reputation and sometimes behavior, scandalizing and sometimes offensive. Some Beowulfans, nevertheless, feel that Beowulfan society is actually conformist, since few ever question the system or the principles governing it. Beowulf has a corporatist system of government, governed by a Board of Directors whose members are elected by lower-level boards which represent professions rather than geographical districts. With some minor adjustments, the system has worked for the full extent of Beowulfan history. Honor Harrington's mother, Allison Chou Harrington, is a native of Beowulf, a physician directly descended from two of the most significant figures in Beowulfan history (Elaine Chou and George Benton). She finds great fun in scandalizing Sphinx's strait-laced society, with her sharp humor and double entendres. The people of Mesa were Beowulfan dissidents who rejected the Beowulf Code restricting what medical procedures could be ethically done, genetically engineering slaves for various purposes.

Blackbird (Base)

A covert base built for the Masadans in the Yeltsin system. (See HH2.)

Blackbird Yard

A shipyard, presumably located at the now captured Backbird Base (see above). Mentioned in near the end of Chapter 2 in Ashes of Victory (HH9).