series on basilisk station
A light cruiser is a type of small - or ___MASK18___ - sized warship . The term is a shortening of the phrase " light armored cruiser ", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser : a protective belt and deck . Prior to this smaller cruisers had been of the protected cruiser model , possessing armored decks only . Honor Stephanie Alexander - Harrington ( née Honor Stephanie Harrington ) is a fictional character invented in 1992 by writer David Weber as the heroine of the eponymous " ___MASK60___ ", a universe described in a series of best - selling military science fiction books set between 4003 and 4025 AD . ___MASK53___ ( often shortened to SF , sci - fi or scifi ) is a genre of speculative fiction , typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology , space travel , time travel , faster than light travel , parallel universes , and extraterrestrial life . ___MASK53___ often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations , and has been called a " literature of ideas ." It usually avoids the supernatural , and unlike the related genre of ___MASK49___ , historically science fiction stories were intended to have a grounding in science - based fact or theory at the time the story was created , but this connection is now limited to hard science fiction . The first ___MASK99___ in David Weber ' s popular Honor Harrington series , On Basilisk Station , follows Commander Honor Harrington and Her Majesty ' s light cruiser Fearless during their assignment to the Basilisk system . Though Basilisk Station and the planet of Medusa have become a dumping ground for misfits and rejects from her home star system of Manticore , Honor is determined to discharge her duty regardless of the circumstances . The story follows Honor and her crew as they deal with the responsibilities of their assignment . When their duty leads them to discover events that would lead to an invasion of Medusa , they have no choice but to act . Military ___MASK53___ is a subgenre of ___MASK53___ that features the use of ___MASK53___ technology , mainly weapons , for military purposes and usually principal characters that are members of a military organization involved in military activity ; occurring sometimes in outer space or on a different planet or planets . It exists in literature , comics , film and video games . ___MASK49___ is a fiction genre set in an imaginary universe , often but not always without any locations , events , or people from the real world . Most ___MASK49___ uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element , theme , or setting . Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds . ___MASK49___ is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes , respectively , though there is a great deal of overlap between the three , all of which are subgenres of speculative fiction . The ___MASK60___ refers to the military science fiction book series , its two sub - series , two prequel series , and anthologies created by David Weber and published by Baen Books . They are centred on the space navy career of the principal protagonist Honor Harrington . The books have made " The New York Times " Best Seller list . David Mark Weber ( born October ___MASK83___ , 1952 ) is an American ___MASK53___ and ___MASK49___ author . He has written several science - fiction and ___MASK49___ books series , the best known of which is the Honor Harrington science - fiction series . His first ___MASK99___ , which he worked on with Steve White , sold in 1989 to Baen books . Baen remains Weber ' s major publisher .