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|Becca Nightshade on how easily the crew of the Defiant forgot about Old Earth{{book ref|sky1|45}}
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Even when the people of [[Detritus]] were still on the Defiant, most had little knowledge of Old Earth, and that knowledge has only diminished in the years since the Defiant crashed.{{book ref|sky1|45}} Among them, Becca stands out as one of the few who still remember the stories humans used to tell. The following is a list of all the people from Old Earth that Becca has mentioned
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*[[wikipedia: Beowulf|Beowulf]]:{{book ref|sky1|1}} A Germanic hero who defeats a series of three monsters.
*[[wikipedia: Sun Tzu|Sun Tzu]]:{{book ref|sky1|1}} A Chinese general famous for his military tactics.
*[[wikipedia: Genghis Khan|Genghis Khan]]:{{book ref|sky1|1}} A Mongol who conquered a large region in Asia and Eastern Europe.
*[[wikipedia: Boudica|Queen Boudicca]]:{{book ref|sky1|1}} A Celtic warrior who led a rebellion against the Roman Empire.
*[[wikipedia: Gilgamesh|Gilgamesh]]:{{book ref|sky1|3}} The first recorded hero; travels to the Underworld and tries to escape death.
*[[wikipedia: Joan of Arc|Joan of Arc]]:{{book ref|sky1|3}} A French soldier who rallied the French armies to drive the English out of France in the Hundred Years' War.
*[[wikipedia: Tarzan|Tarzan of Greystroke]]:{{book ref|sky1|3}} A fictional child raised by great apes.
*[[Junmi]]: An author born sometime after the present day who wrote the book ''The Conquest of Space''.{{book ref|sky1|7}}
*[[wikipedia: Moving Robe Woman|Tashenamani]]:{{book ref|sky1|15}} A Sioux women, also known as Moving Robe Woman, who fought against Colonel George Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn. According to Spensa, she killed Custer, though the historical evidence of this is ambiguous.
*[[wikipedia: Conan the Barbarian|Conan the Cimmerian]]:{{book ref|sky1|15}} A highly skilled fictional warrior whose story takes place before the rise of any known civilizations.
*[[wikipedia: Odysseus|Odysseus]]:{{book ref|sky1|15}} An ancient Greek hero who fought in the Trojan War and then endured a long and difficult voyage home. After he flirts with her, Spensa tells [[Bim]] that Odysseus had blue hair like he does.{{book ref|sky1|15}}
*[[wikipedia: Hua Mulan|Hua Mulan]]:{{book ref|sky2|9}} A Chinese woman who disguised herself as a man to fight in the army.
*[[wikipedia: Epipole of Carystus|Epipole of Carystus]]:{{book ref|sky2|9}} An ancient Greek woman who disguised herself as a man to fight in the Trojan War.
*[[wikipedia: Woman Chief|Pine Leaf]]:{{book ref|sky2|18}} A Crow women, also known as Woman Chief, who was a chief and warrior of her people. Gran-Gran told Spensa that she once fought four men at once, though [[M-Bot]] says it is uncertain if that is true.
*''[[wikipedia: The Shadow (fairy tale)|The Shadow]]'':{{book ref|sky2|18}} Gran-Gran has told Spensa the story of a writer who lost his shadow, only for it to return and take control of his life, likely from the fairy tale ''The Shadow'' by [[wikipedia: Hans Christian Andersen|Hans Christian Andersen]].
*[[wikipedia: Stanislav Petrov|Stanislav Petrov]]:{{book ref|sky2|i|2}} A Soviet air force officer who realized that an early-warning system was malfunctioning and disobeyed orders by not reporting what the system claimed was a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union.
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