Boskonian forces

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The Boskonian forces are a vast, ruthless interstellar criminal empire and military power that serves as the primary adversary to the Galactic Patrol in E. E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman science fiction series.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Boskonian forces canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist group ⓘ
criminal organization ⓘ
fictional interstellar empire ⓘ
fictional military organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Boskone ⓘ
Boskonian Empire ⓘ
appearsIn Children of the Lens ⓘ
First Lensman ⓘ
Galactic Patrol ⓘ
Gray Lensman ⓘ
Lensman series ⓘ
Second Stage Lensmen ⓘ
associatedWith Eddorians ⓘ
Ploorans ⓘ
linked to: Weequays
characterizedAs criminal ⓘ
militaristic ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ
conflictsWith Civilization ⓘ
Galactic Patrol Lensmen ⓘ
createdBy E. E. "Doc" Smith ⓘ
engagesIn drug trafficking ⓘ
piracy ⓘ
planetary conquest ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
firstAppearanceIn Triplanetary ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
governingPrinciple authoritarian rule ⓘ
hasEnemy Kimball Kinnison ⓘ
Lensmen ⓘ
linked to: Lensman series
hasScope galactic ⓘ
hasSubOrganization criminal cartels ⓘ
pirate fleets ⓘ
planetary dictatorships ⓘ
influenced later depictions of galactic empires in science fiction ⓘ
influencedBy earlier space opera villain empires ⓘ
ledBy Boskone leadership hierarchy ⓘ
moralAlignment evil ⓘ
narrativeRole central antagonists of the Lensman saga ⓘ
operatesIn interstellar space ⓘ
opposes Arisian-influenced Civilization ⓘ
partOfWork space opera tradition ⓘ
primaryAdversaryOf Galactic Patrol ⓘ
usesTechnology advanced space warships ⓘ
faster-than-light travel ⓘ
superweapons ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lensman series → mainAntagonistOrganization → Boskonian forces ⓘ
Gray Lensman → featuresAntagonistGroup → Boskonian forces ⓘ
Nadreck → fightsAgainst → Boskonian forces ⓘ
Virgil Samms → enemyOf → Boskonian forces ⓘ
Kimball Kinnison → enemyOf → Boskonian forces ⓘ