▁of ▁creating ▁a ▁race ▁that ▁is ▁capable ▁of ▁destroy ing ▁the ▁Edd ori ans . ▁ ▁Tri plan et ary ▁incorpor ates ▁the ▁early ▁history ▁of ▁that ▁bre eding ▁program ▁on ▁Earth , ▁illustrated ▁with ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁several ▁war riors ▁and ▁soldiers , ▁from ▁ancient ▁times ▁to ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁inter stell ar ▁space ▁drive . ▁It ▁adds ▁an ▁additional ▁short ▁novel ▁( origin ally ▁published ▁with ▁the ▁Tri plan et ary ▁name ) ▁which ▁is ▁trans itional ▁to ▁the ▁novel ▁First ▁L ens man . ▁It ▁details ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁interactions ▁and ▁n atures ▁of ▁two ▁distinct ▁bre eding ▁lines , ▁one ▁bearing ▁some ▁variant ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁" K inn ison ", ▁and ▁another ▁distinguished ▁by ▁possess ing ▁" red - br on ze - a ub urn ▁hair ▁and ▁gold - f le ck ed , ▁ta wn y ▁eyes ". ▁The ▁two ▁lines ▁do ▁not ▁comm ing le ▁until ▁the ▁Ar is ian ▁bre eding ▁plan ▁brings ▁them ▁together . ▁ ▁The ▁second ▁book , ▁First ▁L ens man , ▁concerns ▁the ▁early ▁formation ▁of ▁the ▁Gal actic ▁Pat rol ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁L ens , ▁given ▁to ▁First ▁L ens man ▁Vir g il ▁Sam ms ▁of ▁" T ell us " ▁( E arth ). ▁Sam ms ▁and ▁R oder ick ▁K inn ison ▁are ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁bre eding ▁lines ▁and ▁they ▁are ▁both ▁natural ▁leaders , ▁intellig ent , ▁force ful , ▁and ▁capable . ▁The ▁Ar is ians ▁make ▁it