Roxolan Stories is an informal name for two short works set in the same continuity: "The Road Not Taken" and "Herbig-Haro". "The Road Not Taken" was published second, but is chronologically first. It depicts the arrival of the Roxolan, an ursine alien species, on Earth. The Roxolan have developed faster than light travel, and have begun building an interstellar empire. However, their technology on other fronts has not moved with the same speed. Most of their industry is comparable to Earth in the 19th Century. Typically, the Roxolan attack races that have no hyperdrive. In 2039, they encounter Earth, and, after determining that Earth has no hyperdrive, attempts conquest. They are quickly overwhelmed by the vastly superior United States military. With the Roxolan subdued, humanity gains the