Niss

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also known as Niss machine, Tymbrimi Niss machine

Tymbrimi intelligence device / actantial helper

Disembodied AI planted aboard by Earth's Tymbrimi allies; attempting to bypass Library access controls; confirms the Derelict Fleet's ambiguous but explosive significance.

In Startide Rising (David Brin, 1983)