Such a mission would only include a small 'family' group of Pak - a group that small could easily collabarate on the construction. Reason to believe that Pak could have built it would come if you consider the fact that Phssthpok could figure out easily where to look for a Pak colonisation mission - any other Pak would rapidly make the same conclusions he did as to where the best place to go would be. Niven states in 'down in flames' that the tnuctip are too scared to attack the Ring, another clue that it is a Pak artifact. Nils Jeppe 13:49, 4 August 2006 (UTC) Reply Personally, I think Niven got tired of Ringworld and wanted to end the series. Since Niven resolves the entire Ringworld story arc quite thoroughly with "Children", there seems to be no way for the people of known space (and hence the readers) to ever find out whether it was a lie or not.
PhilHibbs | talk 14:33, 9 August 2005 (UTC) Reply However, the Pak in "Children" is pretty detailed about the history of the ringworld, and the maps of the planets in the "other" great ocean do seem to be the Pak homeworld I'd say that the protector told at least in most parts the truth. Larry is reknowned for having characters tell enormous porkies in his books, and only revealing the lie in a later story. Kjoon lee I am inclined to agree, but Ringworld's Children seems to clarify this, although you have to take a Protector's word for it. However, if you read the Ringworld Throne (or maybe the Ringworld Engineers) you'd notice that their intelligence is feared even by the Puppeteers. I agree a Pak would be unlikely to cooperate in such a huge project. Also, I don't remember the Pak having either the technology or the teamwork skills necessary to create the Ringworld. The article says that the Pak built the Ringworld-is that really the case, or did they just populate it? The article Ringworld is no help, and I don't recall when the identity of the builders was conclusively revealed.
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