Uhm, I don’t think so; there’s several dealing with the Saxtorphs and their hyperdive ship Rover (Iron, Inconstant Star). There’s The Heroic Myth of Lieutenant Nora Argamentine; heck, in Ringworld, the Puppeteers admit that they set up the Man-Kzin Wars in order to keep from having to kill off the Kzin, and ensure humanity’s inevitable victory by setting up the sale of hyperdive technology to humanity.