Sunday 29 January 2023

Planets Visited By The Traveler Before The Settlement On Harbor

"Gypsy."

Flames and naked peaks under a sky-filling sun;
pirates on a red sea attacking an ancient towered fortress;
a tournament on Drangor;
continent-wide steel cities on Alkan;
philosophical cephalopods;
beautiful but lethal natives;
barbaric natives gripped by plague;
ancient laboratories and libraries;
a methane storm;
paradisal beaches;
centauroids attacking their winged enemies' aerial city.

At least eleven planetary systems in a mere twenty years of wandering! At least eight of the eleven inhabited! The fifth planet in the system of Harbor is inhabited and another starfaring race has passed through recently, camping on Harbor. All this means that the galaxy of the Psychotechnic History is extremely crowded. Such galactic population density needs to be reflected in subsequent instalments.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

That line, "continent wide steel cities on Alkan," reminded me of what we see of Trantor of Asimov's FOUNDATION, "The Psychohistorians."

Ad astra! Sean