We are definitely inside Dominic Flandry's narrative point of view half way down p. 198 when we read his italicized thoughts. Before that, some unidentified narrator is informing us about interstellar inter-imperial affairs and also about Flandry's position within those affairs. He and Tachwyr are in the same profession so it is possible that they will meet despite the size of their respective interstellar navies:
"...many such encounters were taking place..." (p. 197)
This phrase conveys a sense of large-scale inter-imperial interactions involving many individuals, not just Flandry and Tachwyr.
We are told what Flandry has learned on Irumclaw and what he already knows from previous experience but this information is imparted in the style of a biographer. The transition to a fictional narrative point of view happens when Flandry reflects on relations with the Merseians at the mid-point of p. 198. The story begins...
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Limited third-person omniscient, techically.
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