in "A Little Knowledge," the League has internal problems;
in "Lodestar," David Falkayn addresses the internal problems;
in Mirkheim, everything converges catastrophically - the internal problems, Falkayn's measures and a new external threat;
in two short stories set on Avalon, another of Falkayn's measures, a joint human-Ythrian colony, bears fruit;
in the next two stories, the Terran Empire arises from the ruins of the Solar Commonwealth and the Polesotechnic League;
in The People Of The Wind, Avalon resists the Empire;
in the Dominic Flandry series, Flandry defends the Empire against the Merseians whom Falkayn had saved from supernova radiation;
in four concluding stories, we read about post-Imperial periods.
Falkayn emerges as possibly more influential than Flandry.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I agree with this summarizing of Technic history. Where I am not sure of agreeing with you is in thinking Falkayn was more influential than Flandry. True, the former founded a colony, Avalon, in which Ythrians were also to become a part of. But the Empire too also had multi species planets where humans and non humans lived together, such Dennitza and Imhotep. Such planets would also have unforeseeable consequences. A Stadkadian Tigery from Imhotep was a major actor in thwarting Merseian designs in THE GAME OF EMPIRE, for example. Which would not have happened if Flandry's role in ENSIGN FLANDRY had not caused the Empire to save the two intelligent races of Starkad.
Other examples could be adduced to show how "influential" Flandry had been but I think my point has been sufficiently made. I would consider both Falkayn and Flandry to have been roughly equal in being "influential," simply in different ways and at different times.
Sean
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