Conceptually, Poul Anderson's early "Flight to Forever" (1950) connects with both his Time Patrol series and his Technic History because it involves both technological time travel and a miniature future history with a multi-species interstellar empire.
The Galactic Empire has a "Supernova" class of faster than light interstellar warships as has the Terran Empire in the Technic History. See Terran Naval Craft.
Thirdly, another old friend is present:
"Space glittered and flared with a million stars, thronging against the tremendous dark, the Milky Way foamed around the sky in a rush of cold silver, and it was shattering to a human in its utter immensity."
-Poul Anderson, "Flight to Forever" IN Anderson, Past Times (New York, 1984), pp. 207-288 AT Chapter Five, p. 265.
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Kaor, Paul!
And I still remember how, during my visits to Hawaii, how bright and thronged with stars were the often cloudless nights were. I even noticed the "curdled silver" of the Milky Way.
Sean
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