Half a millennium after the events of "Day of Burning," Merseia still requires forcefield protection from the radiation of the supernova, Valenderay: a permanent reminder to the Merseians of their former vulnerability and dependency.
The moons of Imhotep are Zoser, Kanofer and Rahotep. In autumn, dead leaves are underfoot in Olga's Landing. In Old Town, Tigery trading caravans arrive from the lowlands. There are crowds, music and savory odors from foodstalls and Winged Smoke houses.
Through the transparent wall of a high Terra-conditioned floor of the Pyramid, Dominic Flandry, Diana Crowfeather, Targovi and Axor see:
scarlet, russet and amber woods;
outside the heated area, boulders, crags, native plants, frozen rivulets, sunlit snow-covered mountains and green glaciers.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
In my revisal of Sandra Meisel's Chronology of Technic Civilization I dated "Day of Burning" to AD 2478. And since I dated THE GAME OF EMPIRE to AD 3167, some Meresians were having mixed feelings about the force fields and satellites protecting their planet almost 700 years later. Even allowing for the Merseian year being slightly longer than the Terran, I have to conclude this is a fairly major inconsistency, one it may be impossible to rationalize.
Sean
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