Historical Progression

A future history is more than a series with interchangeable installments so how far does Poul Anderson's Technic History progress in The Technic Civilization Saga, Volume II, David Falkayn: Star Trader? Nicholas van Rijn and his colleagues are alive at the beginning and the end of this volume. Therefore, Vol II does not in itself constitute a future history. However, there are several historical turning points:

van Rijn resolves the conflict on t'Kela;

van Rijn appoints David Falkayn to lead his first trade pioneer crew;

that crew completes missions on Ikrananka and Merseia;

van Rijn solves the problem on Cain while lounging in his penthouse apartment on the roof of the Winged Cross in Chicago Integrate;

van Rijn and Falkayn's crew counteract an external threat to Technic civilization which meanwhile internally deteriorates;

Falkayn's crew takes secret action to address the internal problems of the Polesotechnic League and risks a major conflict with van Rijn.

The seeds of the further future are here:

there will be civil war in the League;
Falkayn will leave human space;
Merseia will become a threat...