Saturday, 25 August 2018

The League Of Intergalactics

Poul Anderson, World Without Stars.

Could there be a league of races inhabiting planets orbiting red dwarfs in intergalactic space? They would have to find each other first but they would be able to do that with the space jump, then to maintain contact by space-jumping electron patterns. See the previous post.

They would have common interests, trading among themselves because unable to enter galaxies without elaborate precautions and shielding. Just as human beings can build a civilization within many galaxies, the intergalactics would be able to build a civilization between the galaxies and the two civilizations would be able to communicate: a whole new concept of interstellar travel.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

I can imagine some races evolving on the planets of red dwarfs in intergalactic space. And of at least some of them contacting each other by means of the space jump. I am less certain of LEAGUES or federations being founded, however. The relative fewness of such red dwarfs, plus the vast distances separating them, would make such leagues unlikely, IMO. To say nothing, of course, of how different from each other we need to expect such species to be. Some trade and diplomacy is about the most we can expect.

Sean