"The hot F6 dwarf that was Kandemir's sun lay about 175 light-years from Vorlak, northwards and clockwise." (p. 63)
We have had compass points in the galaxy before, e.g., see Galactic North And South.
On Kandemir, nomads became spacefarers whereas, on Vorlak, seafarers became spacefarers. Some planetary ways of life adapt more easily than others to space travel.
When T'sjudan explorers had found Kandemir, many Kandemirians went to space not only as students or workers but also as mercenaries for imperial powers like T'sjuda or Xo. Then Kandemir built its own empire, defeating T''sjuda. Ferzhakan, grandson of Ashchiza the Great, hopes to conquer the spiral arm.
An opposing coalition dominated by the Vorlakka Dragar stopped the nomad fleet at the Battle of Gresh but this was followed by a long war of attrition with Monwaing, officially neutral, encouraging Vorlak.
What difference will Terrestrial mercenaries working for Vorlak make?
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And of course Anderson managed to devise a convincing story showing us how a few desperate, planetless exiles COULD and did make a difference!
Sean
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