"...the domains of other starfaring civilizations, Ythrian and Merseian and the rest."
-Poul Anderson, "Tiger By The Tail" IN Anderson, Captain Flandry: Defender Of The Terran Empire (Riverdale, NY, 2010), pp. 241-276 AT p. 243.
The rest are:
Betelgusean
Gorrazanian
Ymirite
- making, with Terra, six interstellar powers in known space.
The phrase, "...Ythrian and Merseian...," encapsulates a great deal of future history.
We have read about:
first contact with Ythri and Merseia during the Grand Survey;
crucial Polesotechnic League aid to Merseia;
war between the Domain of Ythri and the Terran Empire;
Merseian plots to destroy Terra -
- and now we are reading, or rereading, the earliest published work about Dominic Flandry. This massive future history has grown around it.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteAnd the Empire also had client states with FTL who were vassals of Terra, such as Scotha. And by extension I think that was true as well of Merseia and the Domain.
Ad astra and Happy New Year! Sean