"...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.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And 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
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