Historical Reversals

In The Peregrine, the Solman, Trevelyan Micah, represents the authority of the Solar Union when he travels to the planet Nerthus and among the star-faring Nomads. Later, we understand, an interstellar "Empire" is ruled from Sol City on Earth. However, a very long time after that, Jorun and his fellow psychotechnicians represent the authority of Galactic civilization when they supervise the evacuation of the now primitive Terrans.

Future history repeats past history:

Britain as an outpost of the Roman Empire;

the British Empire;

Britain as a junior ally of the American -?

Sent from England to boarding school in the Republic of Ireland, I used to quote Hebrews 13:14. Of course the Empire was no longer here but nothing on Earth will always be here. Reading sf gave me a cosmic perspective. But my Irish acquaintances continued to be pleased about the recent rapid demise of the British Empire.