Britain ruled an Empire on which the sun never set. The Jensui Governance rules the Solar System. The British Empire included India. The Governance includes North Meric, full of migrated populations with their ancient tribes, cultures, faiths and languages.
Newly commissioned constable Panthos from Thyria is posted to North Meric and stationed in Sansusco where he meets no natives except servants, purveyors and Jensuized gentry. Panthos leads his platoon to trouble spots across the continent and eventually to Tenoya, built on the ruins of Arakoum and before that of Cago, now aswarm with riotous Arodist fanatics.
The platoon comprises:
identical 2.25 meter tall Warriors, adapts;
riflemen;
flittermen, able to rise on jets and hover on whirlyblades.
I hope that history will not repeat itself so faithfully.
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
North Meric, of course, was North America! And after about 8,000 years I would not be surprised if what used to be Canada, the United States, and Mexico had layer after layer of history like that.
Was Sansusco at one time San Francisco? At least Tenoya seems to be on the site of what was once Chicago.
Considering what actual human beings are like, your hope is not likely to be realized. We should be grateful if decent men like Panthos exist in the future, doing the best they can just to hold things together.
Ad astra! Seam
Sean,
But is the Governance holding things together or maintaining oppression?
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Human beings what they are, flawed and imperfect, I would expect some of both. But if the case of Panthos is a good example, then I would think the Governance is MOSTLY trying to hold things together. I don't expect an impossible perfection from any gov't!
Ad astra! Sean
Incidentally, an empire on which the sun never set was a literal and geographical term as well as a metaphor. If it has territories around the globe, then it will be daytime in some of them at any given moment.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
And the Spanish Empire was the first time that could be said of any realm.
Ad astra! Sean
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