There are no stories set during the five years when Coya Conyon/Falkayn was a member of the trade pioneer crew. However, David remembers:
she and he beheld crooked towers in a city on planet not yet named by human beings;
she brought him sandwiches and coffee while he studied data from a planet that they orbited.
His reminiscences also include:
"...the splendor of an Ythrian on the wing..." (p. 109)
In the original reading order, this would have been the first reference to an Ythrian in the Technic History.
The Falkayns stop star roving when they start a family. That breaks up the original team. However, by now, there are other trade pioneer crews and Chee Lan joins one of them whereas Adzel becomes a lay brother in a Buddhist monastery in the Andes. Thus, three of the four are based in the Solar System. When Chee Lan also happens to be on Earth, van Rijn contacts the three members of the original team.
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Kaor, Paul!
Here we get hints of possible stories Anderson might have written! The bit about the city with crooked towers caught my eye!
And crooked towers don't seem architecturally sound!
Ad astra! Sean
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