Various Details

My idea was just to scan through Minamoto's introductions to check how much future historical information they yield and I will still do that but I might also get interested enough to reread "The Saturn Game" as well. The text of the story contains information about conditions inside the Chronos as well as on the surface of Iapetus. This story presents a cast of characters none of whom survive into any ensuing episodes. Recurring characters first appear, separately, in the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes. Similarly, the concluding four episodes of the Technic History have no characters in common either with each other or with any earlier episodes. We enjoy the prominent series characters but should also appreciate how many installments of the future history present one-off, never-to-be-seen-again characters and I certainly do not remember all of their names. Which character in "The Saturn Game" was brought up in the Jerusalem Catholic Church and which prominent characters in later episodes are members of that Church? Van Rijn is Catholic but we are not told whether he is Jerusalem Catholic. Coincidentally, both Apprentice Falkayn and Ensign Flandry have a mentor who is Jewish. Details are endless.