The previous post shows that Poul Anderson's Technic History is a future history of more than one species. We can trace the activities of Terrans, Ythrians and Merseians over several centuries. However, the four post-Imperial instalments present the further future only of humanity. Human beings are no longer called "Terrans" because they have left Terra far behind and it might not even still exist. We are informed that human beings still interact with other intelligent species but that all happens off-stage. The stories focus on communicational and other problems between the dispersed branches of humanity. Some planetary populations are differentiating into distinct species.
What has become of Ythrians, Merseians, Wodenites, Cynthians etc? Do the Ymirites carry on as before, unaffected by the comings and goings of oxygen-breathers? Dominic Flandry had said that the dual species planet, Avalon, showed promise and Erinnian had said that Avalonian human beings no longer maintained the institution of government. We would like to know what has happened on Avalon and also on Dennitza with its human and Merseian populations. Avalon was in the Domain, not in the Empire, and Dennitza was well prepared to survive the Empire.
As some Star Trek film publicity said, "The adventure continues..."
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Kaor, Paul!
IIRC, what I recall Erannath saying about how most or all humans regarded the State on Avalon was of it being sharply limited in power and importance, not that it had ceased to exist.
If Anderson had written more post-Imperial stories in the Technic timeline we might have gotten answers to some of the questions you raised.
Merry Christmas! Sean
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