Flandry And Rovian

Flandry and his executive officer, Rovian, who lacks human morality, on the Asieneuve remind us or at least me of Kirk and his first officer, Spock, who lacks human emotions, on the Enterprise. But neither Rovian nor the Asieneuve survives Flandry's first mission. We had seen a member of Rovian's species, Ferran, in the Polesotechnic League period. 

Star Trek should be a lead-in to sf:

from the TV series to James Blish's adaptations to Blish's Cities in Flight;

from Larry Niven's adaptation of a Known Space story in the animated series to his Known Space series;

thus, from Poul Anderson's Man-Kzin Wars (Known Space sub-series) stories to Anderson's own future history series.

Flandry and Aycharaych also resemble Kirk and Spock to a certain extent apart from the important difference of being on opposite sides. Aycharaych speculates about Flandry serving Merseia if history had gone differently.

To Star Trek fans: everything that you like in Star Trek is better in the Technic History.