The text is very condensed. Three years pass between two chapters. In that time, human beings have led their allies to victory in the war against Kandemir. Grateful freed beings have let Donnan make his base on their planet. There has been time for the "The Battle of Brandobar" ballad to be composed and to be sung in another civilization-cluster where it is heard by the women of Terran Traders.
Several TV series could be set in those three years (a "three year mission"):
the War against Kamdemir
Terran Traders
Songs sung and tales told in Yotl's Nest
What happened to the Russian ship
What happened to the Chinese ship with its sexually mixed crew
the British Commonwealth ship
Other human ships
Very like the way Star Trek developed.
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Kaor, Paul!
And "The Battle of Brandobar" was deliberately composed at Carl Donnan's command or authorization as a means of making contact with other surviving humans.
Anderson wrote three long/longish poems that I know of: "The Battle of Brandobar," "Mary O'Meara," and "The Queen of Air and Darkness." I've regretted how, for reasons unknown, they were not included in the only collection made of his poetry, STAVES.
Ad astra! Sean
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