Coordinators And Nomads

Poul Anderson could have written an extended sub-series about Trevelyan Micah and the Coordination Service.

Possible Features Of Such A Potential Series

First, the sub-series need not have referred to any events prior to the Second Dark Ages. In fact, I now envisage two collections, the first to be entitled Psychotechnicians And Planetary Engineers, the second to be entitled Galactic Coordinators or maybe Coordinators And Nomads, with little connection between the two volumes except that psychodynamics do continue into the second volume and that psychotechnicians reappear at the very end in "The Chapter Ends."

Secondly, the sub-series would show Trevelyan's career before "The Pirate," including his two previous encounters with Murdoch Juan. Murdoch was making a fortune from fur and lumber on Vanaheim but disrupting an ecology and Trevelyan had to get local laws changed to stop him. Next, Murdoch as a mercenary used modern weapons against primitives who threatened no one: universally illegal.

Thirdly, the sub-series could show the careers of other Coordinators such as those in the Service base at Lir who were involved in the Storm Queen affair. (Two evocative names.)

Fourthly, the sub-series could show Trevelyan's career between "The Pirate" and The Peregrine and also his life after he had joined the Nomads.

In fact, there could also be a Nomads sub-series filling the considerable gap between "Gypsy" and The Peregrine.

This future history has unlimited potential.