Am a little confused on the political environment of Phoebus Krumm.
I read "Wardove" shortly after it came out (because I knew of LNS thru the Probability Broach books).
In that book, the Earth was a nuked wasteland, but man was living elsewhere, thanks to a colony on the Moon. These colonists had kicked out all the 'hamilitonian' types, who went elsewhere (not said where), and man had organized into the 'coordinated arm', a more or less libertarian society/political entity that included non-humans. Not clear how big this was.
I read "Henry Martyn". As to politics, it was clear we had a more or less 'hamiltonian' type human society. There were non-humans about, but they weren't treated as sentient. It seemed there were two political nations, but I don't recall their names or their differences.
One thing I seem to recall (or maybe misrecall) is that humans were much more 'durable'. It was clear the humans came from Earth, but it was far away. How/why they were there was not clear.
I have, but have not read "Bretta Martyn". I understand that this work ties the two above, and we find that the humans of "Henry Martyn" were the decendants of the 'hamiltonian-types' kicked off the moon in the past.
But, as I said, I am not clear on the politics of the comic, which makes it a bit hard to understand.
What, exactly is the Coordinated Arm? What kind of government is it?
We have 2 other governments, the "Monopoly of Hanover", who seem to be the 'good guy' government (such as it is). Not clear why they are on 'Hanover II' or what happened to 'Hanover I'.
then you have the "Jendyne Empery-Cirot", who seem to be the 'bad guy' government and all that entails.
Who or what is "The Aggregate", mentioned on pg 22?
But, as I said, its not fully clear to me.
Can anyone fill in the background?