Galactic Milieu
Names: Galactic MilieuHuman PolityHuman Polity of the Galactic MilieuGalactic AgeSector MagistratumMilieuHuman Polity of the Galactic ConciliumCoadunate Galactic AgeUnitypsychounionthe MindMagistratumCoadúnate MindGalactic MindcoadunationElder Earth
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 1 (Prologue)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Many-Colored Land
- Ch 1The Galactic Milieu is a civilization of six coadunate races that humanity joined; its Human Polity funds scientists such as Guderian.
- Ch 2The Milieu is an interstellar civilization including 'French' planets like Aquitaine, Neustria, Blois and Foix; its Human Polity uses Standard English.
- Ch 3Humanity has 783 civilized colony worlds bound by the Concilium's ethics; human cultural savagery is extinct.
- Ch 7The Milieu admitted humanity before its sociopolitical maturity, which was risky; it has no niche for incorrigible rogues like Aiken.
- Ch 9After Madame Guderian left, it let the time-portal continue as an organized, discreet service for aberrants; study confirmed no time-paradox was possible.
Book 2: The Golden Torc
- Ch 19In Elizabeth's Milieu, pain endured with discipline and guidance was a catalyst for psychic enlargement, though high-tech cultures mostly sought to eradicate pain.
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 14The Magistratum's agents would still be keenly interested in Marc after twenty-seven years.
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 10Humanity chose the Milieu's way over Marc's more than twenty-seven years ago.
- Ch 12The Milieu had 784 human planets; Duat's colonies numbered over 11,400 worlds with about 115 billion people.
- Ch 16Elizabeth argues the Unity is the natural path of evolution and that Marc's Mental Man plan is a dead end like the Tanu tores.
Connections
- related toMadame Guderiancontinues her work operating the time-gate
- has memberElizabeth Ormewas a mindhealer there
- enemy ofMarc Remillardchallenger of the Milieu
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 4Richard's conviction and ruin
The Poltroyans, rescued by a Lylmik cruiser, give their recording to the Magistratum. Richard is arrested on Assawompset, convicted, fined, loses his ship, and is banned from spaceflight and commerce.
- Book 1 · Ch 9Founding of the Auberge du Portail
Madame Guderian turns the time-gate into a screened business, building an inn, setting criteria for travelers and defeating official attempts to suppress it.
- Book 1 · Ch 9Madame Guderian enters Exile
In 2106 Madame Guderian herself goes through the gate into the Pliocene, and the authorities keep the portal operating.