On 21/8/22 19:40, Ingo Siekmann - ingo-siekmann at web.de (via tml list)
wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> Am 20.08.22 um 04:25 schrieb Kurt Feltenberger - kurt at thepaw.org (via
> tml list):
>>
>> This is just the spark that got me thinking, but how quickly do things
>> change in the Imperium?  Could someone who spent time outside the
>> Imperium come back and expect things to be generally the same as they
>> left except for the date and some visual chrome, or is this something
>> where they'd really need to sift through what's happened to see what is
>> and isn't ok?
>
Thinking of a different Imperium, and referring to Ingo's comments.

Someone who departed the Ziru Sirka and later returned could reasonably
expect things to be generally the same. At least until the Terrans
_really_ started blowing the lid off.

By contrast, the stability argument definitely doesn't apply to the
United Nations (later becoming the Terran Confederation).  A prolonged
absence would be more questioning "what _didn't_ change" - Operation
Toffler.

Think about the crew of _Starleaper One_.

Yes, they may have returned to Terra in 2098 AD, after the ship's
history-making voyage.

How many came home?

How many became strangers in a familiar land?

In the Advisoryverse (can't just _say_ IMTU anymore, as that presumes I
only have one), I explicitly had Sakichi Toyoda (alias Ryosuke Murakami,
SL1's chief engineer) decide he fell in the latter category.

Thus, he beat feet up the Nusku Main, seeing in the first day of the
22nd century (Jan 1, 2101 AD) on Nusku itself.

He buggered off in 2112 (a year before IW1), carting himself and his two
daughters back down the Nusku Main, ending up on Prometheus (thanks to
his UK passport).  What sort of reintegration shock would he have endured?

Alex