On Sunday, 23 August 2026 at 02:13, Jeff Zeitlin - editor at
freelancetraveller.com <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:

> Just a grammar nitpick, but one that I think is important: In the bit about
> "no multiworld polities", you talk about the "succession"* of the SAR (to
> eventually become the Solomani Confederation). That's probably not the word
> you want; they didn't "succeed"* from the Imperium (though arguably, since
> they still exist, they did succeed as a coherent government); they did,
> however, "secede"* from the Imperium, and made it stick through the
> Solomani Rim War(s). So, the word you're looking for would be "secession"*.
>
>
> * Approximate pronunciations, assuming NYC American accent:
>    succession: [suck-sesh-un]
>    succeed:    [suck-seed]
>    secede:     [seh-seed]
>    secession:  [seh-sesh-un]

Thanks! - now amended.

D

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