>>No, but we know one of his distinguished early ancestors, and a member
>>of his contemporary extended family, if we have the sort of grounding
>>in fantasy and SF that I have, anyway.
>>
>First name John. Family on Mars by any chance?
>... OK... two distinguished ancestors.
>BTW: what (if any) is the comnnection between the Earth Alliance and
>the Federation (as mentioned in UF4)?
The Earth Alliance is the largest, most powerful single member-state of the United Federation of Planets. The opinion of many other member-states at this point is that the Federation government is, in fact, merely a puppet of Earthdome, an assumption which both the Dome and the Federation hotly deny.
--G.
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