Some questions...maybe answered :)

I recently asked Julian if the lylmik ships sere the same as the Ships of t=
he Duat galaxy. This is her reply, with permission to share it with my frie=
nds:

Dear Michael=20

The living ships of Brede's galaxy were somewhat different. The first one t=
o reach our Milky Way six million years ago was the one that carried the Ex=
iles. Brede's ship was able to enclose a mundane-ish habitat capsule (or cr=
eate one from its substance) in which the humanoid Exiles traveled. And of =
course, it had a spouse ...

Now, when Marc and Elizabeth d-jumped to the Duat galaxy to free the Tanu/F=
irvulag population from torc dependency and introduce other Duat races to U=
nity, THERE WERE NO LYLMIK. Implicit in my Saga is the notion that Marc and=
 Elizabeth transmogrified into the Mental Man phase of humanity and reprodu=
ced, then evolved into Lylmik form rather rapidly. Mental Men don't need hu=
man bodies ... or DO they? At an appropriate time--see below for a likely s=
cenario--they migrated back to the Milky Way, led by Marc. He identifies hi=
mself somewhere in the Saga as THE Lylmik!

You will recall that it was a psychological thing that made Marc unable to =
restore his fertility in a regen tank back on earth. He could easily build =
a tank in the Duat galaxy and engender a race of proto-Lylmik in humanoid f=
orm which evolved into "real" Lylmik. Recall how the decadent Lylmik of the=
 Milieu Era took easily to human bodies. Now we know why Marc/Unifex urged =
this method of revitalization on his Quincunx buddies.=20

None of the exotic races of the Galactic Milieu knew just how old the Lylmi=
k were. We might assume they were much less than a million years old when M=
arc and Elizabeth completed the cure for torc-addiction and started many Du=
at races on the way to Unity.

Thus Marc's redemption was partly accomplished. Perhaps Elizabeth, before s=
he relinquished her life there in Duat, suggested a NEW work for Marc and t=
he Lylmik race back home in the good old Milky Way, where there were countl=
ess exotic races with Unity potential, ready to be shepherded by kindly men=
tors, who would travel chez nous in their spiffy ships.=20

It would be a long and frustrating task; our galaxy wasn't "ripe" for chang=
e like Duat. The Krondaku might have finally come around by 500,000 BC. But=
 imagine how tired of the Milky Way recalcitrants a majority of the Lylmik =
were by then! On to decadence and elitist withdrawal!

Now you and your Coterie have sampled the unwritten (and never to be writte=
n by me) sequel to MAGNIFICAT. As to your original query about Lylmik ships=
, they were Marc's variation of an ancient Duat race--alas, not requiring s=
hipspouses. To him such a refinement was quite superfluous.=20

Fond regards,=20

Julian