Terminus (after leaving Trantor)
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Terminus (after leaving Trantor) is the remote, frontier planet that becomes the political and intellectual center of the First Foundation in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Terminus (after leaving Trantor) canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional planet
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location in literature ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Foundation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Foundation and Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaac Asimov's Foundation series NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
Seldon Crisis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
psychohistory ⓘ |
| capitalOf | First Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictsWith |
Anacreon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Four Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Isaac Asimov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFromTrantor | on the periphery of the Galaxy ⓘ |
| era | decline of the Galactic Empire ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Astounding Science Fiction magazine stories later collected in Foundation ⓘ |
| foundedAs | scientific colony ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Hari Seldon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayoral government ⓘ |
| hasFacility | Encyclopedia Galactica project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLeader |
Hober Mallow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mayor Salvor Hardin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrganization |
Board of Trustees of the Encyclopedia Foundation
NERFINISHED
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Terminus City government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic | high proportion of scientists and technicians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
political influence in the Periphery
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scientific research ⓘ technological innovation ⓘ |
| language | Galactic Standard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterUses | trade and technology as instruments of power ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | Galactic Empire (Foundation universe) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | base of operations for the First Foundation ⓘ |
| originalFunction | Encyclopedia Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | First Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
preserve human knowledge
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shorten the period of galactic barbarism predicted by psychohistory ⓘ |
| region | Galactic Periphery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
intellectual center of the First Foundation
ⓘ
political center of the First Foundation ⓘ |
| statusInSeries | primary setting of early Foundation stories ⓘ |
| strategicFeature |
lack of mineral resources
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technological superiority over neighboring kingdoms ⓘ |
| transportConnection | limited direct hyperspace routes from Trantor ⓘ |
| uses | religion as a tool of political control in early crises ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.