te ▁and ▁speak s ▁with ▁deliber ation . ▁He ▁is ▁ 5 2 ▁years ▁of ▁age ▁but ▁appears ▁consider ably ▁older . ▁He ▁has ▁been ▁married ▁in ▁the ▁past , ▁and ▁has ▁a ▁house keeper ▁named ▁Kl oda . ▁ ▁Un us ual ▁for ▁a ▁historian ▁of ▁the ▁fut ur istic ▁society ▁he ▁belongs ▁to , ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁he ▁is ▁first ▁mentioned , ▁he ▁has ▁never ▁left ▁the ▁planet ▁Term inus . ▁Therefore , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁resources ▁available ▁to ▁him ▁from ▁the ▁Term inus ▁University ▁Library , ▁he ▁makes ▁use ▁of ▁inter library ▁lo ans . ▁Such ▁lo ans ▁can ▁make ▁use ▁of ▁" hyper - rad i ational ▁signals ", ▁which ▁are ▁not ▁described ▁in ▁the ▁stories ▁but ▁appear ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁a ▁method ▁of ▁transm itting ▁information ▁over ▁vast ▁distances ▁at ▁spe eds ▁faster ▁than ▁light . ▁ ▁When ▁he ▁is ▁first ▁described , ▁he ▁is ▁beginning ▁his ▁first ▁s abb at ical ▁and ▁hoping ▁to ▁travel ▁off ▁planet ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time . ▁His ▁goal ▁is ▁the ▁planet ▁Tr ant or , ▁which ▁was ▁capital ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁Gal actic ▁Empire ▁and ▁the ▁home ▁of ▁the ▁Gal actic ▁Library ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Library ▁of ▁Tr ant or , ▁the ▁Imperial ▁Library , ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Tr ant or ▁Library ), ▁which ▁during ▁the ▁height s ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁Gal actic ▁Empire ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁repository ▁of ▁reference ▁material ▁in ▁the ▁galax y . ▁No ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Foundation ▁has ▁been ▁to ▁Tr ant or