(Are we spoiling for just the rest of the first novel here, or the whole series? This comment has to do with the third and fourth books IIRC.)
I note that already, 122 years later, Ian thinks of the planet as "the place Taylor found for them" -- already mythologising Taylor as a great hero, saviour of them all, when from what we saw in the first part it was other people who searched out and chose the best place to head for as an escape; they just pointed Taylor at it and he took them there. Later in the series Taylor becomes even more of a heroic figure, and his children are something like demigods. Interesting that station-builders as well as ship-folk think that way.
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I note that already, 122 years later, Ian thinks of the planet as "the place Taylor found for them" -- already mythologising Taylor as a great hero, saviour of them all, when from what we saw in the first part it was other people who searched out and chose the best place to head for as an escape; they just pointed Taylor at it and he took them there. Later in the series Taylor becomes even more of a heroic figure, and his children are something like demigods. Interesting that station-builders as well as ship-folk think that way.