Second Foundation Headquarters

Location from Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Hidden on Trantor itself — 'at Star's End' meant the other end of the galaxy from Terminus, which is where you started. Among the librarians of the Imperial Library, the mental scientists worked unseen for centuries.

Also known as: Star's End, the Second Foundation, the Imperial Library

What They Know

• Located on Trantor in the Imperial Library — 'Star's End' referred to the galactic center, not the periphery
• Second Foundationers posed as librarians and scholars for centuries, hiding in plain sight
• The organization develops mentalic abilities — mind-reading, emotional adjustment, mental conditioning
• Their purpose is to maintain and correct the Seldon Plan when random events push it off course
• The First Foundation searched for the Second Foundation for centuries, never suspecting it was at the starting point
• The Speaker's Table — the governing body — meets in shielded rooms within the Library complex

Connections

• located_at — trantor
• located_at — imperial_palace
• contains — prime_radiant

View full profile at Simulacra.Ink