Regiment: A Trilogy Book

What a wonderful nearly 600 page trilogy. I haven't enjoyed a warrior series so much since reading Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, which was finished posthumously by Brandon Sanderson. (Author of the Mistborn Series). Unlike Jordan's series, John Dalmas sets "The Regiment" in distant star systems where, after earthlings expanded to other planets, a few tens of thousands of humankind again departed further into space, fleeing massive extinction and multiple planetary ruin from trade wars. Spending nearly 10 years, having to bypass advanced hostile alien civiliations, and travelling through hyperspace, most humans, fearing war, agreed to psychoconditioning. The minority who disagreed were kept separate on the voyage of the eight great starships, being dropped off upon two unfavourable planets, with inhospitable climates and relatively high gravity. These two planets would later be named Tyss and Orlantha. Psychoconditioning became a 'Sacrament', standardizing and stifling research and further understanding of the universe. The majority soon found a favorable planet, naming it Iryala. After a century, one of the original shops explored the space sector. The rulers of Iryala monopolized the building of spaceships establishing dominance and control over future interplanetary travel and trade. After eight centuries, worried over innovation, the Standard Technology Act was passed, freezing technology in it's existing form. Shortly thereafter, over 16,000 years of emigration ensued, during which the two planets of Tyss and Orlantha were rediscovered. Then a decree prohibiting further colonization stagnates the empire for another 5,000 years under the force of the Sacrament and Standard Technology. After a brief revolt, Pertunis, newly crowned King of Iryala restabilizes and becomes Emperor of The Confederation of Worlds, which s ratified by 27 planets.