12,068 GE

The 12,068th year of the Galactic Era is also the 1st before the Foundation Era. Reign of puppet Emperor Semrin. Members of the Encyclopedia Foundation exiled to Terminus. R. Daneel Olivaw plans using human mentalics to perfect Gaia. Millions of ancient archives destroyed. A New Renaissance on planet Ktlina is devoured by chaos. A heretic robot tries to send Hari Seldon into the future but is foiled by Daneel. Mors Planch dives into the future.