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    Stranglehold
    Stranglehold
    Stranglehold
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    Stranglehold

    By Blaze O'Glory

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    Another sorry episode from the unorthodox life of Captain Hesperus, star trader, highlighting many of the difficulties faced by merchant captains in the Co-operative today. It contains interesting insights into negotiation techniques, commander–crew relations, and the importance of hats, and shows how some trades can have awkward consequences. Traders, take heed!

    A novella set in the universe of the classic computer game "Elite", and its fan-made remake, "Oolite".

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlaze O'Glory
    Release dateApr 1, 2013
    ISBN9781301271306
    Stranglehold
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    Blaze O'Glory

    Blaze O'Glory, a disembodied human nervous system in a robotic support body, plies his trade between the stars of the Galactic Co-operative. Occasionally he writes something, often about Captain Hesperus, which hovers in the borderlands between truth and defamation.

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