I'm sure you've all heard the stories about the Phoenix. About the notorious figures that have cut its rugs. Or the Republic of Freebooters getting started at one of its tables. Everyone’s heard of our battle with the Tax Revenue Fleet. But people rarely think about its humble beginnings. This is that story.
Absent government coercive controls, people and markets in general will always prefer to use hard rather than soft money. In situations of freedom, the strong money 'drives out' the soft money.
This memo intends to brief the federated societies of the galaxy on the status of one specific emerging civilization that has increasingly been of interest to our members, and further, to recommend caution when traveling unannounced nearby their local planet.
William Harvey demonstrated the mechanism of blood circulation in the 1620s, demolishing ancient and medieval knowledge about the body’s humors.
Viktor.Adler.Areo00187 peeled out of his training gear in the tiny hygiene pod. When he heard the first dull thud on the door of his sub-habitat, his adrenaline spiked. The next instant, the metal plate crashed to the floor, bent out of recognition. The Areopolis security guards trampled it as they rushed in.