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The Brothers Voltaire
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ISBN10: 1497540534
ISBN13: 9781497540538
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 13 2014
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.20 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781497540538
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 13 2014
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.20 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
CHIP. If I may, Captain. Starting with the Treaty of 4612, the Asu bound several worlds to an international coalition that would see the Asu in a position to leverage the upside return of ferrous substrates as described in such treaties, in effect putting the Asu in a position of coalescing economic variance factors into a single marketable stream, while at the same time imposing trade embargoes on world systems that failed to buy into such agreements. This, coupled with their well-documented usage percentages, as well as the ongoing treaty discussions of the DRATL in the Rovenoe System, has led to the Asu's re-positioning themselves at the top of the economic (and quite possibly governmental) hierarchy while at the same time maintaining a firm and well entrenched grasp on much needed commodities. A rather remarkable system, I must say. SKIP (his eyes dazed) Huh? JOE. Get to it, Chip: what do they want? CHIP (as though it's perfectly obvious) Iron. JOE (with a snort)Right. SKIP. As if, Robotguy. Iron is probably the most available element out there next to hydrogen. (with a snicker) You might as well say they want oil or something. nb: This is a slightly revised edition of the original book.
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