Not all ship board pillages are this successful. One may remember the tragic and often laughed-at story of pirate Eggy and his ship the Plimsoll in their failed attempt at kidnapping the Homelegate Duke of Europa from his vacation to the Earth Moon. Eggy foolishly believed the Homelegate’s ship would be most vulnerable when the security changed shifts on the ship which was scheduled to take place at a point equidistant between the Mother Earth and the Moon. What he did not realize was that at that point between the Earth and the Moon, there is nothing to provide cover for his pirate ship. Not only that, but also at the shift change, there are twice as many guards awake and alert as there usually would be at the middle of a shift when half of the guard is asleep in their beds. No one knows exactly why pirate Eggy decided to attack when he did, but he did, and when he did he, his ship, and all his crew were captured and taken to a prison of an undisclosed location to live out their lives in agonizing torture, according to all recorded documents.

Life in the galaxy is not an easy one with all the pirateering, but living is still possible. Mankind is a veritable fountain of innovation. Who knows what the next ten, fifty or one thousand years may bring.

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Notes: Leave this for now, start first chapter with Allen and Sinbad.