raid-and-trade

Updated: June 20, 2025

There are planets in the Old Federation where Space Vikings come and go; raid-and-trade bases, like the one Duke Angus planned to establish on Tanith. At one or another of them, I'll pick up word of Dunnan, sooner or later." "We'll hear where he was a year ago, and by the time we get there, he'll be gone for a year and a half to two years.

H. Beam Piper - Space Viking