Jack of Harts

The New England Federation Starfleet is a meritocracy, where anyone can rise to the rank of captain of a Starfleet vessel based on skill alone. Any race, sex, or family is welcomed and encouraged to pursue starship command, and there are always destroyers or cruisers available for those who prove their competence. Even survey cruiser commands are filled via competency tests, though a Great Family name does give prospective commanders for plum assignments like those an assumed bonus in competence. In the end though, all Starfleet starship commanders must prove their worthiness to command, through long years of service in other positions before they are granted their first command.

The Goblin Marketplace is filled with stories of strange places and stranger trading from twelve authors, including myself, and published by the fine folks over at Raconteur who love to put their spin on interesting short story anthologies. I greatly hope you can find at least one of the stories to tickle your fascination. It is live now and waiting for you.

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The New England Federation Starfleet is the most common way most people outside the Federation interact with the Federation. Their starships travel everywhere in Alliance space and beyond. Starfleet personnel are trained to be courteous, trained to be kind, trained to smile, and most importantly, trained to put a bullet in the favorite piece of anatomy belonging to anyone who threatens a Federation citizen, in Federation space or beyond. They will participate in search and rescue operations, help defend a world from raiders, or simply talk nicely as they spend Federation credits at a local store. And they will happily remove Federation citizens incarcerated by any world for any reason. Local authorities are not required to cooperate. Starfleet has got this.