That night as his crew of 19 celebrated, Captain James Torant found himself sitting quietly, detached, and just watching them.Captain Torant was the oldest of the twenty. The youngest member of the crew was just 16 years old.All were the youngest sons and daughters of successful independent free traders. Born and bred for space and for trading, but as the youngest children their options were limited to crewing on someone else’s ship.But James Torant came up with the idea for everyone to crew on one ship.Share the profits, pay off the first ship and when trading was right buy another ship. Travel together and share the profits.And then with the third and fourth ships divide the ownerships, but still travel together.So many opportunities had been lost, by independent free traders, because of only one ship. With two, three and then four ships, most of those lost opportunities, Torant had researched, could be turned into profitable trade.The Bliss only needed a crew of 6 to operate efficiently, but with the future in mind, he had chosen 19 of the very best.Of course, to be fair he hadn’t known about the Bliss in the beginning.And now, after only three years, the Bliss was free!
advertisement