Eric Frank Russell
Author
Language
English
Description
Mission of Empire: Earthmen had colonized hundreds of planets in the four centuries of deep space exploration - independent new civilizations founded by the discontented and adventurous of Terra. Trouble was, they were too independent - and the Terran government had ambitions for a space empire. A giant battle cruiser went out into the starlanes, with instructions to persuade the colonial planets to join the Empire - and with a couple of thousand...