Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
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11
156
I expected the power of the four Ubars, Chung, Eteocles, Nigel and Sullius Maximus, might have been, at a stroke, diminished by a half.
11
157
If so, they might control, among themselves, a force of about one hundred and fifty ships, most of which were still at sea.
11
158
I did not expect the Ubars would cooperate with one another.
11
159
Further, if necessary, the council of Captains, with its power, might intercept and impound their ships, as they returned, one by one.
11
160
I had long felt that five Ubars in Port Kar, and the attendant anarchy resulting from this division of power, was politically insufferable, with its competition of extortions, taxes and decrees, but, more importantly, I felt that it jeopardized my own interests.
11
161
I intended, in Port Kar, to accumulate fortunes and power.
11
162
As my projects developed I had no wish to suffer for not having applied for clienthood to one Ubar or another.
I expected the power of the four Ubars, Chung, Eteocles, Nigel and Sullius Maximus, might have been, at a stroke, diminished by a half.
If so, they might control, among themselves, a force of about one hundred and fifty ships, most of which were still at sea.
I did not expect the Ubars would cooperate with one another.
Further, if necessary, the council of Captains, with its power, might intercept and impound their ships, as they returned, one by one.
I had long felt that five Ubars in Port Kar, and the attendant anarchy resulting from this division of power, was politically insufferable, with its competition of extortions, taxes and decrees, but, more importantly, I felt that it jeopardized my own interests.
I intended, in Port Kar, to accumulate fortunes and power.
As my projects developed I had no wish to suffer for not having applied for clienthood to one Ubar or another.
- (Raiders of Gor, Chapter )