Sci fi book, man buys a beat up spaceship and intervenes in a civil war on a planet and eventually becomes a...
UK paperback, possibly early eighties.
This man goes to the used spaceship dealership. The salesman shows him many types but his eyes are continually drawn to a beat up old heap in the corner which he eventually buys.
He takes it for a familiarisation cruise and finds a lot of strange tech hidden under the floors and behind wall panels, it soon becomes apparent it's highly advanced and also has a near AI computer that can do camouflage.
He then has adventures on different planets but I only remember one…
This world is having (I think) a civil war and he decides to intervene to save life. Initially he sets up a plan to approach this world as a galactic warlord and give them a common enemy.
The planet's defence see a small spaceship and a (projected) battle cruiser approaching. He shows up on their screens in fancy uniform giving out orders.
He snarls out “Master-at-Arms!” and a grizzled veteran with a sardonic smile appears on the screen with a crisp “Yes Sir?” and he gives some order about demonstrating firepower, all in full view of the planet leaders.
At this point alarm bells are ringing in the protagonists mind, the faked soldier seemed a bit too realistic!
I don't recall how he then solved this war but later he's out in space and he chats to the computer with his suspicions. Then a big reveal and a real battle cruiser uncloaked beside his spaceship and the same Master-at-Arms tells all.
They need people of a particular mindset to be secret Galactic Police, the junk spaceship is designed to appeal only to the people with such a mind, therefore he is now a super cop and commands this precinct.
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UK paperback, possibly early eighties.
This man goes to the used spaceship dealership. The salesman shows him many types but his eyes are continually drawn to a beat up old heap in the corner which he eventually buys.
He takes it for a familiarisation cruise and finds a lot of strange tech hidden under the floors and behind wall panels, it soon becomes apparent it's highly advanced and also has a near AI computer that can do camouflage.
He then has adventures on different planets but I only remember one…
This world is having (I think) a civil war and he decides to intervene to save life. Initially he sets up a plan to approach this world as a galactic warlord and give them a common enemy.
The planet's defence see a small spaceship and a (projected) battle cruiser approaching. He shows up on their screens in fancy uniform giving out orders.
He snarls out “Master-at-Arms!” and a grizzled veteran with a sardonic smile appears on the screen with a crisp “Yes Sir?” and he gives some order about demonstrating firepower, all in full view of the planet leaders.
At this point alarm bells are ringing in the protagonists mind, the faked soldier seemed a bit too realistic!
I don't recall how he then solved this war but later he's out in space and he chats to the computer with his suspicions. Then a big reveal and a real battle cruiser uncloaked beside his spaceship and the same Master-at-Arms tells all.
They need people of a particular mindset to be secret Galactic Police, the junk spaceship is designed to appeal only to the people with such a mind, therefore he is now a super cop and commands this precinct.
story-identification books
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From the title, my first thought was Star Wars...? :-)
– Steve Melnikoff
Feb 19 at 15:31
How long ago did you read the book? Your question indicates you think it may have been written in the early 1980s, but the well-upvoted answer below is for a book written in 2003. If you read it in the 1980s or 1990s, that answer can't possibly be correct.
– shoover
Feb 19 at 15:56
3
@shoover Now I've got a title and author I've done a bit of digging .. Interstellar Patrol is a fix up of various shorter stories, the one I was looking for is 'The King's Legions' from 1967 and is indeed part of the large anthology from 2003
– DannyMcG
Feb 19 at 17:54
So... give the answer a checkmark?
– Ben Barden
Feb 19 at 19:06
Or edit the answer to include that information, and then give it a checkmark? Or create a separate answer...
– shoover
Feb 19 at 19:19
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UK paperback, possibly early eighties.
This man goes to the used spaceship dealership. The salesman shows him many types but his eyes are continually drawn to a beat up old heap in the corner which he eventually buys.
He takes it for a familiarisation cruise and finds a lot of strange tech hidden under the floors and behind wall panels, it soon becomes apparent it's highly advanced and also has a near AI computer that can do camouflage.
He then has adventures on different planets but I only remember one…
This world is having (I think) a civil war and he decides to intervene to save life. Initially he sets up a plan to approach this world as a galactic warlord and give them a common enemy.
The planet's defence see a small spaceship and a (projected) battle cruiser approaching. He shows up on their screens in fancy uniform giving out orders.
He snarls out “Master-at-Arms!” and a grizzled veteran with a sardonic smile appears on the screen with a crisp “Yes Sir?” and he gives some order about demonstrating firepower, all in full view of the planet leaders.
At this point alarm bells are ringing in the protagonists mind, the faked soldier seemed a bit too realistic!
I don't recall how he then solved this war but later he's out in space and he chats to the computer with his suspicions. Then a big reveal and a real battle cruiser uncloaked beside his spaceship and the same Master-at-Arms tells all.
They need people of a particular mindset to be secret Galactic Police, the junk spaceship is designed to appeal only to the people with such a mind, therefore he is now a super cop and commands this precinct.
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UK paperback, possibly early eighties.
This man goes to the used spaceship dealership. The salesman shows him many types but his eyes are continually drawn to a beat up old heap in the corner which he eventually buys.
He takes it for a familiarisation cruise and finds a lot of strange tech hidden under the floors and behind wall panels, it soon becomes apparent it's highly advanced and also has a near AI computer that can do camouflage.
He then has adventures on different planets but I only remember one…
This world is having (I think) a civil war and he decides to intervene to save life. Initially he sets up a plan to approach this world as a galactic warlord and give them a common enemy.
The planet's defence see a small spaceship and a (projected) battle cruiser approaching. He shows up on their screens in fancy uniform giving out orders.
He snarls out “Master-at-Arms!” and a grizzled veteran with a sardonic smile appears on the screen with a crisp “Yes Sir?” and he gives some order about demonstrating firepower, all in full view of the planet leaders.
At this point alarm bells are ringing in the protagonists mind, the faked soldier seemed a bit too realistic!
I don't recall how he then solved this war but later he's out in space and he chats to the computer with his suspicions. Then a big reveal and a real battle cruiser uncloaked beside his spaceship and the same Master-at-Arms tells all.
They need people of a particular mindset to be secret Galactic Police, the junk spaceship is designed to appeal only to the people with such a mind, therefore he is now a super cop and commands this precinct.
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From the title, my first thought was Star Wars...? :-)
– Steve Melnikoff
Feb 19 at 15:31
How long ago did you read the book? Your question indicates you think it may have been written in the early 1980s, but the well-upvoted answer below is for a book written in 2003. If you read it in the 1980s or 1990s, that answer can't possibly be correct.
– shoover
Feb 19 at 15:56
3
@shoover Now I've got a title and author I've done a bit of digging .. Interstellar Patrol is a fix up of various shorter stories, the one I was looking for is 'The King's Legions' from 1967 and is indeed part of the large anthology from 2003
– DannyMcG
Feb 19 at 17:54
So... give the answer a checkmark?
– Ben Barden
Feb 19 at 19:06
Or edit the answer to include that information, and then give it a checkmark? Or create a separate answer...
– shoover
Feb 19 at 19:19
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From the title, my first thought was Star Wars...? :-)
– Steve Melnikoff
Feb 19 at 15:31
How long ago did you read the book? Your question indicates you think it may have been written in the early 1980s, but the well-upvoted answer below is for a book written in 2003. If you read it in the 1980s or 1990s, that answer can't possibly be correct.
– shoover
Feb 19 at 15:56
3
@shoover Now I've got a title and author I've done a bit of digging .. Interstellar Patrol is a fix up of various shorter stories, the one I was looking for is 'The King's Legions' from 1967 and is indeed part of the large anthology from 2003
– DannyMcG
Feb 19 at 17:54
So... give the answer a checkmark?
– Ben Barden
Feb 19 at 19:06
Or edit the answer to include that information, and then give it a checkmark? Or create a separate answer...
– shoover
Feb 19 at 19:19
4
4
From the title, my first thought was Star Wars...? :-)
– Steve Melnikoff
Feb 19 at 15:31
From the title, my first thought was Star Wars...? :-)
– Steve Melnikoff
Feb 19 at 15:31
How long ago did you read the book? Your question indicates you think it may have been written in the early 1980s, but the well-upvoted answer below is for a book written in 2003. If you read it in the 1980s or 1990s, that answer can't possibly be correct.
– shoover
Feb 19 at 15:56
How long ago did you read the book? Your question indicates you think it may have been written in the early 1980s, but the well-upvoted answer below is for a book written in 2003. If you read it in the 1980s or 1990s, that answer can't possibly be correct.
– shoover
Feb 19 at 15:56
3
3
@shoover Now I've got a title and author I've done a bit of digging .. Interstellar Patrol is a fix up of various shorter stories, the one I was looking for is 'The King's Legions' from 1967 and is indeed part of the large anthology from 2003
– DannyMcG
Feb 19 at 17:54
@shoover Now I've got a title and author I've done a bit of digging .. Interstellar Patrol is a fix up of various shorter stories, the one I was looking for is 'The King's Legions' from 1967 and is indeed part of the large anthology from 2003
– DannyMcG
Feb 19 at 17:54
So... give the answer a checkmark?
– Ben Barden
Feb 19 at 19:06
So... give the answer a checkmark?
– Ben Barden
Feb 19 at 19:06
Or edit the answer to include that information, and then give it a checkmark? Or create a separate answer...
– shoover
Feb 19 at 19:19
Or edit the answer to include that information, and then give it a checkmark? Or create a separate answer...
– shoover
Feb 19 at 19:19
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Interstellar Patrol (2003) by Christopher Anvil.
The starship crew was stuck on a planet where the well-meaning schemes of social engineers had created a nightmare of battling gangs. So they pretended to be the Royal Legions from a distant star kingdom pursuing an all-powerful villain hiding on the planet. Then the real Royal flagship showed up.
There's a sequel - The Federation of Humanity
Vaughan Roberts and his two companions had been trapped on a crime-ridden, chaotic planet until they bamboozled the population with a gigantic hoax-which brought them to the attention of the Interstellar Patrol, who were looking for a few good con men, capable of ingenious improvisation and adept at playing dirty tricks on the bad guys. The new recruits acquited themselves admirably, so they naturally were given more tough nuts to crack, including:· Flummoxing an alien empire which has taken a number of human prisoners as reconnaisance for an invasion. This has a personal aspect, since the prisoners are from the planet which Roberts tricked into reforming. . . .· Stopping a plan by not-so-good Samaritans who are pretending to cure a planetary plague-which they introduced to the planet-with a "miracle" drug which creates an addiction to the same drug, which the schemers will be glad to continue supplying for ever-increasing sums . . .· Not only rescuing some Patrol personnel taken hostage by fanatics who plan to execute them one at a time until their leader is released, but convincing other fanatics throughout the galaxy that the consequences of threatening anyone in the Patrol are too terrible even to think about. . . .· Making sure that the rightful heir to a planet's throne escapes from captivity and overthrows the usurper. This time there's a complication: Roberts may be falling for the ruler's beautiful sister. . . . And much more. . .
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When quoting a source you should provide links to said source and indicate what is and isn't a quote preferably with quote markdown,>. This way you avoid looking like you are claiming the words are your own and are then not plagiarising the source.
– TheLethalCarrot
Feb 19 at 9:52
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You can easily check. The book has a quite significant sample available for free reading: baen.com/interstellar-patrol.html
– Calin Ceteras
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Interstellar Patrol (2003) by Christopher Anvil.
The starship crew was stuck on a planet where the well-meaning schemes of social engineers had created a nightmare of battling gangs. So they pretended to be the Royal Legions from a distant star kingdom pursuing an all-powerful villain hiding on the planet. Then the real Royal flagship showed up.
There's a sequel - The Federation of Humanity
Vaughan Roberts and his two companions had been trapped on a crime-ridden, chaotic planet until they bamboozled the population with a gigantic hoax-which brought them to the attention of the Interstellar Patrol, who were looking for a few good con men, capable of ingenious improvisation and adept at playing dirty tricks on the bad guys. The new recruits acquited themselves admirably, so they naturally were given more tough nuts to crack, including:· Flummoxing an alien empire which has taken a number of human prisoners as reconnaisance for an invasion. This has a personal aspect, since the prisoners are from the planet which Roberts tricked into reforming. . . .· Stopping a plan by not-so-good Samaritans who are pretending to cure a planetary plague-which they introduced to the planet-with a "miracle" drug which creates an addiction to the same drug, which the schemers will be glad to continue supplying for ever-increasing sums . . .· Not only rescuing some Patrol personnel taken hostage by fanatics who plan to execute them one at a time until their leader is released, but convincing other fanatics throughout the galaxy that the consequences of threatening anyone in the Patrol are too terrible even to think about. . . .· Making sure that the rightful heir to a planet's throne escapes from captivity and overthrows the usurper. This time there's a complication: Roberts may be falling for the ruler's beautiful sister. . . . And much more. . .
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When quoting a source you should provide links to said source and indicate what is and isn't a quote preferably with quote markdown,>. This way you avoid looking like you are claiming the words are your own and are then not plagiarising the source.
– TheLethalCarrot
Feb 19 at 9:52
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You can easily check. The book has a quite significant sample available for free reading: baen.com/interstellar-patrol.html
– Calin Ceteras
Feb 19 at 14:53
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Interstellar Patrol (2003) by Christopher Anvil.
The starship crew was stuck on a planet where the well-meaning schemes of social engineers had created a nightmare of battling gangs. So they pretended to be the Royal Legions from a distant star kingdom pursuing an all-powerful villain hiding on the planet. Then the real Royal flagship showed up.
There's a sequel - The Federation of Humanity
Vaughan Roberts and his two companions had been trapped on a crime-ridden, chaotic planet until they bamboozled the population with a gigantic hoax-which brought them to the attention of the Interstellar Patrol, who were looking for a few good con men, capable of ingenious improvisation and adept at playing dirty tricks on the bad guys. The new recruits acquited themselves admirably, so they naturally were given more tough nuts to crack, including:· Flummoxing an alien empire which has taken a number of human prisoners as reconnaisance for an invasion. This has a personal aspect, since the prisoners are from the planet which Roberts tricked into reforming. . . .· Stopping a plan by not-so-good Samaritans who are pretending to cure a planetary plague-which they introduced to the planet-with a "miracle" drug which creates an addiction to the same drug, which the schemers will be glad to continue supplying for ever-increasing sums . . .· Not only rescuing some Patrol personnel taken hostage by fanatics who plan to execute them one at a time until their leader is released, but convincing other fanatics throughout the galaxy that the consequences of threatening anyone in the Patrol are too terrible even to think about. . . .· Making sure that the rightful heir to a planet's throne escapes from captivity and overthrows the usurper. This time there's a complication: Roberts may be falling for the ruler's beautiful sister. . . . And much more. . .
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When quoting a source you should provide links to said source and indicate what is and isn't a quote preferably with quote markdown,>. This way you avoid looking like you are claiming the words are your own and are then not plagiarising the source.
– TheLethalCarrot
Feb 19 at 9:52
1
You can easily check. The book has a quite significant sample available for free reading: baen.com/interstellar-patrol.html
– Calin Ceteras
Feb 19 at 14:53
add a comment |
Interstellar Patrol (2003) by Christopher Anvil.
The starship crew was stuck on a planet where the well-meaning schemes of social engineers had created a nightmare of battling gangs. So they pretended to be the Royal Legions from a distant star kingdom pursuing an all-powerful villain hiding on the planet. Then the real Royal flagship showed up.
There's a sequel - The Federation of Humanity
Vaughan Roberts and his two companions had been trapped on a crime-ridden, chaotic planet until they bamboozled the population with a gigantic hoax-which brought them to the attention of the Interstellar Patrol, who were looking for a few good con men, capable of ingenious improvisation and adept at playing dirty tricks on the bad guys. The new recruits acquited themselves admirably, so they naturally were given more tough nuts to crack, including:· Flummoxing an alien empire which has taken a number of human prisoners as reconnaisance for an invasion. This has a personal aspect, since the prisoners are from the planet which Roberts tricked into reforming. . . .· Stopping a plan by not-so-good Samaritans who are pretending to cure a planetary plague-which they introduced to the planet-with a "miracle" drug which creates an addiction to the same drug, which the schemers will be glad to continue supplying for ever-increasing sums . . .· Not only rescuing some Patrol personnel taken hostage by fanatics who plan to execute them one at a time until their leader is released, but convincing other fanatics throughout the galaxy that the consequences of threatening anyone in the Patrol are too terrible even to think about. . . .· Making sure that the rightful heir to a planet's throne escapes from captivity and overthrows the usurper. This time there's a complication: Roberts may be falling for the ruler's beautiful sister. . . . And much more. . .
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Interstellar Patrol (2003) by Christopher Anvil.
The starship crew was stuck on a planet where the well-meaning schemes of social engineers had created a nightmare of battling gangs. So they pretended to be the Royal Legions from a distant star kingdom pursuing an all-powerful villain hiding on the planet. Then the real Royal flagship showed up.
There's a sequel - The Federation of Humanity
Vaughan Roberts and his two companions had been trapped on a crime-ridden, chaotic planet until they bamboozled the population with a gigantic hoax-which brought them to the attention of the Interstellar Patrol, who were looking for a few good con men, capable of ingenious improvisation and adept at playing dirty tricks on the bad guys. The new recruits acquited themselves admirably, so they naturally were given more tough nuts to crack, including:· Flummoxing an alien empire which has taken a number of human prisoners as reconnaisance for an invasion. This has a personal aspect, since the prisoners are from the planet which Roberts tricked into reforming. . . .· Stopping a plan by not-so-good Samaritans who are pretending to cure a planetary plague-which they introduced to the planet-with a "miracle" drug which creates an addiction to the same drug, which the schemers will be glad to continue supplying for ever-increasing sums . . .· Not only rescuing some Patrol personnel taken hostage by fanatics who plan to execute them one at a time until their leader is released, but convincing other fanatics throughout the galaxy that the consequences of threatening anyone in the Patrol are too terrible even to think about. . . .· Making sure that the rightful heir to a planet's throne escapes from captivity and overthrows the usurper. This time there's a complication: Roberts may be falling for the ruler's beautiful sister. . . . And much more. . .
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When quoting a source you should provide links to said source and indicate what is and isn't a quote preferably with quote markdown,>. This way you avoid looking like you are claiming the words are your own and are then not plagiarising the source.
– TheLethalCarrot
Feb 19 at 9:52
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You can easily check. The book has a quite significant sample available for free reading: baen.com/interstellar-patrol.html
– Calin Ceteras
Feb 19 at 14:53
add a comment |
1
When quoting a source you should provide links to said source and indicate what is and isn't a quote preferably with quote markdown,>. This way you avoid looking like you are claiming the words are your own and are then not plagiarising the source.
– TheLethalCarrot
Feb 19 at 9:52
1
You can easily check. The book has a quite significant sample available for free reading: baen.com/interstellar-patrol.html
– Calin Ceteras
Feb 19 at 14:53
1
1
When quoting a source you should provide links to said source and indicate what is and isn't a quote preferably with quote markdown,
>. This way you avoid looking like you are claiming the words are your own and are then not plagiarising the source.– TheLethalCarrot
Feb 19 at 9:52
When quoting a source you should provide links to said source and indicate what is and isn't a quote preferably with quote markdown,
>. This way you avoid looking like you are claiming the words are your own and are then not plagiarising the source.– TheLethalCarrot
Feb 19 at 9:52
1
1
You can easily check. The book has a quite significant sample available for free reading: baen.com/interstellar-patrol.html
– Calin Ceteras
Feb 19 at 14:53
You can easily check. The book has a quite significant sample available for free reading: baen.com/interstellar-patrol.html
– Calin Ceteras
Feb 19 at 14:53
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From the title, my first thought was Star Wars...? :-)
– Steve Melnikoff
Feb 19 at 15:31
How long ago did you read the book? Your question indicates you think it may have been written in the early 1980s, but the well-upvoted answer below is for a book written in 2003. If you read it in the 1980s or 1990s, that answer can't possibly be correct.
– shoover
Feb 19 at 15:56
3
@shoover Now I've got a title and author I've done a bit of digging .. Interstellar Patrol is a fix up of various shorter stories, the one I was looking for is 'The King's Legions' from 1967 and is indeed part of the large anthology from 2003
– DannyMcG
Feb 19 at 17:54
So... give the answer a checkmark?
– Ben Barden
Feb 19 at 19:06
Or edit the answer to include that information, and then give it a checkmark? Or create a separate answer...
– shoover
Feb 19 at 19:19