“By Any Other Name” – Chapter 1

The events of this story take place in the Starstuff Universe some years before (or after?) those of the Starstuff Trilogy.

Captain Balta was a legend long before we ever met.

‘I heard he’s tried to escape seven hundred times!’

‘He’s eleven feet tall.’

‘His ship is still in orbit – that’s why he tries to escape so often!’

‘I heard he was twelve feet tall!’

‘He’s a pirate. I think He has an eye patch, and everything!’

‘Well, I heard he punched Warden in the face so hard, he had to rep...