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== Stories of Life on The Frontier ==
== Stories of Life on The Frontier ==
This book is a collection eight short stories which came free with Frontier: Elite II game in 1993. Written by David Massey, Moira Sheehan and Kathy Dickinson, these stories are set in the [[Elite Universe]]. Although each one can be read as a standalone story, there is an overall story-arc between each; the sub-character from one story becoming the main character in the following - perhaps for the final piece, <em>Full Circle,</em> you really need to have read the previous seven.<ref name=":0">http://www.dream-ware.co.uk/frontier/books/stories-of-life-on-the-frontier/</ref> You can [http://www.dream-ware.co.uk/frontier/books/stories-of-life-on-the-frontier/ read it online here].
This book is a collection eight short stories which came free with Frontier: Elite II game in 1993. Written by David Massey, Moira Sheehan and Kathy Dickinson, these stories are set in the [[Elite Universe]]. Although each one can be read as a standalone story, there is an overall story-arc between each; the sub-character from one story becoming the main character in the following - perhaps for the final piece, <em>Full Circle,</em> you really need to have read the previous seven.<ref name=":0">http://www.dream-ware.co.uk/frontier/books/stories-of-life-on-the-frontier/</ref> You can [http://www.dream-ware.co.uk/frontier/books/stories-of-life-on-the-frontier/ read it here].


There are a number of ideas introduced in <em>Stories Of Life On The Frontier</em>, with everything from slave trading to <em>Cold War</em> like espionage between the Federation and Empire. However, the main idea is really that of the adventures of Commanders; their explorations, battles, and day-to-day life out in the Elite universe.<ref name=":0" />
There are a number of ideas introduced in <em>Stories Of Life On The Frontier</em>, with everything from slave trading to <em>Cold War</em> like espionage between the Federation and Empire. However, the main idea is really that of the adventures of Commanders; their explorations, battles, and day-to-day life out in the Elite universe.<ref name=":0" />