The Dark Wheel
The Dark Wheel was a semi-legendary space unit, star-riders who made it their business to seek the truth behind the plethora of myths and romantic stories that filtered back from all corners of the Universe: fabulous cities, parallel worlds, time travellers, even planets that appeared to be the old ‘heaven’ of Earth legend. The Dark Wheel was as mysterious and as mythical to the traders of the Galaxy as King Arthur might have been to the first spacemen.[1]
Legend has it that long ago, a corps of The Dark Wheel discovered the location of Raxxla and lived there, exploiting gateways to other universes for all the wealth and riches they could provide.[2]
The Dark Wheel are active in the Shinrarta Dezhra system.
The Dark Wheel novella
The Dark Wheel novella by Robert Holdstock came packaged with the original Elite game in 1984. Incidentally, it was the first novella to be included for distribution with a video game.[3]
You can read The Dark Wheel on Ian Bell's website.