《Hex Factor 》作者：- Robert F. Young【EPUB】

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Robert Youngs latest is about three goons from Earth who bring their proven techniques to a labor dispute on Rigel II and meet with some surprisingly sophisticated resistance. Hex Factor by ROBERT F. YOUNG The Alien Import Law enacted by the International Congress at the turn of the twenty-firstcentury gave all extraterrestrial races the right to compete tariff-free on the Earth CommonMarket. It had seemed at the time a safe way to extend a helping hand to the quotbrothers ofmankindquot since all of the quotbrothersquot were still in their stone ages or but recently emerged from them. How could anyonehave foreseen that a bunch of bronze-age gooks like the Runes of Rigel II would develop atechnology virtually overnight and produce an electricar powerpac or minibattery that soldfor one third the price of union-made brands and that never needed to be recharged When the news broke electricar owners throughout the world rejoiced. Simultaneously four darkclouds gathered in the economic sky — one over each of the three Major powerpac companies andthe fourth and darkest one of all over the United Union Building which the Big Brotherhood hadjust built in Old York. There is no better time to nip a new industry than when it is still in the bud. Accordinglythe Big Brotherhood called an emergency meeting at which it was agreed that the Runes flagrantdisregard for the poor workingman warranted employing an old-line organizer and that saidorganizer should be the best in the business. Enter Anthony Healy. The Big Brotherhoodappointed two polygenetic professionals to assist him — one an ex-tool and die maker andpracticing karate expert named Albert Zhiyomei the other an ex-pipefitter named AdolphOPyzikiewicz. Healy was then directed to proceed to Rigel II obtain a sample of quotfactor Xquotthe label applied by Earths electrochemists to the Runes mysterious powerpac-energizer andto see to it that production came to a permanent halt. Healy