Whoever controls Faster-than-light travel controls the stars...
Zacharia Coburn's flight-state mushroom business barely makes a dent in the FTL industry, controlled by a few powerful, interstellar corporations. Starship pilots can take a dose of these ultra-rare mushroom strains to pull a ship into the jump plane and rapidly cross the stars. There's no reason for anybody to ever notice the Very Good Mushroom Concern, the business...