What is the sound of One Corporation Merging?

An Evil Vizier and a Noble Prince were among a group playing Stellar Ventures. True to his wicked ways, the Vizier greedily bid to acquire the “best” corporation, only to discover that he could not retain control of it. The Vizier skulked as he lost. The Noble Prince contemplated: ego led that one to believe that it could “control” a corporation, when it could not even control itself and attained enlightenment. Stellar Ventures tries to mix cube rails (like Chicago Express) with 18xx train rusting. There are certainly differences. In Chicago Express anyone can put any stock up for auction (assuming there are “auction a stock off” actions available this round), which means that as long as a company has stock certificates left, it can be diluted. In Stellar Ventures the President can auction off a share each corporation round, and a single other share will be auction during the boardroom battle. As I wanted to mention in the first thread I listed (before deciding to make this a post),…