 What advantage did the rebels have over the Venus Consolidated police?
MONOPOLY By Vic Phillips and Scott Roberts Sheer efficiency and good management can make a monopoly grow into being. And once it grows, someone with a tyrant mind is going to try to use it as a weapon if he can— [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Astounding Science-Fiction April 1942. This was the administrative heart of Venus City. As head of the Venus Consolidated Research Organization, he was in large part responsible for the prosperity of this vigorous, young world. Venus Consolidated had built up this city and practically everything else that amounted to anything on this planet. True, there had been others, pioneers, before the company came, who objected to the expansion of the monopolistic control. But, if they could not realize that the company's regime served the best interests of the planet, they would just have to suffer the consequences of their own ignorance. Venus Consolidated police had only powers of arrest. Anything involving executions had to be referred to the Interplanetary Council on Earth. This walk was part of a regular routine of physical exercise that kept his body hard and resilient in spite of long hours spent in the laboratory. He was making that walk in precisely seven minutes, four and four-fifths seconds. Pete Brent's joking words flashed back to him. Four police constables and a sergeant swarmed into the room, shoving him away from the door. "Wherethehell's who?" "Quit stallin', bud.
 Detailed knowledge of the area
 Fast atmospheric ships  Detailed knowledge of the area  Secret supporters on the inside  Stashes of weaponry in caves