Gertrude Lythgoe was a ruthless woman. She was a business woman with a quick temper, and she knew how to use her pistol. Coming of age just as prohibition started to take effect, she found herself at the center of the smuggling rings. Running rum into ports of the USA for the better part of four years, she was not a woman to be trifled with.  

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Intro Music: Deadlock 

Outro Music: Space Journey 

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