Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles. A corporation that is overtly controlled by the Padishah Emperor and Great Houses, while secretly also controlled by the Guild and Bene Gesserit. The corporation controls the universe’s economy by directing each Great House’s revenue and financial influence.
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CHOAM Term Timeline in Dune
The timeline below shows where the term CHOAM appears in Dune. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 1, Part 1
...longtime enemy, House Harkonnen, governed the desert planet Arrakis for some 80 years on a CHOAM contract to mine for the resource melange, more commonly called spice. The Harkonnens are now...
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Book 1, Part 6
...also too great to give up because it offers House Atreides leverage with the influential CHOAM. The Harkonnens have been stockpiling spice and will likely try to destroy Atreides’ mining ventures...
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Book 3, Part 11
As dowry, Paul demands the Pashidah Emperor’s entire CHOAM holdings and titles, as well as holdings for Gurney Halleck and all other surviving members...
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