Stellar exploration is the new found adventure.

On the asteroid Vesta, halfway between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

is the small space port of Kronos supply center to space miners.

Here and this isolated watering hole exist prospectors, gamblers, pirates, and cutthroats of every persuasion.

Our story is about these daring and ruthless men who risk their lives in search of precious

stones and metals in the icy tomb of deep space and journey upon the threshold of alien worlds. Space Port Kronos, the rising star saloon, Saturday night.

Braise 300. I'm out. Me too.

Well, that leaves just you and me, dude.

Like I said before, my name is Silverthorn.

Travis Silverthorn.

Oh, sorry, dude, I'm that much good with names.

You might want to remember mine.

I see your 300 and raise you 3,000.

What? You heard me.

Now we have 2,000.

Too bad, dude.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, I have a ship.

I have a 98 dart. What do you say?

For a thousand? Where is it?

Sound in the lot, number four.

That clunker?

Hey look, it leads in little paint, that that's all it's got an FTL overdrive

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