The Alien Collector is doing a lot of sales work traveling from island kingdom to island kingdom, dealing with the local rulers. At each kingdom, he brings out a huge chest full of bobbles and trinkets, mostly plastic and glass, but sparkly enough to dazzle the eyes of these small time potentates. These gullible little rulers love looking at sparkly things. He has traded many chests for items far in excess of the value of his practially worthless chest of glass and plastic. The Alien Collector is in search of the location of the rare mineral, the one that has unparalleled powers and uses called unobtainium. Rare amounts of it have been located throughout the galaxy. The lucky few that have obtained it horde it very closely. The Alien Collector wants some for himself. He has heard rumors that there is a quantity of it here on this planet. So far, he hasn't found any of it. But as luck would have it, here we see him dealing with another small time tin dictator/king. Of course the little fellow is curious as to what is inside the chest. 'Set the chest down and open it!' he tells his hammerhead bots. They dutifully comply with his order. No sooner is the lid flung open than the little king is down there running his hands through the glass costume jewelry and bobbles and dew dads. He is totally smitten by the glitter and glam of this sham merchandise. 'Might I inquire?' asks the Alien Collector. 'Does your kingdom have a mineral with these properties?' and the Collector has one of his bots project a halogram of a sample of the mineral unobtainium before the little king. The clarity is such that the king recognizes it readily. 'Why there is a small deposit of it out in the back reaches of my kingdom. We have been mining that site for years and have been throwing it away. Oh er, I mean, we have been storing it in the hopes it might have some value some day.' he fudges after seeing the gleam in the Alien Collector's eyes. A quick round of negotiations pursues. The little king brings his counselor, the Monkey Monk, into the frey. The Monk advises caution to the little king. To wait and check out the credentials of the Collector before making any deal, but with the bobbles shining constantly in the little king's eyes, he is in no position to be making any sane deals. He and the Collector finally arrive at a tentative deal. The Collector will be shown the mine and take some samples back to his space vehicle for verification. Once the mineral is confirmed to be unobtainium, the king will trade a few tons of it for whats in the box, er ah, treasure chest. LOL. What a deal. Does it get any better than that? The Alien Collector is licking his lips in anticipation of getting his own stash of the rare mineral. The little king assembles a crew to guide the Collector out to the mine. He informs the Collector it will likely take them about a week to get out there and back. This is no problem for the Collector. He feels he has everything under control. His ship in orbit is in good hands. What could possibly go wrong? Thank you for taking a peek! Your support is greatly appreciated!