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Start Recording:It was in late January while coasting along the Asteroids’ rim that Kalhern got the idea of putting in at Renit-4. I was against it at once, but Kalhern was getting old—he was space-tired and anxious to set his feet on firm soil. Nevertheless Renit-4 was described in the Pilot as “Unexplored” with the warning to navigators, “Land at own risk.”
PilotWe were six months out of New Chicago with a hold full of pagcite and other radioactive ore samples. We had satisfied the average requirement for a Galactic Mining exploratory cruise, and I could see no reason for risking our necks unnecessarily at this stage of the trip.
Kalhern, however, had his mind made up.
“The Pilot says traces of arquium might be found there,” he said.
Pilot“We’ve got a quarter ton of
