“Do you know the story of Sacramaris?”
“No, I don’t think I do?”
“It’s a tale older than the stars, where greed begets strife, and strife begets violence. You know how these things go…”
“They never turn out well, that’s for sure.”
“But that’s greed for you. Its gleam is blinding.”

The Challenger was halfway between Stameris and Bolarus, and heading to Bolarus. They were travelling at Warp 5 when an alert at the comm station made itself known. “Incoming hail from a Corvallen freighter, about half a light year away and on an intercept course,” Ensign Dabets called out.

~Mischief Maker