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The Adventure Begins

...where I met with my good friend Tymmo. Me and him met a few years back when he attacked me and found that I could catch him even when he was running half a mile above the surface of a star. He survived and we eventually became friends.
I arrived and shook hands with him and we exchanged the usual “how’ve you beens” and “start any wars latelys”. Then I asked him a burning question that I’d had since arriving.
“Why did you ask me to come to this dump?”
Tymmo laughed and said, “Because, it has the best jinian tonyx I’ve ever found.”
“Okay,” I said, “now what have you got up your sleeve this time?”
He leaned in close and said, “They’ve discovered a fragmented neutron star.”
I gasped, because that is the only way to get good neutronium, which is one of the most valuable materials known to man.
“Ok, you’ve got my attention, how do you plan to get it?”
“Why, by using your ship and my wit!”
My ship and Tymmo’s wit, a very volatile combination, this’ll be interesting.
“I’m in. What do I need to do?”

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