Chapter 10 Summary

Jeri resigns his position as Senior Fire-controlman. Mata is promoted to that position and Thorby becomes Junior Fire-controlman.

Sisu arrives on the planet Losian, which is considered a "safe" planet, meaning that it is unnecessary to guard the ship against ground raids and that the men and women of the ship are free to explore the planet. Thorby is excited about this. He is curious about the planet because this is the first foreign planet he has visited since his delivery to Jubbul on a slave ship as a small child.

Losian is inhabited by odd creatures that resemble large insects and seem to have contempt for all things resembling commerce. While they trade out of necessity, they choose to not to acknowledge that trade is actually taking place. The procedure of negotiating trade with the Losians is long and complicated but it...