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    “Main blaster and sonic missiles.”
    E whistled, “Now that’s what I’m talking about.”
    Ian said, “What do our funds allow us to purchase?”
    “Every blaster in our inventory as well as every missile.”
    Ian said, “Please install two blasters and two missile launchers.”
    “How many missiles do you require?”
    E said, “Fifty should be enough.”
    “Fifty.”
    “The funds have been deducted. Please report to the teller for receipt.”
    Ian watched several engineers move forward and start placing mounts on his vehicle. “E, are they going to harm your hull?”
    “Not at all. I’ll just absorb them into our storage if we have to leave quickly. Those blasters are as good as a warship’s. We can use them.”
    “What about the charges?”
    “Oh I can handle that. Go and take five.” E paused and said, “Leave your blasters. They’re off limits here.”
    Ian smiled and opened the canopy.
    • • •
    Porky arrived at the teller and heard her say, “Porky, all your debts have been paid.”
    “What do I have left?” The teller handed her a receipt and Porky looked at it. She looked up at the teller and saw her smile. “Really?”
    The teller nodded and said, “It couldn’t happen to a nicer miner.”
    Porky stepped out of the office and felt the world off her shoulders. She saw a young man walking toward the office and saw he was coming from her group’s four vehicles. He came closer and she said, “Nosey?”
    Ian stopped and looked at the woman in front of him. She was about five feet eight and weighed about a hundred and twenty pounds. She had long blonde hair and the bluest eyes he had ever seen. He stared at her and said, “Are you Porky?”
    “I am.” Ian started laughing. “What’s so funny?”
    “That’s like calling a diamond stony. You are not close to being a Porky.”
    Porky smiled, “It keeps most men away.”
    Ian tilted his head and said, “Don’t let them get close or your disguise will be blown.”
    She smiled and said, “I’ll meet you in the restaurant with the others.”
    Ian nodded and went in to the teller. He retrieved his receipt and glanced at the card he was given for purchases and the slip of paper with the teller’s contact number. He began to understand Porky’s reasons for her name. He went to the restaurant and found three very subdued miners. He knew it was his group because Porky was sitting with the other two. He came over and they didn’t look very happy.
    The tall miner with red hair said, “Make sure you don’t smile.”
    Ian looked at them, frowned, and said, “Why not?”
    The other miner sitting at the table said, “You don’t want anyone to know we had a big load. We’ll be followed if any one suspects we’ve found a large deposit.”
    Ian grimaced and said, “Mum’s the word.” Ian looked at the short miner and tried not be obvious looking at him.
    The miner was about five foot five inches tall but weighted at least four hundred pounds. Ian could see that he was as solid as a brick bathroom. The miner said, “I’m Jefie. I was born on Juniper.”
    Ian said, “That’s the planet with heavy gravity.”
    “It is and that’s what accounts for my rugged good looks.”
    Ian tried not to smile but couldn’t pull it off. He burst out laughing and the others joined in. The tall miner said, “I’m Ribbons and we’re expected to laugh occasionally. All miners tell good jokes.”
    Porky looked at Ribbons and said, “Where does the name Ribbons come from?”
    “Well, six miners jumped me at a bar and I had to show them the error of their ways. The bartender said I decorated the place with them and the only thing missing was the ribbons. The name stuck.”
    • • •
    Ian shook his head and Porky said, “How are we going to get out of here?”
    Ian looked at her and wondered what she was getting at.
    Ribbons looked at Ian and said, “The other miners here see that we are having service done on our vehicles and