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[[File:Jethrik.png|thumb|right|A segment of the [[Key to Time]] disguised as a nugget of jethrik. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'')]]'''Jethrik''' was a blueish mineral that was a vital component for certain types of warp drive engine. Though harmless in its natural form, a handful of jethrik could power an entire [[starship]]. The scarcity of jethrik made it valuable.
[[File:Jethrik.png|thumb|right|A segment of the [[Key to Time]] disguised as a nugget of jethrik. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'')]]'''Jethrik''' was a blueish mineral that was a vital component for certain types of warp drive engines. Though harmless in its natural form, a handful of jethrik could power an entire [[starship]]. The scarcity of jethrik made it valuable.


Knowing that the [[Graff Vynda-K]] needed jethrik for his war efforts, two confidence tricksters, [[Garron]] and [[Unstoffe]] came to the primitive [[planet]] of [[Ribos]] to swindle him. Garron offered to sell the planet to Garron and Unstoffe to pose as a native.
Knowing that the [[Graff Vynda-K]] needed jethrik for his war efforts, two confidence tricksters, [[Garron]] and [[Unstoffe]], came to the primitive [[planet]] of [[Ribos]] to swindle him. Garron offered to sell the planet to Garron and Unstoffe to pose as a native. {{what}}


The pair hoped to convince the Graff Vynda-K to buy Ribos by convincing him that the planet had abundant mineral deposits of jethrik and that the natives, with no advanced technology, had no clue to its value. To this end, Garron had Unstoffe pose as a native and tell a story about the abundance of "'''scryngestone'''" (a made-up, native name for Jethik) on the planet.
The pair hoped to convince the Graff Vynda-K to buy Ribos by convincing him that the planet had abundant mineral deposits of jethrik and that the natives, with no advanced technology, had no clue to its value. To this end, Garron had Unstoffe pose as a native and tell a story about the abundance of "'''scryngestone'''" (a made-up, native name for Jethik) on the planet.


They had smuggled a large quantity of jethrik into the city of [[Shur]] so that the Graff could see it. Unbeknownst to them, the jethrik was the first segment of the [[Key to Time]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'')
They had smuggled a large quantity of jethrik into the city of [[Shur]] so that the Graff could see it. Unbeknownst to them, the jethrik was the first segment of the [[Key to Time]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'')
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