several antibiotics;
potential spices;
spectacular furs;
other goods to be identified;
a civilization to trade with.
Robots brought pictures and samples so the trader team investigates but, of course, must solve problems with the natives first.
On T'Kela, the carnivorous dominant species could not understand charity but could understand profit-making whereas, on Ivanhoe, the idealistic dominant species could not understand mere profit-making and had to be shown that human beings also valued something transcendent. Fortunately, some of the traders celebrate Christmas.
What is the problem on Ikrananka? I am about to reread "The Trouble Twisters" to remind myself.
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