Scavengers in Space

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Roger Hunter had completed his work long before the marauders appeared.

For two days now he had spent his waking hours down on the rock, prospecting it, taking samples of ore back to the little orbit ship for testing, doing the things that any miner in the Asteroid Belt would be expected to do. But he didn’t really care what he found on the rock, because the important work was done. The incredible thing that he had found was hidden now, hidden and safe in a place that no one would think of searching, and that was all that mattered to Roger Hunter.

His treasure, he thought to himself as he worked. His big strike, safe now, until the time came to reveal it. He had not expected to find it when he had come out here the last time. He had never dreamed that such a thing was here, but when he found it he knew what he had to do.

It was on the second day that he saw the dark ship appear, moving in swiftly on contact course with his own ship. He knew what it was the instant he saw it, long before the golden triangle-and-J insignia became visible on its hull.

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