*The Chromextin sale is denied and the visitors are given one arn to leave, Crais manages to aim Talyn’s guns at the surface and a quick bluff from Crichton gains the astronaut an invitation to meet the Sovereign. A lie-detecting creature proves that Crichton has no interest in the internal bureaucracy of the planet. The sovereign then agrees to provide the Chromextin, but his daughter, Sarova, later tells Crichton that her brother will try to block the transaction. *Source: Back of card