Description: '“Astex knows we know about their operation now,” says the official. “We have also finished analyzing the elements in the ore samples you brought back for us. It appears that the waste materials are the byproducts of a weapons manufacturing process, as there are several exotic compounds in the mixture. One of them is trioctonethaleneium, a material used only in the booster stages of Confederation solid-fuel missiles. We surmise that, somewhere deep within the mines of New Providence, the Confederation is operating a secret weapons lab. Please meet me in the bar for your final assignment.”'
