Kerk uses noted gambler Jason Dinalt to turn 27 million credits into three billion for weapons; Jason uses his psi power to win at the gambling tables and the two men escape Cassylia before the authorities can stop them; Jason insists on accompanying Kerk to his home planet despite warnings that all the creatures on that world are deadly; The pilot, Meta, takes an interest in Jason during the journey, but once they''ve arrived she wants nothing to do with him.