Joshua Marino is a decorated veteran of the Farghostian Wars, who loves ancient rock 'n roll, old western movies and antique clothing. At the wars end he marries a beautiful Farghostian woman who has a baby girl and settles on a small planet named New Britian. He soon becomes an inter-galactic trader and obtains a large parcel of land which he plans to develope into an American style ranch. At his government's request a survey team is sent from earth to search for prelexium, an element needed for the new powerful starship fuel. The team finishes the survey and returns to Earth. When the...