[dogscoff]

I've decided to trial another Tigg-scoff innovation at the cantina. It's a mini-resource converter vending machine. It's for people who don't have enough minerals to cover their tab, or who want to get local currency having just flown in from off-planet.

Simply insert a small amount of organics or radioactives into the machine and it will spit out an equivalent amount of minerals (minus a reasonable conVersion fee, of course.)

*Dogscoff trials the machine by dismembering a Gates clone and feeding the gory body parts in. The "Organics" light blinks on, and 3.4 units of minerals pop out. It works! The auto-cloner begins the re-spawning process and Dogscoff tries some other materials:
A pint of guiness produces 0.8 minerals, and a steaming pile of T-Rex poo returns a hefty 4.7 minerals. Strangely, a plate of the ultra spicy deep-fried tribble wings light up both the organic *and* radioactives indicators, and returns a staggering 5.3 minerals.

Dogscoff instructs Taz to put the price of the tribble wings up, to avoid an obvious exploit...