Space pentathlon is a fashionable sport among astronomers. Shooting marathon, dancing in zero gravity, astra-sculpting, go-o-onochki and, of course, the statistical and strategic team game “Meander Taken”. Roland and the motley crew of the Mandarin never took part in the Pentathlon, and they weren’t particularly keen, if not for the main prize (a license for free astronomers for five years), one overly enthusiastic space technician on board (his initiative and a peaceful direction), and a case of collectible peat whiskey for six the day before.