From publisher blurb:
While in Starport the travelers are approached by a disheveled looking older gentleman carrying a thick briefcase full of papers and heavy books. He appears to be a college professor of some kind and is in need of help. His name is Brom Abe.
It seems that Brom is a professor at the Sonoran University. He teaches alien civilizations to the students there and wrote his thesis on the migration of the Kraacien. The Kraacien is a mythological alien species that is believed to have explored and inhabited many of the sectors in this part of the galaxy long before humans even existed. In fact...they may have existed long before any of the known races in this part of the galaxy. At least this is Brom’s belief. His peers think otherwise.
Recently farmers on Nanilav have recently made a discovery. A strange, humanoid alien, has been dug up out of the ground. It appears to be in some kind of petrified wood. Brom believes that this is the proof that he needs to silence his critics. He believes that this is a petrified specimen of the Kraacien. All he needs is for someone with a ship to go pick it up and bring it back to the Sonoran university so that he can prove his theories are true.
He offers CR 200,000 for the travelers to visit Nanilav and pick up the petrified specimen. It is a simple delivery job. What could be easier?