It is 1986, and man - in the form of the Universal Transmitting Company - has discovered the matter-transmitter.
You are Jan Darzek, a detective with some money invested in Universal Trans. A few days ago a mysterious phone-call urged you to sell all your stock to an anonymous buyer. Two days later the problems with the matter transmitters were solved and Universal Trans was open for business.
A few days after this, you receive a telephone call from Thomas J Watkins III, the manager of Universal Trans. He refuses to tell you what it is about, but asks you to get to the Universal Trans offices as soon as you can.
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Based on the book All the Colours of Darkness by Lloyd Biggle Jr.