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For the next leg of my journey, I have a bit of a dilemma.

As it turns out, the key ingredient in a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster is actually far less common in our galaxy than the bartenders' association wishes the general public to believe. That old Janx spirit, memorialized here...
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... has been slowly running out over the last decade, due to the fact that the last shipment came a long, long time ago, from a galaxy far, far away. Specifically, the Saculegroeg galaxy, home of interstellar menace and tyrant Sheev Palpatine (who later hid on earth, reinventing himself as Cardinal Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger).

This is, apparently, a problem for many, many life-forms in the Milky Way Galaxy, for whom life without that old Janx Spirit is not worth living. Strangely, the only ship in the entire galaxy fast enough to reach the Saculegroeg Galaxy is the Starship Bistromath:
It is currently under command of my old acquaintance and former nemesis, bounty hunter Rick O'Shea, seen here hanging his head in despair at the inability to arrest me for piracy:

I was approached by Captain O'Shea this morning, and after a tense but diplomatic exchange of phaser fire through my closed hotel room door, he informed me that he needs a capable pilot in order to navigate the Anti-Newton fields commonly found in the space between galaxies.

However, I was also informed by my cellular device that the legendary plutonium rock band Disaster Area are playing one final concert, in honor of the late frontman Hotblack Desiato.

For those who do not know, Disaster Area consists of a group of humanoids from the Gagrakacka Mind Zones, and are generally regarded as not only the loudest rock band in the Galaxy, but also as being the loudest noise of any kind at all. They were once booked to perform a concert in orbit around a planet that was scheduled to be demolished. Many worlds have now banned their act altogether, sometimes for artistic reasons, but most commonly because the band's public address system contravenes local strategic arms limitations treaties.

The band are performing their final concert around the star your astronomers know as HE 2359-2844, a star known for its extraordinarily high concentrations of lead and other heavy metals. At the end of the performance, Hotblack is to be loaded into the band's famous Sundive Ship, and trillions will watch as he is sent to his final resting place within the fiery confines of the heavy metal star, to be named Desiato in his honor.

If I attend the concert, I will be unable to meet Captain O'Shea's deadline for launch. However, if I go with Captain O'Shea, I will literally miss out on the concert of a lifetime. What should I do?

 
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