 What was Skaw's importance?
They're called Jorgensen's Worlds, and in themselves are of no importance whatever. Magnan leaned back, waiting for Retief's reaction. "I have here," he said solemnly, "information which will change that picture completely." Overall policy calls for a defense of these backwater worlds. He gripped a handle of the brass-bound trunk in each hand, bent his knees and heaved the trunk up to chest level, then raised it overhead. One of the two wiped his nose on a sleeve, spat on his right palm, and stepped forward, then hesitated. At a table across the room, the Captain, now wearing a dress uniform and with his thin red hair neatly parted, sat with a table of male passengers.
 He was the connection between Mr. Tony, the captain, and the Soetti's business.
 He was the connection between Mr. Tony, the captain, and the Soetti's business.  Unlike other Soetti, he was brittle and easily killed.  He didn't have much importance. When the Soetti was presented with his body, they didn't care.  He was the one to check the validity of each passenger's papers.