We need a GERN thread

[MountainMan]

Since flux is so common as to be everywhere and in everything, how is it possible that it is considered a high value cargo?

Have you ever tried to extract it from anything, then reduce it into a pure form? Once you've tried, you'll know the answer to your question.

According to the experts on this forum, flux is present in copious quantities most everywhere, and not difficult to extract or process at all, given that it is widely used in both high-end and low-end, mass-market products such as back pain pills, food additives and so forth. When did that change?