After the discovery of the sandy world of Fluis, it was initially declared empty and unimportant by the UNCP. However, when the first expeditions were made to the surface and the soil was tested for minerals, fossils were quickly discovered that were not buried that deep. So it was quickly determined that Fluis had a large animal kingdom millions of years ago. After the discovery, the fuel industry bought large land masses of the planet from the UNCP and in just a few months, set up refineries to process these fossils. Archaeologists worldwide, however, were great enemies of these activities. Their universities in no way had that kind of money to buy land. Permission to excavate on land the powerful companies had already purchased was, of course, refused by the big oil giants.