The smugglers could be said to be well-traveled, having set foot on many planets, but they had never seen a Flaming Firebird before. After all, the Flaming Firebird is a product of radiation; finding its kind is indeed not easy.
So, after completing their trade and earning a sum of money, wouldn't it be an even more delightful thing to catch a rare bird and sell it to a suitable buyer for another sum of money?
Driven by greed, the smugglers began to hunt the Little Flaming Firebird.
To sell it for a good price, they decided not to harm the small bird, even though they didn't have the proper tools to catch it. They decided to chase the bird with a spaceship, reasoning that it would eventually have to land when it got tired of flying, and then it would be easy to catch.
The Little Flaming Firebird is an intelligent creature. When it saw something strange flying towards it, instinctively, it started to escape.
