Deathworld #1

Kerk uses noted gambler Jason Dinalt to turn 27 million credits into three billion for weapons. Jason uses his psi power to win at the gambling tables and the two men escape Cassylia before the authorities can stop them. Jason insists on accompanying Kerk to his home planet despite warnings that all the creatures on that world are deadly. The pilot, Meta, takes an interest in Jason during the journey, but once they've arrived she wants nothing to do with him.