Koby's Treasure

Searching for gold is one thing. Finding your treasure is another. This is what happened to Koby at the end of the latest civil war. He realized once the UNF learned of his find, they would take it all and stop short of nothing to learn where he got it. He would be killed or imprisoned at best. With the tanks of his ship full of pure gold, where could he go to sell it? How could he hide such a transaction from the UNF? Was escaping UNF space an option? There were no known habitable planets outside the UNF control aside from a few hostile aliens. Then he meets a girl that could change all that...