-> It's... well, it's a head. In a jar. And it once belonged to a privateer commander.
(The head, not the jar. The jar was yours. Or, well, it was given to you, so it was kind of yours. Anyway, you put the head in it.)

-> This is the corpse of a man wearing a red shirt. It looks like he was a pretty tough guy just a few hours ago.

-> Dagan lies imprisoned within his pod. Distorted through the glass, you can see impressive, chiseled features contorted in impotent rage. He knows he is at your mercy, and has every reason to fear the "mercy" of a capsule pilot.

-> This is a lot of money.

-> Dr. Elban is an extremely competent ship's doctor who has recently been having a run of rather bad luck.