| Probability | Text |
| 50% | The beginning is a very delicate time. |
| 50% | Know then that it is the year 10,191. |
| 50% | The known universe is ruled by the Patishaw Emperor Shaddam IV, my father. |
| 50% | In this time, the most precious substance in the universe is the Spice Melange. |
| 50% | The Spice extends life. |
| 50% | The Spice expands consciousness. |
| 94% | The Spice is vital to space travel. |
| 94% | The Spacing Guild and its navigators, whom the Spice has mutated over 4000 years, |
| 94% | use the orange spice gas, which gives them the ability to fold space. |
| 94% | That is, travel to any part of the universe without moving. |
| 94% | Oh yes, I forgot to tell you. |
| 94% | The Spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe. |
| 94% | A desolate, dry planet with vast deserts. |
| 93% | Hidden away within the rocks of these deserts are a people known as the Fremen, |
| 93% | who have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a Messiah, |
| 93% | who would lead them to true freedom. |
| 93% | The planet is Arrakis, also known as... |