Cold Equations Paper

11972 N, 48030 W of Mimir Bearing at Mach 15 traveling

SE Heading to Woden

EDS Ship

Mr. And Mrs. Lee Cross, Parents of Marilyn Lee Cross,

17902078, Earth, North Hemisphere, 160 N 90 E,

Bayou Street, LA., Third sub level, 1268477

Dear Mr. And Mrs. Cross:

I am sorry to inform you that there seems to be a problem with your daughter. She somehow stumbled upon one of our spacecrafts bound for Woden. She disregarded all signs regarding her safety. We were on course to Woden when I noticed that the weight indicator read a little high, I knew that we had a stowaway. I went to the cargo bay where I found your daughter. On an EDS ship the punishment for a stowaway is to be jettisoned. For some strange reason I didn't just jettison her immediately like law says to do. I stalled , tried to get to know your daughter as best that I could. I soon realized that Marilyn was innocent. I tried to stall the inevitable as long a possible. But my commander said that I had to do it. An EDS ship carries just enough fuel to get it to its location. If your daughter wasn't jettisoned then the whole ship would have perished along with the six men waiting on the antidote that I was delivering. I as so , so , sorry about your loss. I hope that you understand. The following information will help you in the retrieval of your daughters body.

To recover your daughters body for burial purposes please contact the JBRS, ( Jettisoned Body Recovery Ship),give them the name and identification number of your daughter. I have sent them the trajectory of your daughters body. They will be in contact with you soon.

Sincerely yours,

Commander Barton