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can't wait to visit him there when my next leave comes due.
Love, Ellen
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TO: ELLEN PAHUTSKI
ICN HQ, POLLUX III
FROM: F. SCOTT NISHIDA
INTERSTELLAR TRAFFIC
GALACTIC DATE: 17.37561.1A.1675:7
SORRY TO INFORM THAT ALL LEAVE HAS BEEN INDEFINITELY POSTPONED DUE TO
INTERSTELLAR TERRORISM IN THE WAKE OF RECENT BY-ELECTIONS. THIS ANSWERS, BTW,
YR QUERY ABOUT MISSING STELLARCOM LINKS EXPECTED ON LAST SHIPMT TO POLLUX III:
SEIZED BY LEFT-WING MILITANTS PLANNING TO USE THEM TO DISRUPT GOVERNMENT
COMMUNICATIONS. NO DAMAGE DONE THOUGH, SINCE THE D*MNED THINGS NEVER WORKED IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
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ICN HQ
POLLUX III
GALACTIC DATE: 17.35450.2B.1843:7
Dear Roger,
I think it's mid-June on Earth (although even the computer doesn't seem
too sure), but I have no idea what the date around Jupiter is. Anyhow,
regardless of the date, I miss you. I've been so depressed since your last
letter telling me that funding has been cut to the point where you can't
afford a trip to Earth, much less Pollux III. If only my scheduled leave
hadn't been cancelled after the by-elections!
As for coming to Ganymede, I just don't see how I can. My sister
scheduled her wedding to coincide with my mother's birthday just so I could be
there for both occasions. I can't disappoint them.
My department's consolidation with Intercultural Training Operations
has begun, and the pressure is enormous. I can't add extra time onto my leave
to come to Ganymede.
Look, Roger, I make decent money. Why don't I simply pay for your
ticket to Earth? Please, at least consider the idea. Nishida, the company's
traffic director, says that an Earthbound spaceship leaves Ganymede every ten
solar days, and I can get good rates by going through him.
Please, darling, meet me on Earth.
Love, Ellen
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ICN (TEMPORARY) HQ
GANDAR VII
G.D.: 17.34349.1B.1847:6
Dear Mom and Dad,
Sorry I've been out of touch since returning to Pollux and relocating
to our temporary headquarters on Gandar. Work has kept me incredibly busy,
though the good news is that I'm in line for a promotion.
Miriam's husband is being transferred already? That was quick. Well,
tell her not to worry. The hospital facilities are excellent on Antares V and
delivering the baby should be a breeze there. Will you visit them there or
wait for her to bring the baby planetside next Xmas?
Yes, as you guessed, there was some tension between Roger and myself