There were twenty six people standing solemnly in the huge cargo bay. They had piped in air for the occasion and that had taken several hours to accomplish. The body lay before them, already nestled in the waste tube. The cargo bay rarely ever had air and because of that there were usually no odors. Things spilled from cargo containers lay undisturbed for months.
Petra looked around; amazed at how derelict the space seemed. This space was not heated; the ship had no provision for heating the cargo areas and only limited ability to add an atmosphere. The waste tubes in this bay were one of ten sets ship wide. Typically everything was recycled, but the occasional odd waste would be ejected out into space; or the rare burial would utilize the tube to complete. Mike had told her there had never been a burial on Star Dancer. Once a crew member had died and they had transported the body to IO and turned it over to the Fed crew there. That was as close as he had come to death on his ship in over twenty years.
- ISBN13 9780359515868
- Publish Date 16 March 2019
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 April 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook (OEB)
- Language English