7 GOODBYE TO TAU CETI
2253 A.D. DAY TEN AT TAU Ceti
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PRAXIS WAS PREPARING to exit the Tau Ceti system, and newly created cargo ships were carrying metals and volatiles in a steady stream from the Oort and asteroid belts to dock in the Worldship’s cargo bays.
Compact data packages were being uploaded from Cradle, covering new discoveries, proposed projects, census, inventories and other pertinent information. Two hundred and seventy-nine laboratories onboard Praxis were tapping the feeds and carrying on sidebar conservations with the colony with last minute advisements and solutions for newly discovered problems.
In about four days, I would be going down into a hibernation pod for a twenty-year sleep, and the ship would be Tom’s for that time. Tom would not be getting off scot-
