Chapter Twenty-Eight
Then it was on to the hard part: obtaining permission to leave the station. Without the necessary payment or resolution about outstanding fees, that was going to be hard. But Tina had proof of what she’d already paid, and hoped that her Federacy ID might do the job if she spoke convincingly about a secret project.
It was still reasonably busy in the Port Authority office, but obtaining a ticket for private craft departures allowed her to bypass most of the queues.
The woman at the counter asked her some basic questions about her destination—Tina mentioned she was going to a nearby station in the system—and crew. Tina said it would be just her and one crew member.
Then she asked about any cargo and wanted to see a thing called a shipping docket and Tina said she did
