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Expendable
James Alan Gardner

To my parents (except the naughty words)



Thanks to the writing group who helped correct my first mistakes: Linda Carson, John McMullen, and
Dave Till. Thanks to Rob Sawyer who helped correct my next mistakes, and to Jennifer Brehl who
picked up the ones after that. If there are any slipups left, it's obviously my fault for hiding them too well.

Finally, a big hello and thank you to my fellow writers in PASS '77. Somewhere in our script meetings,
the phrase "Expendable Crew Member" was spoken for the first time. It rattled around in my head for
almost twenty years, and look what finally came out.




Part I

NIGHT

Flashback


"My name is Festina Ramos, and I take great pride in my personal appearance."

(Again.)

"My name is Festina Ramos, and I take great pride in my personal appearance."

(Again.)

"My name is Festina Ramos, and I take great pride in my personal appearance."

(Again....)
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My Appearance


My name is Festina Ramos and once upon a time, no one in the Technocracy took greater pride in her