Metafire

"OK. But what do they want?"

"Well, look here. They placed a request for us to set up contact. We'll have to use email. They have our Internet phone and video data cut off."

"OK, I'll do it." Erisa typed, "We have problems establishing a phone contact. This is Erisa at Metafire."

Jane frowned, "Erisa, don't introduce yourself!"

Erisa backspaced over the sentence and typed, "This is customer support at Metafire. Can you ask your question over email?"

Then she clicked the SEND button. Jane had turned away. They were moving the bombs into the supply capsule to get them as far away from the colonists as possible.

Erisa now noticed a message from 'today.com'. It was from Wendy Peebles, the reporter at USA Today. She clicked on the message to read it.

Erisa,

Thanks for the help. My boss said that it would be OK if we collected copies the way you suggested. The system seems to work fine. Let me know if I can help you.