Moira turned on her computer, and entered her email account.
"How exactly does this work?"asked Uncle Jody.
"I'm not too sure, Uncle Jody. It's very simple to use, though. You just compose a message, type it, and send it. Then the other person, just receives it. Then they read it."
"How do you do that?"
"Well, you have to read first, Uncle Jody."giggled Moira.
No one on Isis could read, except for Moira, of course.
"So, we'll have to continue reading lessons first, before you start on this."
She typed the message to find out how they could get oil on Isis.
"Here, I have on from Fernanda. I can't wait to tell her I live on Isis. She'll love it, I'm sure."
On Suha, both Veronica and DaCoP 1228 got busy, getting as much information about the unknown stars as they could from the ship.
"Type O, 28 planets. Double star, 14 planets."said DaCoP 1228.
"That sounds good. I suppose for the Type O, the gaseous planets are most advisable?"she said.
"I'm thinking yes."answered DaCoP 1228.
"Helps keep the UV rays away."she commented.
"Of course."
She checked her email, and saw that there was a message from Moira. She opened it.
Hi. Guess what? I'm living on Isis now. It's a simple, agricultural community. It's really nice. I was wondering, see, we need something like oil to put on some doors in a cave where we shelter during solar flares, and I don't know where we could get it from. Could you help?
Moira
"Just look, D. What do you suppose would be good on Isis to use in substitution to oil?"
"We'd have to know the raw materials."DaCoP 1228 answered.
"Yeah. Hmm, wouldn't be a bad idea if we went and spend a bit of time on Isis, would it. It's not crowded from the look of it. Just let me finish right here."
She entered the information about the new stars and their number of planets.
"We'll probably have to go down and have a look at the atmosphere and such. See exactly what kind of environment it is."she said, writing a message to Moira.
Hi, Moira. Sounds nice. I don't think I'll be able to help much, not knowing enough about the raw materials available on Isis. We just discovered a few new stars right here, with quite a few planets. I'll try to do a little bit of research on Isis, okay, and see if I can't find anything helpful. If I don't, then I'll simply go and check it out myself. Sound good?
Veronica
She clicked the send button.
"Well, I also have to do a little bit of research on Isis as well,"said Veronica.
She wrote herself a little note, and put it where she was likely to find it, and not forget about it.
"Now, back to work."