[From the standing-orders ledger of the Ridgeway-Tani courier ship Marigold. RTN form C-3, half-octavo, brass-cornered, kept in the captain's safe on the bridge. Entries by Captain D. Idowu, current master, run 88-W, winter 2189. Eight prior orders dating from vessel commissioning (RTY 217); orders below entered by the current master for this run. Pencil throughout, initialled D.I.; the closing order and the Director's stamp in black ink. Recovered day 44 winter by the corvette Halcyon Reach retrieval team; intake form HR/RT/189/04/c notes the ledger as operational document, no flags; returned to RTN Stores, Tethys Relay, under master's seal.]
S.O. 9 — Day 4, winter, run 88-W. Manifest verification on docking to be performed by the master. Deck steward to assist; not to sign. Supersedes S.O. 4. D.I.
S.O. 10 — Day 4. Side cabin (berth 9) under the master's lock. Key in the safe with this ledger. No bunk-slip for berth 9 without my signature. D.I.
S.O. 11 — Day 5. Meals for berth 9 at the galley bench, by the cook, at the cook's discretion. Galley manned in every watch of this run. D.I.
S.O. 12 — Day 6. Bridge tea, the master's allowance, drawn full at start of run. Not to be refilled. I will draw the standing pot down myself. D.I.
S.O. 13 — Day 7. On docking at Tethys Relay, the cook to remain in the galley until called by the master. No other officer to pass that order. Order to be entered into the daybook of the watch. D.I.
S.O. 14 — Day 8, Tethys Relay, dockside. [in black ink] Manifest closed. Nine passengers signed off at the airlock by the master. Galley sealed by the master at end of run; key surrendered to the deck of record. Supersedes S.O. 11. D.I.
[At the foot of the page, in a different hand, black ink, undated:]
Closed at master's request. Standing orders of run 88-W retained under RTN form 14-S (sealed orders) for the regulatory period. — I. Vasquez, Director, Tethys Relay.