Lee Willard "A Dry Seed" PDF

The expedition of Gordon's Lamp has reached 61 Cygni and Alan, the only child on the expedition, is doing remarkably well in his courses. With some off-the-record help from their Systems Administrator, he finds he can make his way into secured data areas. When he does he finds secrets about his parents and crew that shock him, almost as much as the secrets he finds out about himself.

This rather long short story also introduces the important members of the crew of Gordon's Lamp.