Others landed on the far side. Mauen interrupted, and Varlik touched the pause key again. Brigadier Shiller was sufficiently disheartened that he retired, beaten andembarrassed by a nineteen-year-old commander-in-training with less thana year's service. Tarimenloku knew from his informants that the blackmen were the cadets' training cadre, and renowned fighting men.
He had no illusions that they'd stay alert though. Messages will take ten days Standard each way, Varlik pointed out, plus whatever time it takes at the other end to get an order issued-if itgets issued. Her helmet was gone-she'd disliked wearing thechinstrap when she didn't have to. The movementof shanty-towners into the population of general commoners was slow,and in general they were chronically discontented.
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