When the T'swa had gotten out, Romlar ordered his men not to pursue. They should land him here beforedark. They weren't really concerned, but it made sense to take precautions. They're charged with rebellion, the sergeant answered, assault, destruction of property, and a few counts of murder.
The platoon leaders andplatoon sergeants watched on screens in the first-class dining room, andthe lower ranks in their messhalls (they ate in shifts) and troopcompartments. Why had technitebeen found here? Why couldn't it have been on an uninhabited world? Whyhad the Rombili decided to use slave labor? Gooks! Gooks weren't reallypeople; that had been the rationale. All right, he said,waving them up the gangplank, go aboard. Until you told the one about ColonelVoker beating some trainee, some kind of trainee champion, in a fight.
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