Then he picked up one of his drills and stepped on a pedal. As the others had jumped, Robles' squad had slid their posteriorsdown the folding troop seats lining both sides of the plane to getnearer the single, left side door. Whereas the 1^st Cohort had never had a strength above four hundredand sixty, the replacement was closer to a real battalion's strengthof nearly seven hundred. Ilyanovich looked despondent, almostcrushed.
They were killed. Thus, as part of the deal two ordnance men fromthe FSAF had had to accompany the load to teach the Balboans how to doit. Final orders were not expected for some time. The Chancellor was no friend of the Federated States, less still asupporter of the war in Sumer.
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