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But Clio, unused to the heavy and cumbersome space-armor she was wearing, could not roll in it with any degree of success. When Costigan barked his order she tried, but stopped, floundering, almost directly below the invisible network of communicator beams. As she struggled one mailed arm went up, and Costigan saw in his ultra-goggles the faint flash as the beam encountered the interfering field.

Soon he was back, and after Costigan had tested the ether-wall of the "bridal suite" to make sure that no warning signal from his desk or his servants could reach Roger within it, the two officers hurried away toward the room in which their discarded space-armor had been stored. "Too bad they don't wear uniforms," panted Bradley, short of breath from the many flights of stairs.

"Mantelish!" gasped the Commissioner. "You can't be serious!" "I am." "Well," said Commissioner Tate, "sit down. I'm open to suggestions." Space-armor drill hadn't been featured much in the Colonial School's crowded curriculum.

Through the aperture thus made Costigan could plainly see the pirate in the space-armor of the chief engineer an armor which was proof against rifle fire and which could reflect and neutralize for some little time even the terrific beam Costigan was employing.

But she wasn't as spindly as he used to think. And her dark hair, even features and slim hands were nicer than he recalled. "I hear you fellas got your space-armor sample, Frank." "Yep we did. We're ordering more." Her expression became speculative. Her brown eyes lighted. "I've been wondering if I should look Outward, too. Whether it makes sense for a girl." "Could be I've heard."

I am now eighty-one years old... How much does your 'Bunch' need at minimum, mind you for the opportunity to ride in space-armor till the rank smell of their bodies almost chokes them, for developing weird allergies or going murdering mad, but, in the main, doing their best, anyway, pathfinding and building, if they've got the guts? Come on, Nelsen you must know."

And even though in lieu of their own highly efficient space-armor they had fought in weak, crude, and hastily improvised space-suits, which were pitifully inferior to the ray resistant, heavy steel armor of the I-P forces, nevertheless the enormous strength and utter savagery of the hexans had taken toll; and when the advance was resumed, it was with extra lookouts scanning the entire neighborhood of the line of march.