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"Well, for the present," Maith said, "I think I'm holding them off. The Civil Government doesn't want the responsibility of keeping them in custody, I refused to assume responsibility for them if they were kept anywhere else, and Kovac simply won't consider releasing them, so that leaves things as they are. I did have to make one compromise, though." That didn't sound good.
Gilbert; I screen-viewed the whole installation. I've seen regular maximum-security prisons that would be easier to get out of." "Governor general Kovac is not objecting personally. He has been pressured into it by this Native Welfare government-within-the-Government. They don't know what I'm doing with those shoonoon, but whatever it is, they're afraid of it."
After a while, he returned, almost crackling with suppressed excitement. "Well, it's finally happened! Maith's forced Kovac to declare martial rule!" he said in an exultant undertone. "Forced him?" Edith was puzzled. "The Army can't force the Civil Government " "He threatened to do it himself. Intervene and suspend civil rule." "But I thought only the Navy could do that."
"Any planetary commander of Armed Forces can, in a state of extreme emergency. I think you'll both agree that this emergency is about as extreme as they come. Kovac knew that Maith was unwilling to do it he'd have to stand court-martial to justify his action but he also knew that a governor general who has his Colony taken away from him by the Armed Forces never gets it back; he's finished.
"Governor general Kovac insisted on it; General Maith thought that a few minor concessions would help him on his main objective, which was keeping a swarming from starting out here." "Yes. The Commissioner of Native Welfare wanted that done, mainly at the urging of the Director of Economic, Educational and Technical Assistance. The EETA crowd don't like shoonoon.
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