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communications points around the landing field. Though Stark had never been inside a tank,
heтАЩd viewed the outside world many times from the inside of an Armored Personnel Carrier,
and the smooth scrolling past of the barren landscape was just like that from an outside viewer
on an APC. тАЬMy orders say to deploy my tanks around this field,тАЭ Lamont continued.

тАЬIтАЩve never seen such orders!тАЭ

тАЬWell, then, you oughta check with the landing field controller.тАЭ

тАЬThis is the landing field controller!тАЭ

тАЬThen you must have a copy of our orders.тАЭ

тАЬThere are no such orders on file. Who issued them?тАЭ

тАЬThey came from your boss.тАЭ

тАЬMyтАФ?тАЭ The controller hesitated as LamontтАЩs tanks and the infantry moved closer to the
edges of the landing field. тАЬWhatтАЩs the Landing Authority Authorization Order Code?тАЭ

тАЬThe Landing Authority Authorization Order Code?тАЭ

тАЬYes. The LAAOC.тАЭ

тАЬUh, lemme see. Where is that?тАЭ

тАЬIn the order header! If you military people donтАЩt stop moving immediately IтАЩllтАж IтАЩll tell our
security forces to stop you!тАЭ

тАЬHey, hey, calm down.тАЭ

Stark looked over at Reynolds, who was smiling in admiration despite the tension in her
eyes. тАЬLamont can stall like nobodyтАЩs business,тАЭ Stark noted. тАЬBut heтАЩs pushing it, Vic. We
need to shoot first or that infantry might get chewed up by the landing field defenses.тАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩre right, especially with our troops marching in close order so nobodyтАЩll think theyтАЩre
attacking until itтАЩs too late. Do we tell Lamont to open fire?тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt want to do that, Vic. The guy on the scene should have the discretion to decide.
ThatтАЩs what we always said should happen, right?тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs hard to argue with that. We all got micromanaged too many times by people sitting a
hundred klicks from the front. ItтАЩs awfully tempting to try to run everything from here.тАЭ She
waved one hand around the headquarters command center, filled with displays and
communications terminals from which officers had once tried to do just that. тАЬThis gear makes
it real easy to think youтАЩre right there on the scene.тАЭ

тАЬYeah. Only youтАЩre not, so you donтАЩt really know whatтАЩs going down like the people who
are there. We donтАЩt want to give dumb orders which kill people and lose battles. Which is what
the officers we replaced used to do. But LamontтАЩs too cocky. HeтАЩs having too much fun playing