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too?
тАЬYes,тАЭ Arduin amplified. тАЬThe last of the supply caches is in place.
And IтАЩve managed to arrange for the transfer of the remainder of the
units whose commanders I can be sure of. ThereтАЩll be a resistance
fleet operating in the asteroids when you return.тАЭ A fresh wave of
anguish crossed his blunt features; he was discovering what it was
to serve two masters, and it was anathema to him. When he spoke, it
was to blurt out the final appeal that Varien had known he must
make. тАЬVarien, you donтАЩt need to do this! Turn the new drive over
to the government! Maybe we can still put it to use, stop the
Korvaasha beforeтАжтАЭ
тАЬWeтАЩve been over this ground already, Arduin,тАЭ Varien interrupted,
his voice unwontedly gentle. тАЬMany times, in fact. I put it to you:
has the situation changed since our final decision was reached? Do
you have any new information that invalidates the logic of that
decision?тАЭ
тАЬNo,тАЭ Arduin admitted.
тАЬThen,тАЭ Varien went on remorselessly, тАЬour conclusions still stand.
The Korvaash fleets are advancing at a rate limited only by their
own cautionтАФI imagine they still havenтАЩt fully grasped how feeble
their opposition is.тАЭ He raised a forestalling hand. тАЬForgive me, old
friend, but the time for good manners is past. No one doubts the
courage of your young men and women. They will go on till the
end, trying to shelter Raehan behind a wall of their own corpses.
But they are, quite simply, amateursтАФproducts of a society for

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which war has been nothing more than the fading memory of an old
nightmare. And they are fighting an enemy who sees himself as
being permanently at war and organizes his society accordingly, and
who commands resources that dwarf ours.тАЭ
тАЬBut,тАЭ Arduin argued stubbornly, тАЬour technology is more
sophisticated than theirs! Given your new driveтАжтАЭ
тАЬтАж We could do far more damage to them than we otherwise
would,тАЭ Varien finished for him. тАЬMaybe even provoke them into
making exceptions to their usual guidelines for dealing with newly
conquered planetsтАФexceptions we wouldnтАЩt like. But we could not
stop them. No technological advantage can win a war without a
viable military force to take advantage of it. To give the drive to our
government now would merely make it part of the spoils the
Korvaasha will take when they occupy Raehan.тАЭ He paused for
breath, and then gazed somberly at the other two.
тАЬI havenтАЩt used this argument until now, partly becauseтАЭтАФa wintery
smileтАФтАЬit is so out of character that you both would have suspected
I was up to something. But I ask you to consider this. We now know
we are not the only intelligent race in the cosmos. So we are acting
not only for ourselves, but for all that lives and thinks! To give the