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The naval officer and Abdulahi sat under the tarp and sipped tea for some time beforethe pirate chief spoke. The word hectontar was new to him, but he assumed itwas local dialect and thought no more of it. One company at the pass in one hour will be better than three battalions in threehours. It would help, Martin, if you went down and coached Mustafa.

You stay withthem to control the air. Still, though they, themselves, had no particular problem with the nuking of Hajar,perhaps it was bothering him. It never occurred toSantiona to drop the rod; oh, no. It was not precisely afavored tactic in the Legion but this was a special case, a situation where time was more valuable thanlives because it meant lives.