You have to see the funny side of things in the army. I think they have a real sense of humor in Defense Procurement, too. “So,” I ask. “How long ago did you put in a request for black stealth armor?” “Seven standard months,” says Darman, staring out the gunship’s crew bay onto an unbroken plain of snow. White snow. The freezing wind is whipping flurries of it into the open bay. “When we got back from Qiilura.” “And now they issue it to us? To do a raid on Fest? The whole planet’s covered in snow from pole to pole.” I can hear the gunship pilot laughing over the comlink circuit. He can’t
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