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all through them. That’s what we’re going out there for. That’s why the whole colonial push.”
    Davies looked at his wife. A crease deepened between his eyes.
    “Jim isn’t only special op,” Beaumont said, “he’s out of the Praesidium. And it doesn’t hurt to know that…in closed company. I have—for the past half dozen years. That’s why Jim always got transferred to the hot spots. Isn’t it, Jim?”
    Conn shrugged, vexed—then thinking it was the truth, that there was no more cover, no more of anything that mattered. “Jim’s getting to be an old man, that’s all. It looked like a good assignment. My reasons are like yours. Just winding down. Finding something to do. Praesidium asked. This is a retirement job. I’ve got a good staff. That’s all I ask.”
    So they were on their way, he thought when he had packed Beaumont and Davies off, Beaumont to a tour below and Davies to his unpacking and settling in. They were sealed in, irrevocably. Venture would use an outbound vector decidedly antiterrene, as if she and her companion ships had a destination on the far side of Union space instead of the outlying border region which was their real object; she had a false course filed at Cyteen Station for the obstinately curious.
    So the auxiliary personnel, military and otherwise, found their way aboard among azi workers; and military officers chanced aboard as if they were simply hopping transport, common enough practice.
    It was all very smooth. No mission officer took official charge of anything public; it was all Venture personnel down there on the docks seeing the azi aboard, and seeing to the lading of boxes labeled for the Endeavor mines.
    The clock pulsed away, closer and closer to undock.

II
THE VOYAGE
OUT
 
    Military Personnel:
    Col. James A. Conn, governor general
    Capt. Ada P. Beaumont, It. governor
    Maj. Peter T. Gallin, personnel
    M/Sgt. Ilya V. Burdette, Corps of Engineers
    Cpl. Antonia M. Cole
    Spec. Martin H. Andresson
    Spec. Emilie Kontrin
    Spec. Danton X. Morris
    M/Sgt. Danielle L. Emberton, tactical op.
    Spec. Lewiston W. Rogers
    Spec. Hamil N. Masu
    Spec. Grigori R. Tamilin
    M/Sgt. Pavlos D. M. Bilas, maintenance
    Spec. Dorothy T. Kyle
    Spec. Egan I. Innis
    Spec. Lucas M. White
    Spec. Eron 678-4578 Miles
    Spec. Upton R. Patrick
    Spec. Gene T. Troyes
    Spec. Tyler W. Hammett
    Spec. Kelley N. Matsuo
    Spec. Belle M. Rider
    Spec. Vela K. James
    Spec. Matthew R. Mayes
    Spec. Adrian C. Potts
    Spec. Vasily C. Orlov
    Spec. Rinata W. Quarry
    Spec. Kito A. M. Kabir
    Spec. Sita Chandrus
    M/Sgt. Dinah L. Sigury, communications
    Spec. Yung Kim
    Spec. Lee P. de Witt
    M/Sgt. Thomas W. Oliver, quartermaster
    Cpl. Nina N. Ferry
    Pfc. Hayes Brandon
    Lt. Romy T. Jones, special forces
    Sgt. Jan Vandermeer
    Spec. Kathryn S. Flanahan
    Spec. Charles M. Ogden
    M/Sgt. Zell T. Parham, security
    Cpl. Quintan R. Witten
    Capt. Jessica N. Sedgewick, confessor-advocate
    Capt. Bethan M. Dean, surgeon
    Capt. Robert T. Hamil, surgeon
    Lt. Regan T. Chiles, computer services
    Civilian Personnel: to be assigned:
    Secretarial personnel: 12
    Medical/surgical: 1
    Medical/paramedic: 7
    Mechanical maintenance: 20
    Distribution and warehousing: 20
    Robert H. Davies
    Security: 12
    Computer service: 4
    Computer maintenance: 2
    Librarian: 1
    Agricultural specialists: 10
    Harold B. Hill
    Geologists: 5
    Meteorologist: 1
    Biologists: 6
    Marco X. Gutierrez
    Education: 5
    Cartographer: 1
    Management supervisors: 4
    Biocycle engineers: 4
    Construction personnel: 150
    Food preparation specialists: 6
    Industrial specialists: 15
    Mining engineers: 2
    Energy systems supervisors: 8
    TOTAL MILITARY 45
    TOTAL CIVILIAN SUPERVISORY 296
    TOTAL CITIZEN STAFF 341; TOTAL NONASSIGNED DEPENDENTS: 111; TOTAL ALL CITIZENS: 452
    ADDITIONAL NONCITIZEN PERSONNEL:
    “A” class: 2890
      Jin 458-9998
      Pia 89-687
    “B” class: 12389
    “M” class: 4566
    “P” class: 20788
    “V” class: 1278
    TOTAL ALL NONCITIZENS: 41911
    TOTAL ALL MISSION: