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I
do
n't
say
they
did
exactly
that
,
but
those
were
the
results
.
But
do
n't
make
the
mistake
of
thinking
that
they
acted
purely
from
instinct
,
like
termites
or
ants
;
their
actions
were
as
intelligent
as
ours
(
stupid
races
do
n't
build
spaceships
!
)
and
were
much
better
co
ordinated
.
It
takes
a
minimum
of
a
year
to
train
a
private
to
fight
and
to
mesh
his
fighting
in
with
his
mates
;
a
Bug
warrior
is
hatched
able
to
do
this
.
Every
time
we
killed
a
thousand
Bugs
at
a
cost
of
one
M.
I.
it
was
a
net
victory
for
the
Bugs
.
We
were
learning
,
expensively
,
just
how
efficient
a
total
communism
can
be
when
used
by
a
people
actually
adapted
to
it
by
evolution
;
the
Bug
commissars
did
n't
care
any
more
about
expending
soldiers
than
we
cared
about
expending
ammo
.
Perhaps
we
could
have
figured
this
out
about
the
Bugs
by
noting
the
grief
the
Chinese
Hegemony
gave
the
Russo-Anglo-American
Alliance
;
however
the
trouble
with
"
lessons
from
history
"
is
that
we
usually
read
them
best
after
falling
flat
on
our
chins
.
But
we
were
learning
.
Technical
instructions
and
tactical
doctrine
orders
resulted
from
every
brush
with
them
,
spread
through
the
Fleet
.
We
learned
to
tell
the
workers
from
the
warriors
--
if
you
had
time
,
you
could
tell
from
the
shape
of
the
carapace
,
but
the
quick
rule
of
thumb
was
:
If
he
comes
at
you
,
he
's
a
warrior
;
if
he
runs
,
you
can
turn
your
back
on
him
.
We
learned
not
to
waste
ammo
even
on
warriors
except
in
self-protection
;
instead
we
went
after
their
lairs
.
Find
a
hole
,
drop
down
it
first
a
gas
bomb
which
explodes
gently
a
few
seconds
later
,
releasing
an
oily
liquid
which
evaporates
as
a
nerve
gas
tailored
to
Bugs
(
it
is
harmless
to
us
)
and
which
is
heavier
than
air
and
keeps
on
going
down
--
then
you
use
a
second
grenade
of
H.
E.
to
seal
the
hole
.
We
still
did
n't
know
whether
we
were
getting
deep
enough
to
kill
the
queens
--
but
we
did
know
that
the
Bugs
did
n't
like
these
tactics
;
our
intelligence
through
the
Skinnies
and
on
back
into
the
Bugs
themselves
was
definite
on
this
point
.
Besides
,
we
cleaned
their
colony
off
Sheol
completely
this
way
.
Maybe
they
managed
to
evacuate
the
queens
and
the
brains
...
but
at
least
we
were
learning
to
hurt
them
.
But
so
far
as
the
Roughnecks
were
concerned
,
these
gas
bombings
were
simply
another
drill
,
to
be
done
according
to
orders
,
by
the
numbers
,
and
on
the
bounce
.
Eventually
we
had
to
go
back
to
Sanctuary
for
more
capsules
.
Capsules
are
expendable
(
well
,
so
were
we
)
and
when
they
are
gone
,
you
must
return
to
base
,
even
if
the
Cherenkov
generators
could
still
take
you
twice
around
the
Galaxy
.
Shortly
before
this
a
dispatch
came
through
breveting
Jelly
to
lieutenant
,
vice
Rasczak
.
Jelly
tried
to
keep
it
quiet
but
Captain
Deladrier
published
it
and
then
required
him
to
eat
forward
with
the
other
officers
.
He
still
spent
all
the
rest
of
his
time
aft
.
But
we
had
taken
several
drops
by
then
with
him
as
platoon
leader
and
the
outfit
had
gotten
used
to
getting
along
without
the
Lieutenant
--
it
still
hurt
but
it
was
routine
now
.
After
Jelal
was
commissioned
the
word
was
slowly
passed
around
among
us
and
chewed
over
that
it
was
time
for
us
to
name
ourselves
for
our
boss
,
as
with
other
outfits
.
Johnson
was
senior
and
took
the
word
to
Jelly
;
he
picked
me
to
go
along
with
him
as
moral
support
.
"
Yeah
?
"
growled
Jelly
.
