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It
's
scarce
.
We
use
all
of
it
,
waste
none
.
The
M.
I.
is
the
smallest
army
in
history
for
the
size
of
the
population
it
guards
.
You
ca
n't
buy
an
M.
I.
,
you
ca
n't
conscript
him
,
you
ca
n't
coerce
him
--
you
ca
n't
even
keep
him
if
he
wants
to
leave
.
He
can
quit
thirty
seconds
before
a
drop
,
lose
his
nerve
and
not
get
into
his
capsule
,
and
all
that
happens
is
that
he
is
paid
off
and
can
never
vote
.
At
O.
C.
S.
we
studied
armies
in
history
that
were
driven
like
galley
slaves
.
But
the
M.
I.
is
a
free
man
;
all
that
drives
him
comes
from
inside
--
that
self-respect
and
need
for
the
respect
of
his
mates
and
his
pride
in
being
one
of
them
called
morale
,
or
esprit
de
corps
.
The
root
of
our
morale
is
:
"
Everybody
works
,
everybody
fights
.
"
An
M.
I.
does
n't
pull
strings
to
get
a
soft
,
safe
job
;
there
are
n't
any
.
Oh
,
a
trooper
will
get
away
with
what
he
can
;
any
private
with
enough
savvy
to
mark
time
to
music
can
think
up
reasons
why
he
should
not
clean
compartments
or
break
out
stores
;
this
is
a
soldier
's
ancient
right
.
But
all
"
soft
,
safe
"
jobs
are
filled
by
civilians
;
that
goldbricking
private
climbs
into
his
capsule
certain
that
everybody
,
from
general
to
private
,
is
doing
it
with
him
.
Light-years
away
and
on
a
different
day
,
or
maybe
an
hour
or
so
later
--
-
no
matter
.
What
does
matter
is
that
everybody
drops
.
This
is
why
he
enters
the
capsule
,
even
though
he
may
not
be
conscious
of
it
.
If
we
ever
deviate
from
this
,
the
M.
I.
will
go
to
pieces
.
All
that
holds
us
together
is
an
idea-one
that
binds
more
strongly
than
steel
but
its
magic
power
depends
on
keeping
it
intact
.
It
is
this
"
everybody
fights
"
rule
that
lets
the
M.
I.
get
by
with
so
few
officers
.
I
know
more
about
this
than
I
want
to
,
because
I
asked
a
foolish
question
in
Military
History
and
got
stuck
with
an
assignment
which
forced
me
to
dig
up
stuff
ranging
from
De
Bello
Gallico
to
Tsing
's
classic
Collapse
of
The
Golden
Hegemony
.
Consider
an
ideal
M.
I.
division
--
on
paper
,
because
you
wo
n't
find
one
elsewhere
.
How
many
officers
does
it
require
?
Never
mind
units
attached
from
other
corps
;
they
may
not
be
present
during
a
ruckus
and
they
are
not
like
M.
I.
--
the
special
talents
attached
to
Logistics
&
Communications
are
all
ranked
as
officers
.
If
it
will
make
a
memory
man
,
a
telepath
,
a
senser
,
or
a
lucky
man
happy
to
have
me
salute
him
,
I
'm
glad
to
oblige
;
he
is
more
valuable
than
I
am
and
I
could
not
replace
him
if
I
lived
to
be
two
hundred
.
Or
take
the
K-9
Corps
,
which
is
50
per
cent
"
officers
"
but
whose
other
50
per
cent
are
neodogs
.
