Though unmarked, Noorzad was pretty certain it had come fromoff world; that, or was an offworld technology perhaps manufactured on Terra Nova. One of these groups was composed of four hundred and eighty-seven honest-to-Allah horsecavalry, supplemented by a small group o the other boats in the tercio Santiona had, frankly, kicked the rest of the patrol boat maniple'sposteriors. Legio III's cadre had completed their refresher training the previous year and was in the process ofbuilding up to one hundred and five percent strength.
At seven floors with four apartments for each of the top six floors, it could have held twenty-fourfamilies. One second he was riding his horse, half asleep and letting the animal pick itsway along the jungle trail. He knew it because it went right through one of the crew standing above theopen-backed wheelhouse, waving his rifle around and shouting imprecations at the enemy. The securitywas just as tight, though, as on Atlantis base, if not so formal.
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