ARCHIVE 002 · A2-028 · NOVEL COMPANION
AN ARMY WITH A SUPPLY CHAIN
That a machine arriving with a useful cargo can still be an army.
The air service can protect food routes because it also consumes fuel, landing access, payment, maintenance and political consent. The forty-eight-hour arrangement separates civil mission authority, command in flight and ground safety without declaring one government of the sky.
Revised chapter evidence: paragraph 64, paragraph 105, paragraph 137, paragraph 269
Original Archive 002 fiction. Companion to the revised novel; printed cards are playtest prototypes.