När Ender först möter Pol Slattery, befinner han sig i Leopard Army.
The enemy was Leopard Army. It would be easy. Leopard was new, and it was always in the bottom quarter in the standings. It had been organized only six months ago, with Pol Slattery as its commander. Ender put on his new battle suit and got into line; Bonzo pulled him roughly out of line and made him march at the end. You didn't need to do that, Ender said silently. You could have let me stay in line.
När Ender ser honom tre år senare, är han dock befallad av Badger Army.
They won, of course, but it was a grueling affair, with the battleroom so filled with a labyrinth of stars that hunting down the enemy during mop-up took forty-five minutes. It was Pol Slattery's Badger Army, and they refused to give up.
Varför bytte han arméer? Går det någonsin till befälhavare?
På grund av följande hade han antagligen varit 11 när han gjorde en befälhavare,
"Content. He's doing well. His mind is keen, his play is excellent. Young as he is. we've never had a boy better prepared for command. Usually they go at eleven. but at nine and a half he's top flight."
Carn Carby came to Ender as soon as he was unfrozen. He was a twelve-year-old, who had apparently made commander only in his last year at the school. So he wasn't cocky, like the ones who made it at eleven.
Ender watched from the corridor. Pol Slattery was young, but he was sharp, he had some new ideas.
vilket skulle göra honom något som fjorton eller femton tre och ett halvt år senare. Vad gör han fortfarande i Battle School? Mick säger att han blev för gammal när han var bara tretton.
A bigger boy came to sit by him. Not just a little bigger- he looked to be twelve or thirteen. Getting his man's growth started.
"Hi," he said.
"Hi," Ender said.
"I'm Mick."
"Ender."
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"Yeah, funny, but no joke. I got nowhere here. I'm getting big now. They're going to send me to my next school pretty soon. No way it'll be Tactical School for me. I've never been a leader, you see. Only the guys who get to be leaders have a shot at it."