It was hardly surprising that Mattern would feel that way. In urging a quick departure and an immediate removal to some world of greater utilitarian value, Mattern was, after all, only serving the best interests of his employers. His employers were the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the United States of America. They expected Mattern and his half of the crew to produce results, and by way of results they meant new weapons and sources of strategic materials. They hadn’t tossed in seventy per cent of the budget for this trip just to sponsor a lot of archaeological putterings.
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But luckily for our half of the outfit — the archaeological putterers’ half — Mattern did not have an absolute voice in the affairs of the outfit...
ex Robert Silverberg, “Ozymandias” in New Worlds Science Fiction No. 94, Vol. 32 (May 1960) : 39-55
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