 What would have happened had Major Polk never reported Captain Walsh for sleeping on Boiler Watch at the Academy?
Perhaps there was method in Colonel Walsh's madness—murder-madness—when he ordered Major Polk to scan the planet for a guy named Joe. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] For example, he could have chosen a Second Looie for the job on Venus. We were somewhere in Area Two on Earth, takeoff point for any operations in Space II. The rest was gravy, and Colonel Walsh wasn't going to let me get by with gravy. "It will be a simple assignment, Major," he said to me, peering over his fingers. If Walsh really wanted to know the reasons for the revolt, I could give them to him in one word: Walsh. It had been going on for six months now and we'd lost at least a thousand men from Space II. That was before I'd reported him for sleeping on Boiler Watch. He'd goofed off on a pile of uranium that could've, and almost did, blow the barracks sky-high that night. And I thought about Colonel Leonard Walsh and how he was supposed to be quelling that revolt. Ever since Walsh had taken command, ever since he'd started pushing the natives around, there'd been trouble. "The guys back in Space II are searching high and low for you," I told him. My orders said I was to report to Captain Bransten immediately upon arrival. "Yes," I said, still thinking of Colonel Walsh.
 Captain Walsh would have never sent Major Polk on the mission.
 Major Polk would have outranked Captain Walsh in the military.  Major Polk and Captain Walsh would have never worked together like they do now.  Captain Walsh and Major Polk would still have the same feelings toward each other.  Captain Walsh would have never sent Major Polk on the mission.