The "...Militech of the expedition..." is:
"...from a half barbaric part of Kraken where the sexes had equal opportunities to learn arts of combat suitable to primitive environments..." (pp. 663-664)
This reference to the planet Kraken establishes that the story is an instalment of Anderson's Technic History. Kraken is a link to the earlier instalments, The Game Of Empire and "A Tragedy of Errors." Interstellar leaders have come from Kraken, both during and after the Terran Empire.
"...the inhabitants of Lokon were as cooperative with the visitors from heaven as mutual mysteriousness allowed." (p. 664)
"Lokon" is a new addition to the series. We gather that the Lokonese are primitives. This story fits the pattern of the previous instalment, The Night Face: an interstellar expedition to a colonized but isolated planet with a problem.
A local kills the Militech's husband.
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Kaor, Paul!
Of course "militech" is short hand for "military technician." It might even be something being used in our real world.
Ad astra! Sean
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