198:(targeting Naismith and the clone, respectively), a Dendarii contingent and the local police, all converging on their location. Miles, with his usual tactical wizardry, is able to get himself, his clone, Vorpatril and Galeni safely away. As an added bonus, Miles arranges for the Cetagandans to see him and his clone together, "proving" that Naismith and Vorkosigan are not the same person. (It is revealed that Galen intercepted all messages to sector headquarters, explaining both the lack of payment and Miles' assignment on Earth.)
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the funds will have to come from the nearest sector headquarters in another star system, Miles resumes his real identity as
Lieutenant Vorkosigan and is assigned to the embassy as third assistant military attaché, under Galeni's command. He finds his cousin Ivan Vorpatril is the second assistant attaché. Galeni later mysteriously disappears.
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During his wait, Miles has to frantically fend off financial disaster due to the
Dendarii not being paid promptly. Then he is abducted, and his place taken by a clone created and trained as an assassin by Komarran diehards determined to free their planet. The Komarrans are led by Ser Galen, Galeni's
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with Miles, who unexpectedly brings along Galeni. Galen disarms them, then orders the clone to kill Miles. However, the talks Miles has had with his clone bear fruit. The clone shoots and kills Galen instead, then flees. Complicating matters are
Cetagandan and Barrayaran assassination squads
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own father, who had been presumed killed while fighting against the
Barrayaran occupiers. Miles is locked up with Galeni, who has been interrogated using drugs, but has resisted attempts by his father to get him to join the Komarran resistance. Miles himself is given a dose of fast-penta, a
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