"But don't you know? We've been drafted into the military." Howard makes little air quotation marks, dripping bitterness. "We all have to act like good little soldiers because once upon a time some Daligig goon decided we'd be a good match for their squad campaign, whether we're children or civilians or talking fricking ponies. And people who don't jump straight in line get Allenbied."

Totally a verb.

"What did Allenby do, really, that was so out of line? She tried to help us on the planet because we'd gone off the radar."