Sally wrote:
Am still trying to work out why, in an Evil Empire where people from high to low wear plain, unadorned and fairly severe clothes (until they become revolutionary pirates, of course ... or Supreme Commander :-)) a Beta grade technician and a bond slave, working in a weapons development complex, are dressed up like Halloween party-goers from a lost episode of Dr Who.
Oh, you've forgotten my explanation. They escaped by joining a travelling circus, where Coser played a conjuror and Rashel his Lovely Young Assistant.