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discovery by the first explorers, they realized their kinship in this system and are now claiming title as descendants. D: You saidit is like a war? It is not a war, for there is no violence being enacted. There is simply very intense argument and disagreement. There are councils being met... meeting at councils with representatives of each race trying to reach a form of consensus to arrive at some middle ground wherein both parties will feel they have achieved their goals. There are mineral rights at stake here in the issue. There is also the caretakership of the inhabitants ofthese systems, who are notas developed as those who are arguing over the sys- tem. And so there is to be a caretaker position assigned to one or the other or both, whoever assumes responsibility for this sys- tem. The descendants are being led by one who is of leadership stature and he is much admired and revered by his race of people. He is their leader. He is pressing for total sovereignty over the entire system by right of kinship and is accurate in his claims. The one side feels that they have right by kinship and they feel they have the rights because it is their ancestors and the lesser developed inhabitants are their people. And the others are claiming that they have the right because they were the first to find it. There are D: Would this eruptintoa war ifthey didn'tget it straightenedout? P: They don't go that way. They have disagreements and very heated discussions on this, but they don't resort to violence. They have sent representatives ofeach side and they must come to an agreement.-The disagreements are valid in both respects for in this area of the galaxy or the universe, territoriality is by prece- dence: claimed by first discovery. The concerns of the descen- dants are for the safety and well-being of their ancestors, which is not to imply the discoverers would abandon their responsibility for the safety of the inhabitants. For this is not the case. It would 1 tc c wee ne wa be as ifyour ancestors were found living on an island claimed by another country. And so you would naturally have a vested interest in safety and concern. This is the situation at this point. This sounds very similarto theIndianshavingclaim on territoryand the United States having claim at the same time. mm: 1 1 1 a 1 at This situation has occurred in many places throughout the uni- verse and i is not a new occurrence. The system, as was s mentioned 62 The Keepers ofthe Garden before, is rich in mineral deposits. There are vegetation growing