[something something world unification big damn heroes moment]
Yes. That is what we did. We decided to fight for the star that we love and our right to live upon it. For everyone's right to live upon it.
[The corners of his mouth pull back, just a fraction. It's not a smile.]
Because the only other option was triage. Not enough room to take everyone and flee. A council of a hundred isolationist academics deciding who would be granted a place and who would be left behind. They would leave the undesirables, of course. Abandon the ones who might cause trouble. Pack up everything they could carry and turn tail and run.
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[something something world unification big damn heroes moment]
Yes. That is what we did. We decided to fight for the star that we love and our right to live upon it. For everyone's right to live upon it.
[The corners of his mouth pull back, just a fraction. It's not a smile.]
Because the only other option was triage. Not enough room to take everyone and flee. A council of a hundred isolationist academics deciding who would be granted a place and who would be left behind. They would leave the undesirables, of course. Abandon the ones who might cause trouble. Pack up everything they could carry and turn tail and run.