The Zoner Meeting

[Dourden4]

Duncan eyed the two pistols as Doc made his point, s smirk creeping onto his face.

"Yes indeed, here's hoping Ambassador Triton and My own companies representative can make some progress at those negotiations."

He takes a drink from his glass, absently swirling the liquid around

" But thats the clincher, isnt it? At what point do we stop? When do we as Zoners draw the line? That is the problem, for Zoners vary so widely. Where one man may reach his limit and choose to fight, another may choose to look away."

Taking a breath, he rubs his temples slowly.

"Which leads into another question. As i see things, the only real solution is the unification of the Zoner peoples under one banner. But on the flip side of that same coin, we've tried and failed several times at this very thing. So how much of a government-esque ruling body is needed, and how much is too much? Even closing bases to Zoners only...that really would only be a band aid as well and would likely spark tensions with some of those factions you mentioned. So how best to proceed? Do we give in? or do we stand our ground and hope our networks of alliances and friends will see us through? And then how to deal with the inevitable demands in the name of fair exchange? How do we maintain our neutrality in a universe that has no respect for it?"

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