The evening had come, and then the morning. With it, cooler tempers presided over parliament. Marlborough was ready to grant the IMG their mining empire.
This fourth clause, as it is currently laid out, Gentlemen, cedes ownership to the IMG, of every region they currently hold, and any yet to be discovered territories in Tau? Tau, gentlemen, is not a region of space with cleanly defined borders and set limits. It is not the handful of twelve stars which we have currently explored, it is thousands. That they might piggyback any explorations by the Bretonian House, that allows for there to be no use of exploration into 'Tau' by the Bretonian House. Let them have what they discover. Let them even have claim to what we discover. But understand, Gentlemen, that Tau is Bretonian Space, as Cardiff is Bretonian Space. They've minable fields. Nebulae. Rock Colonies. Bretonia has Tau. Sovereignty over the Stars of Tau, as we've always claimed sovereignty over Bretonian Systems. Let them have that expanse of property, the cold rocks and dust clouds of Tau, recognizing, of course, that they are mining in the territories of the Hinder Worlds of the Bretonian House.
