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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Montgomery: [QB] I would say the Fundamental declarations of the Martian colonies, as it was called, constituted a declaration of independence, probably mid 21st Century when the Martians decided they didn't like the idea of being run by a new EarthGov uniting nation states. (Latter-day eurosceptics! [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/wink.gif[/IMG] ) I would also postulate mars may not have been a founding member, as suggested by their independent streak so implied. They could have joined say 30 years later, once it had been seen to be a good idea. ("wait & see" in the words of the martian PM [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/wink.gif[/IMG] ) As for Alpha Centauri, yes I'd say it'd want in - as it'd give new prestige to a colony world to be elevated to member status. Cochrane was Earth-born and indeed discovered warp drive there. On the back of his invention he made millions ferrying people to Alpha centauri and the colony swiftlyt set up there (before Mars! - perhaps there's a Class M all nice and ready in Alpha Cent?) He then moved there around 2090-2095 and bought his dream island. His excesses and scandals made headlines and he became a kind of Hugh Hefner of space. Thus mention of him brought to mind his later days as business tycoon and extravagent casanova on Alpha C. It nicely dovetails into the Metamorphosis backstory. At an old age, depressed by the way his fast-living lifestyle had failed to give him any inner peace, he decides to die in space, (you can just picture him grouchily snapping at the spaceport supervisor, drunk and with his rock'n'roll MDs, asking for departure clearance.) Out in space, he ends up on the planetoid with the Companion. The Companion rejuventates him to a form he WISHES he'd had. Better looking; that'd have given him more contentment in his life. It doesn't help, as he's lonely. He finds happiness in a monogomous relationship with the Companion. (How's that for typical Trek family values!) Well, that's my rationalisation anyway. [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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