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Chapter 4

           SowhentheUnitedStatesandtheCommonwealtharegettingsettosendacolonizingonejointlyunderthenominalsponsorshipoftheFederationandRussiaismountingthesamedealontheirown,GeneralAtomicsstealsamarchbysendingoneoftheirownfromanislandleasedfromEcuador-andtheirmenarestillthere,sittingprettyandlookingsmugwhentheFederationvesselshowsup

           "Youknowwhathappened.GeneralAtomics,aSwisscorporationAmericancontrolled,claimedtheMoon.TheFederationcouldn’tjustbrushthemoff;thatwouldhavebeentoorawandanyhowtheRussianswouldn’thaveheldstill.SotheHighCourtruledthatacorporateperson,amerelegalfiction,couldnotownaplanet;thereforetherealownersweretheflesh-and-bloodmenwhohadmaintainedtheoccupation-Larkinandassociates.SotheyrecognizedthemasasovereignnationandtookthemintotheFederation-withsomemelonslicingforthoseontheinsideandfatconcessionstoGeneralAtomicsanditsdaughtercorporation,LunarEnterprises.ThisdidnotentirelysuitanybodyandtheFederationHighCourtwasnotallpowerfulinthosedays-butitwasacompromiseeverybodycouldswallow.Itresultedinsometightrulesforcolonizingplanets,allbasedontheLarkinDecisionandintendedtoavoidbloodshed.Worked,too-it’samatterofhistorythatWorldWarThreedidnotresultfromconflictoverspacetravelandsuch.SonowtheLarkinDecisionissolidlyapartofourplanetarylawandappliestoSmith."

           Jillshookherhead."Idon’tseetheconnection.Martinis.

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