(Seeing as nobody controls the Strandless or the Kayans, and seeing as the Kayans are my favorite race in EVO, I'll speak for them)
In the far corner of the room, a young Kayan stood up. He was one of only three Strandless diplomats sent to the conference; the Strandless delegation had but two other members and two bodyguards. "The Kayan people and our fellow Strandless have been left homeless by the great wars and renegade incursions. Nearly 30% of our population has been lost. We have no place to call home, except Station Unity. But now this new technology, and new hope, provided by the very government that took so much from us. We have lost much in the last two years, but now the future looks brighter than ever, with peace and hope for all. The Kayans, and the Strandless, are in."
As the Kayan diplomat took his seat, Thunder stood and adressed the assembly. "These last fifteen minutes have been perhaps the biggest single historical event in the history of all our civilizations. Surely you all see now that these recent events make our territorial squabbles and diplomatic manuevring seem tiny and insignificant. Two thousand five hundred years ago, the Miranu ships entered space for the first time, and the space race was on. Three hundred years later they perfected the stardrive, predecessor to today's hyperdrive, and made the galaxy's first faster than light flight. It took them seven years, but they arrived in Lieton and found a shimmering green and blue sphere of a world, which they soon explored and colonized. Three hundred years later the Miranu had built a civilization of seven systems, when the enigmatic Council arrived. Little is known about the circumstances of their arrival or the origin of the Strands, but under their watch civilization in the Crescent grew and flourished for over 1500 years. Two hundred fifty years ago, in about 1900 by the Human calendar, the first Voinian ship left Voinia to explore the vastness of space. About 60 years later the Human race first set foot on Earth's moon. And just fifty years ago the first Emalgha fighter bravely ventured out of Emalghia's atmosphere. Now we have the chance to find our own place in history. This new technology gives us all the chance to make peace amongst ourselves and bein exploring anew. There may be hundreds of other races out there that we haven't met, perhaps more like ourselves than we know. But we'll never meet them if we destroy one another in brutal wars and violence. It's a magical universe, guys, let's go exploring!"
Thunder then paused for dramatic effect, and said one final thing before sitting down again, "For what it's worth, you have my full support, and the full support of Station Unity."
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A hatch opened up and the aliens said,
"We're sorry to learn that you soon will be dead,
But though you may find this slightly macabre,
We prefer your extinction to the loss of our job."
