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Good morning, Exsilium. Your resident legal experts — Sonya Karimov and myself — are curious about those of you who have leadership experience. In the interest of looking toward a brighter future in which we Transports have a self-governing body, we're asking anyone who formerly held a position of command to answer the following questions.

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Thank you very much, Senator. Or — whichever title you prefer.

What we have in mind is not as complete an independent state as you may be imagining. Cooperation will integral to this process, I assure you.

Just Senator now, thank you.

[Now that the formalities are done... she's hardly reassured by anything she just read.]

Regardless of intent, forming a separate Transport body will only cause more harm than good.

Why's that?

I believe I already stated my concerns. By acting on what you propose, all you're creating is a precedent for division.

Do you not think there should be at least some degree of separation?

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[She could explain, in great detail, what separation means. What it leads to. What the present situation is ripe to follow. But for now, she stays her hand. For right now, only the present argument is relevant.]

Separation is the last thing we need, especially when tensions are already present. [Just going to spell it out for you, bro] It would be more beneficial to remind ourselves that we're all working toward a common goal.

I agree on that last point, but the general Transport population here seems to be mad as hell with the Initiative regardless. Do you think they'd react well to a proposal that we form our own government, but remain entirely under Initiative control?

What would be the point?

What kind of message does it send to the native population of Exsilium if we break away with our own Transport-run government? I don't disagree that the Initiative appears to be less than effective in its leadership, and that Transport anger is justified, but there is much more at stake here.

I am not proposing a subcommittee under Initiative control. I am proposing a united, cooperative body of elected representatives who will be voices for all the people, as well as move our cause forward.

And I'm not proposing a clean, complete break.

The Initiative doesn't seem to mind this plan, FYI. But — your concerns are all well-founded, so perhaps you should save them for meeting time and see what your fellow politicians have to say.

Perhaps, then, we agree to disagree on the ramifications of your proposal.

[It's enough to merit argument, in her eyes, that a separate, Transport-only entity is being proposed.

But that's not the only thing she takes issue with.]

I will attend the meeting. However, I find it inadvisable to limit the airing of concerns to one avenue.

Baby steps. This is the start of what will undoubtedly be a long and complicated process.

I'm glad we have someone like you on board to help us iron out the kinks as they pop up.

:)

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