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[5055034455]

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.

If you're uncomfortable with sharing this information publicly, encrypt your responses or contact one of us directly.

1. What was your position? 2. How long did you hold that position? 3. How did you come to power? 4. Briefly, explain to us the government with which you have experience. Is there a written constitution of any kind? What are the laws like? Did you have other officials working under/around you? How many people did you hold authority over? 5. Are any of your former constituents/subjects in Exsilium as of this moment? 5a. May we have their names? 6. What do you think is the ideal form of government for Exsilium? 7. If a committee were to be formed in Exsilium with the intent of eventually creating a Transport-governing body, would you be interested in serving on it?

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[5055034455]

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?

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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.

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[5055034455]

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.

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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.

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[5055034455]

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.

:)