Charles Gannon - Fire With Fire

•any member state’s or protected race’s homeworld is invaded or otherwise attacked;

•if any member state or protected race takes action that is deemed likely to result in the destruction of a planet’s biosphere.

The Custodians may undertake this intervention without soliciting Accord consensus, and may, if necessary, violate other accords in order to ensure that the intervention is successful.

Worlds Permitted for Human Expansion by the Accord

Listed in ascending order of distance from Earth. Systems in boldfaceare those which humanity has occupied at the time of the Parthenon Dialogs. Those in italics are systems with “green” or “brown” worlds. The 70 Ophiuchi system is omitted, since, although occupied by humans, it was not on the list of permitted worlds.

Proxima Centauri

Alpha Centauri

Barnard’s Star

Wolf 359

Lalande 21185

Sirius

Luyten 726-8

Ross 154

Lacaille 9352

Ross 128

EZ Aquarii

Procyon

DX Cancri

Epsilon Indi

Tau Ceti

LHS 1565

YZ Ceti

Luyten’s Star

Kapteyn’s Star

Lacaille 8760

Ross 614

BD-12 4523

CD-25 10553

Wolf 424

Hipparcos 15689

Van Maanen’s Star

Cincinnati

Hipparcos 72509

CD-46 11540

Ross 780

BD+44 2051

Groombridge 1618

Hipparcos 82725

CD-49 13515

CD-44 11909

Keid

AC+79 3888

Lalande 25372

Wolf 294

L 722-22

L 205-128

BD+01 4774

36 Ophiuchi?

82 Eridani?

HR 7703

Delta Pavonis

CD-45 13677

L 119-44

CD-34 11626

LHS 1070

BD+04 123

Beta Hydri

Rho Eridani

Zeta Tucanae

L 49–19

Gamma Pavonis