From: asljl@acad2.alaska.edu
Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors,sci.space
Subject: Re: Federation Answers All Your Questions
Date: 17 Apr 92 16:30:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: acad2.1992Apr17.123039.1
Organization: University of Alaska


 You wanted a longer explaintion. Here it is. May I suggest not saving this to
anyones file. It eats memory! At any rate some of this sound presumtious
and egotistical I admit. But remeber this was written by the group who 
wants to get off the planet and colonize else where. Some of it should 
be looked at from a humorous point of veiw, others parts taken more seriously.
I wish you all luck in decifering this little jewel. I 'll probably 
get repremanded for this but since so many had questions I though this would be 
the best way to answer all of you.

Signed
Lady Rhavyn
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1   Federation Data-Packet 


The Federation Computer-Communications Net.  

Pre-planning and Financing Structures

Project Review:   The Federation Computer and Communications Network will be an 
international computer database designed for and dedicated to the theoretical,
development,  and building of low-cost, new-technologies, next generation space
vehicles.  The final goal is  to create a trans-light interstellar capable
star-ship to explore and map the galaxy.  

To accomplish the Federation Com - Comm Net's activities, the Federation must
first be  assembled and placed within reach of the worlds population.  This
operation will include the  funding to purchase a large, time-sharing capacity
main-frame computer, appropriate  telecommunications links, software packages
for graphic's, time-management, mathematics,  office management, etc.,.   This
phase of the Federation must be accomplished by a third party organization
which is  at present non-aligned with any other high-capital investment
projects.  The goals of this  Third-Party will be to generate the needed
investment capital for the Federation equipment,  marketing, and personnel.  

Operations Proposal:   To create, manage and develop the Federation Com - Comm
Net a  private sector business must be created, who's sole interests and
concern is the formation of  the Federation.   This Corporation must be of
necessity small, with a Board of Directors holding complete and  non-electoral
control of the full resources of the Corporate resources.  It must be able to 
maximum it's potential and mobilize all it's creative resources at a moments
notice to gain the  highest possible return on it's investment.   Road Runner
Incorporated ( R.R.I. ) will function as the Federations start-up corporate 
sponsor.  Effectively R.R.I. will be a Management/Holding company who's sole
duty will be to  amass the needed liquid capital for the purchase and
organization of the Federations basic  infra-structure.   In order to begin
gathering funds, R.R.I. will operate  Extended Realities, a reading house for
Literary projects now in development.  By reading  and critiquing stories and
manuscripts.  The company will get a portion of the stories sale  value back
upon acceptance by a major publishing concern.  With the sales of stories and 
books, R.R.I.  will then select and engage the services of a Literary Agent to
submit the work to  Entertainment Companies and individuals.  Again, R.R.I.
will receive a portion of the sales  value.   The Acme Corporation, for the
conceptualization, design, patenting, and creation of  electronic gadgets, for
sales across the world.  As in the Reading house a portion of the gross  sales
will be returned to the company.   And any other business which may develop out
of the activites mentioned. 

Corporate Structure:   Road Runner Incorporated will have only three basic,
permanent  Officers.   Chief Operating Executive;  This position will include
all business planning, structure  development, and legal filing that the
company will need handling while it is in development.   Operations Executive; 
This position will be responsible for all supervisory activities of the 
company operations.  Over-seeing the development and progress of projects
authorized,  inspection and constant approval of bookkeeping and office
management, etc.,. Development Executive;  This position will undertake the
creation and development of the  first generation of products R.R.I. submits
for sales.   All other personnel and departments will be temporary aid and
support to these three  positions, hired as necessary on a contractual basis. 
The governing management authority  and control of all corporate assets will
reside solely will the three Officers at all times.  

Technical Operations:   The Secondary goal of Road Runner Incorporated will be
the  development and harnessing of all technologies required to bring the
Federation Com - Comm  Net into being.   Broken down to it's simplest measure,
this means that while R.R.I. is purchasing and  constructing the hardware and
software infra-structure of the Federation, it will be learning  and culling
the system until the personnel and technology are adequate to the task laid out
for  the project.   Computer training and education will be necessary for a
short period of time to acquaint  the corporate members with the system and
it's capabilities.  During this time, technical and  expert help in the fields
of computers, software, communications, international law and  marketing will
be contracted to lay out the full project start up system.   This will allow
R.R.I. to develop the needed internal departments and communications  pathways
to handle bring the Federation into being when all the resources are in place. 
In  effect, R.R.I. will place the corporate structure it has build up as the
working body of the  Federation, while it's corporate status in-turn leases the
services of the Federation system, so  that the Officers of R.R.I. can return
the corporation to a purely profit making organization.  

Executive Operations:   Besides promoting and aiding in the sales of literary
work, Road  Runner Incorporated will also have several other parallel
operations in development.   Before the purchase and start-up of the computer
network, R.R.I. will be collecting and  contacting groups and organizations
will the same basic philosophy and attitude toward space  travel.  An extended
period of postal and telecommunications exchange will be needed to gauge  the
relative strength and size of the economic market of the Federation.   This
program will not only be within the state of Alaska, but also the United States
and  beyond.  Such groups as the Star Trek Fan clubs, Science Fiction
Conventions, etc., will all be  targeted as potential user-groups and contacts
for the Federation activities.   A second program the R.R.I. will be activating
during this period is to contact groups who  are already financing and building
Alternative Space Transport Systems ( A.S.T.S. ).  Interest  and financial
membership in the Federation Net would be worth a great deal to these groups, 
helping them solve technical and legal problems at minimum cost.   Research
into the number, location and address of these groups will be on going as
R.R.I.  consolidates it position and resources.  As the information concerning
each independent  organization and group is gathered, it will be added to the
Database of E.R.O.A.'s system.  This  will be the base group from which the
first wave of membership is expected.  In time,  technical support groups such
as the Aero-Space industry, Collegiate Science organizations,  etc., will be
targeted to join the Federation Com - Comm Net.   By the time activation of the
Federation Com - Comm Net system is announced, R.R.I. should  have achieved an
international list of contacts and organizations which will have already  have
set up pilot computer files, and user-groups.  These data-loads will be
down-loaded into  the Federation system upon activation according to a
pre-determined set of Department and  research files.  

Activation of Road Runner Incorparated:   Road Runner Incorporated will begin
operations  upon the first installment of payment from sales from any of it's
literary materials.  This  money will be taken to a pre-chosen bank and placed
in an account, type to be determined by  the Executive Board, where it will be
used for E.R.O.A.'s financial needs.   This account will continue to be a
private account until the dollar amount reaches ten  thousand dollars ( $
10,000.00 ) where upon incorporation papers will be taken out in the name  of
Extended Realties of Alaska.  At this time the Officer will be named and all
pertinent  information will be placed in the official records.  A Charter will
be drawn up by the Executive  Board and business strategies and
responsibilities will be laid out.   Once the Incorporation papers are legally
validated by the State of Alaska and the United  States Government, R.R.I. will
begin searching for legal agents to execute the decisions of the  Executive
Board.  A Literary Agent, Legal Counsel, Electronic, Computer, Software, 
Telecommunications business's to deal with the complexities and problems which
will be  encountered, will all have to be found, and agreed upon.   After the
literary business Department is assembled and functioning, the greater area's
of  computer networking, software management, and international contacts will
have to be  developed.  


The Federation Computer-Communications Net.  

A Prospectus of Concept, Planning, 
Operations and Goals.  

Concept Proposal:   A large capacity, time-sharing computer-software complex,
with data- base/graphics computer and software connected to 1-900 pay-per-call
phone lines, with  computer access tie-ins to other computer service companies. 
Combining a limited A.I. (  Artificial Intelligence ) higher-archal file
data-base with Auto-Cad and graphic's programs (   A layered, nested processor
driven data-plus-plus multi-operational/simultaneous designed  system.), people
can log on and help formulate designs and criteria for the next generation of 
space vehicles.   Placing advertisements in science fiction magazines and
aero-space electronic, science,  and physical technical journals, people are
asked to start developing their idea's on a new  space ship.  

Planning Phase:   Before any capital investment can be made, the outlines and
aspects of  the operation must be laid out.  The organization will require a
large capacity Main-Frame  Computer or Mini-Computer Business Model.  The
machine chosen will have to have a  minimum of 100 MB of RAM capacity, Storage
Bays, compatibility with LAN,* WAN* and PBX*  Services, and work-group
graphic/text interfaces.  A Main-Frame with Systemizing linkages  and multiple
modem switching capacity and up gradable multi-port sequential/parallel hard-
drive hook-ups would seem to be the most cost-effective hardware package
presently available.   A C.D.-ROM high density data drive be able to handle
major data-base information storage.  To operate this hardware complex, the
organization should consider AutoCAD*, Operating  Systems Language Files,
Information Project Management package ( Idea Fisher,* MaxThink,*  Super
Project Expert,*  etc.)  Microsoft,* Pagemaker,* Mathematical package (
Mathmatica,*  Sigma Plot*, Statgraphics,* etc.)  Accounting package ( Market
Analyzer,*  DAC Accounting,*   Rapid Tax,*  etc.).  To manage and control the
software selections and operations Memory  Management software must also be
purchased along with a Higher-Archal over all control  program.   Office
equipment for day to day business and correspondences must include a Laser 
Printer, Text Scanner ( With software package.), and Photocopier with
enlarge/reducer  capacity.  A high-capacity Color Plotter would need to be
purchased at a later date.   1 - 900 pay-per-call multi input/output
communications telephone lines with international  microwave-satellite links
needs to be bought and licensed.   Selling of time/space on the Net to special
Vendors to carry Federation products.  

Aside from the machinery needed, to start-up the Federation Com-Comm Net,
defined  parameter for the business operations of the project must be
established.   The Federation Computer-Communications Net will be open access
for any person with a  Computer and modem for a user fee per-call.  This fee
will depend on phone and operating  expenses incurred in the start-up process. 
Expected cost range from $1.00 per minute, to $10.00  per minute.   For those
people who wish a greater participation in the over-all project.  The
Federation  Com-Comm Net will offer two levels of membership.  The first level
of membership purchased  for a $25.00-a-year fee will entitle the individual to
a button/badge certifying membership, a  Federation I.D. number, placement on
the Federation Mailing List, and a New Year Newsletters  dispatched to them via
Electronic Mail or Postal Mail concerning the state of the Project.   Second
Level Membership for a price of $100.00-a-year will entitle the individual to
all  Level One items, plus reduced price for extended computer log-on time,
Vendor exclusion  option,  Bulletin board rental option, Franchise rights to
open up a Federation Micro-Net in  their own community as an Outpost of the
Federation.   As part of the Federation Com-Comm Net the members will be expect
to participate in global  policy debates and the selection of Delegates for the
First Grand Assembly of the Federation.   These Delegations will be the
outgrowth of Fan-clubs and Fanzines now in existence.  The idea  is to link the
groups for a common purpose and under a single Federation Charter to be drawn 
up by the Members themselves via computers.   By the end of the first year, the
members of  the Federation will elect representatives from their groups and
convene a Federation Grand  Assembly (  A Super-Trek Convention ), where the
Charter will be drawn up and signed.  The  Official Computer File holding the
Charter and all the legal, members will be placed in the  Official Archives of
the Federation.   Each group will arrange themselves in what ever manner they
choose and send one duly  elected Representative to the Federation Grand
Assembly Convention.  The Representative may  be accompanied by a
Alternate/Co-Representative.  But the Senior Representative will be the  only
one who votes in Conclave.  All members may sit in on the Conclave via the
Federation  Com-Comm Net, advising their representatives of their ideas and
choices.  Delegates from the  various Federation groups will work on by-laws
and charters.   Operations:   To begin the Federation Computer-Communications
Net an intensive, but  simple advertising campaign must be set in motion
two-to-three months prior to the actual on- line activities of the Net.   Print
advertisement in leading Technical Journals dealing with Aero-Space products, 
Computers, Electronics, Atomic Research etc., should be the first step in this
phase of the  Project.  Concentrating on people alienated by the elitist
attitude created by the Governments  Space Program and the general disgust with
the slow pace thus far.  Simple, short, eye- catching two color displays can be
created to reach the public, and potential members.   Secondary actives should
include personal contact with Science Fiction T.V., Movie, and  Book club
members, letting them know about the soon to be on-line system.  Phone calls
and  letters should be exchanged to establish a mailing and personnel database
for use in selecting  test markets and hardware testing targets.  Presentation
at various Science Fiction Conventions  will also have to be used to aid in
this pre-activation schedule.  The addresses and members of  Trek, Dr. Who,
etc.,. fan-clubs should be collected and promotional material including
personal  telephone briefing forwarded to them.   The key to succeeding in this
project is the proper saturation of the market place, making  sure the
population knows that this is now available and how to get in touch.  The price
list and  options must also be made clear.   Once the On-Line activation has
been achieved and the concern shifts from set-up to  membership activities, a
one-to-three month period may be anticipated in which minor  procedural
problems can be worked out concerning data-links and Federation Policy.    
After the majority of the technical and business methods are straightened out,
the  emphasis of the Project will be to enlarge the international Federation
membership.  Using  existing Fan Club and Fanzine structures presently in-place
it is possible to increase the  Federation membership with only a minor
advertising budget increase.   A must in this project is the firm understanding
to all, that total and complete freedom of  access exist.  The Federation Net
exist for the benefit of all humankind.  Once people join the  Federation,
nation of origin, religion, language, political persuasion, etc, mean nothing. 
They  are members of the Federation, and are believers in the concept of
Humanities bright Future.   When the project reaches capital investment return
and break-even monetary levels,  launching of the next branch of the Federation
should occur.  The creation of the Federation  Science Academy to study and
refine developments created on the Federation Com-Comm Net  and act as a
traveling Press corp for the Federation.   The Federation Science Academy will
in the first stages of development be nothing more  than a traveling show to
promote the Federation at Conventions, and Meetings.  Dressed in  Federation
style outfits and make-up they will work the Convention circuit across the
globe.   In the latter phase of development, the Federation Science Academy
will function as a  conduit for the building of the Federations first original
hardware.  By demonstrating the  short comings of the present computers and
systems in use to develop the space vehicles, the  Science Academy will promote
the idea of member groups getting together and making one,  two dollar piece of
hardware from the blue prints on the Net.  If a million people are hard core 
members.  Statistically ten thousand of those are high-tech workers.  By market
survey count,  there are at least forty million people in the U.S. alone who
follow Science Fiction  entertainment.  Now push that number up to an
international scale and consider that some of  these people will work in
electronic factories, aero-space factories, etc.     With the blue-print
available to all members on the Federation Com-Comm Net, people  across the
planet can manufacture parts either in their own home workshops, or after hours 
at work.  By this method the mailing and delivery system for the Federation
Science Academy's  new computer will be worked out.  Once demonstrated that the
science works, the third phase  of the project will be entered into.  The
members will be asked to concentrate on a constant  boost, shuttle craft.  

Goals:   After the completion of the Federation Science Academy, the Federation
Com-Comm Net  will concentrate on the development and creation of a constant
boost space vehicle which can  be used to move to and from orbit economically
and without lengthy lay overs.  This Shuttle  Craft will be the work horse of
the Federation in the coming decade.   Conceived as the twenty first century
equivalent to the covered wagon, it should be  manufactured out of common,
durable materials.  Once designed and built, in the same manner  as the
Federation Science Academy computer, the first shuttle craft will be used to
shift the  base of the Federation Com-Comm Net off Earth and onto Luna.  This
move will give legitimate  status to the Federation and guarantee that no Earth
Government can shut-down or coerce the  members.  With no Nationalistic
allegiances, the Federation can serve all of Humanity equally,  claiming no
favoritism.  A U.N. special operations status can be granted once this move is 
completed.   With the Lunar site colonized, the Federation will assemble all
the technical data needed to  manufacture the shuttle craft and publish this
data for all nations and private industries to use  in their space programs, in
hopes of witnessing a migration of people up from Earth to  colonize the Moon.  
Once firmly established in a Lunar Enclave, the Federation will set out to
construct an  orbiting dry-dock from which a Star-ship will be built.   To fund
this project, the Federation will offer space in their Enclave and orbiting
station to  Research Universities, Movie Production Companies etc.,.  The
creation and operation of the  First Star Ship by humanity is the final goal of
the Federation Com-Comm Net.   A better world for all is the goal of the
Federation members.  

CHAPTER I 

Purposes and Principles

ARTICLE 1:   STATEMENT OF RIGHTS:   

Intelligence is the realization of self, and the inherent dignity of Life.  All
Intelligent- Beings are regarded by this document to possess in full measure,
each Right expressed;

1.}   	Freedom of Thought, Speech, Expression, Press and Transmission of data; 

2.} 	Freedom of Religious Belief, Creed, Doctrine and Worship; 

3.}	Freedom of Movement from and among District, State, Nation, Planet,
Star System;

4.}	Freedom of Assembly

5.}	Freedom to Bear, Possess, Own and Operate any and all firearms; 

6.}	Freedom to Petition the Federation and/or any member for Redress of
Grievance;

7.}	Freedom to Vote or Choose Representation in Civil, Criminal, Business,
or Political  activities;

8.}	Freedom to Participate in the Legal/Judicial system. 

9.}	Freedom to refuse to answer any question without Prejudice or Guilt. 

10.}	Freedom to have all Legal Documents and Laws stated in a clearly
understandable  language;

11.}	Freedom to chose individual Social, Economic, Political, Religious, and
Health Self- Determination; 

12.}	Freedom to require the Federation's aid and support when any Right is
infringed or  deprived.  

No Government, organization, private or public group or individual may deny,
infringe  or abridge in any way these Rights.  The Federation and all it's
Members, weather Nation, or  individual is pledged to support and honor these
Rights.   

Article 2:   The Purpose of the Federation are; 

1.]	The Federation is based on the Sovereign Equality of all its Members;  

2.]	To develop friendly relations among all, based on respect for the
Principles of equal  Rights and self-determination of Intelligent Life-Forms,
and to other appropriate measures to  strengthen universal peace; 

3. ]	To achieve cooperation in solving common problems of Economic, Social,
Cultural, or  Humanitarian character;  in promoting and encouraging respect for
Intelligent Life-Form  Rights;  and for the Fundamental Freedoms for all
without distinction as to Culture, Sex, Life- Form, or Religious Belief; and                                    

4.]	To be a center for coalescence of all actions of all Social Systems in
the attainment of  these common ends.  

Article 3:   Obligations to the Federation;

1.]	No Member shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or  immunities of any citizens of the Federation; nor shall any
Member deprive any person of life,  liberty, or property, without due process
of law;  nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction  the equal protection
of the laws.  

2.]	The United Federation shall place no restriction on the eligibility of
male and female  Life-Forms of any Member Social System to participate in any
capacity under conditions of  Equality in its Principle and subsidiary
agencies.  

3.]	The citizens of each Member shall be entitled to all privileges and
immunities of  citizens in the Federation.  

4.]	In order to ensure to all of them the Rights and Benefits resulting
from Membership,  all Members fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by
them in accordance with these  Articles of Federation; 

5.]   	All Members shall settle their disputes by peaceful means in such
manner that Peace,  Security, and Justice, are not endangered;  

6.]	In all relations, all Members shall refrain from the threat or use, of
force against the  territorial integrity or political independence of any
Social System, or in any manner  inconsistent with the Purpose of the
Federation;  

7.]	All Members shall give the Federation every assistance in any action
taken in  accordance with these Articles of Federation, and shall refrain from
assisting any Social  System against which the Federation is taking
preventative or enforcement action; 

Article 4:   Sovereign Rights of the Members;  1.]	Nothing within these
Article of Federation shall authorize the Federation to intervene  in matters
which are essentially the domestic jurisdiction of any Social System, or shall 
require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under these Articles
of Federation;   But this Principle shall not prejudice the application of
enforcement measures under Chapter  VII.  

2.]	A person charged by any Member with treason, felony, or other crime,
who shall flee  from justice, and be found in another Member, shall on demand
of the executive authority of  the Member from which he fled, be delivered up,
to be removed to the Member having  jurisdiction of the crime.  

3.]	 No person held to service or labor in one Member, under the laws
thereof, escaping  into another, shall in consequence of any law or regulation
therein, be discharged from such  service or labor, but shall be delivered up
on claim of the party to whom such service or labor  may be due.  

4.]	Nothing in these Articles of Federation shall invalidate or preclude
action in relation to  any Social System which has been an adversary of any
signatory to these Articles of  Federation, taken or authorized as a result of
that war by the governments having  responsibility for such action;  

CHAPTER IV

The Federation Assembly

ARTICLE 9:   Composition; The Federation Assembly Shall consist of all the
Social System Members of the  Federation.  Each Member shall be entitled to
have not more than five ( 5 ) Representatives in  this body; 

ARTICLE 10:   Functions and Powers; The Federation Assembly may discuss any
question on any matters within the scope of  these Articles of Federation or
relating to the powers and functions of any Agencies provided  for in these 
Articles of Federation and, except as provided in Article 12, may make 
recommendations to the Members and the Federation Council or both on any such
question or  matters;  

ARTICLE 11 1.]	The Federation Assembly shall have power:  To lay and collect
duties, imports and  excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common
defense and general welfare of The  Federation;  but all duties, imports and
excises shall be uniformed throughout The Federation;  

2.]	To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the Members;  

3.]	To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws; 

4.]	To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for
limited times to  authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective
writings and discoveries, and aid  in the marketing for a nominal 2% fee from
Royalty payments within the first seven years; 

5.]	To declare war, grant letters of marquee and reprisal, and make rules
concerning  capture;  

6.]	To make rules for the regulation of the Armed and Fleet force; 

7.]	To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the
Federation, suppress  insurrections and repel invasions;  

8.]	To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and
for governing  such part of them as may be employed in the service of The
Federation, reserving to the  Members respectively, the appointment of
Officers, and the authority of training the militia  according to the
discipline prescribed by The Federation Assembly;  

9.]  	To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into
execution the  foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by these Articles
of Federation in the  Government of The Federation, or in any department or
officer thereof;  

10.]	The migration or importation of persons shall not be prohibited by The
Federation  Assembly;

11.]	No capitation [ or other direct ]  tax shall be laid.  

12.]	No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue
to the ports of  one Member over those of another:  nor shall vessels bound to,
or from. one member, be  obliged to enter, clear or pay duties in another;

13.]	No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of
appropriations  made by law;  and a regular statement and account of the
receipts and expenditures of all  public money shall be published from time to
time;  

14.]	No title of nobility shall be granted by The Federation:  And no person
holding any  office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent
of The Federation Assembly,  accept of any present, emolument, office, or
title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince  or foreign State;  

15.]	The Federation Assembly may call situations which are likely to
endanger the Peace  and Security to the attention of the Federation Council;  

16.]	The Federation shall erect no monument, or pay for the construction of
a monument,  dedicated to any individual, or event concerning actions,
behaviors, beliefs or lack thereof to  any person belonging to the Federation,
Member, or Foreign Nation;  

17.]	The Federation Assembly, Council, or any agency connected to the
Federation may not  pass any law or create a security, police or enforcement
organization better armed then the  free citizenry, nor larger then ten percent
( 10% ) the total population of the Federation as a  whole.  No security,
police or enforcement organization in any community, ship, or outpost  may be
larger then ten percent ( 10% ) of the total number of citizens.   The
security, police or enforcement organization may upon  criteria approved of by
the  Federation Assembly deputize armed citizens to aid in the subduing and
apprehension of  suspect criminals.  

18.]	The Federation Assembly, Council, or any agency connected to the
Federation may not  pass any law requiring the wearing of uniforms, and/or
specific attire.  Members/citizens  may wear any clothing they deem
appropriate.  This includes Armed Forces, Law Enforcement,  Security, Court,
etc.,. 

ARTICLE 12 1.]	Where the Federation Council is executing the functions
assigned to it under these  Articles of Federation with respect to any dispute
or situation,  The Federation Assembly shall  make no recommendation with
regard to that dispute or situation unless so requested by the  Federation
Council.  

2.]	The Administration-Section, shall notify the Federation Assembly at
each session of any  matters relating to the maintenance of Peace and Security
which are under discussion in the  Federation Council, and shall notify the
Federation Assembly or the Members if the Federation  Assembly is not in
session, immediately when the Federation Council completes its  deliberations
on any such matters.  

3.]	The Federation Assembly shall meet in two ( 2 ) sixty ( 60 ) day
sessions each year to  debate recent developments, propose Laws, and carry out
those duties as set out in these  Articles of Federation.  The First Session of
the Assembly shall begin on the first ( 1 ) day of the  first ( 1 ) month of
the new year.  The second session will start following six ( 6 ) months after 
the close of the first ( 1 ) session.  The last thirty ( 30 ) days of the
second session shall be  devoted to retiring of outdated laws presented to the
Assembly by Members, Citizens or the  Administration-Section.  

ARTICLE 17:   Budget;  

1.]	The Federation Assembly shall consider and approve the budget of the
Federation;  

2.]	Part of the expense of the Federation shall be borne by the Members as
apportioned by  the Federation Assembly;  

3.]	Part of the expenses of the Federation shall come from leasing natural
and scientific  resources controlled as Federation Assets.  These asset may
include real property, ( floor space  within Federation Enclaves ), transport
facilities ( space flight;  passenger service, freight,  research etc.,.) 
service leasing ( telescope maintenance, computer-time, analysis,etc.,. ).  

4.]	Part of the expenses of the Federation shall come from duly authorized
duty, tariffs,  inspection fees, and management fees charged to non-Federation
citizens, cargo etc., utilizing  Federation stations and properties.  

5.]	The Federation Assembly shall consider and approve any financial and
budgetary  arrangements with Specialized Agencies referred to in Article 57 and
shall examine the  Administrative budgets of such Specialized Agencies with a
view to making recommendations  to the Agencies concerned;  

6.]	Three to five percent ( 3% - 5% ) of the annual budget is to be placed
in liquid assets, (  Bank Trust, Credit Notes, etc.,. ) every accounting period
as an Emergency Operations Fund to  be used to fiance extraordinary Federation
needs:  i.e., war debt, disaster, relief effort, rescue  operations, etc.,.  It
is outside of the Assembly appropriations jurisdiction, and can only be 
activated by a unanimous vote of the Federation Council.  

7.]	The Federation Assembly, Federation Council and Administration-Section
may not pass a  Deficit budget.  All Budgets must balance or be on the plus
side, or they may not be enacted.    Those Members that vote for the Deficit,
have to assume financial responsibility for the short- fall.  Their groups have
to split the bill evenly among themselves and produce the credits,  within ten
days of the budget proposal.  If they decline with in three days, then they are 
eliminated from the next budget vote.  If they produce the Credits, then they
can vote for the  budget.  If they do come up with the money, the budget won't
be in deficit.  

8.]	The validity of the public debt of the Articles of Federation,
authorized by law,  including debts incurred for payment of pensions and
bounties for services in suppressing  insurrections or rebellion, shall not be
questioned.  But neither the Federation nor any  Member shall assume or pay any
debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or  rebellion against the
Articles of Federation, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any 
slave;  All such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.  

9.]	All budgets of, and expenses of the United Federation shall be made and
paid in the  common Interplanetary Credit.  The Common Interplanetary Credit
shall be the official  medium of exchange within the Federation Treaty
Exploration Territory;  

ARTICLE 20:   Procedure;

The Federation Assembly shall meet in regular periodic sessions and in such
special  sessions as occasions may require.  Special Sessions shall be convoked
by the Administration- Section at the request of the Federation Council or of a
Majority of the Members of the  Federation;  

ARTICLE 21

1.]	The Federation Assembly shall adopt rules of procedures, as its first
official Act.  The  Procedural handbook is to be limited to ten pages and five
thousand ( 5000 ) words.  This  handbook will then be used by every Federation
Agency, Meeting and Council.  

2.]	The Federation Assembly shall elect a Governor for each Session;  The
Assembly  Governor shall open each debate, and moderate the Assembly session. 
Limiting speaking times  and making sure the business of the Assembly is
handled in a timely fashion in accordance  with the agreed procedures.  

3.]	The Federation Assembly Governor will serve as First Chancellor to the
Federation  Council.  This duty is served even while the Assembly is out of
session.  


CHAPTER IX

The Interplanetary Court of Review and Justice

ARTICLE 53:   Statement of Legal Rights; 

1.}	All Search, Seizures and Arrest must be approved by a Writ from a duly
appointed  Federation Tribunal.  This Writ shall contain, Intent, and detailed
Description of Items or  Persons sought;

2.}	All cases by common consent, will be Tried by, the Low Court, Common
Court or Final  Tribunal;  

3.}	No Person may be forced to testify against themselves;

4.}	No Person may be Tried for the same offense twice; 

5.}	No Bail may be set exceeding fifty percent ( 50 %) of the persons
worth; 

6.}	No Private property may be seized without Fair-Market Compensation; 

7.}	The Accused has the Right to Face their accuser;

8.}	The accused has the Right to call witnesses who must appear under
penalty of Fine; 

9.}	The Accused has the Right to aid of Counsel for Defense;

10.}	The Accuser has the Right to aid of Counsel for Prosecution;

11.}	Persons have the Right to any-and-all data gathered by Public or
Private Concerns  about them;  

12.}	No Right may supersede another;  No Persons Rights may supersede
another Persons  Rights;

13.}	No ruling or sentence may Abridge or Restrict the Rights specified;  

Article 54:   The Courts of Review and Justice; 

1.] 	The Low Court of Review and Justice is to be comprised of a public
access Data- Terminals linked to the Federation Science Academy legal
Data-Base.  This repository of all  Federation Law is to be used to settle
disputes and minor, Legal questions and punishments.  

2.]	The Common Court of Review and Justice is to be comprised of fifteen
randomly selected  people chosen from the Voter Rolls in the central computer
memory banks of the Federation  Science Academy.  Three ( 3 ) of these
individuals shall be selected as Tribunal Judges.  The  remaining twelve ( 12 ) 
shall act as Jurors for that days Court cases.  Either a computer link, or 
hard-copy of the legal text will be on hand to aid the Court personnel.  This
Court hears  Criminal and Civil cases, deciding on punishment and recompense
for those concerned; 

3.]	The Final Court of Review and Justice shall be comprised of three ( 3 )
Senior Cadets of  the graduating class of the Federation Science Academy.  This
Court will only review cases  concerning the legality of laws now on the books,
or issuing opinions of Laws about to be  enacted.  The only enforcement power
the Final Court has, is that of voiding a current law.   When this occurs, the
Sponsors of the Law have ten  ( 10 ) days to re-word the law to repair it.   If
no action is taken, then the Law is taken off the books.;

4.]	Any group of citizens may convene a Common Court at any time they deem
fit; 

Article 55

1.]	All Members of the  Federation as ' Ipso Facto ' parties to the Statute
of the  Interplanetary Court of Review and Justice;  

2.]	Each Member of the Federation undertakes to comply with the decisions
of the Inter- planetary Court of Review and Justice in any case to which it is
a party; 

3.]	A Social System which is not a Member of the  Federation may become a
party to the  Statue of the Interplanetary Court of Review and Justice on
conditions to be determined in  each case by The Federation Assembly upon the
recommendation of the Federation Council;  

4.]	Nothing in these Articles of Federation shall prevent Members of the
Federation from  entrusting the solutions of their differences to other
Tribunals by virtue of Agreements  already in existence or which may be
concluded in the future;  

ARTICLE 56

The Federation Assembly of the Federation Council may request the
Interplanetary  Court of Review and Justice to give an advisory opinion on any
legal question.  Other bodies of  the Federation and the Specialized Agencies,
which may at any time be so authorized by the  Federation Assembly, may also
request Advisory Opinions of the Court on Legal questions  arising within the
scope of their activities. 


A FEDERATION RESEARCH PROPOSAL:   


By the synthesis of several fields of scientific and engineering specialty, the
production of  a new form of space drive may be possible.  This new drive will
represent a literal quantum  leap in space propulsion technology, entailing as
if does the reduction of space drive  components to a single 51 centimeter
crystal.  

Sub-light Ion Engine:   This generator uses a block of semi-conductor material
as light-amplifying material, also  called an Injection Laser.  A common
material used is Gallium Arsenide.  The Semi-Conductor  material consist of two
layers that differ electrically.  Electron current passes thru the semi-
conductor generates laser light along the junction between the two layers.  
The device, a quantum well diode laser, is made of a layered alloy of
gallium-aluminum- arsenide.  The middle layer, which is the active layer, is
made of nearly pure gallium arsenide,  and is only six-millionth of a
millimeter thick.  The two layers on either side of it are 10 times  as thick
and contain 30 times the atoms of aluminum for every 70 atoms of gallium. 
These  layers are in turn sandwiched between two still thicker outer layers,
containing 25 atoms of  aluminum for every 75 atoms of gallium.  The entire
device is about 0.25 millimeters ( 0.01 inch  ) square and one thousandth of a
millimeter thick.   When a voltage is applied and current flows, this radiative
recombination has to be  confined along the junction plane and must be
reflected by a parallel, partially reflective  surface so as to form a cavity. 
These parallel mirrors are readily obtained by cleaving along  the natural
cleavage planes of the III - V compound semi-conductors.  The injection
electrons  and the light must be confined to the same region so that they can
interact to enhance the  stimulated emission.   To provide the carrier and
light confinement to the region of the p-n junction and obtain  continuous
operation at room temperature, it is necessary to use a heterojuntion - i.e.,
the  junction in a single crystal between two dissimilar semi-conductors.  The
most significant  difference is the energy gap and the refractive index.  A
double hetero-structure made with  aluminum gallium arsenide ( Al-Ga-As ) and
pure gallium arsenide and indium phosphate  gallium indium are now being used.  
Al-Ga-As is used to jacket, or clad the pure Ga-As core which has a smaller
energy gap than  the two cladding layers.  Typical values for X in the formula
Al = x : Ga = -x : As, is x = 0.3.  This  gallium Arsenide region with a
smaller energy gap is where the light with a smaller energy  gap is generated
due to radiative recombination of the injected carriers;  it is called the
active  region.   Other pairs of semi-conductors may be used, but all require a
smaller-energy-gap active  region with larger-energy-gap cladding layers.  Also
to prevent non-radiative recombination  at the heterojunction interphases, the
active layer and the cladding layers must have the same  lattice constant.  
Electrical current travels through the layers in the form of moving negatively
charged  electrons and positively charged holes - These are empty spaces around
atoms in materials  crystal structure where electrons normally are situated. 
Under the influence of an electric  field, an electron can jump from one hole
to another.  The hole the electron left behind can in  turn be filled by a
neighboring electron, which leaves another hole.  As this process repeats 
itself, a hole in effect  " travels "  through the crystal.  The middle layer
acts as a pit, called a  quantum well, which the electrons either overshoot or
fall into.   When an electron falls into a hole, the electron gives up energy
in the form of a photon - a  bundle, or quantum or light.  A photon vibrates
with a frequency equal to its energy divided  by a number called Planck's
constant.   According to the laws of quantum mechanics that govern the emission
of photons,  electrons in an object can emit photons that have only certain
special amounts of energy.   Furthermore the number of possible amounts of
energy, and the amounts themselves, given  up by electrons as they fall into an
object depend upon the size of the object.  The smaller the  size the object,
the smaller the number of possible energies.  Because the laser's middle layer
is  extremely small, when an electrical current flows across the laser, the
middle layer emits  photons, each of which has the same energy and frequency,
corresponding to light of a deep  red color.   The basic principle of the laser
is that photons of this frequency encourage electrons in  the gallium arsenide
to fall into the holes, emitting still more photons of the same frequency.   As
a result, it is possible for a weak current to cause the middle layer to emit
tremendous  numbers of photons with a single frequency.  When the current rises
above about 0.3 ampere,  the device begins to emit laser light.  The light
output increases with further increases in the  current.  Only 1.5 amperes will
produce 1/2 watt of light.   The fundamental idea of this C.I.E. generator is
that of the injection laser.  However, that is  merely the first stage.  In the
second stage, the use of superconductivity material and  quasicrystals enhance
and increase the injection lasers efficiency to provide adequate 
energy-to-thrust ratio for forward motion. The semiconducting material is
martyred in a  superconductivity lattice at an atomic level.  Replacing the
Oxygen-Copper pairings with Al- Ga-As.  A superconductor conducts or carries
electric current  ( a flow of electrons ) without  resistance.  In may 1987,
some evidence of superconductivity in a complex substance  apparently occurred
in microscopic  " sandwiches "  made up of insulated material located  between
layers of a superconductor.  This is the same formation as that of a
semiconductor.   The new superconductors are ceramics - material that are
neither metals nor plastics.  The  super conductors are brittle and are
difficult to make into films or wires suitable for technical  applications
because its strength is proportional to the size of the crystilline grains in
the  superconductor.  When researchers tried to increase grain size, their
brittle materials cracked.   Then silver,  which absorbs strain but doesn't
interfere with superconductivity was included  in the formula of yttrium,
barium, copper, and oxygen.  Including the silver produced large  grain
superconductors, allowing a 4.5 pound tank of water, holding a living goldfish,
to be  levitated atop a ring magnet.   The copper and oxygen atoms in these
materials are staked in flat layers  ( known as planes  in geometry ).  In each 
" building block "  of the crystal lattice, copper an oxygen form one or  more
layers, while the other elements make up the remainder of the block.  The
blocks are  stacked one upon another like a deck of cards to fill out the
crystal.   The critical temperature seems to depend upon the number of
copper-and-oxygen layers  per block - the more of these layers , the higher the
critical temperature.  The material with a  critical temperature of -148
degrees C has three consecutive layers made of copper and oxygen  and atoms in
each block.   In 1980, they imposed a strong magnetic field perpendicular to a
very thin conducting  layer in an electronic device known as a
semiconductor-insulator junction.  This caused a  current to flow through the
layer.  Surprisingly, they found that the strength of the resulting  electrical
field was no longer simply proportional to the magnetic field and current, but 
increased by quanta, or steps, as the magnetic field increased.  Successive
steps did not depend  on the nature of the specific conducting material. 
Rather, the steps were always at an exact or  whole-number multiple of the
current times the square of the charge of electrons divided by  Planck's
constant.   The presence of moving magnetic fields can be shown by the Meissner
effect, the rejection  of a magnetic field by a superconductor that's cooled
below critical temperature.  Magnetic  Field;   a Region in the neighborhood of
a magnet, electric current or changing electric field  in which magnetic forces
are observable.  Magnetic fields force moving electrical charged  particles in
a circular or helical path.  The magnetic force on a moving charge is exerted
in a  direction at a right angle to the plane formed by the direction of its
velocity and the direction  of the surrounding magnetic field.   The Meissner
effect occurs because the magnetic field of the permanent magnet causes 
superconductivity currents to flow on the surface of the pellet.  These
currents produce a  magnetic field in the direction opposite of that of the
permanent magnet's field.  The portion  of the superconductor's field inside
the superconductor has exactly the same strength as the  portion of the
magnet's field extending inside the superconductor.  So the magnet's internal 
field is canceled out.  But the magnet's external field exerts a repelling
force on the  superconducting current carriers ( electrons or holes ) flowing
on the surface of the pellet,  causing the pellet to remain suspended.  When a
magnetic material is cooled in an outside  magnetic field of constant
direction, the small regions quickly grow into large domains in  which the
atomic magnets are aligned with the outside field.   Scientist have found that
certain impurities in the crystal structure of magnetic materials  make
boundary motion more difficult.      The field inside a type II material became
concentrated in various positions that depend  upon the crystal structure of
the particular superconductor.  Certain irregularities in the  shape of the
superconductors crystal structure and certain impurities ( atoms that normally 
are not present in the materials ) can  " pin down "  these field
concentrations.   In a metal of alloy type II superconductor, movement of these
magnetic field  concentrations - know as fluxcreep - creates some electrical
resistance, but not enough to  prevent these materials from being useful for a
variety of superconductivity applications.  As  the temperature increases,
atoms in the superconducting material vibrate more and more  rapidly,
increasing flux creep.  The moving field concentrations interfere with
electrons or  holes forming the superconducting current, thereby raising
resistance.   That flux creep can be exceptionally strong in ceramic
superconductors that are made up  of the chemical elements yttrium, barium,
copper, and oxygen.     The amount of current that can pass through a
high-temperature superconductor is  limited by the behavior of a
three-dimensional magnetic structure called a flux lattice.  When  a ceramic
superconductor is placed in a magnetic field, the field forms intermeshing,
string- like concentrations of magnetism called fluxiods.   An electric current
can move fluxiods about and thus transfer some of the current's  energy to the
superconductor.  This causes the superconductor to lose its zero electrical 
resistance.  The higher the temperature at which the superconductor operates,
the looser the  lattice becomes, and so the easier it becomes for current to
move fluxiods about - increasing  the material's resistance.   To prevent
lattices from loosening researchers took advantage of a characteristic of 
certain conventional superconductors.  In those materials, fluxoids can be
immobilized, or  "  pinned down, "  by defects in the crystal of the material.  
The current density  of the altered crystalline material was about 10 times
that of the  material without the defects (  Current density is the amount of
current flowing through a  given cross-sectional area of a material.).   A
technique for altering the crystal structure of a high temperature
superconductor by  introducing crystal defects.  The researchers measured the
density of a current flowing  through a crystal made up of yttrium, barium,
copper, and oxygen.  Then they bombarded the  crystal with neutrons, creating
defects every much like cracks in a brick wall.  When they  again passed a
current through the crystal, the fluxiods stuck to the defects and did not 
interfere with the currents.  As a result, the current density increased
sharply to an amount  that would make these materials useful for magnets.  
Another way of dealing with this problem would be the use of quasicrystals.  A
quasicrystal  is a material which solidified into a crystal like object with a
unit cell that could not possibly  repeat itself in a periodic fashion. 
Researchers wondered how the object which came to be  known as a quasi-crystal,
could exist.  The explanation came from an unexpected source.  In  the
mid-1970's, theoretical physicist Roger Penrose developed a geometric structure 
comparable to sets of tiles of two different shapes that cover a floor in only
non-periodic  arrangements - that is, without regular distances between
identical tiles pointed in the same  direction. Penrose's discovery in plane
geometry could be applied to solid geometry.   Unit cells in the shape of an
iconahedron ( a solid with 20 triangular faces ) could combine 
non-periodically to form a quasi-crystal.  The ordering of the unit cells would
be quasi- periodical - that is, distances between unit cells oriented in the
same direction would repeat in  a pattern, but not a periodic pattern.  Instead
the distances would change according to the  Fibonacci sequence ( the
continuous series of numbers beginning 1,1,2,3,5, in which the first  two
numbers is the sum of the preceding two numbers ).  In October 1985, five
researchers obtained quasi-crystals by bombarding a thin film of  aluminum and
manganese with a beam of xenon ions ( charged atoms ).  The bombardment  with
ions rearranged atoms in the alloy to form a quasi-crystal. From the previous
information is possible to formulate a synthesis of the various sciences 
described.   A layered superconducting matrix of injection laser material
Al-Ga-As, is laid down on  normal semiconducting state. Then a quasicrystal
superconductor, is overlaid as an insulating  layer and hetrojunctioned to the
plane of the Al-Ga-As, forming the quantum well where the  electron-photon
conversion takes place.  By using the quasicrystal structure to pin down the 
magnetic fields, massive electric fields will be generated at right angles to
the original  electron current path.   These electric fields will act to " push
"  the electrons in the alternative junctions.  Inturn  these electron currents
will produce massive electric fields in the original current pathways.   This
double-push effect will increase electron-photon conversion.   Throughout the
more than 50 years of the particle-accelerator history, the strong electric 
fields that  " push "  the particles have always been provided by powerful
radio waves, far  stronger electric fields are present in the light waves
produced by lasers, however.  A light  beam, like a radio beam consist of an
electric field and a magnetic field.  Strong electric fields  are also found in
plasmas - gases made up of atomic nuclei and independent electrons.  
Experiments beginning in 1983  focused intense flashes of laser light on an are
of less than  1 square millimeter ( 0.0015 square inch ).  Each flash lasted
only ten-trillionth of a second,  but for that instant the flash maintained
electric fields thousands of times more powerful than  those commonly used in
particle accelerators.  Fields this strong generate forces as powerful as those
that hold atoms together.  They can  play havoc with any atoms that falls
within their grip.  Energy flows rapidly into the atoms,  causing it to spew
forth electrons.  In a single laser flash, an atom may absorb as many as 100 
photons and eject as many as ten electrons.  Ordinarily, an atom absorbs one at
a time and it is  extremely difficult to remove several electrons from one atom
in a single step.   By this method, the quantum effect of electron-photon
conversion is amplified, producing  a sub-quantum field transfer effect of near
70-to-80% efficiency.  By expontial expansion, the  crystal electric-magnetic
fields should reach a strong-force counter reaction by the time the 
electron-current flow has reached the end of the crystal.   The end product of
this action should be an quanta level release burst of energy along most  known
frequencies of the electromagnetic wave-band.    ( Harnessed nuclear thrust.) 

	

First Earth Battalion:   When Lieutenant Colonel Jim Channon agreed to
investigate  California's human-potential movement for an Army Think-Tank
project in 1978, he  did so with extrordinary zeal.  Channon, an Army Futurist
station in Los Angeles, visited  more than 130 human-potential groups,
including Est, Insight, and a host of others  ranging in focus from the
philosophical to the practical.  Many seminars later,  Channon concluded that
holistic attempts to integrate mind, body, and spirit constitute  the wave of
the future.  He also decided that the human-potential movement is  something
the Army should be concerned with.   His solution was the First Earth Battalion
- a mythical command unit that he  designed as a model for the Army in the
1990s - whose purpose, according to Channon,  would be to find alternatives to
current models of warfare and to the Army's attitudes  about individual
soldiers.   Such concerns as planetary peace, global interdependence, ethical
warfare, and  ecology predominate in battalion literature.  Concepts are drawn
heavily from Eastern  philosophies and metaphysical disciplines.  Battalion
members would be required to  have strong spiritual and philosophical
commitments.   What Channon proposes, among other ideas, is a kind of  "
strategic microforce. "  
    Such New Age soldiers would be highly evolved in
every sense:  They would possess  superior intelligence, rational
decision-making ability under life-and-death pressure,  an affinity for
languages, and an understanding of sign language.  They would be well  aware of
the power of visual symbols, music, and movements, especially choreography.  
They would be able to put themselves in relaxed-brain-wave states.   Channon's
soldiers would be highly versatile, boasting such technical skills as 
parachuting, scuba diving, and the ability to disarm nuclear devices.  They
would also  be trained in aikido and other martial arts, meditation, yoga, and
fasting.  Proficiency  in hypnotherapy, psychic communication, and  "
systematized intuition, "  including  dowsing and American Indian tracking
techniques, would combine with knowledge of  acupressure and herbal medicine. 
"  A profound respect for other people's value  systems "  would be essential,
Channon says, since soldiers would be of both sexes and of  various religious
or spiritual systems and races.  Ultimately the battalion would be 
international as well.   Their assignment:  To handle the most  " destabilizing
"  situations, including  countering nuclear terrorism, providing protection
within, or safe travel out of, strife- torn countries, and preceding United
Nations peacekeeping forces.  Channon  envisions, for example, a team of 15 to
30 battalion members parachuting into a Mideast  hot spot and standing between
two armies to avert a potential clash.  The battalion  would inaugurate a space
patrol that would search out concealed war devices, supervise  the Suez Canal,
and oversee emerging psychic research in the United States and the  U.S.S.R. 
Battalion members not necessarily those in the strike force, would handle 
reforesting projects and promote respect for Mother Earth.  


FEDERATION SCIENCE ACADEMY TESTING FORM

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Please Answer The Next Series Of Questions As Honestly As Possible: 

How many sides does a Cube have?        If the Sun is over your left Shoulder,
                                         where's your shadow?   |     

What would you do if a drunk stumbled into you and tried to start a fight?


A pregnant woman needs a ride to the hospital and your car has a flat tire. 
What do you do?


What happens if you feed a stray animal? 


What creates the little barren lines around houses? 


How many people make up a large group?      	Your favorite group activity?
	                        	 |

Your opinion of Government?      Big Business?	Schools?
	|	|

Your favorite set of numbers
  1,2,3,4,5,6:	|  1,2,5,7,8,0:	|  9,2,5,1,8,5:

Which job sounds more like you?  ( Physical/Mental energy required )
  Librarian:	|  Fire Fighter:	|  Janitor:

How long should it be between people seeing each other?
  2 x per day:	|  2 x per month:	|  Does not matter:

Describe your concept of your personal Now?  ( How you perceive Time and your
schedule )  
 


Do you read: 
  Magazines:           |  Books                  |  Encyclopedias 	          |  All	

Thank you for your honesty and forthrightness.  

Greetings: 

We of the Federation greet you.  You've no doubt noted that the data  provided
to you are excerpts taken from longer, more detailed documents.  The reason 
for this is mostly economic.  The one hard-copy of the Federation Operations
Manual  we have, is presently running two hundred and fifty pages.  This
includes the full  Constitution, the science database for the drive-crystal,
basic uniform designs for  public relations, computer icon designs for
Department files, etc.,.   The second reason for this small, data-packet is as
simple.  We're still getting on  our feet.  While we have a lot of data, ideas,
and paper work.  It's taking us time to  organize this information into useable
segments, cross-reference and build the files  and such that we'll need to get
everything operating smoothly.   The holidays have also interfered with the
byte-work ( as opposed to paperwork ).   Now that things are getting back to
normal, we expect to have this whole thing  whipped into shape in a couple of
weeks.  We've also found a member who can work  up a
cost-evaluation-and-projection report for all the items listed in the Sponsor 
Program.  Hopefully we can have a working operations cost-analysis by the
beginning  of February.   If you have any information, ideas, and/or whatever,
please send back either  electronic mail, or regular mail, the address follows. 
Thanks for your interest, and  hopefully, we can have an operating vehicle by
1995.  Target date for getting off this  planet is summer of 1995, or sooner. 
Lets get moving, folks.  

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