title: The Cotillion
author: Danu, Sophia
description: In the year 2705, the ratio of females to males was at such a deficit on the planetary stations that the Galactic Administration passed a law rendering it illegal for a woman of age to be unmated. This law led to a movement in which women in the galaxy existed as little more than property of either their father or their mate. In the Beta Prime solar system, females were selected by their male owners on the planet Vega Fantasma. It wasn’t long before legislation passed legally requiring all girls o