"My lords and fellows of the Holy Convene((theocratic council)), we face imminent disaster. Our nutrient generators cannot supply the sustenance for our people, and they grow restless. Blasphemers construct farms, fearful of starvation, but without any guidance from our most holy clergy, their heretical constructions endanger the environment to an extreme degree. But the ban on farming is not the answer. I do not propose we make it legal, regardless of what my political rivals may believe. I propose exceptions. I propose changes to the law, not the breaking of scripture.
"I propose we allow, nay, assist the Hunter's in their sacred duty. They will find these traitors, and execute them, preferably in public, as a warning. But do not destroy their farms outright. Deconstruct their designs, pull it apart. Use the material anew. Terra has a ravaged ecosystem, less thn 1 in every 1000 of it's species still alive. But we face a ravaged economy. And so I propose at, with the higher technology levels our Thinkers and Machine Prophets have blessed us with, I say we go to Venus. The heat could not be borne before, and atmospheric conditioners broke under the strain. But now, we can create heat-shielded domes without any human action. Drones may build them for us; indeed, they could perform the task I ask for the planet to be used.
"Use the farm supplies. Construct new ones upon the Venusian surface. The heat will aid in the life's growth, and we can harvest that which dies. We could genetically engineer life to conform to the planet's environment, creating ecosystem's where there were none. But we are animals too. We require sustenance as any other creature. Are we to die of starvation, waiting for the less considerate members of our race to destroy what is left without any to stop them? Should we dwindle away into nothing, only for a different space faring race to destroy us and our slar system with strip mining? No! It would be greater folly to let ourselves be destroyed simply because we make no use of the materials at hand. Only two planets in the Sol system have even the capability to support life. Terra has a destroyed ecosystem, while Mars is barely starting. We need to supply our people before they mutiny against us, starving and desperate, where they will do far greater harm than we ever could.
"On a separate matter, we are desperate for resources. Mining operations on our home planet and it's d neighbor should not be stopped. Not immediately. We need to begin operations to abandon the planets to their own devices, I allow Martian life to flourish unimpeded, and the destroyed environment of Terra to recover. But this will take time, and we need materials in that time. I propose we increase the harvesting and mining operations on the planets devoid of life or the ability to support it. Do we care for the well being of rocks? Of corpses? No. So why should we attempt to keep safe that which does not exist? Jupiter does not have an environment. It has gas and moons. Pluto does not have an environment. It has rock and frozen air. The survival of humanity comes before all else, I am afraid to say, because if we do not survive, it matters not whether we do or do not keep Terra's surface from burning, for another species would simply do so once we were gone.
"As for the Thinkers, let them have their station. The Shipwrights' guild is too dangerous, and too powerful. A monopoly on the construction of ships? What if they were to fall victim to heresy and traitorous insurrection? How would we combat them? Monopolies can only spell doom for economies and ecosystems alike. No animal or plant has complete control of a niche or environment, after all. Those that do grow complacent, they do not evolve. Without evolution, another takes it's place. Only competition can ensure competency.
"As our final matter of discussion, I nominate myself for the position of High Lord of Naval Arms for the W-359 system. We all know my experience and worth, and my abilities with recruits. My battle-scars are plain to see. The training regimen obviously needs work, as does the clergy's oversight of the matter...I know they watch me carefully anyway, for I preach revolutionary ideas, far removed from the propositions and needs of our ancestor prophets. But this is a different time. And their watch will be welcomed to ensure the faith and loyalty of new cadets."
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