by S A Asthana
Each colony has the right to defend itself against another by any means necessary if provoked or attacked. Attacks/provocation can include but are not limited to, destruction of colony property and or citizenry, blockades of shipments, and cyber breaches. A response can include, but only as an absolute last resort, a similar rebuttal to the attack or provocation.
ARTICLE 3: GOVERNANCE OF SPACE
Each colony is to be involved in decision-making about space matters immediately surrounding the orbital paths of Earth, Mars, and the Earth’s moon. This includes, but is not limited to, deployment of satellites and/or space stations, directing space traffic, and military and/or civilian security of said space traffic. Lack of inclusion of a colony will make any decision null and void, and any subsequent output non-sustainable.
ARTICLE 4: FAIR AND BALANCED TRADE
Each colony is entitled to fair and balanced trade with its neighbors. This includes the trade of goods and services and open borders. Unjust price hikes for goods and services owned by one colony and deemed necessary for survival by another colony can be considered an act of aggression. The closing of borders to other colonies can be considered a deterrent to peaceful relations.
ARTICLE 5: SOVEREIGNTY OF COLONIES
Each colony has complete control over the political, mercantile, and military processes within its border. Interjection by a foreign colony is deemed an act of aggression, which in turn can trigger Article 2.
ARTICLE 6: RIGHT TO WATER
Each colony is to have access to Earth’s remaining bodies of water for usage of consumption, and or other industrial processes if required for free. Colonial monopolization on water cannot be put into motion. Breach of this article can trigger Article 2.
ARTICLE 7: RIGHT TO SUN
Each colony is to have access to the Solar System’s sun. No colony shall deploy any technology that impedes another colony’s ability to benefit from the sun or its heat. Breach of this article can trigger Article 2.
ARTICLE 8: PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
All colonies are prohibited from developing, testing, producing, manufacturing, acquiring, possessing, or stockpiling nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. Colonies are barred from transferring or receiving nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices, control over such weapons, or any assistance with activities prohibited under the Treaty. Colonies are also prohibited from using or threatening to use nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices. Colonies cannot allow the stationing, installation, or deployment of nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices in their territory. Breach of this article can trigger Article 2.
ARTICLE 9: SPACE EXPLORATION
All space exploration will be done with good intentions and is equally open to all colonies that comply with Trilateral Treaty. No one colony may claim ownership of outer space or any celestial body.
ARTICLE 10: BORDERS
No colony can expand its borders, for purposes of living, research and/or trash discarding without approval from other colonies.
ARTICLE 11: THE EXTRADITION OF CRIMINALS
Each colony is obligated to extradite an individual accused of committing a crime in another colony or had been convicted of a crime in that other jurisdiction, and any harboring of such individual(s) is an act of defiance towards peace amongst the colonies. Penalties of breach can include sanctions on goods and services until criminal is returned.
ARTICLE 12: SPACE LAW
Crime, such as theft and/or murder, amongst others, outside of colonial borders, on land, and or in space, will be arbitrated using laws of source colony or colonies from wherein involved parties hail. No colony has jurisdiction outside of its borders.
ARTICLE 13: AMENDMENT OF TRILATERAL TREATY
Any amendment to The Trilateral Treaty can only occur with representation from all three colonies. Lack of inclusion of a colony will make amendment null and void, and any subsequent output non-sustainable.
ARTICLE 14: SPACE OBJECTS
Colonies shall retain jurisdiction and control over their space objects, and shall be liable for damage caused by their space objects. Colonies shall avoid the harmful contamination of outer space.
APPENDIX II: WAR QUOTES
“War is what happens when language fails.” ― Margaret Atwood
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” ― Voltaire
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” ― Plato
“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!” ― Adolf Hitler
“Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars.” ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?” ― Mahatma Gandhi
“All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.” ― John Steinbeck
“War does not determine who is right — only who is left.” ― Anonymous
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.” ― Malcom X
“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.” ― Aristotle
“In times of war, the law falls silent.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
I came, I saw, I conquered.” ― Julius Caesar
BY S.A. ASTHANA
Final Wars Trilogy
Book 1: The Final Wars Begin
"Extraordinary characters steer a taut, rousing futuristic tale. In this first installment of a trilogy, Asthana deftly manages multiple characters in a sci-fi-flavored espionage story." - Kirkus Reviews
Book 2: The Final Wars Rage
Book 2 is a thrilling and intriguing science fiction book that will make you fall in love with the author's mind." - Literary Titan
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Short Stories
An Assassin In Time
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Guess Who's Coming To Lunch
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If you haven't read this story, read it. We are just around that future now." - Amazon Reader Review
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I like to write about robots, spaceships, and explosions - also, blood. To learn more, check out my site: www.SAwritesSF.com