Gundam Shadow Scythe
United Earth Senate 1545 January 21, 103 UA "For better or worse, Ladies and Gentlemen," so started the man behind the podium, "Since the mid-twentieth century, more and more power has found it's way into the hands of individual human beings. Either through science and technology, global integration, or certain other developments, individuals or small groups now have more today then they ever had in recorded history. The same is true for entire nations, and even corporations around the globe. On a planet seemingly smaller to us, we have long begun colonization of space. But in doing so we caused a new rift to be made among us. Between those who live Earth-side and the people of the orbital and moon colonies." "There are three crisis facing us today. Those individuals who abuse the power and capabilities at their disposal. With a force and impact not much different then a nation-state. Whether it's a single computer hacker attacking global computer network, a terrorist group taking advantage of a more integrated world to achieve their goals, or an ordinary people using opportunities presented by technology and information to carry out malicious acts. Another crisis before us is the unabated spread of certain weapons. The development of mobile suit technology in the past few decades is a recent example. Maintaining stability is made harder due to nations, organizations and especially individuals with harmful intent both intentional or otherwise." "The last and no less important crisis is the dispute over the ownership over the space colonies. The right of self government is most important among the colonist, whether semi-autonomy or full independence. Also, we must no forget that in spite of the physical distances in space, the actions of non-government organizations and empowered individuals are not any less important."
United Earth Senate 1545 January 21, 103 UA "For better or worse, Ladies and Gentlemen," so started the man behind the podium, "Since the mid-twentieth century, more and more power has found it's way into the hands of individual human beings. Either through science and technology, global integration, or certain other developments, individuals or small groups now have more today then they ever had in recorded history. The same is true for entire nations, and even corporations around the globe. On a planet seemingly smaller to us, we have long begun colonization of space. But in doing so we caused a new rift to be made among us. Between those who live Earth-side and the people of the orbital and moon colonies." "There are three crisis facing us today. Those individuals who abuse the power and capabilities at their disposal. With a force and impact not much different then a nation-state. Whether it's a single computer hacker attacking global computer network, a terrorist group taking advantage of a more integrated world to achieve their goals, or an ordinary people using opportunities presented by technology and information to carry out malicious acts. Another crisis before us is the unabated spread of certain weapons. The development of mobile suit technology in the past few decades is a recent example. Maintaining stability is made harder due to nations, organizations and especially individuals with harmful intent both intentional or otherwise." "The last and no less important crisis is the dispute over the ownership over the space colonies. The right of self government is most important among the colonist, whether semi-autonomy or full independence. Also, we must no forget that in spite of the physical distances in space, the actions of non-government organizations and empowered individuals are not any less important."
