Timo wrote:

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But if everyone you are setting the example for is about to die as well, what's the point?
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I trust Gosheven could think beyond the confines of his little planet. Colonization is a widespread phenomenon, and the Sheliak seem to be a widespread threat, too; plenty of example to set there.
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Sorry, but that makes no sense to me.
He'd be willing to let everything his colony had established be destroyed along with all its people to encourage some other colonists he knew nothing about?