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warning them that Tholian space

 

would not accept any Federation

 

vessels, even in emergency situations.

 

Admiral Forrest met with Soval,

 

hoping that he could find

 

out something, anything, that would

 

make it safer for Earth

 

to make first contact with

 

the spacefaring races inside the

 

zones that Earth wanted to

 

explore and map. Soval didn't

 

seem to enthusiastic about helping

 

Earth with its deep space

 

exploration. He was actively trying

 

to stand in the way

 

of progress by continuing to

 

block human efforts to improve

 

interstellar relations.

"Not those relations, "

 

Soval interjected. "My concerns are

 

that humans are taking on