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Construction on the fleet commenced immediately, as the Votan races finally owned up to the fact that their time was running out. However, rumors began to spread that the Arks wouldn’t be able to carry the entire Votan population. Fresh panic gripped the five planets, until their governments stepped in and tried to organize. Each race had its own process to determine who went and who stayed. For Castithans, only members of the race’s higher castes – or liros – were selected to make the voyage (Of course, some members of the lower liros managed to find their way onboard, gambling and bartering for passage, or even stowing away). For Irathients, tribal combat and religious trials determined the strongest and most deserving of a berth. The Indogenes, those bald-headed wonders of pragmatism, politely agreed that the best and brightest of their species should survive. Some of the less politically-connected races like the Sensoth, Liberata and Gulanee found it unfair that a disproportionately high percentage of the other races would be allowed passage. Families were torn apart. Many were forced to leave behind their most prized possessions. And some elected to remain on their dying homeworld, rather than face an uncertain future on some strange, unknown planet.

{{Traduction}}From the archives of The Washington Gazette

NEW YORK , May 27, 2015 — In a narrow victory, the United Nations General Assembly voted to grant a patch of land in Brazil roughly 1,560 kilometers in diameter to the Votan people for permanent settlement. The vote was 128 to 55 (with 11 abstentions), barely satisfying the two-thirds majority required for the measure to pass. Several countries, such as France, Australia, and India, abstainedfor fear that a ‘yes’ vote could incite further riots following outbreaks of violence in those countries earlier this month.