Space Seed: A Divergent Reality

Chapter 8: The Decision

The next day…

As the Federation council members sat back down in their seats in the chamber, the Federation President called for order.

"Fellow council members, again thank you for the time you've provided on this issue. Since our departure everyone here has had time to deliberate on the information as well as the added information provided by Ambassador Sarek. Now is the time for voting." He looked out among the council.

The president simply asked for a majority of votes to rescind the ban. Now, this was to effect Federation policy and the United Earth government had to complete their own actions to rescind the policy on its planet.

The atmosphere was tense as many of the non-human councilors voted in the 'favor' of rescinding the ban on human genetic engineering. The human councilors, some from Earth, others from the human colonies in Federation space were split; however, the number amounted to a majority of the council allowing for the recension of the ban. Ironically, the Earth councilor had voted in favor of rescinding the ban, despite some initial hesitancy on their part from the beginning. It was later found out that the new information provided by Vulcan highlighted some of the poor decisions that were made in Earth's history, and the United Earth government wanted to display foresight in admitting a mistake and their ability to grow from it.

Since the ban was rescinded, Admiral Nogura looked to Kirk and party and issued orders for them to bring the rest of the Augments to Earth from Starbase 13.

"Khan, you are free to stay here on Earth or you may go with the captain here to see the rest of your people out of cryo-stasis," Nogura offered.

"Admiral, if I may, I'll go with the captain here, but I'm sure the vice president will stay and liaison with Earth's government here. I'd like to be there to welcome my people in person," He said.

"No problem, here, Khan, I'd very much like that, I'm curious as to what the old country side might look like," Vice President Moore agreed.

The two generals agreed to stay on Earth and continue to build their relationship with Starfleet. Admiral Nogura had plans to use their knowledge and experience in reviewing some of Starfleet's defensive doctrine.

As the groups of people dispersed to carry out their assignments and the dismissal of the Federation council, news of the discovery of the Augments flooded the Federation News Wire. With the release of information discovered and provided by the council, the general public was more or less accepting of their new citizens. Having about 250 years of interaction and acceptance of non-human alien cultures, finding a long lost tribe of humans wasn't so much of a shock to Earth society. The only anxiety surrounding the news was the information relating to the genetic enhancements these Augments purported to have. Despite those facts, preliminary results from some of the initial studies conducted by Dr. McCoy a few weeks ago suggested some very interesting medical advances for human society, not to mention other similar humanoid races. These predicted advances helped smooth the way for the integration of the Augments into Federation society.

Author's Note: I'm going to end the story here since I'm going to do a time jump of about 5 to 10 years with my next story. It'll describe the changes brought about by the introduction of the Augments into Federation society. The story will detail the changes brought about to medical science, the human genome (since the Augments will surely interbreed with the normal humans) and the enhancement of Starfleet military doctrine.

I haven't named the new story name, but I'll be sure to reference this story, so stay tuned. Thanks for all the reviews and follows.