"Before Wor was united under one banner and one Prime Minister, before it joined the Intergalactic Union, it was divided into multiple countries, multiple powers which competed against one another, and there was no greater edge in that competition than to dominate the space around and over Wor."
'Sounds familiar.' Cero thought with a nod.
"Eventually, those powers realized that they weren't the only beings in the universe and, humbled by that fact, put their differences aside and pooled their resources and talents together, allowing them after a long while to reach other civilizations and to, eventually, be invited to join the Intergalactic Union of the Living."
"How did Borg do it, then?"
"Borg developed space travel, but they didn't exactly do it together."
"How, then?"
