Silloin and Michael Burr in “Unfinished Business”

You must balance the equation, it is our primary law. The consequences are grave.

And the Hanen would pull out if we let one jumper go?

There are those among the Hanen, including Linna, who want to deny humans our technology. They say your crude emotional states do not support our work. Letting a redundancy live is just what they need to stop us from helping your species advance.