28. United Federation of Sentients

Will attends a United Federation of Sentients council meeting where human colony representatives debate how to handle the Pav, who have refused to join the federation and claim freedom to travel through human space. Tensions escalate as different colonies propose increasingly aggressive responses, from threatening to shoot down Pav vessels to preemptively colonizing all habitable planets in contested regions.

Will participates in a UFS council session discussing the Pav problem. The Pav have made clear they will not join the federation and intend to move freely through human space regardless of colony boundaries. Ser Lambert of Pangea argues for forcibly restricting Pav movement, threatening to shoot down vessels entering their Kuiper line. Ser Wahl of Newfoundland on Asgard responds with moderation, noting the Pav fleet is small and their military threat mostly theoretical. Will internally disagrees with this assessment, believing the Pav are deliberately investing in autofactory production to build military capacity long-term, a strategy humans lack the discipline to match. The representative from Vulcan then proposes a more aggressive solution: immediately launch sufficient colony vessels to saturate all habitable planets in the contested region, leaving the Pav no room to expand. Will finds this approach shortsighted and counterproductive, believing it will inevitably lead to war with the Pav. Throughout the session, Will remains frustrated with the council's self-centered approach and questions why he continues attending, though he acknowledges his sense of duty keeps him representing the Bobiverse.