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Author: zarpaulus

Jul 29th 2014 at 8:49:21 PM

I think the title could be better as NoSpaceColonies or SinglePlanetSpecies.

[[AC: Comic Books]]
* Discussed in ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'', the human government gave the Winslow to the Gallimaufrey because they'd intercepted transmissions suggesting that Earth be destroyed so whoever it was could take the indestructible Winslow at their leisure.  Humanity had several colonies and could survive the loss of Earth, as per their deal that would save them from extinction in exchange for safeguarding the dumb lizard, but Earth's destruction was unacceptable to the government.  [[spoiler: Too bad it turned out the "threat" was just a crackpot tabloid journalist whose editor rejected her "suggestion" outright.]]

[[AC: Literature]]
* In Christopher Nuttall's ''Literature/ArkRoyal'' trilogy humanity's governments focus on defending Sol System from their inscrutable alien assailants because none of their colonies have anywhere near the same industrial base.  If Earth falls the colonies would be easy pickings.  And New Russia, the most developed colony world, was one of the first losses in the war.