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Very little is known about Milliéa, a provisional member state appearing for the first time in the Central Committee's latest public census release, drawing attention for heavy redaction of normally banal public information. Now, what would be the first piece of illuminating information about the far-field diaspora world only continues to obscure public detail. The unit introduces itself as "Judeau Alvarez," its polite cadence granted a sense of legitimacy by a handsome, almost perfectly human passing subaltern. The long dreads and deep voice make it easy to forget who you're speaking to, at least in my personal experience "I didn't run for the position," Alvarez tells the Times. "But I was the one person everyone back home was able to agree on. I know I don't look much like the representative type, but I'm gonna be doing my best so long as they have me here."

When pressed about this alleged popularity back home, Alvarez sidesteps the question- claiming "there's a long story there, but it's not one anybody's about to let me tell just yet." Alvarez has proven unpopular, both with the general public, and with fellow representatives. Multiple NHP rights organizations have decried a comp/con holding this office while demosians remain so politically disenfranchised. Representative Nguyễn of Tau Ceti (and current vice chair of the NSC) had this to say: "I don't care what their terms were, it's a travesty that we're making exceptions like this to secure certain interests while so many individuals lack even the basic rights of citizenship under our law. My contemporaries have spit in the face of the third pillar allowing this resolution to pass, and I genuinely don't know how I'll look some of them in the eye when we take to the floor tomorrow." When pressed on what "certain interests," meant xe refused to comment. Multiple sources confirm that the people of Milliéa grant machine-mind entities citizenship on their world, it remains unclear if this is warranted by the technology's level of development, some sort of cultural quirk, or an attempt to stonewall the rest of the Orion arm. Alvarez does claim the people it's representing are acting with a certain wariness: "We thought we were it, you know? That the world ended just a little after our ship left. Kinda a blessing we were wrong! It's just... I dunno how to put it how an administrator would say it. When the most powerful guy in the world offers you a seat at his table, there's an implication there. It's implicit." When asked if it believed itself more advanced than similar comp/con units across Union space, Alvarez's response was: "Hey what the fuck are you talking about?" Disrespect for the press and the generosity of its own organization on such a level is obviously shocking from a comp/con unit and it begs the question what sort of world would create such a machine. As we... [Enjoying this article? The Times of New Viviar works tirelessly to bring you each and every piece of breaking news across the orion arm. Transmitting to distal regions of space such as yours is costly, so if you've appreciated our work please consider subscribing!]

Hey! Awesome to see someone so eager to get involved in politics in such a big way! Just be careful saying stuff like this on the omninet, if the wrong person saw it you could be in big trouble! This stuff is forever, y'know?

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