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Scientists have long warned that climate change caused by mankind's burning of fossil fuels will make periods of drought more intense and longer-lasting, creating the ideal conditions for wildfires.

Tessa sees it as a mission, one of dozens that involve the company colonizing planets and stripping their resources, justifying that plunder as necessary to benefit mankind.

“The violation of the freedom to use international waters,” Khrushchev charged, “is an act of aggression which pushes mankind toward the abyss of a world nuclear missile war.”

“I’ve always dreamed of seeing the future,” Doc says with glee, “Looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind.”

In a philosophical discussion of the kind that is more common on college campuses than in corporate headquarters, Jordan and Yash argue about whether mankind has made moral progress.