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races, and is to become its first leader. These achievements are enough to convince the
Regulans to finally reveal themselves. A distressed employee of the Bureau reports that a Regulan ship has been spotted and is trying to make contact with Starhome, at which point Roald remembers the conversation with Anovel from fifty years back.
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space flight long before humans, but chose not to reveal themselves. Anovel confirms everything he has said, and also mentioned that contact with the humans will be made in fifty years time if all goes well; he then erases that information from Roald's mind as he deems it too early for any non-Regulan to know.
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Roald's Bureau chief, Tinescu, proposes him to be his successor, but Roald accepts the
Starhomer offer instead, pointing out that they are the way of the future. He also contacts Anovel and tells him that he has figured out that Regulans are actually colonists of another species which has discovered
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Roald's work to accommodate the Tau
Cetians and find out the truth behind the "Stars for Humans League" also affects his personal life, as his fiancée is furious about the time he spends with aliens. He also gets a proposal from Kay Lee Wong, the Starhome courier, to become the chief of a soon to be
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Roald becomes more and more involved in rooting out the League. His admiration for aliens rises after a couple of discussions with Anovel. He works with
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In the epilogue, an older Roald celebrates his fiftieth year of leading the Bureau of
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while also working for the Bureau. Torres tells Roald that by his assessment
Starhome has become more advanced than Earth. When they fly back to the bureau's HQ to bring the news, the League tries to assassinate Torres, but inadvertently target Roald instead.
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