Fair Chance Act

The Fair Chance Act (FCA) is a law adopted by the UEE in 2795 and ratified by Erin Toi. It disallows terraforming and mining of planets inhabited by species that can evolve intelligence. Additionally, it prevents human contact and involvement by disallowing or restricting the entering of the protected systems and planets, called sanctuaries. In the Starmap, FCA protected systems are named "Developing Systems".

History
After the terraforming of Garron II, a planet with indigenous life, a series of protests took place in the UEE, inspired by a group called the Tide. The government gave in to the pressure and passed the Fair Chance Act to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Systems and planets protected by the Fair Chance Act

 * Cano System: Carteyna was placed under the Fair Chance act in 2902.
 * Osiris System: Life on Osiris II (Etos).
 * Garron System: As a result of the Massacre of Garon II.
 * Genesis System: Genesis II is inhabited by two species.
 * Kallis System: Early proto-planets in a protoplanetary disk.
 * Kellog System: Life on Kellog II (Xis).
 * Oso System: Oso II is inhabited by a tribal society, called Osoians, the most advanced species protected by the FCA.
 * Tamsa System: 2945 under temporary survey. Closed for the public.

Elements of the Act
The FCA is divided into 5 Sections, of which 2 are known:
 * I. Principles
 * II. Designation of Developing Species
 * III. Terraforming Articles and Conditions
 * IV. Resources for Ecological Protection and
 * V. Judicial Review and Criminal Prosecution

I. Section, Article 1 defines the goal of the act. No one human should harm other species, which "possess the reasonable capacity for evolution into intelligence". II. Section, Article 2 (a) elucidated that a new discovered planet must be researched by an independent panel, which has to report its findings to UEE's Senate Subcommittee on Expansion and Development. II. Section, Article 2 (b) The panel has to develop criteria on what a "developing species" is. The Subcommittee on Expansion and Development conjointly with the Senate, High-Secretary and Imperator has to decide if a world should be classified as a "sanctuary", where it is forbidden to extract minerals or to conduct terraforming. Indigenous Lifeforms should be left "untouched by human involvement".