The Mars Accord

Mars Accord

In continuing spirit of the Geneva Conventions of the twentieth century, these agreed upon accords shall form the basis of interstellar law. The following terms shall be immutable, and not to be changed in any future accord unless the survival of the human race depends upon it.

            1.     The system of Sol shall forever remain neutral territory, belonging to no one nation but to humanity as a whole.

            2.    Earth, herein returned to the name of Terra, shall never produce or initiate thermonuclear devices or be subject to any war.

            3.    In order to facilitate trade and diplomacy, a common, interstellar language will be designated for said use. As it is no longer any group’s primary language yet still known and understood, Latin shall be used and the language updated to enable use in regards to modern purposes and equipment.

            4.    Weapons that release nuclear radiation pre or post use shall never be used on a Terra-sphere 1 or higher world.

The following define new aspects of extrasolar travel and colonization that require addressing:

            1.     Worlds shall be defined in regarding habitability by their Terra-sphere. Terra-spheres range from zero to five. A Terra-sphere zero world has gravity, atmosphere, and additional aspects (unstable plate tectonics, acid rain, temperature, etc.) far outside the human compatibility range. Terra-sphere five worlds have ideal atmosphere, gravity, meteorology, temperature, and tectonics.

            2.    Though in regards to clone rights individual nations are still free to designate, the children of clones shall be classified as half-clones. The grandchildren of clones shall be classified as semi-clones. The great grandchildren of clones shall be classified as demi-clones. If a semi-clone has a child, the child is to be considered a non-cloned human. Those with clones in their family tree are classified by the most recent full clone in their line.

            3.    Artificial Intelligence shall be classified in one of four ways:

a.      Digital; any artificial intelligence that is singularly self-aware and lacks a physical form of its own shall be known as a digital AI.

b.      Android; any artificial intelligence that is singularly self-aware and possesses a physical form of its own shall be known as an android AI.

c.       Nanoid; any artificial intelligence that is composed of multiple nanites that function with a hive mind shall be known as a nanoid AI.

d.      Swarm Program; artificial intelligence that becomes more intelligent as similar artificial intelligence enter proximity shall be known as swarm program AI.