However the Sarrans and their Alliance supporters had a primitive planet with an original, puregenome as a source of fems with an acceptable, traceable lineage. Since Earth was on the list of potential Alliance candidates, and located in a sector where the Zyptz had not, as yet, ventured, the proposal put an end to on lifting the Codex ban on genetic manipulation.
The solution was a real blow to the plans of the Anti-Sarran faction of the Alliance for a number of reasons. The first was the Sarrans remained in control of the fleet and law enforcement on Alliance Planets. The Sarran Codex was strict and gave little wiggle room for war profiteers, drug lords, pirates, slavers and the like and as any youngling knew, scarce commodities produced the highest profits. The second was, especially for the young hotheads with freedom emblazoned on their foreheads, Sarrans retained their genetic superiority and superiority wasn’t fair.