"Computer, run estimation program version twelve," Isabella says.
"Running," says the computer.
And then it offers her the number 21,476,912,443 ± 2,008,154,014.
"It doesn't count future generations. Those are people who are alive today, who will - according to my best guess, you can see there's a huge margin of error - who will now have access to Federation standard of living and live longer for it. Lives I've saved. It does count the Mirivanl, though, even though Starfleet has not yet picked up a warp signature from them."
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Date: 2013-05-28 01:40 am (UTC)"Running," says the computer.
And then it offers her the number 21,476,912,443 ± 2,008,154,014.
"It doesn't count future generations. Those are people who are alive today, who will - according to my best guess, you can see there's a huge margin of error - who will now have access to Federation standard of living and live longer for it. Lives I've saved. It does count the Mirivanl, though, even though Starfleet has not yet picked up a warp signature from them."