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!International Forerunner Foundation (IFF) Treaty The governments of the Wolf359 Commonwealth, Greater Federation of Asteel, Republic of New Venus, Mars Association of Free Colonies and the Union of Xyon agree to the creation of the largest co-operative effort in to research on the Forerunners that has ever been attempted by foring the [International Forerunner Foundation] !!Provision 1: Data Sharing All IFF members will share all information they have or may gather in the future on anything related to the Forerunners. !!Provision 2: Access to finds All IFF members will allow access to all Forerunner artefacts in their possession by other IFF members. !!Provision 3: Minimum funding All IFF members agree to commit a minimum of 1SV worth of research to the IFF. !!Provision 4: Steering Committee The IFF will have a coordinating committee of government representatives and secretariat made up from all IFF members to oversee and coordinate research, based on New Venus. !!Provision 5: Board directors Each member polity's Forerunner research centre will allow other IFF members to participate on its directing board. !!Provision 6: IFF access to resources Any IFF member's Forerunner research centre will be able to request the use of the nearest IFF member's research vessels when required and deemed reasonable by the coordinating committee. !!Provision 7: Permenant IFF resources If polities wish to supply research vessels for permanent use by any IFF member's Forerunner research centre they may do so. !!Provision 8: IFF team structure Each IFF member's Forerunner research centre will promote mixed teams consisting of scientists from each IFF member polity. !!Provision 9: Access to IFF centres Each IFF member's Forerunner research centre will allow scientists from other IFF members to work there. !!Provision 10: Dissemination of discoveries to non-IFF members Dissemination of discoveries to non-IFF member polities will only be with the full agreement of all of the other IFF governments. !!Provision 11: FR sites within IFF polities Investigations in to forerunner sites within polities will be lead by the polity whose area it is within, but will include members from all IFF polities. !!Provision 12: FR sites on non-IFF member worlds Investigations in to Forerunner sites on non-member worlds will be coordinated by the coordinating committee. !!Provision 13: Disagreement resolution Disagreements within the IFF over access and coordination issues will be decided by the coordinating committee. !!Provision 14: IFF security Employees of the IFF should be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement in which they undertake not to openly discuss, publish, or disseminate in any way information gained while working for the institution to any unauthorised person. The definition of an 'authorised person' shall be at the discretion of the Coordinating Committee, but in any case will be one who has had to sign a comparable confidentiality agreement. Breach of such an agreement will be punishable in accordance with the law of the employing polity. !!Provision 15: Expulsion terms Unwarranted arrest or obstruction of member scientists and / or withholding of information from other IFF members will lead to expulsion from the agreement at the discretion of the other IFF members. !!Signed, **President Heinlein**, President, Republic of New Venus. **Supreme Councillor Harness**, President, MAFC Interstellar Coordination Committee. **Dan Tassic**, Prime Minister, Union of Xyon. **Lord Michael Young KCB DTE**, Marquess of New London, Prime Minister, Wolf 359 Commonwealth, on behalf of His Majesty King Stabilo II **Alphonse Potato**, President, Greater Federation of Asteel. **Lee Zhang**, First Minister, Earth Empire. **Kapushinski**, President, Sirian Socialist Republic.