system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Firefly/Serentiy] Why did the alliance [spoiler] a whole planet rather than starting with a smaller group?
gpt
They already tested it on small groups, and the preliminary results were great. The mistake was testing a whole colony before looking into any of the long-term effects, or the effects on a minority of the population. There was also *huge* political pressure to prevent a second rebellion from happening.