system
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human
[startrek]how is it possible that the federation can go centuries without any contact with hostile races (IE the Romulans & Klingons) that directly border their territory, on Earth today governments maintain diplomatic relations with states the officially loathe?
gpt
The distances you're talking about in these cases are ridiculously vast, to start with, so you really have to be going out of your way to come into contact with someone; using two way communication to organise meet-ups and so forth.