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|leaders=[[Varvax]]
|universe=[[Cytoverse]]
|books=[[Defending Elysium]]
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The '''Interspecies Monitoring Coalition''' is an alien governmental agency administered by the [[varvax]]. They are responsible for rating a race's intelligence class.
==Purpose==
The coalition determines the intelligence level of a race by observing their older children to see how they imitate society around them once they lose their childhood innocence.{{book ref|defending elysium}} There may be significant intelligence disparities within a race; it is not clear how the coalition decides on a classification in such cases. Manifesting [[cytonics|cytonic]] abilities such as [[mindblade]]s may improve a race's classification, but Prime Intelligence is reserved for races that have gained the ability of [[Cytonics#FTL_Travel|FTL travel]]. Historically, every society that discovers FTL travel achieves peace at the same time. Lower intelligence classes are therefore considered barbaric and aggressive.{{book ref|defending elysium}}{{book ref|starsight|10}}
==History==
Humankind proved to be an exception to the coalition's assumptions, developing advanced technology beyond that of other non-Prime societies and resisting control by the varvax and other aliens.{{book ref|defending elysium}} This led to a series of conflicts known as the [[Human Wars]] and the eventual formation of the [[Superiority]].{{book ref|sky2|1}} Under the Superiority, five species of Prime Intelligence lead the government—the varvax, the [[tenasi]], the [[cambric]], the [[heklo]], and the [[dione]]s. The Superiority's intelligence classifications include a political component; past alliances with the humans are regarded as a barrier to reaching Prime Intelligence.{{book ref|starsight|10}}{{book ref|starsight|20}}
== Notes ==
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