"As I explained a moment ago, we are heterosexual and live an organized community life, but not in any cultural context that could be explained by the term. You might say that our cultural continuum (although the term for us is quite meaningless) is a function of an intricately structured social organism, with institutional coordinates that are largely internalized. Do you follow me gentlemen?" They certainly did not. But the senator's committee, as usual, got the information it wanted. _Senator Humper:_ Now, young man, you claim that your base is on one of three inhabited planets of Aldebaran. You also claim that in the known universe there are twelve hundred or more inhabited worlds, all welded together in a kind of super United Nations. Did you or did you not state as much? _Keeter:_ Uh-huh. _Humper:_ Well, now it appears that we're getting some place. Tell us, how does each planet manage to qualify for--er--membership in this organization? _Keeter:_ Why, they have to pass the test, of course. _Humper:_ Test? What test? _Keeter:_ The Brxll-Hawkre-Gaal test. We administer it to anybody who seems to be qualified. _Humper:_ Er--tell us, young man, just exactly what sort of test is this? An intelligence test? _Keeter:_ Yes, you might call it that, although it has a number of sections. Actually, Gaal has divided it into three parts. _Humper:_ I see. Well, what kind of parts? _Keeter:_ Well, let's see. First there's the fuel test. _Humper:_ Fuel test? _Keeter:_ Let me explain, all very simple really. Let's take the case of a planet that seems to be qualified for Federation membership in every respect but one. They don't have interstellar flight. Now--since membership imposes duties requiring commercial, diplomatic and scientific intercourse between member worlds, the applicant must be able, within a comparatively short time, to engineer its own transportation. Follow me? _Humper:_ Yes. Yes, go on. _Keeter:_ Well, since the biggest technological stumbling block for most planets in such a situation is the development of the necessary fuel, we'll help them along. In other words, we give them the fuel test; we supply a sample quantity of Z-67As--our standard thermonuclear power source. If the applicant, working with the sample, is able to reproduce the fuel in quantity, then that's it. They've passed that portion of the test, and at the same time have developed the means for interstellar flight. Follow me? _Humper:_ Yes, of course. Now how about the second part of the test? _Keeter:_ Oh, yes, that's the weapons section. _Humper:_ I'm sorry, I'm afraid I didn't hear you. I thought you said weapons.