True, most of the attainment of the capacity on some level to development of nuclear arms is attributed to espionage on some level, including some person with an altruistic outlook, giving one nations plans/ideas to another.

Mmmhmm, to the greater galactic community, Earth is quarantined, and perhaps a would-be smuggler, looking for a quick profit lets the FTL tech to leak to Earth...perhaps some microscopic entity which we deal with every day, some sort of living bacteria that does us good, is deadly to other species...

I am looking for a more exciting name for this book. At the moment, I think the title is abit too long...any suggestions?

Greeting folks!