[quote=@Keyguyperson]
<Snipped quote by Willy Vereb>

I like the idea, we'd have to figure out where exactly to put the dispute. I guess we can go with the original idea, I'll just have to make up a star system in Terran space to fit it.
[/quote]Not necessarily within Terran space. Perhaps that's why Federation miners didn't prepare for anything like first contact.
Say you also found this rich system and wanna exploit it. Except you are aware of other races and have military assets to make sure you get it.