I was seeing space travel for the alliance a no big deal kinda thing. Like, it only takes an evening to move from one planet to the next. Space folding and the like. Everyone would load on to a ship, space would fold, and they'd be setting down on the next planet within a couple hours. It would also give us another setting to work with. Also, I do see this taking a while, several months at least. Everyone needs a chance to speak, put forth their thoughts, dispute ideas. I know Data got his status as sentient in, what, two days? If I remember correctly, but I see this being a much bigger matter because it's not just one android, it's an entire race of them. We don't have to RP every given second, and I can see reasonable time skips between encounters with out two characters so that it doesn't seem to drag on. I'd set the rotation on once a month, and the android issue only coming up once every three days. Everything can't stop for them, so they have to stay on schedule. Plus, this would make for some good opportunities for attempts on the android's life, or stealing of technologies while he is too far from home to get any help beyond his two aids. More drama :P