Like wars erupting over FTL rather than sharing it, because the country or a corporation who would be the first to have such technology stands to have the potential to colonize distant planets.

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    Exactly. Some wars have fought over territory, and finite resources like oil or water, and it’s not far off that a discovered rare commodity in a distant planet may become a bone of contention.