The Locke Proposal was an international agreement that ended the League War, written by Peter Wiggin under his pseudonym, Locke. The proposal was created in order to resolve the five-day war in which the Second Warsaw Pact attempted to gain control over the International Fleet and Ender's Jeesh immediately following the end of the Third Formic War.[1]
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Less than twenty-four hours after the xenocide of the Formics, tensions on Earth began to increase, mainly between the United States of America and the countries of the Second Warsaw Pact. America instigated that the Warsaw Pact was going to attack, while Russia accused the Hegemony of the same thing. Soon after, the war began.[1] After 5 days of fighting, some of Locke's essays managed to bring about an unsteady truce and end the war, but tensions were still brewing as the world knew that whichever country gained control of Ender Wiggin would be able to rule the world.[2]
Peter as Locke had begun laying the groundwork to bring Ender home, where Peter would then come out from his persona and be a hero alongside his brother. That night at dinner, John Paul Wiggin told Peter that since he was Ender's brother he could get into any college he wanted, which insulted Peter as he knew he could make it with his own merit. This made Peter realize that he would always be compared to Ender and seen as inferior.[2]
After dinner, Peter told Valentine to write an essay as Demosthenes about how America needed to get control of Ender immediately, as this would lead to America's rivals wanting to keep Ender in space, where Locke would step in and propose that he stay in space. Valentine published this essay, and in response Peter wrote the Locke Proposal, which proposed a compromise that would allow the Jeesh to be brought home to Earth and reunited with their families. However, Ender Wiggin would not be allowed to return to Earth, as he was seen as too valuable to be in the hands of any one country.[2]
The treaty was eventually accepted by the various participating countries in the League War. The Locke Proposal also forced Strategos Shimon Levy to resign, and the Hegemon resigned shortly after its signing.[3]