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they never replied this is the United
Teran Coalition Heavy Cruiser Baltimore
of the planet Earth we are sending
greetings to all peaceloving beings in
the Galaxy the humanoid thriven
Ambassador stopped struggling and looked
up at the view screen repeat this is the
United Teran Coalition Cruiser Baltimore
we wish you everything good from our
planet it is our procedure to meet first
contact with communication of your own
we mean no harm the insectoid C Captain
nodded to their Communications officer
this is the interplanetary races
Starship Nostalgia do you understand
this transmission the humans never
replied this was the first exchange
between the Federation of interplanetary
races and the United Teran Coalition the
Federation warship had been summoned to
gather information on the war between
the thriven Republic and the Coalition
the Coalition had appeared out of
nowhere on the edge of thriven Republic
and immediately opened fire the thriven
immediately demanded military action
from the Federation but they weren't a
highly thought of nation and there were
other businesses to attend to war was a
dirty business after all and they'd just
come out of one 10 years before the
Coalition wasn't invading anyone else
anyway what was the big deal
nevertheless they did have a job to do
and the nostalgia's battle group was
dispatched to investigate the thriven
had lost a few colonies after all and
they needed to be sure there weren't any
Sapient rights abuses they'd met with a
thriven government official who briefed
them on the situation not that it was
very useful in the words of the
nostalgia's altl captain they lie
through their teeth as a way of greeting
the Federation weren't Saints by any
means but no one particularly liked the
thriven there was little they could do
about them though they had a potent
Fleet and no one felt like dealing with
them it would cost too much even what
few bits of truth that could be gained
from the thriven were valuable though
truth be told nobody knew anything about
this Coalition except the message they
sent to the first thriven craft to meet
them we the United Teran Coalition the
people of Earth greet you Humanity has a
message for you if you can look into the
seeds of time and say which grain will
grow and which will not speak then to me
who neither beg nor fear your favors nor
your hate
they'd taken three colonies by the time
the Nostalgia made it to the thriven
Border their orders had changed they
were to intervene and immediately put an
end to the war the only thriven military
vessel to escape the initial Carnage
returned to base soon after the
Nostalgia arrived it delivered a second
and final message Humanity has a message
for you to beguile the time look like
the time bear welcome in your eye your
hand your tongue look like the the
innocent flower but be the serpent under
it the thriven Ambassador told them the
Tern were irrational and refused all
Communications they didn't know them
they didn't know what they looked like
they were strange in their behavior not
too unusual just a little note they
didn't bomb or invade the planets they
took they simply destroyed or occupied
the orbital equipment and moved on a
fleet remained to guard each colony
captain or nut the nostalgic Commander
was thankful for that fear wasn't a war
crime after all it saved the paperwork
he'd brought his battle cruiser to
confront the nearest Teran flotilla he
could find to approach them as an
independent party and find out what was
going on that certainly ruffled the
thurin feathers if they had any the
bipeds were ugly things mamons without
scales feathers or exoskeletons or nut
never understood how they may do without
his Race's mandibles
he thought with some idle Amusement that
if they looked anything like his people
perhaps these humans were just disgusted
by the thriven curiously the thriven
Ambassador grew more and more nervous
the closer their ships came to human
territory orn not knew the thriven were
hiding something they always were but
this was the first time he'd seen one
concerned rather than arrogant he'd been
in a fit when they'd come into the
system and he demanded they open fire
when they got into community
Communications range and then the
Ambassador froze when that alien voice
crackled from the speakers orn not spoke
to the Baltimore and opened a dialogue
the humans were not willing to pull out
of thriving territory naturally they
were surprisingly gentle with the
Federation ship despite their initial
messages orn not wondered if they'd
realized the depth of their mistake or
were creating a false sense of security
there were more details that ornot found
curious the human began with a force of
Cruisers and destroyers their names
weren't that unusual for any race but
there was something about them Baltimore
harbon and perm for the Cruisers
Whitaker and Mandel for the Destroyers
cities and people the humans were
extremely evenhanded with the Federation
they went out of their way to be kind
nothing like the monsters they were made
out to be by the thriven it was a
surprise when it was found that the
humans looked very similar to the
thriven onnut would have thought that
any biped humanoids with their typical
revulsion to bugs would despise the
altl but why did they hate the thriven
so much they'd made many concessions to
the Federation in their opening meeting
but never explained that it got to the
point that during their initial
face-to-face diplomatic meeting the
captain asked their Ambassador bluntly
why do you hate the thriven what did
they ever do to you the human Ambassador
fixed the quadruped with a smoldering
gaze from his small immobile eyes we at
War yes but why ask them orn not got
only a bewildered answer from the thurin
Ambassador the human gaze only worsened
we do not quarrel with the Federation we
are kind to everyone we contact so you
have the chance we never did but we will
not stop hunting them until their home
World falls the chance you never did orn
not asked what is this about you didn't
communicate you didn't hail them you
just sent cryptic messages is we've been
at War for 200 years but you said you
only made it into space 50 years ago the
human nodded I did he placed a data
recorder on a desk all human
representatives in the room turned to
look a scratchy yet presentable audio
recording played as the Secretary
General of the United Nations an
organization of the 147 member states
who represent almost all of the human
inhabitants of the planet planet Earth I
send greetings on behalf of the people
of our planet we step out of our solar
system into the universe seeking only
peace and friendship to teach if we are
called upon to be taught if we are
fortunate we know full well that our
planet and all its inhabitants are but a
small part of the immense universe that
surrounds us and it is with humility and
hope that we take this step the humans
smiled
strangely it was some sort of pleasant
memory then a terrible squeal came
through the speakers the voices were
different recorded with another sort of
microphone there was no formality there
was nothing but impromptu statements
desperate statements panicked voices
washed over one another reading hundreds
of large objects too many to track this
is Houston Houston do you read London do
you copy we're going to try and stay on
the air but we've detected impacts in
major cities Washington come in St Louis
St Louis come in this is Houston Houston
do you copy Baltimore this is Houston
control come in please Canaveral this is
Houston do you read come in please more
speakers entered the channel it was
stitched together from different sources
some read off numbers and tracking data
others reported observations and some
just called for help in a Litany of
languages London terrible devastation
reports Berlin has been destroyed obl at
obliterated Washington please come in
this is the nits we just saw total loss
emergency the recorder hissed sharply
and one final voice came through ISS to
Mission Control come in please where are
you Houston come in please the recorder
squealed isn't there anyone on the air
anyone isn't there anyone out there the
human Ambassador pulled out an
old-fashioned piece of paper we reached
out our hands we we reached out our
hands in peace and friendship and the
first thing they did was hurl asteroids
at us we defended ourselves when we
could barely even tell if it was a ship
or another asteroid and their response
was to try to take out our capitals and
when we defend ourselves they destroy
our world three billion died in the
bombardment and billions more followed
and we've spent centuries just getting
back he narrowed his gaze at the thriven
and they're the ones who did it the
document was a compilation of data it
showed an object in high orbit above a
planet with a radar scan a variety of
numbers and figures and a photo from a
telescope the object in orbit had the
same profile as a thriven cruiser it was
old but still similar enough to be
recognized
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