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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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