Dear Emperor or Empress,
Please acknowledge my most sincere salutations and congratulate you on your 8000 years rule of this sector.
It has come to my attention that your glorious empire has recently begun a search and destroy project of my home planet. To be honest, I can somewhat understand why you would want to keep us from expanding beyond our solar system. After all, we are, to this day, still fighting and killing each other over the limited resources of our single planet, we have not yet been able to form a unified government and a good portion of our population still has difficulty finding food. You could say that we are in a perpetual civil-war. We must seem pretty barbaric for an advanced civilization like yours with 8000 years of history and culture. I wouldn't want us as a neighbors either.
But even with our home problems we still managed to up-lift ourselves. Maybe you see a little of yourselves in us and this is why you what to destroy us. But before you begin this endeavor you will need to understand some things about us.
First, is that a top human official has qualified you as the malevolent Scyrve Empire. Now, do not worry, we place prefix before a name when we find them interesting and are worth noticing. And the malevolent term may seem harsh at first but a lot of famous human historical characters were considered malevolent at the time but they are now more remembered today for their military and political brilliance than their evil acts. A few example would be: Genghis Khan, Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar and Hannibal Barca. So...coming from us, the word "malevolent" could be seen a term of future endearment. If you ever come across a human library look them up. And while your'e there check out the Art of War by Sun Tzu.
Second: We have a saying on Earth: "Misery loves company". We may be at each other throats all the time. But we have a tendency to band together against common enemies. Forgetting centuries old hatred when the survival of all is at stake. This means you will not find many allies in humans in your mission to destroy our planet.
Third is, a famous author named Homer once said "Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than war." That could not be more true. We simply never tire of it. We make art, movies, books, sports, board games, video games, war games, simulations, ect, all centered around conflict and war. Even what we call the Olympic games, the games peace an togetherness, were first created as a means to show-off the prowess of soldiers. A good percentage of our population's livelihood depends on conflicts happening all over the globe. Past wars are remembered, celebrated, studied, reenacted for fun and sometimes even repeated. We are so fixated by conflict that when we are at peace we feel the need to simulate war. Although...their was a single time where the soldiers had enough and stop fighting in mass, defying the orders of their superior officers. But that was only an anomaly and it only lasted a couple of days.
Fourth: We're out of bubble gum.
If after these arguments you are still adamant on destroying us, than let me give you a piece of advice: "Simply leave us alone". We have been on a self destruct countdown for the last century and if we continue like that we will make the Earth uninhabitable and destroy ourselves. But if you intervene, things will change on our little blue ball. We will finally realize that we are not alone and an other sentient beings loves conflict as much as we do.
Kind regards
Samuel Rodrigez
Better tomorrow my progenitor.
I hope sixth offspring has recovered well from the instructors challenge. We did not have time to talk. I have been very busy.
There is good news. I, fourth offspring, have been promoted. I am now proud navigator of the Trykss. The Trykss is a small scout ship on the edge of the empire.
We have been instructed to rendez-vous with other ships in the Oncla system. We will arrive in about two and a half cycles. Already, two scouts and a battle cruiser have joined us and I have confirmation that a Drenkend carrier and tree other ships will be joining us as well. I was not instructed in the purpose of the mission. But some soldier were saying it is about these Earthlings. I have seen the holos and read the rumors on the network as everyone else. Rumors like that they are [inappropriate] and that they eat [inappropriate] but I am not convinced. I really do not see how a people who sends messages through radio signals can be dangerous. It is so primitive it is sad. Our military leaders have better things to do. The only danger they are is to fashion. I mean, fur only on the top of their heads? What are they thinking? It must be a pre-hyperspace thing.
I now must go, we have cut all trans-hyperspace communications so this message will be sent only the next time we dock at a station. By the time you read this, there will be a second message waiting. I will tell you all about our glorious mission.
Glory to our progenitors.
Glory to the Empire.
This e-mail was extracted from a destroyed Scyrve scout's data core and translated for the Galactic Museum Network. It is part of exhibit C of the Oncla system memorial.
Ticket #39476 to Custodian department.
Can someone comme down to section 6-B? There seems to be some kind of appendage, maybe an arm, stuck in the wall of corridor #2.
People have started complaining because they need to avoid it and...it smells.
Reply of ticket #39476 To All
This is Chief Engineer Malek.
Please read the warnings signs that tell you to avoid corridor #2 in section 6-B. And also, DO NOT, under any circumstances touch this appendage! It belongs to the enemy fighter pilot who crashed in section 6-C in the last skirmish. Emergency repair crews have fused the appendage armor to the wall because it is the only thing that's keeping section 6-B from being depressurized into space like section 6-C and 6-D.
I say again, do not try to touch it, slap it, high five it, arm wrestle it or any other thing you might think of doing to it.
Thank you
[From an arm band display.]
Welcome to ENN! The true source of news.
Tonight, a review of the cowardly attack on a refugees convoy in the Oncla system.
The honor less attack was made by an as of yet unknown alien species. The casualties are said to be more then 10,000 people, including young ones, caretaker and progenitors. The brave Empire soldiers who responded to the desperate call of help by the refugees fought to their last breath. In a desperate attempt to stop the massacre, some witness report that a brave captain tried to ram and detonate his ship next to the enemy's main battleship, but to no avail.
We pray for all the souls lost on this horrific day.
[Sound from display device muted.]
Soldier #1: Do you believe all this?
Soldier #2: I can hardly believe a sentient being would be that horrible. Why kill young ones? What did they ever do to them?
S1: I know who's behind the attack.
S2: Not another one of your conspiracy theories again. Who or what is it this time?
S1: The "Earthlings"! Yes! It is them, I am sure of it.
S2: What!? You need to check your intellect levels.The Earthlings are just an urban legend. Made on the network by young ones who have to much time on their hands.
S1: Mark my words, the Earthlings are real!
S2: If they are so "real", tell me why every time someone claim to have proof of their existence, the video is always blurred and/or is in black and white. Anyways, the Empire would never hide something of this magnitude from the people. If they really existed, they would have said so a long time ago.
S1: They are out there I tell you! And they are dangerous!
Confidential Psychological Report
Potential Progenitor Assessment Services
Name: First of second of fourth T’velk
Dates of Evaluation: 53/05/8002
Date of Birth: 35/01/7994
Date of Report: 68/05/8002
Age: 8 years
Client Number: 5ADE-568C
Examiner: Second of third of first Karto, Psy.A.
Supervisor: Second of fourth of third Holt’k, Psy.A.
The young one known as First of second of fourth T’velk was referred to our services by his learning center after causing an incident in the classroom. The incident involved himself scaring other students by saying they would all going to be eaten alive by Earthlings. First also described in details the pain they would suffer as they are being digested.
This disrupted the natural flow of the classroom and caused several young ones to start crying. At their arrival, the emergency medical staff found the classroom in complete disarray and responded appropriately to calm the room down. Unfortunately, medical staffers had to induce a sleeping agent in First’s blood stream to stop him from screaming. Some young ones were treated on site for emotional shock and are being monitored by their caretakers for the time being.
In this evaluation, we need to determine the cause of First T’velk outburst, if it is treatable and if he is still qualifies as a progenitor for reproduction or if he will be reclassified as a caretaker. We also need to know if it was preventable.
As it is tradition, the first offspring of a progenitor is automatically admitted in the progenitor learning programs. But it is possible that he is not suited for this social role.
The T’velk genetic line are known to be proud progenitors of military service members. They serve the empire in all military branches and one was even handpicked by the Grand-Advisor to be part of the Emperor’s personal guard.
The young one never had a similar incident in the learning center and does not have a history of mental or psychological difficulties. It is the first time he is admitted to our assessment facilities.
Investigators will be dispatched to research the recent activities of the young one and do a thorough interview with the caretaker.
I will personally evaluate First T’velk with cognitive ability, social conformity and biological anomaly tests. A continuous monitoring of the young one is also mandatory for immediate response if another outburst occurs.
The interview of the caretaker revealed that First T’velk’s progenitor was Second of fourth of first T’velk. He was a weapons specialist aboard the battleship Yonghat, one of many ships that were destroyed in the Recent Oncla system massacre. The young one was aware of whom his progenitor was but they were also in regular contact.
Investigation into First’s recent activities revealed a near obsession with the urban myth which is the Earthlings. He spent more than 20 hours a week doing research, reading rumors and looking at holos about these fake aliens. Some of these rumors attest that the Earthling were behind the massacre in the Oncla system. It is easy to see how a young ones mind would be influenced by these rumors.
Observations of First T’velk showed the young one, crying in his sleep and sometimes wakening up in screams of terror after dreaming of the Earthlings. It is clear that he suffers from post-traumatic stress caused by the death of his progenitor and it is fueled by his obsession with the Earthlings. This information was not disclosed during the interview with the caretaker. Further inquiries with the caretaker will be necessary.
The cognitive ability, social conformity and biological anomaly tests all came back within normal parameters. No additional comments are necessary. See annex for an in-depth analysis of the test results.
The cause of First T’velk outburst was caused by the post-traumatic stress caused by the death of his progenitor, his obsession with the Earthlings and most importantly the non-intervention of his caretaker. If his caretaker would have reported his situation, the medical authorities would have been able to correct his problem before things went too far.
Although not unpresented, progenitors in high risk careers are not encourage to have contacts with their offspring. This incident is proof of the validity of the policy.
After these observations it is clear that the young one is not at fault. Therefore, we recommend treatment for post-traumatic stress and his continuance in the progenitor program.
After clear negligence on its part, we also recommend that his caretaker be demoted to level 4. If this recommendation is approved a new caretaker of level 2 should be assigned to him.
End of report.
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