Good job, you left the window open and bugs flew in

[abugslife]

[1] [Suddenly, a transmission to all Unity Group bases! The person talking is... definitely not human. She's some kind of weird alien insect cyborg.]

Citizens of Earth, members of organization known as Unity Group. I come to you with a warning.

I am Hetepheres, a general of the Gebian army. Thousands of years ago, my people came to your planet, but they kept their presence a secret. Today, we return, but we are not united in our goals. The Anti-Earthling Party believes that we should conquer your planet, and enslave its populace. They will start their invasion soon.

I am a representative of the Pro-Earthling Party. We believe in mutual cooperation and understanding between our two races. I was sent here as an ambassador, and consultant, and defender; together, we shall push back the AEP, and perhaps teach them of the mistakes of their way. If they don't want to learn, they shall taste steel.

Your leaders already know about this and have prepared a place for me to establish an embassy. If you need anything, you can find me there.

[2] [Soon, stuff is going on in the hangar at Fort Alhambra. A strange vessel has arrived, resembling a combination of a normal spaceship and an ancient Egyptian river boat. It's not big, enough to transport maybe several mecha at most. A group of creatures that look suspiciously similar to 1-meter long beetles is moving to and fro, unpacking various objects from the ship and disappearing with them inside the base. The whole operation is overseen by Hetepheres, who turns out to be no less alien in real life than on a screen, and pretty giant to boot - roughly 2 meters tall! Also, right next to the ship a mech is standing, which looks very much like her, only 10 times taller.]

Watch out with those instruments, they are very fragile. Yes, bring that to my private quarters, if you please. That console can stay on the ship for the time being.

[One of the beetles raises a hand (they don't really have hands, but details) questioningly.]

Skrrryt?


No, I don't know where the kitchen is. One of the locals will have to answer this question.

Comments

[fire_dancer]

"Well i'll say this is new, insect based life that isn't trying to take us out. Hello there..."

She suddenly thinks certain human expressions would be very unwise to use with their new allies.

"Well the more the merrier right?"

[abugslife]

Technically, the Anti-Earthling Party wants to do exactly that. This is exactly why I am here - to stop them. But you have heard my announcement, haven't you?

[fire_dancer]

"I did, I'm just trying to look on the bright side of things. So many alien races want our head. It's like all our stories about Mu and other lost civs is a memory of us being like some huge evil empire or something."

[abugslife]

That is unlikely. Gebian explorers arrived on Earth thousands of years ago; while the civilization they encountered was culturally advanced and influential, it was not an evil empire. Though some of its practices were morally questionable from our modern point of view.

[fire_dancer]

"Let me guess there's a number of myths and legends that are your people's doing I take it? Still that's interesting, and your people then didn't try to crush us. What has the ones who are hostile so afraid? We're too busy normally punching each other to be a threat to anyone else."

[abugslife]

No, my ancestors were responsible enough not to intervene with the locals... much. All aspects of Earth culture and technology were created by Earthlings alone.

Your in-fighting is probably the reason why hostile aliens see you as an easy picking. I know this is one of the reasons AEP is invading, at least.

[fire_dancer]

"Ah that's good to know then, I was about to wonder if what we knew about our own past was in question."

"Could be some are afraid of what might happen, if we /stop/ infighting too, I see. They are going to regret it. Nothing like an outside threat to get us top stop fighting each other."

[abugslife]

Unfortunately, your outsider threat is not exactly an outsider to me.

[fire_dancer]

"Poor choice of words, I mean in general there are other things coming for us already. I hope things with your people can be handled before too many on either side end up dead."

[abugslife]

The PEP has a plan to forge peace. But unfortunately, this plan requires time. And in the meantime, blood will flow. All I can do is ensure it will mostly belong to the AEP, and nobody else.

[fire_dancer]

"Fair enough and yes, that would be best. I would like to keep us humans and your own faction from having to pay most of the butcher bill as it's sometimes put here. Hopefully this can be ended sooner or later. We can get .... insane when we're backed into a corner and do things a rational person would normally not consider. See our obsession with fission several generations ago."

[abugslife]

You are not the only irrational species in the universe, believe me. If you were, the AEP invasion would have never happened.

[fire_dancer]

"That's one way to put it. We're not rational at all really. There's one good thing out of this whole mess your faction is proof we can work with aliens and not all of them want our heads. That's rather hopeful honestly."

[abugslife]

An optimist, I see.

Good. Do not let go of this hope that drives you forward. But don't let it cloud your vision of reality, either.

[fire_dancer]

"That's a good way to put it. It's going to be interesting working with you and your comrades."