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Speaker 1: The first alien ship appeared over Earth on a Tuesday

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morning in March twenty three, eighty seven. It was massive,

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bigger than any city Sarah Chan had ever seen. The

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ship looked like a crystal mountain floating in space, with

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thousands of lights dancing across its surface. Sarah stowed in

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the observation deck of the Lunar Station, watching through the

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reinforced glasses. More ships arrived. They came from every direction,

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filling earth sky with strained shapes and colors. Sarah was

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fifty three years old and had spent most of her

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life in space. She commanded the Earth to Fence Fleet,

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though everyone knew the name was more hope than reality.

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Humanity it had only been traveling between stars for three

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hundred years. Their fastest ships could barely reach half the

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speed of light. Their weapons were simple nuclear missiles and

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laser cannons. Now, looking at the alien fleet above Earth,

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Sarah realized how small and wikimans really were. The aliens

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had been watching humanity for decades, as radio signals had

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reached their wells long ago. They knew about human war's,

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human violence, and human expansion into space. What they saw

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worried them greatly In all the thousands of years of

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space travel, they had never met a species quite like humans.

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The leader of the alien fleet was names Extaa. She

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belonged to a species called a Sepherians. Her body was

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made of living crystal that changed colors as she spoke.

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She stood twelve feet tall and had no face as

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humans understood, it just patterns of light that moved across

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her crystal head. When she spoke, her voice sounded like

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wind Chein's in a gentle breeze. Admiral Chan six Starr

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said through the translation device, we represent a galactic confederation.

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We have come to offer your species membership in our

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great alliance. Sara tried to hide her excitement. First contact

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with alien life was the dream of every human. Scientists

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had wondered for centuries if birth was alone in the universe.

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Now she knew the answer. Not only was humanity not alone,

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but there was an entire confederation of alien species spatting

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the galaxy. We are honored by your offer, sir replied, carefully,

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What does membership require? The crystal aliens let flickered in

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what might have been amusement. First, you must understand what

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you are journing. The galactic Confederation includes eight hundred forty

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seven different species. We have maintained peace for over fifty

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thousand years. This piece exists because we all follow the

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same rules. Six arero gestured, and a holographic display appeared

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in the air between them. It showed a map of

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the galaxy with millions of colored as representing different worlds

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in species. Sarah could see that most of the galaxy

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was already claimed and divided among the various alien races.

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Each species is given specific territories and resources. The alien continued.

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Technology is shared and controlled to prevent any one race

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from becoming too powerful. Military forces are limited and regulated.

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Most importantly, expansion and colonization follow strict guidelines approved by

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the Confederation Council. Sarah felt her heart sink. She was

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beginning to understand what this really meant. You want to

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control human development, We want to guide it. Corrected another

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alien who had remained until now. This one looked completely

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different from zec Thora. It was more like a giant

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insect with multiple arms and a head that twitched constantly.

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Its skin was dark green and covered in what looked

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like armoplates. I'm CRATHEX of the Curl Collective. My species

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learned long ago that unlimited growth leads to war and destruction.

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The Kerale alien move closer to Sarah, its multiple eyes

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focusing on her. Humans are unique admiral chron Most species

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developed space travel after they have learned to live in

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peace with themselves. Humans achieve faster than light travel while

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still fighting wars on their home planet. Most species evolve

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from pre animals that learn cooperation to survive. Humans evolve

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from predators that learned to hunt in packs. Sarah felt

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a children down her spine. She was beginning to understand

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why the aliens had come. They were not here to

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welcome humanity into the galactic community. They were here to

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put a leash on a dangerous animal. What exactly are

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you proposing, Sarah asked? Six thorough asked crystal body poles

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with soft blue light humanity. You will be allowed to

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keep it in your current weelth colony worlds. You will

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be given access to certain approved tecknoledges of will improve

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your quality of life. In return, you will accept Confederation

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oversight of your military, your expansion, and your research. And

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if we refuse, Sarah asked, though she already knew the answer.

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The Insecularian cratnics clicked his mandibles together in what sounded

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like laughter. Look around you, Admiral, our feat contains more

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fiber than your entire species has ever produced. We have

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weapons that could tone your son into a supernova or

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freeze your ocean solid, but we do not wish to

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use them. We prefer peace. Sarah looked out at the

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alien ships surrounding. There were hundreds of them, maybe thousands.

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Each one was larger and more advanced than anything humanity

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had built. Even if every human ship attacked at once,

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they would be destroyed in minutes. However, Sucsorer continued. However,

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its becoming colder. The Confederation has learned from experience. Three

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times in our history. We have allowed dangerous species to

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develop with that proper guidance. Each time it led to

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tr wars that cost millions of lives. We will not

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make that mistake again. The crystal alien moved to the

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window and looked dawn nat Earth. Your planet is beautiful,

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Admiral chan Your species has great potential, but you are

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also the most violent and unpredictable race we have ever encountered.

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In just three hundred years of space travel, you have

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fought seventeen wars among yourselves. You have used nuclear weapons

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against your own kind. You have poisoned your own atmosphere

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and stripped entire worlds of resources. Sarah wanted to argue,

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but she knew the alien was right. Humanity's expansion into

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space had been marked by conflict and competition. The Mars

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Colony war, the asteroid mining conflicts, the corporate wars around

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Jupiter's mood. Humans seemed unable to explore the galaxy without

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fighting each other for control. But we have also achieved

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incredible things, Sarah said. We have cured diseases, explored dangerous worlds,

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and built cities among the stars. We have art, music,

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and literature that celebrates the beauty of existence. Yes, gree Krathnax,

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this is why we offer you membership instead of elimination.

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Your species has value, but that value must be carefully managed.

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The aliens presented error with a thick document called the

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Sapient Species Accords. It was hundreds of pages long and

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written incompliss legal language that took her Iyos to understand.

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The basic terms were simple but devastating to human freedom.

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Humanity would be restricted to their current solar system plus

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twelve designated colony worlds. It could not establish new colonies

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without confederation approval. Their military would be limited to police

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forces and system defense units. No new weapons research would

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be allowed without alien oversight. Human ships could not travel

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beyond their assigned territories without special promits. Most importantly, human

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technology development would be strictly controlled. The Aliens would provide

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certain approved advances in medicine, energy, and agriculture, but humans

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would be forbidden from researching faster than like communication, advanced

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artificial intelligence, or quantum weapons. These restrictions will remain in

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place for at least five hundred years. Sink Star are explained.

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After that time, if humanity has proven itself peaceful and responsible,

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some limitations may be lifted. Sarah read through the document again,

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her anger growing with each page. The aliens were offering

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humanity a comfortable cage. They would be fed and protected,

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but never allowed to grow beyond what their keepers deemed safe.

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What about human rights, Sarah asked, what about our freedom

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to explore and expand? Freedom is a luxury that must

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be earned. Reply, Cratics, Your species will have freedom within

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the boundaries we set. You will be free to live,

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to learn, and to grow, but you will not be

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free to threaten the peace of the galaxy. Sarah real

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as she had no choice. The alien fleet could destroy

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human civilization in a matter of iOS. Those leaders had

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sent her to negotiate, but there was nothing to negotiate.

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This was surrendered, disguised as diplomacy. A new time to

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consult with my government, Sarah said, of course, Kstara replied,

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you have seventy two iOS to provide an answer. After that,

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we will assume humanity its chosen conflict over operation. The

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aliens left Sarah alone with the document and her thoughts.

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She spent the next three days in constant communication with

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US leaders, the colonial governors, and their military command. Everyone

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reached the same conclusion. Humanity was not ready for a

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war against the Galactic Confederation. They had to accept the

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terms now, matter how infa they seemed, and the third

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day Sarah met with aliens again. This time, represents from

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dozens of different species were present. She saw creatures that

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looked like walking trees, others that were simple flying jewfish,

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and some that were just clouds of glowing gas. All

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of them watched as she signed the Sapient Species Accords.

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Welcome to the galactic Confederations, Extor said, Sarah put down

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the electronic pen. His species is now under our protection

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and guidance. Sarah looked at the signed document and felt

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like she had just sold humanity's future, but she also

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knew it was the only way to ensure that humanity

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had a future all. As the alien ships began to

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leave us all bit, Sarah noticed that several remained behind.

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These would be the monitoring stations. She realized the Confederation

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would be watching humanities have removed, making sure where they

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followed the rules of the new present. Standing on the

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observation deck of Luna Station, Sarah watched the loss of

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the alien fleet disappear into space around her. I've looked

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peaceful and beautiful in the darkness, but she knew that

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humanity had just lost something precious. They had lost their

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freedom to choose their own destiny. The galaxy was fast

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and full of wonders, but humans would only be allowed

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to see the small corner that their alien master's steamsafe.

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Sarah wondered if this was how every species in the

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confederation had started. Had they all been free once? Had

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they all been forced to give up the dreams of

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unlimited exploration and growth. She thought of her own children

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and grandchildren. They would grow up in a world where

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aliens decided what humans could and could not do. They

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would never know the feeling of pushing beyond boundaries and

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discovering something new. They would be safe, but they would

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also be slaves. Sarah made's silent promise as she watched

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Earth turn slowly in space. Someday, somehow, humanity would be

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free again. The aliens thought they had timed the human spirit,

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but they had only hidden it. Like a fire covered

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with ash. It would continue to beout, and when the

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time was right, it would burst into flames again. The

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Galactic Confederation had made one crucial mistake. They assumed that

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because they could control human actions, they could also control

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human thoughts and dreams. But dreams, Sarah knew, were the

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one thing that could never be caged, and human dreams

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had always been bigger than any prison. Fifty years had

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passed since Admiral or Sarah Chanzay in the Sapient Species.

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Of course, Sarah was long dead, now buried on Lunar

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Station with four military honors. Her daughter Elsa followed in

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her footsteps, climbing through the ranks of what was now

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called the Human Devent's cause. The word Earth had been

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removed from the name at the suggestion of the galactic peacekeepers.

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They said it sounded too aggressively. So Tian was now

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forty five years old and commanded the monitoring station above

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New Guettsburg, one of humanity's twelve lar colony Welt. She

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had grown up under alien rule, but unlike many of

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her generation, she remembered her mother stories about the time

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before the Confederation. Sarah had told her daughter about the

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dreams humans once had about exploring the galaxy and building

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something great among the stars. New Gettysburg was a mining world,

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named after an ancient at battle where brave soldiers had

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died fighting for freedom. The irony was not lost on

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the lease that the planet was rich in rere minerals

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that were essential for building faster than light engines and

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quantum computers. Under the accords, humans were allowed to mine

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these materials, but only in amounts approved by the Confederation Council.

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The mining operation was run but Director Marcus Ware, a

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tough man in his sixters, who had what the asteroid

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mines before the aliens came heid. The cans covered in

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scars and a voice rotened by years of breathing recycled

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out in spaceps. Marcus hated the Aliens with the passion

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that burned bright after five decades of restrictions. Commando Chan,

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Marcus said, as he entered Lisa's office in the orbital station,

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we have a problem. Lisa leapt up from her reports.

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Every month she had filed detailed accounts of mining, app

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population growth, and resource consumption. The aliens wanted to know

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everything about human activities. What kind of problem, Marcus, The

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kind that's going to make out our alien friends very unhappy,

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Marcus replied with a grim smile. My teams found something big,

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really big. Marcus activated the holographic display on Lisa's desk.

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It showed a three dimensional map of new guests works underground,

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mineral deposits deep beneath the planet's surface, a massive vein

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of rarer with elements stretched for hundreds of kilometers. Sweet mercy,

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Lisa whispered, how much are we talking about? Enough to

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supply the entire human fleet for the next thousand years?

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Marcus said, enough to build quantum computers that could think anything.

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The Aliens have enough to power weapons that could punch

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hols through the crystal ships. Lisa stared at the display.

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This was exactly what humanity needed to break free from

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Ilion control. But she also knew what would happen when

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the peace keepers found out about it, and they would

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find out the Aliens monitored everything. Have you told anyone

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else about this, Lisak? Just my senior mining supervisors. Marcus replied,

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I want to talk to eurost We both know what

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the aliens will do when they hear about this. Lisa

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knew he was right. The Galactic peace Keepers would declare

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the deposit excessive for human developmental needs and take control

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of it. They had done it before or on other

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Waltz Whenever humans found something valuable, the aliens found reasons

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to confiscate it. The peace Keepers were the enforcement on

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of the Galactic Confederation that wore sleeks over armour and

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carried weapons that could disintegrate matter at the molecular level.

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Their ships were fast in deadly, designed to respond quickly

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to any threat to galactic piece. Most peacekeepers with othok

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species that looked like tall then humanoids with grayskin and

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no hair. They had call calculating mines ensured no emotion

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when carrying out their detas. We have to report it,

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Lisa said. Finally, if we don't and they find out later,

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things will be much worse for everyone on this planet.

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Marcus slummed his fist in the desk. Damn it, Lise,

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how long are we going to keep bending over bastards?

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That mineral deposit could change everything for humanity. It could

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give us the power to stand up and fight back

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and get everyone killed in the process. Lies replied, you've

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seen what their weapons can do. Remember what happened on

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Sirius Station when the miners tried to assess Marcus's face darkened.

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Everyone in human space knew about Series Station. The asteroid

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miners have refused to hand over a shipment of process

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uranium that the peacekeepers wanted for the Ornustali. In response

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that had been swift and brutal. They had used some

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kind of energy weapon that turned the entire station into

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dustin seconds. Three thousand humans had died. Insiddly, that was different,

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Marcus argued, there were just a few thousand miners on

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an isolated station neuguttespoke as two million people. The Aliens

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wouldn't dare, wouldn't they? Lisa interrupted the Confederation has been

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very clear about their priorities. Galactic peace comes before individual species.

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If they think we're become in a threat, they'll do

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whatever it takes to start bus. Despite her words, Lisa

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felt the same anger and frustration that Marcus did. She

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had spent her entire adult life watching aliens control every

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aspect of human existence. They decided where humans could live,

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what they could build, and how they could grow. Every

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human innovation had to be approved by alien scientists, who

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treated them like children playing with dangerous toes. The next morning,

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Lise filed her report about the mineral discovery within Ires,

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a peacekeeper fleet appeared in orbit around Neugattisburg. The flagship

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was a massive ship called the Eternal Vigilance, commanded by

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Peacekeeper primes ethkl Seth Call was a typical vorthak, seven

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feet tall, with skin like polished stone and eyes that

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glowed with pale blue light. He had been overseeing human

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space for twenty years and had a reputation for strict

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enforcement of Confederation law. When he spoke, his voice was

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flat and emotionless, like a computer reading a technical manual.

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Him under chan s if coalsaid as his holographic image

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appeared in Lisa's office. You have reported the day discovery

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of significant mineral deposits on Nugettsburg. The Confederation Council has

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reviewed your findings and determined that these resources exceed human requirements.

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Lisa felt her heart sink, but she tried to keep

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her voice steady with respect. Prime z f called, these

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minerals are essential for our technological development. The Accords guarantee

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humanity the right to use resources found in our assigned territories.

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The Accords also state that resource extruction must so have

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legitimate developmental needs. The alien replied coldly, the amount of

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rare earth elements you have discovered far beyond what a

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species requires for peaceful purposes. Such quantities could only be

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used for military applications. Our mining equipment is old and inefficient.

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Lisa argued, we need these materials to upgrade our technology

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and improve life for our colonists. Zeth Coll's clonas fixed, honor,

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Commander Chin, do not insult my intelligence. I have studied

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human psychology and behavior for decades. I know exactly what

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your species would do with such resources. You would build weapons,

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military ships, and quantum computers designed for warfare. Lisa wanted

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discream it the aliens arrogance, but she forced herself to

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remain calm. The Confederation has always said that humans could

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develop as long as we remain peaceful. How can we

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prove our peaceful intentions if you won't allow us to advance.

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You can prove her peaceful intentions by accepting our decision

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without resistance, Sekel replied. The mineral deposits will be extructed

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under Confederation supervision. The resources will be distributed among various

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member species according to galactic need. And what about the

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needs of New Gettysburgh's colonists, Lisa asked, These people have

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worked for decades to build their homes here. This discovery

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could have improved their lives immeasurably. Their lives will continue

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as before, the Aliens said, dismissively. The Confederation will ensure

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that they receive adequate resources for their basic needs. They

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require nothing more. Lisa realized that arguing was pointless. The

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Aliens had already made their decision. They would take the

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minerals and leave humanity with just enough to survive, but

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never enough to grow strong. Over the next several weeks,

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Peacekeepers ships landed on New Gettysburg's surface. Alien mining equipment

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was brought down from orbit. Machines that could extractmen was

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a hundred times faster than human technology. The aliens work

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quickly and efficiently stripping the valuable deposits from the planet's

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crossed to The human miners were forced to watch as

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their discovery was stolen from them. Some tried to protest,

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but Peaskeiper guards quickly silenced any resistance. Marcus Webb blared

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a group of miners in a peaceful demonstration outside the

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main mining facility. The peacekeepers dispersed the crowd at sonic

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weapons that left the humans writhing on the ground in agony.

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This is what galactic piece looks like, Marcus said to

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Lisa as she helped him to his feet after the

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sanic attack. His ears were bleeding and his hands shook

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from the after effects of the weapon. Were not members

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of the Confederation, We're prisoners. Lisa helped Marcus to the

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medical station, where human doctors treated the injured miners with

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primitive equipment. The aliens had medical technology that could heal

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the sonic weaponed Ammageminiz, but they did not share it

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with humans. Such advanced medicine was deemed unnecessary for human development.

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As the weeks passed, Lisa watched the alien mining operation

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with growing anger. They were not just taking the row

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Earth elements. They were also extracting other valuable minerals that

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the original survey had missed. The aliens were strip mining

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the planet, taking everything of value and leaving behind empty

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holes in the ground. The worst part was the efficiency

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of it all. The aliens treated the theft as a

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routine administrative task. The file reports, followed procedures and maintained

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detailed records of everything the stall. To them, this was

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not theft at all. It was resource management for the

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greater good of the galaxy. Commander Chan, one of her

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junior officers, said, as he entered her office. I've been

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monitoring alien communications their planning to establish a permanent mining

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base ONMNU the Oediesburg. Lisa looked up sharply a permanent

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base for Halng indefinitely. The officer reply, they found additional

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deposits deeper underground. They want to make sure humans never

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get access to them. Lisa stared out the window at

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the alien ships in orbit. More were arriving every day,

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bringing fresh equipment, and additional personnel. The Peacekeeper were not

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just taking the minerals, they were taking the planet itself.

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That night, Lease called an emergency meeting with the senior

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staff of New Iceberg. Mining supervisors, colonial administrators, and military

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officers gathered in the conference room of the orbital station.

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Everyone looked tired and angry. We all know why we're here,

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Lisa began. The aliens are stealing our world, piece by piece.

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They are not going to stop with the minerals. They'll

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find excuses to take everything else too. Director Webb spoke

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up from across the table. What can we do about it?

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We've tried peaceful protests, legal challenges, and diplomatic appeals. Nothing works.

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They just ignore us or threaten us with force. Maybe

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it's time to stop playing by their roles, suggested Colonel Harrison,

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the senior military officer on Nugattisberg. He was a veteran

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of the Corporate Wars and had fought in the Asteroid

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Belt before the aliens came. We have people, we have

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some weapons, and we know this planet better than they do.

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You're talking about armed resistance, Lisa said, that would be suicide.

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They could call on the entire peace keep a fleet

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and turn this planet into greater So we just sit

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here and let them take everything? Why bass bitterly let

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them turn us into slaves in our own homes. Lisa

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looked around the table at the faces of the other humans.

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She saw anger, frustration, and desperation. These were good people

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who had worked hard to build something on Neugettysburg. They

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deserved better than this. There might be another way, Lisa

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said slowly, something my mother told me before she died.

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She said there were others in human space who were

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working on long term plans, people who never accepted the accords,

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who've been preparing for the day when we could fight Beck.

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What kind of plans, Colonel Harrison asked, I don't know

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the details Lisa made it, but she said there were

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secret research facilities, hidden bases, and people who've been developing

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technologies the aliens don't know about. She said that some day,

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when humanity was ready, we would have our chance. The

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room fell silent as every one considered her words. The

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idea of secret human resistance was both exciting and terrifying.

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If such plans existed, they represented hope for human freedom.

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But if the aliens discovered them, the consequences would be catastrophic.

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How do we contact these people, we're basked. I'm not

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sure we can, Lisa replied, but I think they'll contact

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us when the time is right. Until then, we have

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to endure. We have to survive, and we have to

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remember that this isn't forever. As the meeting ended and

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the staff returned to their judies, Lisa remained in the

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conference room alone. She looked out at the alien ships

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surroundings Ugettesbrigan made a silent promise. Sunday, humanity would be

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strong enough to take back what was theirs. Some day

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the galaxy would learn that humans were not men to

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be caged. But for now, they had to wait. They

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had to watch as the aliens stripped their well barren,

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took everything they had worked for. They had to smile

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and co operate while burning with rage inside. They had

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to be patient while their dreams were slowly strangled. The

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Galactic Confederation thought they had broken the human spirit. They

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thought they had turned humanity into just another obedient member species.

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But they were wrong. Human anger was like a slow

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burning fire, getting hotter and more dangerous with each passing year.

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The aliens would lead Eventually that there was a difference

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between compliance and surrender, and when that day came, they

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were discovered just how dangerous a case human could be.

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The emergency call came to Lisa Chan at three in

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the morning ship time. She was pulled from deep sleep

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by the urgent beeping of her communication device. The voice

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on the other end belonged to Captain Madriguez, commander of

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the supply ship Aureora's Dawn, which had just arrived from

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Eden Prime. Commander Chan, you need to hear this immediately,

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Rodriguez said, his voice shaking. Eden Prime is gone. The

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whole colony is dying. Lisa sat up in her bed,

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instantly awake. Eden Prime was one of humanity's most successful

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agricultural worlds, home to nearly half a million people. The

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planet's fertile soil and perfect climate had made at the

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bread basket of human space. Eden Prime fed not just

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its own people, but also supplied food to six other

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human colonies. What do you mean gone, Lisa asked as

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she pulled on her uniform. The crowd came three weeks ago,

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Rodriguez continued. They demanded that Eden Prime hand over eighty

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percent of its grain harvest to fee some famine on

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their world of Nixta. When the colonists refused, the crew

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released something into the atmosphere, some kind of biological weapon

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that sterilizes the soil. Lisa felt her blood turn cold.

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The crow were one of the founding members of the

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Galactic Confederation, and insect like species the Fault with a

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collective mind. They had always been strict about following Confederation law,

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but they had never used biological weapons against humans before.

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Are you sure about this, Lisa asked, I saw it

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with my own eyes, where Driguez replied, the crops are

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all dead Brownfield's as far as you can see. The

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soil won't grow anything now, not even weeds. The colonists

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are starving, Commander. They've got maybe six weeks of food

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left in storage. Lisa closed her eyes and tried to

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process what she was hearing. Eden Prime had been humanity's

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most productive world. If the Crell had destroyed its ability

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to grow food, it would affect the entire human population.

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Other colonists depended on eden Prime's surplus to feed their people.

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What was the official justification, Lisa asked, though she already

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said expected the answer. Crell said it was a legal

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requisition under Confederation Emergency pro to call seven, Rodriguez said, bitterly.

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They claim their world was experiencing a famine that threatened

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the survival of this species. Under the Accords, member species

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are required to provide assistance in such emergencies, even if

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it means letting our own people starve. Lisa asked, according

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to the Krell Eden Prime us hoard in surplus food

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while a Confederation member species face extinction, Rodriguez continued. When

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Governor Martinez refused to comply, they declared the colonists in

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violation of their membership obligations. Lisak new Governor Elena Martinez personally,

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she was a tough woman, and her servants, who had

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helped establish ed in Prime forty years ago lener have

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fought through droughts, floods, and equipment failures to build the

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colony into a thriving agricultural center. She would never have

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refused aid to truly starving people. There's more, Commander Rodriguez

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said quietly. I managed to speak with some of the

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colonists before I left. They said the Crell demand wasn't

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really about famine relief. The Krell world as plain of food.

474
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,000
They just wanted to test how far they could push

475
00:24:03,079 --> 00:24:07,160
human compliance. Lisa felt rage building in her chest. The

476
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,359
aliens were not content with stealing human resources and limiting

477
00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,680
human growth. Now they were actively destroying human colonists to

478
00:24:13,759 --> 00:24:17,559
prove their power. How many people have died, Lisa asked,

479
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:22,400
twelve thousand so far. Rodriguez replied, mostly children and elderly.

480
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,559
The colonists are trying to evacuate, but the peacekeepers have

481
00:24:25,599 --> 00:24:29,200
restricted their travel permits. They say the evacuation with violet

482
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:33,519
population distribution agreements. Lisa wanted to scream. The aliens were

483
00:24:33,559 --> 00:24:36,680
not just destroying Eden Prime. They were trapping the colonists

484
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,079
there to die slowly of starvation. It was genocide disguised

485
00:24:40,079 --> 00:24:43,359
as administrative policy. Get me everything you have about this,

486
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:49,720
Lisa ordered documentation, witness statements, recorded communications. Everything already, prepare

487
00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,759
a commander, Rodrigue said, but I have to warn you.

488
00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,480
The official Confederation report says the biological agent was deployed

489
00:24:56,519 --> 00:25:00,519
accidentally during routine agricultural assistance. Their claim it was a

490
00:25:00,559 --> 00:25:03,640
tragic mistake, a mistake that just happened to occur. After

491
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,720
the colonists refused their demands, Lisa said sarcastically, the timing

492
00:25:07,759 --> 00:25:11,359
is listed as coincidental, and the official record Rodriguez confirmed.

493
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:13,720
Dallas has spent the next several hours reviewing the files

494
00:25:13,759 --> 00:25:17,480
that Rodriguez had brought from Eden Prime. The evidence was overwhelming.

495
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,680
The Cural had deliberately deployed a biological weapon to punish

496
00:25:20,799 --> 00:25:24,119
human disobedience. They had murdered thousands of innocent people and

497
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,039
condemned an entire world to death. But the official Confederation

498
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,799
records told a different story. According to the alien bureaucrats,

499
00:25:31,039 --> 00:25:34,720
Eden Prime had experienced an unfortunate accident during a humanitarian aidmission.

500
00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,440
The Krial had been trying to help improve corp fields

501
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,160
when a containment failure released an experimental growth inhibitor into

502
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,039
the atmosphere. The Confederation Council expressed deep regret for the

503
00:25:44,039 --> 00:25:47,720
tragic incident. Lisa knew that protesting through official channels would

504
00:25:47,759 --> 00:25:51,519
be pointless. The Aliens controlled all the courts, all the administrators,

505
00:25:51,559 --> 00:25:55,240
and all the judges. Had written the laws, and they

506
00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:59,000
interpreted them however they wanted. Human complaints were always dismissed

507
00:25:59,039 --> 00:26:03,319
as misunderstandings. Emotional of reactions. That evening, Lisa called her

508
00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,400
senior staff together for an emergency meeting. She shared the

509
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,599
news about Eden Prime and watched as their faces went

510
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,039
through the same progression of shock, horror, and reached that

511
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,839
she had experienced. This is it, said Colonel Harrison, slamming

512
00:26:14,839 --> 00:26:17,319
his fist on the table. This is where we draw

513
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,200
the line. They've gone from theft to out right murder.

514
00:26:20,759 --> 00:26:23,640
What can we do, asked doctor Sarah Kim, the chief

515
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,960
medical officer. If we protest too loudly, they'll just find

516
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,160
excuses to punish us too. Maybe that's exactly what we

517
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,440
should do, suggested Markswipp, who had requested permission to attend

518
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,839
the meeting. Maybe it's time to stop being afraid of

519
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,920
their punishment. Lisa looked around the table at her people.

520
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,960
These were good humans who had spent decades following alien

521
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,079
rules on accepting alien authority, but she could see that

522
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,000
something had changed in their eyes. The destruction of Eden

523
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,160
Prime had crossed a line that could not be encrossed.

524
00:26:51,759 --> 00:26:54,160
I need to tell you all, something, Lisa said, slowly,

525
00:26:54,799 --> 00:26:57,599
something my mother shared with me before she died. There

526
00:26:57,599 --> 00:26:59,640
are others in human space who have been preparing for

527
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,559
this day. She told them about the secret resistance that

528
00:27:02,599 --> 00:27:06,599
Sarah Chan had mentioned, hidden research facilities for human scientists

529
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:11,240
had been developing Forbiddens Technologies secret She appeared where new

530
00:27:11,279 --> 00:27:14,720
types of warships were being built underground networks of people

531
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:18,039
who had never accepted alien rule. How do we contact them,

532
00:27:18,519 --> 00:27:22,920
Colonel Harrison asked, we don't. Lisa replied, they contact us,

533
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,720
but first we need to prove that we are ready

534
00:27:25,759 --> 00:27:29,160
to fight. What did you have in mind? We're bestd

535
00:27:29,839 --> 00:27:34,119
Lisa activated the holographic display on the conference table. It

536
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:38,000
showed the current positions of peace keeperships around Neugettysburg, three

537
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,759
cruisers and a dozen smaller patrol craft, all armed with

538
00:27:40,759 --> 00:27:44,359
weapons that could destroy human ships and seconds. Tomorrow morning,

539
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,759
I'm going to broadcast a message to every human world,

540
00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,720
Lisa said. I'm going to tell them the truth about

541
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,200
Eden Poem. I'm going to tell them that the Aliens

542
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:57,039
are not our protectors. There are enemies. That's treason under

543
00:27:57,039 --> 00:28:02,160
Confederation law. Doctor Kim pointed out, restue immediately let them try,

544
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,119
Lisa replied. Someone has to speak the truth. Someone has

545
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,079
to remind humanity what we used to be before the

546
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,359
Aliens put us in cages. The next morning, Lisa sat

547
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,400
in her commander's office and activated the broadcast system. She

548
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,079
knew that her words would be transmitted to every human colony,

549
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,359
every orbital station, and every ship in human space. She

550
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,880
also knew that the peacekeepers would try to stop the transmission.

551
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,599
With the minutes People of Humanity, Lisa began looking directly

552
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,720
into the camera. My name is Commander Lisa Chan, daughter

553
00:28:29,759 --> 00:28:33,640
of Admiral Sarah Chan, who signed the Sapient Species Accords

554
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,440
fifty years ago, and speaking to you now to tell

555
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,160
you the truth about what happened on Iden Bryne. Lisa

556
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,319
described the Crell attack in detail. She explained how the

557
00:28:42,319 --> 00:28:44,880
Aliens had twelve thousand innocent people to prove their power

558
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,079
over humanity. She talked about the years of theft opression

559
00:28:48,119 --> 00:28:51,559
and humiliation that humans had endured under Confederation rule. The

560
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,480
Aliens tell us that we are members of the galactic community.

561
00:28:54,559 --> 00:29:00,119
These continued, but members are not murdered for refusing unreasonable demands,

562
00:29:00,119 --> 00:29:03,039
are not robbed of their discoverers and achievement. Members are

563
00:29:03,079 --> 00:29:05,720
not treated like dangerous animals that must cage and controlled.

564
00:29:05,759 --> 00:29:08,880
The broadcast was reaching millions of humans across dozens of worlls.

565
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,160
Lisa could imagine families gathering around our communication screens, listening

566
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,079
to words that had been forbidden for fifty years. We

567
00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:16,839
are not members of the Galactic Confederation, Lisa said firmly.

568
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:18,839
We are prisoners, We are slaves, and it is time

569
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:20,559
for us to remember that humans were not ment to

570
00:29:20,599 --> 00:29:24,519
eleven chains. Three minutes into the broadcast, peace keeperships began

571
00:29:24,599 --> 00:29:27,440
moving toward the orbital station. Lisa could see them on

572
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,559
her tactical display, closing in to stop per transmission. She

573
00:29:30,599 --> 00:29:33,039
had maybe sixty seconds before they would jam her signal.

574
00:29:33,599 --> 00:29:36,759
The aliens think they have broken our spirit, Lisa continued urgently.

575
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,759
They think we have forgotten how to fight. They think

576
00:29:39,759 --> 00:29:41,720
we will accept an abuse as long as they led

577
00:29:41,799 --> 00:29:45,359
us live. But they are wrong. Human dignity is not

578
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:48,680
something that can be traded away for safety. Human freedom

579
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,160
is not something that can be sold for peace. The

580
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,759
first peace Keeper ship reached the station and began electronic

581
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:58,039
jamming procedures. Lisa's signals started to break up, but she

582
00:29:58,119 --> 00:30:01,759
kept talking. Remember eating, she said, as the transmission began

583
00:30:01,839 --> 00:30:05,119
to fail, Remember that twelve thousand humans died because they

584
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,319
refused to bow down to alien masters. Remember that we

585
00:30:08,359 --> 00:30:11,880
are human, and humans do not surrender. The broadcast cut

586
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,880
off as Pierskie betrooched forced their way into the communications center,

587
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,319
Lisa sat back in her chair and waited for them

588
00:30:17,359 --> 00:30:19,680
to come for her. She had said what needed to

589
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,119
be said. Now others would have to decide what to

590
00:30:22,119 --> 00:30:25,519
do with her words. Within an hour, Peacekeeper Prime Zethchal

591
00:30:25,559 --> 00:30:29,599
arrived at the station personally. He stood in Lisa's office

592
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,200
like a statue of gray Stone, his glowing eyes fixed

593
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,599
on her with cold anger. Commander Chon the Alien said,

594
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:39,279
you have violated Section twelve of the Sapian Species Accords

595
00:30:39,279 --> 00:30:42,640
by broadcasting seditious material designed to cite rebellion against lawful

596
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,960
Confederation authority. I told the truth about Ian Prime. Li

597
00:30:46,119 --> 00:30:49,759
Sir replied calmly. If the truth is seditious, then maybe

598
00:30:49,799 --> 00:30:52,519
your laws are wrong. The incident on Edenprime was a

599
00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:56,720
tragic accident. Sack Call stated, your deliberate misrepresentation of these

600
00:30:56,759 --> 00:31:01,599
events constitute a serious crime against Galactic p Twelve thousand

601
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,200
people are dead, Lisa said, standing up to face the

602
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:08,720
Alien children, families, ell'serly people who never hurt anyone. Your

603
00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:11,039
people moted them to make a point about human obedience.

604
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:15,640
The crowl deployment of agricultural enhancement compounds was carried out

605
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,359
according to paper safety protocols. The alien replied mechanically, the

606
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,799
containment failure was unforeseen and deeply regretted by all part is.

607
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,440
Lisa laughed bitterly. You really expect me to believe that lie?

608
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,119
You expect humanity to just accept that our people died

609
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:33,599
by accent. I expect humanity to accept the official findings

610
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:37,279
of the Confederation Council, zefgl said coldly. Anything else is

611
00:31:37,359 --> 00:31:41,119
conspiracy theory and dangerous speculation. And what happens to me now,

612
00:31:41,839 --> 00:31:45,319
Lise asked, you will be transported to a Confederation detention

613
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:49,839
facility for psychological evaluation and reconditioning. The alien replied, your

614
00:31:49,839 --> 00:31:52,559
actions suggests that you have been contaminated by pre contact

615
00:31:52,599 --> 00:31:56,480
human aggression patterns. With proper treatment, you can be rehabilitated.

616
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,200
Lisa realized that the aliens were not just going to

617
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,799
imprison her. They were going to try to break her mind,

618
00:32:01,839 --> 00:32:04,160
to turn her into another compliant human who accepted ali

619
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,000
in authority without question. You can do whatever you want

620
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,920
to me, Lisa said, defiantly. But you can't and do

621
00:32:09,079 --> 00:32:12,359
what I've already done. Millions of humans heard my broadcast.

622
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,960
They know the truth about eden Prime. Now a temporary

623
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,319
set back, Zachor replied, The truth is what the Confederation

624
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,920
Council determines it to be. Alternative narratives will be corrected

625
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:26,920
through proper education and guidance. As peacekeeper gods escorted Lisa

626
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,640
from her office, she looked at the window in New Gettysburg. Below.

627
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,119
The planet's surface was scarred with alien mining operations, its

628
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,559
resources being stripped away and sent to other worlds. Soon,

629
00:32:36,799 --> 00:32:38,720
she knew there would be nothing left but empty holes

630
00:32:38,759 --> 00:32:41,319
in the ground. But Lisa also knew that her message

631
00:32:41,319 --> 00:32:44,559
had reached human colonies across the galaxy. People would be

632
00:32:44,559 --> 00:32:48,160
talking about eden Prime, asking questions about Confederation justice, wondering

633
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,440
if there might be another way to live. The seed

634
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,640
of rebellion had been planted. As the piskip A transport

635
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,359
ship carried her away from Neugettysburg, Lisa thought about her

636
00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,920
mother's words about secret human resistance. Somewhere out there. She

637
00:33:00,119 --> 00:33:02,759
hoped people were preparing for the day when humanity would

638
00:33:02,759 --> 00:33:05,759
fight back. The aliens had made a critical mistake by

639
00:33:05,839 --> 00:33:09,319
destroying eden Prime. They had given humanity something more powerful

640
00:33:09,359 --> 00:33:12,359
than weapons or ships. They had given humanity a reason

641
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:16,200
to hate. The war was coming. Lisa realized it might

642
00:33:16,279 --> 00:33:19,160
take years or decades, but it was inevitable now. The

643
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,000
Aliens had finally pushed too hard, taken too much, killed

644
00:33:22,039 --> 00:33:25,359
too many innocent people. Human patients had limits, and those

645
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,519
limits had been reached. Eden Prime would not be forgotten,

646
00:33:29,039 --> 00:33:32,240
its dead would not be ignored, and Sunday, very soon

647
00:33:32,319 --> 00:33:34,599
the galaxy would learn what happened when you backed humans

648
00:33:34,599 --> 00:33:37,519
into a corner with nothing left to lose. The rescue

649
00:33:37,559 --> 00:33:40,680
came three days after Lisa Shun's arrest. She was being

650
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,240
held in a Peacekeeper detention facility on the Astor Roads

651
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:47,240
station on Gumnus seven, waiting for transport to Confederation reconditioning center.

652
00:33:47,799 --> 00:33:50,200
The facility was supposed to be escape proof, protected by

653
00:33:50,319 --> 00:33:52,880
energy shields and automated defense systems that could destroy any

654
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,519
approaching ship. Lisa sat in her cell, a small gray

655
00:33:55,599 --> 00:33:58,079
room with no windows and a single dim light. She

656
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,559
had expected to spend months or years in alien inctivity,

657
00:34:00,559 --> 00:34:03,440
having her mind slowly reprogrammed until she became another obedient

658
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:07,039
human puppet. Bout three hundred forty seven Iris station time

659
00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:11,000
explosions began echoing through the facility's corridors. The first sign

660
00:34:11,079 --> 00:34:12,960
that something was wrong came when the lights went out.

661
00:34:13,559 --> 00:34:16,719
Emergency power kicked in a few seconds later, bathing everything

662
00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:19,239
in red light. Then Lisa heard sounds she had not

663
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,559
heard of fifty years, the distinctive wine of human plasma

664
00:34:22,559 --> 00:34:25,519
cannons and the crack of kinetic rifles. Her cell door

665
00:34:25,599 --> 00:34:28,480
suddenly melted away, to solved by some kind of molecular acid.

666
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,320
A figure in black combat armor stepped through the opening,

667
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,599
carrying weapons that Lisa did not recognize. The armor was

668
00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:38,639
sleek and advanced, far beyond anything the Confederation had allowed

669
00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:42,480
humans to build. Commander Chan, the figure asked, lifting the

670
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,480
helmet viser to reveal the face of a young woman

671
00:34:44,519 --> 00:34:47,920
with short brown hair and determined eyes. And Captain Saravos,

672
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,320
Human Liberation Fleet. We're here to get you out. Lisa

673
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:56,320
stared at the woman in shock. Human Liberation Fleet. I've

674
00:34:56,320 --> 00:35:00,000
never heard of that organization. Most people haven't, Captain Voss replied,

675
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,599
as she helped Lise to her feet. We've been operating

676
00:35:03,639 --> 00:35:05,960
in the shadows for the past thirty years, preparing for

677
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,599
this day. You were broadcast three days ago was the

678
00:35:08,599 --> 00:35:11,079
signal we were waiting for. As they moved through the

679
00:35:11,159 --> 00:35:14,199
detention facilities corridors, Lisa's all day after math of a

680
00:35:14,199 --> 00:35:17,800
battle unlike anything she had ever witnessed. Peacekeeper gods lay

681
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,760
unconscious or dead, their advanced armor and weapons useless against

682
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:24,360
the human attackers. The facilities automated defense systems had been

683
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:28,599
completely disabled. How is this possible, Lise asked as they ran.

684
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:33,239
Human technology isn't advanced enough to penetrate Peacekeeper defenses? It

685
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:36,199
is now, Captain Boss replied with a grim smile. We've

686
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:38,800
had fifty years to work on it. While the aliens

687
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,920
thought they were keeping us under control, some of us

688
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,320
were getting ready for war. They reached the facilities docking bay,

689
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,920
where Lisa saw something that made her heart race with excitement.

690
00:35:47,559 --> 00:35:49,719
Three human ships were docked there, but they looked nothing

691
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,719
like the crude vessel's shoes familiar with. These ships were

692
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:54,880
sleek and deadly, with armor that seemed to bend light

693
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,480
around it and weapons that hump with barely contained energy.

694
00:35:58,119 --> 00:36:00,679
Welcome to the hs F Retribution, Kept and Voss said

695
00:36:00,679 --> 00:36:04,159
as they boarded the largest ship. Quantum drive, adaptive armor

696
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:06,679
and firepo that can punched through a Peacekeeper cruiser like

697
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:10,039
paper The ship's bridge was a marvel of advanced technology.

698
00:36:10,599 --> 00:36:14,599
Holographic displays showed tactical information with incredible detail. The crew

699
00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:17,679
moved with practice efficiency, their equipment far superior to anything

700
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:20,920
Lisa had seen before. These were not the restricted, monitored

701
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:25,039
humans she was used to. These were warriors. Captain Voss,

702
00:36:25,039 --> 00:36:28,760
one of the crew members, called out Peacekeeper reinforcements in coming.

703
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:33,440
Three cruisers in a battleship. Let them come, Voss replied, calmly,

704
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,400
it's time to show the galaxy what humans can really do.

705
00:36:37,079 --> 00:36:39,280
Lisa watched in amazement as the human ships engaged a

706
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:43,559
Peacekeeper fleet. The alien vessels were larger and theoretically more powerful,

707
00:36:43,639 --> 00:36:46,519
but the human ships moved like predators hunting prey. They

708
00:36:46,599 --> 00:36:49,920
used tactics that the aliens had never seen before, appearing

709
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,960
and disappearing like ghosts, striking from impossible angles. The first

710
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,960
Peacekeeper cruiser exploded within minutes, shields overwhelmed by concentrated fire

711
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:00,440
from weapons that seemed to ignore conventional defenses. Kin crewis

712
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,760
had tried to retreat, but human fighters swarmed around it

713
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,519
like angry wasps, their pilots showing skills that decades of

714
00:37:05,519 --> 00:37:08,519
Aliens oppression had not managed to destroy. How long have

715
00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:12,719
you been building ships like this, Lisa asked Captain Voss.

716
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:16,599
The first proto type was completed fifteen years ago, Voss replied,

717
00:37:16,639 --> 00:37:19,239
as she watched the battle unfold. We built them in

718
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:23,320
hidden facilities throughout human space, asteroid mining stations that were

719
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:28,679
really shipyards research laboratories disguised as agricultural senders. The Aliens

720
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,519
never suspected because they thought they had us completely under control.

721
00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:36,199
The Peacekeeper battleship, seeing its escorts destroyed, tried to use

722
00:37:36,199 --> 00:37:39,360
its massive firepar to overwhelm the human ships. But the

723
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,000
human vessels simply when there were the alien weapons fire,

724
00:37:42,639 --> 00:37:45,280
they moved with impossible speed and agility, the quantent rice

725
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:47,960
allowing them to appear anywhere in the battlefield in seconds.

726
00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:53,079
The Aliens always underestimated human adaptability, Foss continued. They thought

727
00:37:53,079 --> 00:37:56,519
that because they could control our official technology, they could

728
00:37:56,519 --> 00:37:59,559
control all our technology. They forgot that humans are very

729
00:37:59,559 --> 00:38:02,719
good at hiding things from their enemies. Lisa realized she

730
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:06,360
was witnessing something historic. This was not just a rescue operation.

731
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:08,719
This was a beginning of a war that would reshape

732
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,800
the galaxy. For fifty years, humans had been forced to

733
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,519
live as prisoners in their own space. Now they were

734
00:38:14,519 --> 00:38:17,039
fighting back with weapons and ships that the Aliens had

735
00:38:17,119 --> 00:38:20,079
never imagined. Where did you get the resources for all this,

736
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:24,920
Lise asked. The Aliens monitor every mining operation, every factory,

737
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,559
every research facility. They monitor the official ones, falsaid with

738
00:38:28,559 --> 00:38:31,599
a slight smile. But humans have been miners and builders

739
00:38:31,639 --> 00:38:34,440
for thousands of years. We know how to dig tunnels,

740
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,639
how to hide factories, how to make things disappear from

741
00:38:36,639 --> 00:38:39,840
inventory records. The Aliens are very good at bureaucracy, but

742
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:43,079
they are not very good at understanding human creativity. The

743
00:38:43,159 --> 00:38:46,159
last peacekeepership exploded in a brilliant flash of light. The

744
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:48,360
human fleet had won a complete victory without losing a

745
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,719
single vessel. Lisa could hardly believe what she had witnessed.

746
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,679
The supposedly invincible Peacekeepers have been destroyed by humans using

747
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:58,599
itcknowledgey of they didn't even know existed. This is just

748
00:38:58,639 --> 00:39:01,440
the beginning, Captain Voss. As the human ships prepared to

749
00:39:01,519 --> 00:39:04,519
leave the battle zone you broadcast about Eden, Pryne has

750
00:39:04,559 --> 00:39:07,320
reached every human colony. People are angry and they are

751
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:10,880
ready to fight. Resistant cells are activating across human space.

752
00:39:11,559 --> 00:39:14,639
As the retribution jumped faster than light speed. Lisa found

753
00:39:14,639 --> 00:39:16,840
herself in the ship's briefing room with Captain Voss and

754
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:20,599
several other officers. They showed her holographic displays that revealed

755
00:39:20,599 --> 00:39:22,920
the true scope of the human resistance hidden basses on

756
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:27,760
dozens of worlds. Secret shipyards in remote asteroid fields. Research

757
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,079
facilities spare deep underground where human scientists have been developing

758
00:39:31,119 --> 00:39:34,519
technologies that violated every restriction in the Sappian Species Accords.

759
00:39:35,159 --> 00:39:38,039
For half a century, while most humans lived under alien rule,

760
00:39:38,159 --> 00:39:41,840
others had been preparing for rebellion. We call it Project Prometheus,

761
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,559
explained Commander Jake Morrison, the grizzled veteran who look like

762
00:39:44,599 --> 00:39:47,639
he had been fighting aliens his entire life, Named after

763
00:39:47,639 --> 00:39:50,800
the mythological figure who stole fire from the gods. We've

764
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:54,239
been stealing technology, adapting it, improving it, and preparing for

765
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:56,639
the day when we could use it. The aliens made

766
00:39:56,639 --> 00:39:59,440
one critical mistake, added Docter Eline of Vesqu's, who appeared

767
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,360
to be the fleets chief scientist. They thought that because

768
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,400
they could limit our official research, they could limit our understanding,

769
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:09,800
but human curiosity cannot. They stopped by laws and regulations

770
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:13,559
we studied everything they brought to our worlds. We learned

771
00:40:13,599 --> 00:40:16,880
how their technology worked, and then we built better versions.

772
00:40:17,559 --> 00:40:19,800
Lisa looked at the displays showing human ship designs that

773
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:23,320
were clearly superior to anything the Confederation used. How many

774
00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:27,639
shits do you have currently operational? About two hundred, Commander

775
00:40:27,679 --> 00:40:32,679
Morrison replied, in various stages of construction, another five hundred.

776
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,440
By the end of the year, we'll have a fleet

777
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,920
of over a thousand ships, all equipped with technology the

778
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,199
Aliens have never seen before. Ah, but that's not nearly

779
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:43,119
enough to fight the entire Galactic Confederation, Lisa pointed out,

780
00:40:43,639 --> 00:40:47,000
they have thousands of worlds and millions of ships. Numbers

781
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,320
aren't everything, Doctor Vesque said, the Aliens have been at

782
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:53,400
peace for fifty thousand years. They've forgotten how to fight

783
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:57,199
real wars. Their tactics are old, their strategies are predictable,

784
00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:00,679
and there technology has become stagnant because they've had no

785
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:04,239
serious challenges. Humans, on the other hand, have been studying

786
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:07,599
war for our entire existence. Captain Voss added, we spent

787
00:41:07,679 --> 00:41:11,360
fifty years analyzing alien weaknesses, learning their patents, and developing

788
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,599
counter measures for their weapons. When this war begins, we'll

789
00:41:14,599 --> 00:41:17,679
have advantages they can even imagine. The briefing continued for

790
00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:20,800
IROs as the human officers explained their plans. It was

791
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,639
not just about building ships and weapons. They had spent

792
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:27,400
decades in filtrating alien facilities, gathering intelligence, and establish in

793
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:31,559
support networks throughout Confederation space. They knew which alien species

794
00:41:31,599 --> 00:41:34,440
were unhappy with Confederation rule and might be turned into allies.

795
00:41:35,079 --> 00:41:37,519
They knew where the aliens stored their resources and had

796
00:41:37,519 --> 00:41:40,400
their supply lines operated. The key is not to fight

797
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:44,119
a conventional war, Commander Morrison explained, we caun't win by

798
00:41:44,119 --> 00:41:47,480
building bigger fleets and having masses space battles. We have

799
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,280
to fight like humans have always fought when facing superior enemies.

800
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,400
We have to be smarter, faster, and more ruthless than

801
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:59,599
they expect. Guerrilla water on a galactic scale, Lisa realized exactly.

802
00:41:59,639 --> 00:42:05,079
Captain Voss confirmed hit the supply lines, destroy their communication networks,

803
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,800
turn their own technology against them, make them a free

804
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:12,199
to leave their home systems, jo the galaxy that the

805
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:16,079
Great Confederation can't even control one small human species. As

806
00:42:16,079 --> 00:42:18,920
the Retribution traveled through hyperspace toward a secret human base,

807
00:42:19,159 --> 00:42:22,280
Lisa thought about everything she had learned. The resistance was

808
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:24,920
far more advanced and widespread than she had ever imagined.

809
00:42:25,519 --> 00:42:28,039
They had weapons that could destroy peace keeper ships, technology

810
00:42:28,079 --> 00:42:30,840
that violated every alien restriction, and plans that could bring

811
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:34,039
down the entire Confederation. But she also realized that this

812
00:42:34,079 --> 00:42:36,760
war would cost millions of lives, both human and alien.

813
00:42:37,199 --> 00:42:40,599
The Confederation would not surrender easily. They would use every

814
00:42:40,599 --> 00:42:43,519
weapon at their disposal to crush you in rebellion. Entire

815
00:42:43,559 --> 00:42:47,199
worlds might be destroyed before the fighting ended. Are you

816
00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:50,360
ready for what's coming? Captain Voss asked, as if freeding

817
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,199
Lisa's thoughts, this won't be like the corporate wars or

818
00:42:53,199 --> 00:42:56,519
colonial conflicts humans fought before the Aliens cane. This will

819
00:42:56,559 --> 00:43:00,039
be total war across the galaxy. Billions of people will die.

820
00:43:00,599 --> 00:43:03,039
The Aliens made that choice when they destroyed Eden Prime,

821
00:43:03,159 --> 00:43:06,679
Lisa replied firmly, when they murdered innocent people to prove

822
00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:09,840
their power over us. We didn't start this war, but

823
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,920
we're going to finish it good, Fosse said, with approval,

824
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:15,760
because we're going to need leaders who understand what we're

825
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,880
fighting for. Your mother signed the course up to Humanity

826
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,400
in James's maybe it's time for her daughter to be

827
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,559
the one who breaks them. The ship dropped out of

828
00:43:23,599 --> 00:43:26,719
hypospace near what looked like an empty asteroid field, but

829
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:28,920
as they approached, Lisa could see that it was actually

830
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:32,320
a massive hidden base carved into the largest asteroy. Hundreds

831
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,920
of human ships were doped there, with more under construction

832
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:38,280
and concealed ship hards. Welcome to five bass Alva, Captain

833
00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:41,159
Voss said, one of twelve major bases we've built in

834
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:43,960
secret over the past twenty years. From here, we co

835
00:43:44,119 --> 00:43:47,920
ordinate resistance operations across three sectors of human space. As

836
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:49,760
Lisa looked at the base, she realized that the war

837
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,719
had already begun. The aliens just didn't know it yet.

838
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,119
For fifty years, they had believed they controlled humanity completely.

839
00:43:56,719 --> 00:44:00,360
They thought humans were domesticated, broken and harmless. They were

840
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,960
about to learn how wrong they were. The prey had

841
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:05,519
become predators and the hunt was about to begin. The

842
00:44:05,559 --> 00:44:08,599
galaxy would never be the same again. Lisa smiled as

843
00:44:08,599 --> 00:44:12,000
she watched human fighters patrolled the asteroid field. After fifty

844
00:44:12,039 --> 00:44:14,840
years of humiliation and apperssion, humanity was finally ready to

845
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:18,679
show the Aliens what they really were. Not victims, not prisoners,

846
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:21,920
not pets to be controlled and managed. They were humans,

847
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:25,519
and humans did not forgive, They did not forget, and

848
00:44:25,599 --> 00:44:29,679
they definitely did not surrender. Six months after Lisa Chan's rescue,

849
00:44:29,679 --> 00:44:32,079
the Human Liberation Fleet was ready to send their message

850
00:44:32,119 --> 00:44:35,119
to the Galaxy Fire. Bezoffa had become the command center

851
00:44:35,119 --> 00:44:39,119
for the largest military operation in human history. Admiral Lisa Chang,

852
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:42,119
promoted after proving her commitment to the cause, stood in

853
00:44:42,119 --> 00:44:45,480
the main command center, watching holographic displays that showed human

854
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:49,719
fleets cross dozens of star systems. The plan was simple

855
00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:53,119
in concept, but devastating in execution. Ad exactly to a half

856
00:44:53,159 --> 00:44:56,440
hundred eyes galactic stand a time, every peacekeeper monitoring station

857
00:44:56,519 --> 00:45:00,360
in human space would be destroyed. Simultaneously, Supply convers carrying

858
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:04,639
resources stolen from human worlds would be ambushed. Communication relays

859
00:45:04,639 --> 00:45:07,760
that allowed the aliens to coordinate their activities would be

860
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:11,480
turned into expanding clouds of debris. All fleet commanders report ready.

861
00:45:11,559 --> 00:45:13,960
Captain Voss announced from her position at the Tacticuls station.

862
00:45:14,599 --> 00:45:16,920
She had been promoted to Admiral Voss and now commanded

863
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:20,719
the third Attack Fleet. Operation Liberations Go in thirty seconds

864
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,599
Lisa looked around the Commands center at the faces of

865
00:45:23,599 --> 00:45:25,760
the men and women who had spent their lives preparing

866
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:28,920
for this moment. These were not the broken, compliant humans

867
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:32,079
the aliens expected. These were warriors who had hidden their

868
00:45:32,119 --> 00:45:34,320
true nature for fifty years, waiting for the chance to

869
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,679
show the galaxy what they really were. Begin Operation Liberation,

870
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:41,000
Lisa ordered across human space. The carefully coordinated attack began.

871
00:45:41,639 --> 00:45:45,599
Peacekeeper stations that had monitored human activities for decades suddenly

872
00:45:45,639 --> 00:45:48,440
found themselves under assault by ships that appeared out of nowhere.

873
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:52,079
The aliens had grown comfortable in their superiority, confident that

874
00:45:52,159 --> 00:45:55,400
humans lacked both the technology and the wiltersyst They were

875
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:59,519
wrong on both counts. The monitoring station above Newgettysburg, where

876
00:45:59,519 --> 00:46:02,800
Lisa had once served, was the first to diet Human

877
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:06,000
stalled ships materialized around the Alien facilitied and open fire

878
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,280
with weapons that tore through piecekeyper sheiels like they were

879
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:11,320
made of paper. The station's automated distress call was cut

880
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:14,519
off after three seconds. On the planet below, human ground

881
00:46:14,559 --> 00:46:18,159
forces emerged from hidden bunkers and began destroying Alien mining equipment.

882
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:21,760
The peacekeepers had taken everything valuable from Nugetzburg that they

883
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:25,320
had left the planet's population alive. That population now turned

884
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:29,360
on their oppressors with fifty years of accumulated rage. Admiral Chhan,

885
00:46:29,519 --> 00:46:33,000
what of the communication officers called out were receiving reports

886
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:36,400
from all sectors. Peacekeeper casualties here running at ninety seven

887
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:41,239
percent total tactical surprise achieved. Lisa nodded grimly. The aliens

888
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:44,360
had never expected humans to be capable of such coordinative violence.

889
00:46:45,079 --> 00:46:47,039
They had seen human compliance for so long that they

890
00:46:47,039 --> 00:46:49,639
had forgotten humans were originally predators who had fought their

891
00:46:49,679 --> 00:46:51,960
way to the top of their planet's fu chain. The

892
00:46:52,039 --> 00:46:55,320
second phase of the operation began an io later. Human

893
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:57,360
fleets that had been hiding in the outer reaches of

894
00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:01,119
various star systems revealed themselves and began attacking alien supply lines.

895
00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:05,159
Convoys carrying resources stolen from human worlds found themselves facing

896
00:47:05,159 --> 00:47:09,000
warships they had never seen before. Admiral Morrison's second fleet

897
00:47:09,079 --> 00:47:11,760
intercepted a mass of Krell Convo near the Proximate System.

898
00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:15,760
Fifty alien cargo ships protected by twenty Peacekeeper escos were

899
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:18,480
carrying grain that had been taken from human agricultural worlds.

900
00:47:19,199 --> 00:47:22,000
The convoy's commander probably expected any human attack to be

901
00:47:22,039 --> 00:47:24,639
easily repelled and stared at the human ships used tactics

902
00:47:24,639 --> 00:47:27,519
that the galaxy had never seen. The attack from multiple

903
00:47:27,559 --> 00:47:30,679
directions simultaneously. Their quantum drives aligned them to appeared anywhere

904
00:47:30,679 --> 00:47:33,760
in the battlefield instantly. The Krell ships, designed for the

905
00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:36,360
collective hive mind, could not adapt quickly enough to counter

906
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:40,360
human and predictability enemy convoy destroy Morrison reported over the

907
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:47,000
communication network. Cargo ships eliminated, all escort vessels destroyed, no

908
00:47:47,159 --> 00:47:51,039
human casualties. Similar reports flooded in from across human space.

909
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:55,079
Alien supply lines were being systematically destroyed by human forces

910
00:47:55,119 --> 00:47:57,840
that fought with the ferocity and intelligence that shocked their enemies.

911
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:01,320
The Confederation had grown soft during their fifty thousand years

912
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:05,239
of peace. They had forgotten that warfare was about more

913
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:08,000
than superior technology. But the real message was being prepared

914
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:12,079
for transmission from Firebase Alpha. Lisa stood before a communication

915
00:48:12,199 --> 00:48:15,119
array that would broadcast her words to every inhabited system

916
00:48:15,159 --> 00:48:17,880
in the galaxy. This time, there would be no peace

917
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:20,760
keepers to cut off for signal people of the galaxy.

918
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:23,760
Lisa began her voice, carrying to billions of alien beings

919
00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:26,679
across thousands of worlds. I am Admiral Lisa Chun of

920
00:48:26,679 --> 00:48:29,440
the human species. For fifty years, humanity has lived under

921
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:32,360
the depression of the Galacic Confederation. We have been restricted, monitored,

922
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:34,840
and controlled like dangerous animals in its If the holographic

923
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:38,079
displays around the command sent assured alien communication networks carrying

924
00:48:38,079 --> 00:48:41,039
her transmission throughout Confederation space, she could imagine the shock

925
00:48:41,079 --> 00:48:44,159
and confusionist aliens who had considered humans helpless pray suddenly

926
00:48:44,199 --> 00:48:46,880
realized they were listening to Predator. The Confederation told us

927
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:49,760
that we were members of a great galactic community, Lisa continued,

928
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:53,559
But members are not murdered for refusing unmeasonable demands. Members

929
00:48:53,599 --> 00:48:56,840
are not robbed of their resources and achievements. Members are

930
00:48:56,880 --> 00:49:00,360
not treated like prisoners in their own homes. Use for

931
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:02,440
a moment, thinking of Eden Prime in the twelve thousand

932
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:05,480
innocent people who had died there. Their deaths had awakened

933
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:08,000
something in humanity that the aliens should have left sleeping.

934
00:49:08,559 --> 00:49:11,559
Six months ago, the Crow species murdered twelve thousand humans

935
00:49:11,559 --> 00:49:14,480
and the world of eden Prime. They used biological weapons

936
00:49:14,519 --> 00:49:16,880
to punish our people for refusing to let their children starve.

937
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:20,800
The Confederation Council called an accident. We call it genocide.

938
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:24,239
Reports continued to flow and from the ongoing military operations.

939
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:28,440
Human forces were winning victory after victory against alien defenders

940
00:49:28,599 --> 00:49:30,480
who had no idea how to fight an enemy that

941
00:49:30,559 --> 00:49:35,079
refused to follow their rules. Peacekeeper fleets were being destroyed

942
00:49:35,079 --> 00:49:37,119
by ships that appeared out of nowhere and vanish before

943
00:49:37,159 --> 00:49:40,639
effective retaliation was possible. For fifty years, you believe you

944
00:49:40,679 --> 00:49:44,559
attained humanity, Lisa said, her voice growing harder. You thought

945
00:49:44,559 --> 00:49:48,719
we were broken, domesticated, harmless. You were wrong. We were

946
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:53,719
never tamed. We were patient, We were learning, We were preparing.

947
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:58,360
The tactical display showed the scope of human preparation. Secret

948
00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:01,679
bases throughout the galaxy were revealing themselves, launching fleets that

949
00:50:01,719 --> 00:50:05,280
had been hidden for decades. Research facilities that aliens had

950
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:07,760
never suspected existed were producing weapons and ships at an

951
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:11,119
incredible rate. While you watched our official activities, we were

952
00:50:11,119 --> 00:50:14,679
building in the shadows, Lisa continued, While you monitored our

953
00:50:14,679 --> 00:50:18,960
permitted research, we were developing technologies you never imagined. While

954
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:22,360
you congratulated yourselves on controlling human aggression, we were studying

955
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:26,039
your weaknesses. Implying your downfall. Admiral v also approached Lisa

956
00:50:26,079 --> 00:50:30,440
with a status report. All primary objectives achieved. Admiral Peace

957
00:50:30,519 --> 00:50:33,880
keep a monitoring capability in human space has been reduced

958
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:37,320
by ninety four percent. Supply line disruption is at eighty

959
00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:42,480
seven percent effectiveness. Enemy communications are in chaos. Lisa nodded

960
00:50:42,519 --> 00:50:46,320
but continued her broadcast. The military victories were important, but

961
00:50:46,360 --> 00:50:49,760
the real message was what came next. The Galactic Confederation

962
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:53,119
is finished, Lisa announced to the galaxy year fifty thousand

963
00:50:53,199 --> 00:50:56,199
years of imposed piece n Today, humanity will no longer

964
00:50:56,239 --> 00:50:59,559
submit to your authority. We will no longer accept your restrictions.

965
00:51:00,199 --> 00:51:03,199
We will no longer pretend that you are superiors. On

966
00:51:03,239 --> 00:51:06,239
the tactical displays, Lisa could see Confederation fleet beginning to

967
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:09,519
respond to the human attacks, but their responses were slow

968
00:51:09,559 --> 00:51:12,800
and predictable, following tactical doctrines that had not changed in millennia.

969
00:51:13,480 --> 00:51:16,880
Human commanders who had started those doctrines for decades were

970
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:20,719
easily countering every alien move. You have a choice, Lisa continued.

971
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:23,719
You can accept the new reality and negotiate with humanity

972
00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:26,559
as equals, or you can try to maintain your domination

973
00:51:26,639 --> 00:51:29,480
through force. If you choose force, you will learn what

974
00:51:29,519 --> 00:51:31,880
happens when you threaten a species that evolved by defeating

975
00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:35,400
every predator on their planet. The first major confederation response

976
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:37,800
came in the Alpha Centaury System, where a Zephrim battle

977
00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:40,800
fleet attempted to retake the mining facilities that humans had liberated.

978
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:44,719
The alien fleet consisted of twelve capital ships and forty escorts,

979
00:51:44,719 --> 00:51:47,360
commanded by experienced officers who had fought in the last

980
00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:50,760
into species conflicts centuries ago. They faced a human defense

981
00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:53,960
force of only eight ships, commanded by Admiral Torres, a

982
00:51:54,039 --> 00:51:57,039
former mining engineer who had spent thirty years secretly studying

983
00:51:57,119 --> 00:52:01,239
Zephyrn tactics. The battle lasted less than an eye, Admiral

984
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:05,480
chant Torres reported over the communication network. Enemy fleet eliminated.

985
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,360
The crystal ships are beautiful, but they shattered real nice

986
00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:12,440
when you hit them of quantum torpedoes. Lisa smiled grimly.

987
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:15,320
The aliens were learning that their technological advantages meant nothing

988
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:17,840
when they faced an enemy that understood their weaknesses better

989
00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:20,960
than they understood human strengths. The humans you thought you

990
00:52:21,039 --> 00:52:24,920
knew were an act, Lisa continued her broadcast. We showed

991
00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:27,559
you what you wanted to see compliant citizens who accepted

992
00:52:27,559 --> 00:52:30,880
your authority. But underneath the act, we remained what we

993
00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:34,440
have always been. We are hunters, We are survivors. We

994
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:36,360
are the species that looked at a galaxy full of

995
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:39,519
alder more advanced civilizations and decided we belonged to here

996
00:52:39,559 --> 00:52:43,679
to More reports arrived from across human space. Alien mining

997
00:52:43,719 --> 00:52:47,880
operations were being destroyed or captured. Peacekeeper garrisons were surrendering

998
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:50,440
rather than face human assolve forces that fought with tactics.

999
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:53,400
They could not understand the careful system of control that

1000
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:55,960
the Confederation had built over fifty years was collapsing in

1001
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:58,480
a single day. Some of you may be wondering if

1002
00:52:58,519 --> 00:53:01,119
humanity can be reasoned with, Li said, her voice becoming

1003
00:53:01,159 --> 00:53:04,679
almost conversational, If perhaps this is all a misunderstanding that

1004
00:53:04,719 --> 00:53:07,000
can be resolved through diplomacy. Let me be clear. We

1005
00:53:07,079 --> 00:53:11,440
are beyond reason, We are beyond negotiation, We are beyond forgiveness.

1006
00:53:12,079 --> 00:53:15,119
The holographic displays showed the advancing positions of human fleets

1007
00:53:15,119 --> 00:53:18,760
throughout the galaxy. They were not just attacking Confederation forces

1008
00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:22,519
in human space. They were pushing into alien territory, liberating

1009
00:53:22,559 --> 00:53:25,559
worlds that had been oppressed by Confederation pulses offering protection

1010
00:53:25,599 --> 00:53:28,440
to species that had grown tired of alien domination. We

1011
00:53:28,519 --> 00:53:31,800
offered you partnership fifty years, it continued. You chose to

1012
00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:34,679
make us your prisoners. Instead, we showed your restraint and

1013
00:53:34,760 --> 00:53:37,760
patience for half a century. You mistook our self control

1014
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:40,760
for weakness. We tried to prove we could be civilized

1015
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:44,760
members of your galactic community. You responded by murdering our children.

1016
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:48,920
Admiral thus approached with another report. Admiral, we are receiving

1017
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:52,880
surrender requests from peacekeeper forces in seventeen systems. Some of

1018
00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:57,000
their commanders are asking for terms. No terms, Lisa replied firmly.

1019
00:53:57,639 --> 00:54:01,280
They surround or unconditionally, or they die past That message

1020
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:03,239
to all fleet commanders. You had fifty zier or years

1021
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:05,320
to learn wisdom, Lisa said, to the galaxy and state.

1022
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:07,039
You chose to learn arrogance. You at the chance to

1023
00:54:07,039 --> 00:54:10,079
guide humanity's development for partnership and mutual respect. Instead, he

1024
00:54:10,159 --> 00:54:12,280
chose oppression and control. You could have had our friendship.

1025
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:14,320
He chose to earn our hatred. The tactical situation was

1026
00:54:14,360 --> 00:54:17,840
becoming clear. Confederation forces throughout human space were either destroyed

1027
00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:21,639
retreating or surrendering. The aliens had built their entire system

1028
00:54:21,679 --> 00:54:24,599
of control on the assumption that humans could never effectively resist.

1029
00:54:25,239 --> 00:54:29,159
That assumption had been catastrophically wrong. The Galactic Confederation is

1030
00:54:29,199 --> 00:54:34,239
hereby dissolved, Lisa announced. Your counsels, your laws, your treaties,

1031
00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:37,440
and your authority over other species are null invoid. Any

1032
00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:40,920
attempt to restore confederation control will be met with overwhelming force.

1033
00:54:41,679 --> 00:54:45,000
Reports began arriving of aliens of Vilian populations fleeing border

1034
00:54:45,039 --> 00:54:48,400
systems as human fleets advanced. The predators had become prey,

1035
00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:50,639
and they did not like the feeling. In place of

1036
00:54:50,679 --> 00:54:54,960
your failed confederation, Humanity offers a new arrangement, Lisa continued.

1037
00:54:55,599 --> 00:54:58,719
Individual species may negotiate by lateral agreements with us based

1038
00:54:58,719 --> 00:55:02,000
on mutual respect and nikol. Those who choose co operation

1039
00:55:02,039 --> 00:55:05,800
will find us generous partners. Those huchoos continued hostility will

1040
00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:09,320
find us some placable enemies. The broadcast was nearing its end,

1041
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:11,920
but Lisa had one final message for the galaxy. Remember

1042
00:55:11,960 --> 00:55:14,360
this day, she said, her voice filled with quiet menace.

1043
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:16,960
Remember that you created the situation for your own choices.

1044
00:55:17,599 --> 00:55:21,000
Remember that humanity offered you peace, and you chose war.

1045
00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:23,719
Remember that we tried to be civilized and you forced

1046
00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:27,159
us to become savage. Lisa paused, looking directly into the

1047
00:55:27,159 --> 00:55:29,119
camera as if she could see every alien being in

1048
00:55:29,119 --> 00:55:32,440
the galaxy. We are human, she said, simply. We do

1049
00:55:32,559 --> 00:55:36,000
not forgive, we do not forget, and we never ever surrender.

1050
00:55:36,599 --> 00:55:40,079
The transmission ended, leaving the galaxy in stun silence. In

1051
00:55:40,119 --> 00:55:42,840
a single day, the Galactic Confederation had lost control of

1052
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,239
human space and faced the reality that their greatest fear

1053
00:55:45,239 --> 00:55:47,960
had come true. The dangerous species they had tried to

1054
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:50,679
contain at broken free and revealed capabilities that no one

1055
00:55:50,719 --> 00:55:53,960
had suspected. The age of human dominance in the galaxy

1056
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:57,519
had begun, and it had started with a simple message

1057
00:55:57,559 --> 00:56:17,400
that said, we're dumplaying nice.