[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal.

ATACHROH UNIFIED COMMAND OPERATING SYSTEM -Warp Gate 10-

-PRIORITY ALARM SYSTEM-


ATAhCOS v.7.2.1

{ C } xUr97-BB5

PRIORITY ALARM

INVASION FORCE DETECTED

INVASION TARGET: AIAR

DESIGNATION: HARVEST WORLD

POPULATION: 39,600,312

ESTIMATED TIME TO INVASION: 7:12:52:20

ESTIMATED CASUALITY RATE: 100%

STRATEGIC VALUE: ABSOLUTE

3020 15.32 00:09:30:30

What is our course of action?

HARVEST WORLD ABSOLUTE, FOOD SUPPLIES DWINDLING, CANNOT BE LOST.

Deploy sky splitters and retreat to bunker housing?

NEGATIVE. MUNITIONS ARE DEPLEATED, LOSS OF PRODUCTION CRITICALLY ENDANGERS WAR EFFORT.

Deploy fleet?

ESTIMATED TIME OF DEPLOYMENT: 9:00:12:00

Casuality rate too high, unacceptable.

Alternatives?

RESEARCHING

........

VIOLENT PRIMITIVE NON SPACEFARING RACE FOUND IN xUr32-BB92 SECTOR. DEPLOYMENT CAPABLE IN 3:05:00:09

Details?

BIPEDAL. LONGER THAN AVERAGE LIFE SPAN. FAST BREEDING. ESTIMATED POPULATION 16.2 BILLION. POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE HIGH, PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES AVERAGE, ENTIRE POPULATION MAY SUFFER FROM ACCUTE MENTAL DISORDER. PLANET SHOWS SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION, MARKS OF WAR.

...

STRANGE ANOMALLY DETECTED, SIGNIFICANT NON-SOLAR RADIATION PARTICLES FOUND IN AIR.

UPLIFT PROTOCOL DANGEROUS, POTENTIAL FOR REVOLT HIGH. EARLY SIGNS SHOW CAPABILITY OF PROLONGED WARFARE.

Technological capabilities?

LIMITED, NON-SPACE FARING. INDUSTRIALIZATION HAS DEPLETED MOST PLANETARY RESOURCES.

INITIATE UPLIFT PROTOCOL?

Acceptable.

DEPLOYING CONTACT PROBE. AMBASSADOR FLEET DISPATCHED.

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