The way it has to be.
Nov 10, 2022 18:20:20 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Nov 10, 2022 18:20:20 GMT -5
By Radrook
It was during the winter of the year 2727, that the purple-skinned, red-crested humanoids of an exo-planetary inner world suddenly emerged from the darkness of space. A supernova had devastated their planet and they had been mercifully received by humans as refugees.
Yet, due to security issues, systematic interrogations of their ambassadors were considered mandatory. These interrogations revealed that they had been denizens of that supernova star’s inner planet, and had been its only survivors. However, upon examining their ship records, it was also discovered that another planet in their star-system, which had been much more distant from their dying star, had also been devastated, and that a kindred dominant species of blue-crested pink-skinned humanoids, had been thoroughly extinguished.
Stranger still, when the immigrant purple-skinned, red-crested humanoids were questioned why the creatures of the inner planets had survived by emergency evacuation, while the outer-world denizens of a kindred species, had remained totally unaware of the devastation that quickly approached, they always became nervous and quickly changed the subject to mundane matters, and never provided any conclusive answers. Some chose to remain quiet, and refused to respond even though this meant that they would remain quarantined until a suitable answer was provided. In short, the situation was morally unacceptable, and human inquiry continued to be annoyingly persistent.
After all, there were urgent issues that needed answers before mutual trust could be established. Why, for example, had no evacuation-assistance been provided for the denizens of the outer world? Also, their ship records clearly revealed that interplanetary communication had been established a century before, and that interplanetary travel had been made possible for that formerly technologically backward outer world. So if absolutely no warning had been issued, then the justifiable question was - why? Why had they been allowed to perish in that sudden and totally avoidable manner?
Humanity urgently needed to know the reason before full social integration of these alien immigrants would be allowed. Murderous and malicious motives towards a kindred species was simply an unacceptable characteristic. So a special delegation was assigned to pursue the enquiry. In the meantime, the purple skinned, red crested, humanoids, who had entered our solar system as refugees, were kept at a certain cautious distance, and under constant and strict military surveillance within the Kuiper Belt region. Yet, despite these inconveniences, their persistent silence in relation to the kindred species that had perished continued unabated, and it was only after decades of determined persistence, that the answer was finally discovered.
Unfortunately, the answer was an extremely disturbing one. To the investigation committee’s horror, it was discovered that the denizens of the outer world had been purposefully denied knowledge of the impending doom. Even worse, they had been purposefully misinformed about the reasons why their neighboring aliens of the inner-world were suddenly leaving the star-system. When asking, they were told that better locations had been discovered and nothing more.
So when the disaster suddenly occurred, the outer-world pink-skinned blue-crested humanoids, were caught completely by surprise. In short, suddenly, and inexpicably, the intense effort to assist the more primitive society of the outer world had suddenly ceased and even a concern for their survival had vanished. The humans were thoroughly dumbfounded. How could such former intense concern for a neighboring kindred species have vanished so suddenly and so drastically and been replaced by what appeared to have been a murderous hatred?
After several more decades of frantic searching, finally, a clue that hinted at the cause gradually emerged. You see, certain persistent anomalies were detected in all computer-archived doomed-alien literature, their correspondence and transactions among themselves, as well as with the neighboring humanoids. It was a very subtle nuance, but one that was extremely significant by its unwavering almost mechanical persistence. It was the total absence of any expressions of gratitude. Nowhere in the archives on that doomed world nor in the archives of the surviving civilization records was there ever even one expression of gratitude found.
Finally, an exo-planetary historian and linguist provided the key to understanding the problematic phenomenon. It was discovered in the underground archives of the doomed planet where commercial records between the devastated planet and its neighbors had been stored, and also, in the alien ships’ computer archives. These records revealed that the doomed planet had indeed received inner-world technological assistance, and had risen from a primitive society, to one that had been on the verge of developing warp drive as a consequence. But that very crucial advancement was never attained. So when disaster struck, escape had been impossible.
The linguist also discovered a certain social cultural curiosity. You see, regardless of any benefits bestowed upon them, the inner-world humanoids never expressed gratitude. Instead, all verbal and written communications in relation to receiving assistance were always abruptly terminated with expression such as: “Until Later! So it ends! A logical consequence."
Following this lead, the historian discovered that there had indeed been warnings that this cultural anomaly had been seriously undermining the diplomatic relations between the two species.
But the outer-world planetary humanoids had casually ignored it, just as they tended to personally ignore the inner world humanoids in general except for the receiving of help, which they considered a tribute of the inferior in recognition of the superior. After a hundred years of these kinds of interactions, gradually, assistance began to diminish, and finally ceased. This, in turn, culminated in the withholding of crucial information concerning the supernova that led to the extinction of the outer-world humanoids.
When confronted with supporting this, the surviving humanoids, who had remained extremely unemotional for decades, suddenly became greatly agitated. It was as if a gaping wound that had never healed had been prodded with an electric prod.
“What did they expect?” an inner world ambassador angrily responded before the human investigatory committee. “...another favor on behalf of an ingrate race who saw absolutely no value in being helped and whose only interest in us was a selfish one?"
"But couldn't that cultural incompatibility have been tolerated or ignored for the sake of compassion?" the human investigator said in a voice laced with profound sadness and disappointment.
"Do you really believe that?” the nervous humanoid ambassador shot back.
“Do you know what their secret code-name for us was, Earthian? Do you? It was your Earthian equivalent of imbecile. That is the manner in which they perceived our assistance and generosity, as an imbecility. But that was not all. We also discovered secret plans to develop weapons to attack us in the future when our stupid help, as they called it, would make such an attack possible. So our actions might seem cruel, but they were in self-defense. Yes, we are saddened that it had to be that way. But that is just the way that it had to be.”
At that juncture, the immigrant, purple-skinned red-crested humanoids were expelled from our solar system. Why? Simple, because that is just the way it had to be.
Yet, due to security issues, systematic interrogations of their ambassadors were considered mandatory. These interrogations revealed that they had been denizens of that supernova star’s inner planet, and had been its only survivors. However, upon examining their ship records, it was also discovered that another planet in their star-system, which had been much more distant from their dying star, had also been devastated, and that a kindred dominant species of blue-crested pink-skinned humanoids, had been thoroughly extinguished.
Stranger still, when the immigrant purple-skinned, red-crested humanoids were questioned why the creatures of the inner planets had survived by emergency evacuation, while the outer-world denizens of a kindred species, had remained totally unaware of the devastation that quickly approached, they always became nervous and quickly changed the subject to mundane matters, and never provided any conclusive answers. Some chose to remain quiet, and refused to respond even though this meant that they would remain quarantined until a suitable answer was provided. In short, the situation was morally unacceptable, and human inquiry continued to be annoyingly persistent.
After all, there were urgent issues that needed answers before mutual trust could be established. Why, for example, had no evacuation-assistance been provided for the denizens of the outer world? Also, their ship records clearly revealed that interplanetary communication had been established a century before, and that interplanetary travel had been made possible for that formerly technologically backward outer world. So if absolutely no warning had been issued, then the justifiable question was - why? Why had they been allowed to perish in that sudden and totally avoidable manner?
Humanity urgently needed to know the reason before full social integration of these alien immigrants would be allowed. Murderous and malicious motives towards a kindred species was simply an unacceptable characteristic. So a special delegation was assigned to pursue the enquiry. In the meantime, the purple skinned, red crested, humanoids, who had entered our solar system as refugees, were kept at a certain cautious distance, and under constant and strict military surveillance within the Kuiper Belt region. Yet, despite these inconveniences, their persistent silence in relation to the kindred species that had perished continued unabated, and it was only after decades of determined persistence, that the answer was finally discovered.
Unfortunately, the answer was an extremely disturbing one. To the investigation committee’s horror, it was discovered that the denizens of the outer world had been purposefully denied knowledge of the impending doom. Even worse, they had been purposefully misinformed about the reasons why their neighboring aliens of the inner-world were suddenly leaving the star-system. When asking, they were told that better locations had been discovered and nothing more.
So when the disaster suddenly occurred, the outer-world pink-skinned blue-crested humanoids, were caught completely by surprise. In short, suddenly, and inexpicably, the intense effort to assist the more primitive society of the outer world had suddenly ceased and even a concern for their survival had vanished. The humans were thoroughly dumbfounded. How could such former intense concern for a neighboring kindred species have vanished so suddenly and so drastically and been replaced by what appeared to have been a murderous hatred?
After several more decades of frantic searching, finally, a clue that hinted at the cause gradually emerged. You see, certain persistent anomalies were detected in all computer-archived doomed-alien literature, their correspondence and transactions among themselves, as well as with the neighboring humanoids. It was a very subtle nuance, but one that was extremely significant by its unwavering almost mechanical persistence. It was the total absence of any expressions of gratitude. Nowhere in the archives on that doomed world nor in the archives of the surviving civilization records was there ever even one expression of gratitude found.
Finally, an exo-planetary historian and linguist provided the key to understanding the problematic phenomenon. It was discovered in the underground archives of the doomed planet where commercial records between the devastated planet and its neighbors had been stored, and also, in the alien ships’ computer archives. These records revealed that the doomed planet had indeed received inner-world technological assistance, and had risen from a primitive society, to one that had been on the verge of developing warp drive as a consequence. But that very crucial advancement was never attained. So when disaster struck, escape had been impossible.
The linguist also discovered a certain social cultural curiosity. You see, regardless of any benefits bestowed upon them, the inner-world humanoids never expressed gratitude. Instead, all verbal and written communications in relation to receiving assistance were always abruptly terminated with expression such as: “Until Later! So it ends! A logical consequence."
Following this lead, the historian discovered that there had indeed been warnings that this cultural anomaly had been seriously undermining the diplomatic relations between the two species.
But the outer-world planetary humanoids had casually ignored it, just as they tended to personally ignore the inner world humanoids in general except for the receiving of help, which they considered a tribute of the inferior in recognition of the superior. After a hundred years of these kinds of interactions, gradually, assistance began to diminish, and finally ceased. This, in turn, culminated in the withholding of crucial information concerning the supernova that led to the extinction of the outer-world humanoids.
When confronted with supporting this, the surviving humanoids, who had remained extremely unemotional for decades, suddenly became greatly agitated. It was as if a gaping wound that had never healed had been prodded with an electric prod.
“What did they expect?” an inner world ambassador angrily responded before the human investigatory committee. “...another favor on behalf of an ingrate race who saw absolutely no value in being helped and whose only interest in us was a selfish one?"
"But couldn't that cultural incompatibility have been tolerated or ignored for the sake of compassion?" the human investigator said in a voice laced with profound sadness and disappointment.
"Do you really believe that?” the nervous humanoid ambassador shot back.
“Do you know what their secret code-name for us was, Earthian? Do you? It was your Earthian equivalent of imbecile. That is the manner in which they perceived our assistance and generosity, as an imbecility. But that was not all. We also discovered secret plans to develop weapons to attack us in the future when our stupid help, as they called it, would make such an attack possible. So our actions might seem cruel, but they were in self-defense. Yes, we are saddened that it had to be that way. But that is just the way that it had to be.”
At that juncture, the immigrant, purple-skinned red-crested humanoids were expelled from our solar system. Why? Simple, because that is just the way it had to be.