Wow! Prologue

The display in front of it demonstrated a purple world, with its continents covered in all kinds of shades of blue, turquoise desert sands and in the night, contrasted by whole chunks of the continents being shone in bright, pink white-ish lights. All around the planet, it noticed some pixels had something...strange. It saw what appeared to be engine exhaust, and the creature realised that this may be...disconcerting. No. It was not only disconcerting - it was potentially dangerous.

    It began to think about possible options, as the light from the rest of this new seed, this… mobile home that it moved into is now in serious danger. To make matters worse, the primitives of this pale blue dot as they would (confusingly) call it, this… Earth has changed far faster than it or the rest of its fellow commanders had anticipated. The creature began to ponder for just a brief moment, and it wasn’t sure what to make of it. Perhaps this was not the first time its kind had encountered other intelligent life, but as far as the creature knew, this is the only other intelligent lifeform they’re aware of. The creature was also aware that this species, like its own, has developed artificial general intelligence. This was, indeed, truly disconcerting.

    Tucshakubna yux-to tnach [Something must be done], it thought as the creature delved deeper into what is known about these intelligent lifeforms, these… humans. As it did so, its sacs began to emit an odor that it had not known in centuries. It kept digging and digging and the more it did, the concern grew, and the odor became tougher and tougher. The odor then reverted back to a more… restrained feeling as the creature began to make a final decision.

    “Bujxnatirty ok Lushanikxaci Fashn, Xadnyk. [Commanders’ meeting at 26:00 hours, top priority.]”, it spoke into the built-in microphone, as the roar of the engines was felt around the room. It had begun…