Enemies by Walter Knight

Author:Walter Knight [Knight, Walter]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, War & Military, Science Fiction And Fantasy, Science Fiction, Military
Amazon: B004M18PT6
Publisher: Penumbra Publishing
Published: 2011-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

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Flashes in space marked the beamed arrival of an alien exploration space probe in orbit around New Colorado. The United States Galactic Federation Stealth Starship Shenandoah was the first to arrive to investigate the craft. Alerted by planetary defenses, Arthropodan starships arrived soon after.

A plaque on the probe’s side depicted a scorpion-like race and representative scenes from its civilization and culture, including family life, technology, grand cities, an alphabet and numerical system, group sex, and a star chart showing the location of their home world. The probe soon began transmitting on varied frequencies to the planet’s surface. American and Imperial scientists and computers immediately started recording the data and trying to translate. They studied the plaque and its symbols via the video from the Shenandoah.

“Christ,” commented the captain of the Shenandoah. “Is humanity completely alone in a galaxy full of bug species? Every time we encounter a new intelligent species, they all have exoskeletons.”

“Want me to put a missile into it?” asked the co-pilot. “Those bugs look like perverts.”

“No, don’t you dare,” replied the captain. “I’m sure the tech geeks are going to want to take it apart and figure out its technology and how it got here.”

As the captain of the Shenandoah filmed the alien space probe, a lightning bolt arced up from the planet’s surface and destroyed the object. Debris rained down on New Colorado.

“I told you not to shoot it!” yelled the captain. “Now look what you’ve done!”

“I swear, it wasn’t me,” responded the co-pilot, holding his hands up. “Someone else shot it down!”

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