Human Time Line

A History of the Homo Intelligens People

Chapter 3 Out of the Cradle
 



 
 

The Third Great War
 
 

Some fifty years had pasted since the Second Great War. During this time the political landscape of Intelligens civilisation had drastically changed. The Southern Realm, now greatly expanded, continued  its domination of the African continent. Its defeat of the Congo Delta Kingdom & that nations absorption into the Southern Realm more than tripled the Size of the Realm in territory & doubled its population.

For the people of the ex Congo Delta Kingdom, the Southerners treated them fairly. Although no Congo citizen ever enjoyed the rights that Southerners did, for the most part they were much better off under the South. This ensured a loyal population, although many of the Congo’s warriors occasionally rebelled only to be violently put down.

For the Old Kingdom, the successful takeover of the Congo by the South came as a rude shock. Having become ensnared in a savage civil war between the civilians & the warriors, the Old Kingdom underwent five years of internal warfare. By the time the civilians finally won the civil war, the Congo Kingdom was well & truly gone. Now the Old Kingdom faced the Southern Realm to the south & west. It appeared to them that they were being surrounded.

With this in mind, the Old Kingdom quickly consolidated. The army, now totally reformed, was now entirely made up of professional citizen soldiers. Although this meant that numbers were large, it would not be enough. Development of  new & more powerful weapons was thus pursued with vigour in an effort to, not only catch up, but surpass the weapons of the South.

Having said that, the military minds of the Old Kingdom wanted more assurances if war was going to recommence, as indeed it later did. To this end, the Old Kingdom approached the Nile Delta Kingdom in regards to a defence treaty. The Nile, indeed, had troubles of their own with an ongoing feud with the Northern League. Although normally such a treaty would have been unthinkable 50 years ago, things had now changed. In exchange for Nile soldiers, who were ironically mostly warriors, the Old Kingdom provided technological support as well as weapons.

Not long after this successful treaty arrangement, the Old Kingdom approached the Western Kingdom to negotiate a similar defence treaty. The West was concerned at first, knowing that there would be the possibility of a war with their new neighbours, but finally came around to the overtures of the Old Kingdom. Again for military support, the Old Kingdom supplied the West with technology & weapons.

The Southern Realm were a little slow to catch onto what was happening around them. It eventually became obvious, however, that the Old Kingdom was up to something. Thanks to the Western Kingdom proudly brandishing their new weapons, there was only one source where such weapons could come from.

The reaction of the Southern Realm was to copy the diplomacy of the Old Kingdom. Gaining intelligence of the various treaty arrangements,  the Southern Realm sent a naval expedition north up the Atlantic coast.  Its mission was to make contact with a little known nation which was reputed to have an excellent navy & above all was involved in an on again, off again, war with an ally of the Old Kingdom.

The arrival of the Southern Fleet at the first large Northern port came as a rude shock to the Northerners. Their small Atlantic fleet was sent urgently to challenge the Southerners &  discovered that the Southern Fleet was far more advanced than anything that they possessed. Importantly for both nations, no one fired & the Northern League was both surprised & pleased that the South wanted a defence treaty. Like with the Old Kingdom, the South would supply technology & weapons in exchange for military support should war commence.

The trap in the treaties for both sides, however, was that if the weaker partner(s) was attacked, it meant that the Old Kingdom or the Southern Realm would have to come to their respective partner’s aid. It was a risk for both major powers, but it was thought necessary under the circumstances. It was no surprise then, once the minor powers had built up their own military to that of their treaty partners, that independent action was seriously considered to right old scores.

Thus the Third Great War begun thanks to the Nile Delta Kingdom sending out its new navy to challenge the sea supremacy of the Northern League. Naturally the Northerners  had no intention of giving this up & gave battle. It would be the largest naval engagement in Intelligens history & resulted in a stalemate. The Nile Delta Navy, even though it lost more ships, was able to establish at least equality on the seas. Appeals, however, soon went out to each others respective allies, & after a series of threats & demands, soon all of Africa was at war.

For the South, the initial offensives were somewhat successful. First attacking the Western Kingdom, most of the border was quickly overrun & the West was desperately fighting on their secondary & later third defensive lines, where they eventually held the Southerners. This pattern was  more or less copied on the southern front where several Old Kingdom outposts were quickly taken. Only on the eastern front were Southern Realm attacks repulsed.

To the north, more naval engagements took place, but again neither combatant could achieve victory. On land, however, Nile Delta forces moved along the coast in order to threaten the eastern regions of the Northern League. In response, the small Northern League army, combined with marine units, stopped the Nile Delta advance in a series of mobile engagements wherein the first major tank battles took place.

So far a year had past without any result. Having built up a combined army, however, the Old & Delta Kingdoms launched a massive assault along the eastern front in order to cut the Southern Realm in half. This offensive was in answer to pleas from their ally, the Western Kingdom, who warned that if help did not quickly arrive they would be defeated.

The Old/Delta offensive was almost successful. It had cut deep into Southern territory & had forced the South to transfer troops from the other fronts. This permitted the West to conduct some limited counter attacks which inturn recaptured some territory. For the South, however, the situation was desperate, & they only managed to stop the Old/Delta offensive by using every reserve unit & soldier that could be spared.

Then the South asked the North for help. This was soon witnessed as a major attack by both the Northern Navy & Army upon the Nile Delta. This was unexpected by the Nile Delta forces & they were rapidly pushed back across North Africa to their own border. This inturn meant reinforcements had to come from the Old Kingdom which ensured that the great Old/Delta offensive was over. Knowing this situation, the South counter attacked the great bulge that had been created by the Old/Delta combined army. Slowly & methodically the South recaptured most of their lost territory & it seemed that stalemate would take hold.

By the third year, in a desperate effort to achieve victory, both sides resorted to all sorts of wild & wonderful schemes in order to produce the next best & ultimate weapon. Hundreds of such weapons were studied & tried. Most failed & some magnificently so. Aircraft, which were invented just after the Second Great War, were once thought to be this ultimate weapons, but it was soon discovered that they were just not up to the task. But thanks to one Old Kingdom group, studying a mineral called Uranium for over a long period of time, it appeared that they were onto something.

By the beginning of the fourth year of the war, little had taken place on the battlefield over the past year. Both sides had consolidated their positions, built a maze of trenches & other fortifications, & significantly increased the size of their forces. Although the war seemed somewhat balanced, in actuality the South/North alliance was in better shape. The Northern forces were lined up along the Nile Delta border & could invade any minute. Even worse, the Western Kingdom were still fighting on their own soil, although they had managed to limit lost territory to the border areas. Only between the Old Kingdom & the Southern Realm was there some parity.

Nevertheless, for the Old/Delta/Western alliance, the fourth year should bring final victory. Now that they had a new & secret weapon, they could use it against their enemy & then simply march to conquest. Although this weapon had not been tested yet,  the military planners already knew what to do. They would require at least ten of these secret weapons. These would be used on the front line against their enemies. Once used, it was simply a matter of walking over the dead. It all seemed so perfect - or so it seemed.
 
 

What The …
 
 

It was a routine morning at the UPX monitoring station & main complex on the island of Malta. It was also a beautiful Mediterranean day. So it was a pity, so the station personnel thought, when the satellites pick up the beginnings of another small engagement on the western front. It seemed that Southern forces had decided that a particular hill had to be taken which commanded a good view of the surrounding area.

Having said that, such engagements was common place during the third & fourth years of the Third Intelligens Great War. Unknown to the entire Intelligens specie, UPX had been monitoring their existence for nearly 70 000 years. Although much had changed during that time for the Intelligens People, little had at UPX. Luminous still dominated Earth. And the great Federation was still around them.

So it came as one huge shock. Suddenly, when out of nowhere, alarms started going off all over the UPX monitoring complex. Personnel rushed in a panic, whilst no one knew what was going on. The main control room had alarms screaming out, lights flashing & computer holoscreens flashing all sorts of alert information.

The UPX commander, Josh Kahn, a Spiritous, quickly entered the main monitoring room to see chaos all around him. After calming his staff, he immediately began ascertaining what the alert was about. After quickly analysing the data at hand, he went numb. All he could say at first was "What the …  "

Staff members nearby inquired what was wrong. After a moment to compose himself, Kahn replied, "They’ve just detonated a low yield nuclear device in the middle of the Libyan Desert. Those idiots! Great, just great. Now we’re gonna get killed along with the rest of them."

"You’re kidding aren’t you?", asked his chief sociologist & Intelligens expert Noel Sacken, a Sapiens.

"Nope. See for yourself. Here the computer has just confirmed it. A low yield nuclear explosion of about 10k magnitude."

"What on earth do they think they’re doing?", asked another staffer.

"Being Human", replied Sacken.

"Being Human? What’s that supposed to mean? Like us Luminous did not go around letting off nuclear weapons", a junior Luminous staffer spat out.

"More importantly", an irritated Kahn asked rhetorically in order to bring the conversation back on topic, "is how did we missed them building an atomic bomb & how many more are there?"

And with that, the danger of the situation dawned upon everyone as the room went very quiet. After everyone was so for about a minute, Kahn left & headed for his office. He had to place a call to the Governor.
 
 

Intervention
 
 

The call between the Governor & Kahn did not go too well. At first the Governor refused to believe Kahn & let it known that he thought it was another of these wild Luminous schemes for intervening in Africa. The UFP had decided centuries ago to allow Intelligens to develop independently. But with this current crisis all that changed. Instead of making the decision, the Governor , a Homo Spiritous, made a call to the President of the UFP.

President Munchester was new to office. Only having been sworn in two  weeks ago, the Luminous was still getting into the way the Office of the President conducted affairs. Having said that, the President jumped at the opportunity to see the right thing done on Earth. And for most Luminous everywhere, that meant intervention. Hence the President gave the orders, without reference to Congress, which would turn out to be one of the most controversial Presidential orders within living memory.

The UDF forces on Earth, however, got their orders. The intervention had to be well planned. Even though the technology & weapons of the UDF were almost one million years in advance of anything Intelligens had, it was nevertheless well known that Intelligens were among the best soldiers around. Added to this was the fact that they were also nuclear capable & that most certainly complicated everything. Priority in the plans were given to finding the nuclear facility, any other nuclear weapons & needless to say their capture. There afterwards, would be the capture & disarmament of the numerous Intelligens armed forces on both sides.

For a primitive young race, Intelligens had gone to enormous efforts in order to keep secret the nuclear facility. Hidden away in the Libyan Desert, some 100 metres below the surface, UDF troops discovered that ten nuclear devices were in various stages of assembly. Although the initial UDF assault  was remarkably successful, with no casualties on either side, the Intelligens rushed  reinforcements to the base within minutes. Needless to say they attacked. No UDF personnel were killed,  although some were seriously wounded. Unfortunately the UDF were reluctantly forced to return lethal fire. Intelligens resistance, in the form of Old/Delta Kingdoms troops, ended abruptly.

Alas it meant that the secret was out for at least the Old/Delta Kingdom forces. Having said that, when the main UDF force came on the scene, there was little that could be done. Foolishly Old/Delta Kingdoms troops resisted & fought for their lives not at all understanding the situation. Thankfully for most, UDF forces only used lethal force as a last resort. Most Old/Delta troops were either stunned with low powered bursts of plasma, or for many received electric shocks from the non-corporeal members of the UDF.

The reaction of the North/South alliance was very much different. More stunned by the sudden appearance of extremely advanced soldiers, who for the most part looked like Intelligens, most surrendered without resistance. Clearly brains here ruled over brawn. The results of the intervention mission was highly successful. The entire continent of Africa had been fully occupied by UDF forces within 24 hours of the first action. Only a handful of UDF personnel were killed or wounded. In a similar manner, UDF medical staff announced that, apart from bruises, broken bones & burns, most Intelligens survived the experience.

Needless to say, the leaders of the various Intelligens nations were livid. It was somewhat ironic that, even though they had just been invaded & conquered by aliens, the aliens meant little to most Intelligens. Reactions varied, some were curious, while others were angry, but few were scared. Even fear of the non-corporeal UDF troops soon dissipated, although respect for their abilities remained firmly intact.

Immediately after the continent was secured by the UDF, UFP diplomats arrived on the scene. For the most part, the UDF diplomatic party was made up of Sapiens & Spiritous. These two species were selected due to their almost identical appearance to Intelligens. Some Vargary even joked that there appeared to be too many similarities between Sapiens & Intelligens.
 
 

Send in the Clowns
 
 

 The first meeting, which was typical of all the early ones, between the UFP diplomats & the assembled leaders of the various Intelligens nations, was a shambles. Not only were the Intelligens extremely hostile towards anything Federation, but fights soon started between the Intelligens leaders themselves. This meant that the Intelligens had to be broken up, as per their nationality, & spread out around the conference venue like a teacher would do to a primary school class.

This may have stopped the fights between the Intelligens to some degree, but it did not stop the animosity towards the UFP delegates.  It even got to the point that several of the Sapiens members of the UFP delegation lost their tempers & it became rather common to see Sapiens & Intelligens screaming at each other & having to be restrained. Even the occasional argument involved a Spiritous, which was not necessarily the safest thing for an Intelligens to do.

It was at this point that several UFP delegates were replaced, especially Sapiens members, by Luminous officials. Even though Intelligens expert Sacken argued against such a move, the new Luminous members went to work.

It was a disaster. The patient but not overly assertive nature of the Luminous only witnessed worse behaviour on behalf of the Intelligens. Furthermore they wanted to know where the Sapiens were. Apparently the Sapiens could at least stand up for themselves. Ironically, at around this time, it appeared that some form of unity had taken place among the Intelligens leaders. If there was any achievement made during the meetings of this period, that was the only one.

Noting that the Luminous were getting no where, they were pulled from the diplomatic team & the previous Sapiens went back to work. Added to this group was Sacken. Soon it was back to the screaming matches of previous meetings between the Sapiens delegates & the Intelligens. But ironically there was none of the business that the Luminous had to endure.

After a few more weeks, the two parties actually began to make headway. It became clear to the Intelligens that these other Humans were not going away. In fact they were part of a civilisation that was much bigger than anything Intelligens ever had or dreamt thereof. In response, the UFP delegation worked on this awakening, especially the part about space travel. This was besides the fact that the planet they were on  was much more than just Africa.

Prime Minister Nootah, of the Southern Realm asked, "What do you call our planet?"

With a raised eyebrow at the "our" part of the question, Ambassador McDowell simply answered "Earth".

"Earth?"

"Yes, Earth".

"Eeeaaarrrth! What kind of name is that for a planet? It sounds like I’m clearing my throat" the Prime Minister replied gaining much laughter from his fellow Intelligens. Then he continued, "We’ve been calling our planet Founder since the beginning of time".

The Ambassador defended the old name, "Well it’s been called Earth for almost 1 000 000 years. And back at the beginning of time, when my people first walked on the moon & even before, your people were mere monkeys hanging from trees!"

Needless to say, the comments from the Ambassador began the usual screaming match which henceforth erupted between the Sapiens & Intelligens.
 
 

Welcome to Planet Earth
 
 

After a further six months of such meetings, a treaty was finally hammered out among the respective negotiators. Intelligens got no where near what they were demanding. What they did get was immediate free access to travel around the Earth as they wished. It was even conceded that migration could take place to other locations on the planet, provided that those that moved obeyed the laws of the Federation. And to Intelligens that meant a lot.

There would, for instance, be no more sex discrimination. If females wanted to work, or do anything else for that mater, provided it was legal, they would be no stoping them. This was a radical departure from Intelligens society were, in many respects, females were second class citizens & had few rights whatsoever. Having said that, females were respected, especially in the home. Few males won domestic arguments & hated domestic situations often saw the male being hit with a frying pan or some other household item that more often than note ensured the end of the argument.

The Intelligens, however, were granted autonomy to a certain degree in Africa. Although there would be changes, Intelligens would continue to govern their own lands. An Intelligens government, representing all of Africa, was established & a Prime Minister, not uncommon in Intelligens governments, would be head of government. The Prime Minister would administer domestic affairs & represent the Intelligens People to Earth & UFP governments. Needless to say, the Intelligens administration would be democratically elected & females would have the right to vote &, it goes without say, be treated as equals. Although they would get the vote, in reality it would take several decades before they were treated as equals.

What the Intelligens did not get, but were promised if they introduced the necessary reforms & above all behaved themselves, was access to the stars. This was off limits for now until Intelligens had matured. Many individuals wanted to travel to the stars right away, but the UFP was adamant that this was not to occur until Intelligens had proven that they were ready. Some questioned this strict prohibition, including the usually uncritical Nazzer Ambassador, whilst on a fact finding mission to Earth, but President Munchester & Congress would not budge.

This Earth only policy came out of the report written by Ambassador McDowell & Sacken. Both had been deeply involved with the negotiations with the Intelligens leaders & even expressed concern about permitting Intelligens to free travel access to Earth. Essentially, they worried,  especially after the exchange between Luminous & Intelligens, that Luminous more than Intelligens could not deal with the culture shock that was bound to follow.

The impact, however, was not as strong as had been feared. Many Intelligens stayed where they were, but were still fascinated nonetheless by the new world around them. At the same time, the newly elected Intelligens People’s Prime Minister Nootah, made it very clear that visitors to the "new world" had to be on their best behaviour. Surprisingly, these visitors & tourists, a new concept to Intelligens, did behave themselves, although there was the occasional disruption, but nothing drastic as first feared.

There was also some migration to the "new world". At the time when the Intelligens population was 1.2 billion, some 20 million migrants did not seem much. Nevertheless it was a start & again these individuals conducted themselves with much respect. It seemed that McDowell & Sacken had gotten it wrong, but then again most Intelligens had stayed at home.

And here there was trouble. Prime Minister Nootah was much respected, especially among his fellow Southerners. Likewise the Northerners & even most Westerners had come around to support him. But from the Nile Delta region a new leader had come to the fore - the warrior General Nantinah. Like many warriors of the old way, Nantinah looked down upon all civilians & none more so than Prime Minister Nootah. Having made plans, he sent assassins to kill the Prime Minister, in which they were successful. He then conducted a coup.

This coup succeeded at first, but Nantinah was in total ignorance of what the reaction of the UFP would be. Thinking that they would do nothing, he immediately went about  turning Africa into a dictatorship. Many Intelligens even rallied to his side, which made any instant intervention somewhat difficult.

Furthermore, the UDF was not in a state of readiness to conduct such an operation. Also, & showing the experienced & skilful general Nantinah was, commando units of the previous Old/Delta Kingdom(s) had secretly infiltrated the Earth & had reconnoitred numerous UDF bases. These bases were not only attacked them when the coup occurred, but weapons of all types were captured, albeit in small numbers.

Far more importantly, & this was the main reason why the UDF was reluctant to act, were hostages. Several hundred UFP citizens had been taken by forces loyal to Nantinah. These had then been taken to several holding "houses" all of which were in communication with each other. Nantinah, soon after, broadcasted his demands on several news agencies including Intelligens independence. If the UDF tried anything then the hostages would be killed. There was also a time limit whereupon hostages would begin to be killed one by one if his demands were not granted.

Apparently all this fuss had started thanks to a far right wing Intelligens scholar coming across some ancient documents, some 70 000 years old, which dealt with the initial discovery of Intelligens & what Luminous & the UFP was at one time prepared to do. The most offending section was as follows:

"You know what this means", suggested Edward Moreshell (Luminous), "We’ll have to seriously consider leaving Earth to make way for these new Humans."

Almost everyone immediately disagreed at once, although Governor Loleichster remained quiet observing the discussion.

Regardless of the protests, "The UFP, especially Homo Spiritous, did it so that we could develop, so we are likewise indebted to do the same."

Still many others protested. Sam Locous (Luminous) was typical by replying, "That was a completely different situation as Homo Spiritous was non-corporeal. They required no intensive effort in moving 6 billion inhabitants elsewhere in the federation. We, on the other hand, must do that, not forgetting that an entire new planet must house Earth’s current population. And that’s another thing, there isn’t any vacant planets floating out there just waiting to be colonised by 6 billion people."

Before Loleichster could say anything, Ayesha Akbar asked, "Could we just keep this new species in the National Park & then slowly expand it as they likewise expand?"

Martin Minchin, Minister for the Environment, answered, "Well inevitably we’ll run out of room Ayesha. Like if they’re anything like us, they’ll be knocking on your front door within ten years asking for directions. I’m afraid it’ll be impossible to keep Homo Intelligens confined for long. I suggest that we study them thoroughly, learn their language, then arrange a low risk First Contact."

Many of the others agreed. Governor Loleichster, although agreeing with Minchin, added, "I hope, so. Although I’m not sure what we’ll say to them. I don’t think ‘. Hello there. We’re a highly advanced space travelling corporeal Human specie, they are not gods but non-corporeal Human specie, & you’re an archaic primitive one. Welcome to planet Earth & an interstellar multi-specie federation’, will work somehow."

"I don’t think I’ll add that ‘You’re not who you think you are: you’re really Homo Intelligens’. I just hope they don’t call themselves Terrans: that’ll make ten peoples calling themselves that throughout the Federation!"

Most gave a polite laugh. Minichin added, "I wonder if they’ll answer ‘Can we have fries with that’?"

UFP negotiators immediately tried to reason with Nantinah, but it was to no avail. He was adamant that Intelligens be given  their independence & then upped the stakes by demanding that, just had Spiritous & Sapiens had for Luminous, now Luminous should leave Earth for the Intelligens.  Naturally this was refused.

Nantinah’s reply to this refusal was anything but civilised. While still being broadcasted to Earth, & for that matter the entire UFP, Nantinah selected a female Luminous hostage & shot her in the head. At this point, even though many Intelligens had not said anything during this crisis, most now withdrew their support for Nantinah. It was one thing to use force to protest their situation, but this was something unacceptable.

They were not the only ones who thought things have gotten out of hand. Out of apparently no where, UDF GHQ on Earth received a transmission from orbit. "We have been monitoring the situation. Stand by. This won’t take long. Guardian Michael."

Before anyone could understand the message, six humans appeared out of no where at Nantinah’s location. His soldiers immediately opened fire upon the six individuals, but did no harm.  Even the couple of captured plasma rifles fired at them caused no injury. Nantinah, seeing that their weapons fire was useless, warned that the hostages would be killed next if the intruders did not leave.

"If you bother to check with your other bases, you’ll discover that they have visitors too. I’ll give you  one warning, let the hostages go & surrender yourselves" ordered Michael.

Nantinah gave an arrogant laugh, but turned pale when Michael’s statement about vistors was verified. Furthermore, on video link between the various hostage locations, it appeared that the same six humans were at each location. "How can this be?" demanded Nantinah.

"I won’t ask again. Surrender or die." Michael replied

Nantinah answer was to open fire again with his plasma rifle. Once more this caused no injury. Michael simply gave a nod of his head & said "Now".

Instantly, & broadcasted for all to see, each Nantinah terrorist exploded in a horrifying red mist of blood. Not one could be identified from the few body parts that remained. The impact on everyone was terrifying, as indeed was the intention. Soon after this incident, Michael & his companions left the hostages as cautious UDF units came to secure the locations & see to the hostages needs. For their part, Intelligens everywhere were uncharacteristically quiet & solemn.

As a final act, the six Spiritous Sanctus Sapiens appeared at the Earth Governor’s office were his Cabinet & UDF commanders were present. Their visit was not welcomed, especially by the Luminous. "That was thoroughly uncalled for. I don’t care if you are the most powerful creatures in the universe, you simply cannot go around killing people like the disgusting event that I just witnessed," the Attorney General stated.

"It was necessary in ways that you cannot imagine" was Michael’s curt answer. He then went on "Intelligens are the key. There is a huge storm coming & you’ll need them more than they’ll need you."

"That’s real helpful. I just love it when people are cryptic." The Commissioner of Police stated. "By all rights I should have you people arrested for murder."

Michael laughed. In many ways it was not too dissimilar to the arrogant one that Nantinah had just given him. "Know now that the Intelligens have just learnt the greatest lesion of all. They will, one day, become your betters." Turning to the Commissioner, Michael continued" Besides we can’t stay. As we speak, the universe is slowly dissolving our very existence. Far well."

With that, regardless of the protests & questions from those officials in the room, the SSS Guardians vanished.  High above the Earth, satellites picked up six large objects that instantly appeared. Each one looked like a white sun that shone so bright it took a few seconds for the camera  apertures to adjust. Each was a sphere about 50 metres across. Closer inspection saw each sphere seemed to be a round ball of mist that included every colour in the spectrum. The sight was extremely beautiful. Within a few seconds, though, six small Vale Gateways opened whereupon the six Guardians left for the Elysium Universe.

Earth government, & more importantly the Luminous, were still angered by the intervention by the SSS.  Complaints flooded into the Federal Government, even though President Munchester was reluctant to do anything. He had actually been informed upon gaining office that some SSS Guardian units were operating in the Real-Time & Space universe &, more importantly, within UFP territory. Although he was never informed as to their missions, he was not surprised by their intervention at Earth. Alas, the fact that hundreds of innocence’s live had been saved seemed to be lost on Earth government. More importantly, the entire affair seemed to change forever the mind set of the Intelligens People.
 
 
 
 



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