Dangerous Force From Space

Dangerous Force From Space

Our first first-contact situation is in every way a textbook example of everything you don’t want to happen when you introduce yourself to a new species. In fact, we deal with a powerful and potentially dangerous force which we cannot fight with our most advanced technology.

We, the Humans, like to think of ourselves as invincible and superior to everything that might occur. But our evidence suggests we have been defeated on numerous occasions by storms, earthquakes, hurricanes and so on. The knowledge of our real situation could have created a cognitive dissonance the civilisation might have had trouble reconciling. An unpleasant thought and a memory we couldn’t live with.

In fact, what we lack in experience, we make up for with a record of biased judgments. As it stands now, we send five ships out to make contact with one of the most dangerous situations we’ve ever encountered.

(Extract from The Rain, the famous SF novel by Elena and George B.)

Dangerous Force. Photo by Elena