[ WP ] Aliens have arrived on modern earth . Instead of conquest or an invitation to a larger galactic society , they instead kneel and worship as us gods .

I ’ ve always thought that humanity ’ s shining intergalactic moment would be the day that hulking warships arrived on our front porch to drive us to extinction. We have fought amongst ourselves for thousands of years, but this would unite us as one. It wasn ’ t American, or French, or Chinese, it was human. This was the moment we stopped being the Greeks, and we became Greece. How wrong I was. 
 
 The arrival of the attendants is the singular thing that made our divisions permanent. The date of their arrival was June 9th, 2017. Mass hysteria took its grip on the people of Earth, as we scraped so close to forgetting our old differences. For that day, the 8 billion people on this planet were of one mind. And for that day only, there was hope for humanity yet. 
 
 On the morning of June 10th, a message was broadcast. “ We seek only to serve you, as you are our Gods. ” The whole world fell into a stunned silence. Out of all the theories that science fiction writers thought up, this was not one of them. At first, we were told not to trust them. We were told that they were just trying to get into our homes, and that they couldn ’ t possibly be telling the truth. 
 
 However, time proved otherwise. Over a year later, they were still our faithful servants. Even with their grotesquely swollen heads and large, black eyes, people began to put their trust in them, even calling them their attendants. Since the Peaceful Invasion, people have only been concerned with their confidence in the aliens. But that is humanity ’ s fatal flaw, failure to look inward. 
 
 As the unity of the Earth faded, humanity took up its old convictions. It started with abuse of the attendants. They were savagely beaten, forced to work grueling 16 hour days, and slaughtered for disobedience. Not everyone treated them this way, but it became the new norm in a post-alien society. By the Summer of 2022, the attendants were treated as slaves in half of the world. Many of us rallied to the cause of the enslaved attendants. They came here as humble servants, and we have become their cruel and oppressive masters. 
 
 The world is now on the Eve of Civil War. On the day of the Peaceful Invasion, we thought we were doomed. We believed that this was the greatest danger that humanity had ever and would ever face. We should have known the greatest danger to humanity was humans. 

