[ WP ] Humanity makes it to the stars and discovers a species that is better than us in every way . We fight them because that 's all we know .

The watch captain stared at the document in front of him for several moments. At first, he wondered why it was even on his desk. The heading'you should read this', seemed redundant at first. He read everything that came across his desk. It was from Farl'ayn, the spy dispatched to the planet that called itself Earth. 
 
 Such a boring name. From his understanding, the word meant dirt in one of their own languages. And how could a culture have made it to the point of interstellar travel when they had n't even unified into one society yet? Even now, they still had different languages, customs, and even governments. The unified world leadership that had seemed to be in charge at first was just a committee of diplomats. Just a way for the different nations to keep things civil between themselves. 
 
 The creatures themselves, humans, as they called themselves in what seemed to be their dominate language, were pretty pathetic. Not very large, on average almost a foot shorter then the average Cal'askan, and even less solidly built. In hand-to-hand combat a single Cal'askan warrior could handle a dozen or more of the humans. They were n't really all that intelligent, as evidenced by their lack of creativity and sub-par technology. The only things these creatures had going for them was stubbornness, or they would have already surrendered. 
 
 `` There's no way we can lose this war.'' The Captain thought to himself. The humans had started it, he did n't even feel bad about it. 
 
 The captain shook himself out of his reverie, and looked back at the report. It was an excerpt from an article written on Earth, still in its native language. Struggling though the article, the Captain knew the language but was n't quite fluent in it yet, he quickly saw why. Translating it would have lost quite a bit of meaning. Earthlings did love their idioms after all. 
 
 After reading through, he failed to see the significance. He almost threw it away, but went through it again. If Farl'ayn thought it was important, he probably should n't dismiss it. 
 
 After the second time through, he was about to call it one of Farl'ayn's few mistakes. Just before he dropped the paper into the disposal slot, he stopped. He'd had a thought. He pulled out a manual translation guide, and went through the article again, this time checking those idioms a little closer. 
 
 After a third time through, he sat back in his chair, and clasped a scaled claw to his forehead. 
 `` There's no way we'll win this war.'' he thought in despair. 
 
 `` Sirs,'' Captain Ayrs'ouft said, speaking to a council of his superiors, `` This information we received describes the human's reaction to one of their athletes cheating in an organized competition. Their reaction is what brings me before you. It would seem that the humans were not outraged that one of their athletes would cheat. They were not outraged that the cheater was not exiled, or perhaps killed for his cheating. They were outraged, it would seem, because he cheated in too obvious of a manner. It would seem, sirs, that as long as a human cheats subtly, and does n't get caught, then its accepted. That `` working around'' the rules is an acceptable way of competing. And that, sirs, is just in their games. The things they do for entertainment. After reading this article, I have ordered more research. I have done a little bit on my own. It would seem that this race is dedicated to the idea of victory, even using the expression `` victory at all costs.'' And that ideal, to them, is appropriate at levels. From games played by their children, all the way to war. Sirs, we are not going to defeat these people. They will do anything they can to win, even if it means destroying themselves in the process.'' 
 
 The council members looked among themselves, not yet convinced by the Captain's words. The research material was passed around. They began reading.
