[ WP ] The Earth has been sending out radio signals and probes looking for life in our galaxy for years . Other intelligent life does exist , but is trying not to be found . Earth is the only planet unaware of why .

The Cassini-Huygens probe had been orbiting Saturn for more than 12 years, circling the gas giant and its spectacular rings countless times. The spacecraft had provided stunning images of the planet and incredible insights into the nature of its moons to the scientists beaming it commands back on Earth, yet despite its myriad sensory equipment it was still oblivious to what would undoubtedly be their greatest discovery to date. 
 
 The sleek, black spaceship hunkered down to the pitted surface of one of the larger icy rocks drifting through the immense rings of the giant planet. A series of plates extended around it, like a metal skirt, hiding the faint glow of a low intensity laser as it bored into the rock's surface. The perfect blackness of the craft's surface glistened as minute atoms of atmosphere condensed to it as it matched the sub zero temperatures of its surroundings. 
 
 Inside, Kigann watched the bright golden space probe drift overhead through the tinted windows of his ship with an almost pitying look. The thing was so damn *obvious*. He watched it for a little longer, before returning his attention to the rings themselves; it would n't do to become so distracted that he failed to see an impending collision, or something worse. Behind him, his two crewmates continued to make themselves busy with work. Or rather, one of them was, he corrected himself as another chuckle sounded from Ziivan. 
 
'Could you keep it down?' Snapped Shaelin, looking up from the drill controls to glare at Ziivan.'Some of us are trying to work!' 
 
'Sorry,' giggled Ziivan, wiping away tears of mirth,'but these humans are just so damned funny!' He indicated the screen, on humans seemed to be attempting to complete an impossible obstacle course. 
 
'They're plain foolish if you ask me.' said Kigaan, still scanning the view outside the ship's window.'Beaming out signals and probes non-stop like that, mark my words; one of these days they're gon na...' He stopped dead, his eyes fixed on a point far off in the distance. He held his breath, not daring to make a sound as he studied the far edge of the rings intensely. 
 
'Kigaan?' asked Shaelin anxiously. 
 
'Kill the power.' He barked, turning and rapidly shutting down every console in the ship.'Now!' The others complied, the urgency in his voice silencing any questions they may have had. Within seconds, the entire ship was plunged into darkness and silence, the only light now coming through the window from the reflective surface of the gas giant. For a few minutes they sat in silence, not daring to make any noise. Then, just as Ziivan was getting ready to speak again, something dark darted past outside. Shaelin's hands flew to her mouth to suppress a scream. She knew what was coming. They all did. 
 
 More and more small, dark shapes flew past. Then came the larger ones. Then the really big ones. An immense swarm of pitch black nightmares; their shapes hard to make out with their dark colours perfectly hiding them in the void, visible only when they passed in front of the planet. A pair of the smaller ones tumbled past, long, sickening appendages tangled around the form of the human's space probe. Light blue spots on their bodies lit up as wide, void-like mouths sucked at the machine. Kigaan could faintly see a faint stream of energy being sucked from it until one of the larger, ship sized creatures drifted over and engulfed the entire thing, the smaller ones scattering just in time. The crew felt as though ice was flowing through their veins as the creature seemed to turn straight towards them, blue lights flickering along its form as it chewed on the probe. After a few terrifying moments, it turned and rejoined the swarm, disappearing into the shadow of one of the immense leviathans at the heart of the swarm. 
 
 It was about half an hour before the last of the swarm had drifted past, and another ten before any of them felt they could speak again. 
 
'They... they're heading f-for the human's world!' Shaelin said in a hoarse whisper,'We have to warn them! There must be something we can do?' 
 
'There's nothing me can do.' Kigaan snapped back in a whisper of his own. He quickly powered up the ship and began to take off.'I told you; I knew this would happen sooner or later if they did n't keep quiet.'
