[ WP ] You have been abducted by aliens . However , Galactic Police has arrested your abductors and are charging them with `` sentience abuse . ''

“ I really don ’ t think you understand the situation, ” I repeated The comm channel was silent. Somewhere, on a ship across the system, a Yar ’ gul prosecutor was preparing a question. 
 
 “ *Human*, did the accused, N ’ tar ’ alin, kidnap you? We see clearly the evidence of him having towed your ship and taking you aboard his. We understand that N ’ Tar ’ alin might have tortured you, but you ’ re safe now. ” 
 
 Damn pompous bastards. I had explained it to them several times that, no, the Yar ’ gul were not more advance than us. In fact, humans were a good five hundred years ahead of them in the technological development curve. However, they had just gotten faster than light drives in the last century and had discovered that they were in a corner of the galaxy where they were dominant species amongst hundreds of lesser ones, at least until I stumbled out here with a dead faster than light drive. 
 
 “ Our laws are sacred to us. We made mistakes at first. As a species, we have a sacred duty to not interfere. And we see that N ’ Tar ’ alin violated that oath. Tell us your story, ” the comm replied. 
 
 “ For the last time: my ship ’ s faster than light -- which is much faster than yours -- broke down as I was passing through this sector. N ’ Tar ’ alin stumbled upon me and actually tried his damndest to veer away, but I signaled him down. After a very pleasant first contact through my very impressive universal translator -- you have nothing like this, how do you think we are communicating right now? -- I engaged in the first interstellar commerce between the Yar ’ guls and the Human Conglomeration when I came aboard his ship to get some spare parts which, by the way, he didn ’ t even know could be used in the way I needed them. No kidnapping; if anything, I am the one who held N ’ Tar ’ alin in a state of amazement. ” 
 
 Silence on the other end. Finally, a response. 
 
 “ Impossible, *human*. No species is greater than the Yar ’ gul. We deeply regret the harm that N ’ Tar ’ alin has done to you and we hope you do not think this representative of Yar ’ gul behavior. We find N ’ Tar ’ alin guilty of ‘ sentience abuse. ’ Take peace in your vengeance and accept our mercy. ” 
 
 The channel went dead. I feared what the Yar ’ gul intergalactic police would do to poor N ’ Tar ’ alin. I sent a general transmission out to warn others to stay away from this region until the Yar ’ gul grew out of their sense of self-importance and I set out on my repaired drive. 

