[ WP ] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy . As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable . They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology . Humans accept the deal .

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 “ I suggest we initiate protocol Zestraol ” 
 
 The cramped bridge fell dead silent, and the large, bulbous, heads of the Trepentari turned in unison, towards the head of their table. Protocol Zestraol, named after a large jawed insect, native to the home planet of the Trepentari Republic, had been on the books for centuries, and hadn ’ t even been mentioned in a formal counsel meeting since its inception. Named for the Zestraol insect, which locked it ’ s oversized mandibles onto it ’ s prey, any time the Zestraol insect bit, it was as likely to decapitate itself as kill it ’ s prey. 
 
 After a few moments, which dragged like hours, hushed murmurs spread like wildfire throughout the command center of the last Trepentari capital ship, more of a mobile bunker now, than a military vehicle. Held within were the genetic records of all creatures native to Trepentar, as well as highly encrypted co-ordinates to a planet similar to it on the edges of the Galactic rim. Each individual felt the weight of their desperate cargo, and each held it in a different way. 
 
 Amongst the murmurs, the thin, spindly arm of the Ambassador to the Federation snaked it ’ s way through the silence, until it was held like a white flag above the heads the consulate, what was left of the Trepantari leadership. The Ambassador ’ s normally calm, confident, and soft spoken voice, carefully cultivated to reflect Trepantari cultural values, nearly broke under his own shock, fear and disgust. 
 
 “ But, Sir, the Federation of Sapient species have classified any technological sharing with, with, the humans, ” the word fell out of his mouth like dead weight, “ as a interplanetary crime, we could face.. ” 
 
 “ Extinction? ”, hissed the Admiral, acting head of the Trepantari emergency government, from her position at the head of the table. “ We already stare extinction in the eye, The Veythat Conglomerate have deployed nuclear weapons on two of our planets. Another violation of intergalactic law ”. 
 
 She waited for the point to sink in, the only other species known to have deployed Nuclear weapons within relevant intergalactic history had been the humans, the Admiral had chosen this atrocity well, a parallel hung in the air. 
 
 “ We have nothing to fear from the Humans that has not already been offered to us as threat by the Veythat. The only consequence we face, is that a galaxy that has turned a blind eye to our suffering, may also feel the terror, the primordial fear of not just our own death, but the possible death of our species, in the same way that we now know. We stand to gain a possible ally, a rabid Kluaxar perhaps, but our own rabid Kluaxar. ” 
 
 As her words filled the room, a voice tainted with anger, Trepantari dignitaries shifted in their seats. Her passion drew them in, and as she broke with the custom for quite considered political speech, the Admiral coaxed an anger and a passion to the forefront of her fellow counsellors. 
 
 “ The Humans are a cruel, ignoble, and disgusting species. They make war on each other without any thought for peace, and they hoard what resources they have, building great empires on the backs of slaves of their own species. They rape, kill, and torture each other over wealth which they could easily share. At the height of their most progressive empires, stand great oligarchs, who buy and sell humans with no regard. We will unleash a great plague on the galaxy if we do this thing, and even the Veythat will know fear. An adult human is capable, barehanded, of killing at least three Veythat in combat, and they are known to bear litters of up to four children. Their adulthood cycle is one third of ours, and one half of the Veythat. They are known to arm their children as soldiers, and are willing to fight beside them as comrades. They are intelligent and adaptive, within years of the first experimental Sapient Counsel technology drop, they had reached their orbiting moon. They are capable, and they are violent, and the only thing they hate more than themselves, is something which does not resemble them. Even amongst their own species, they are known to kill each other over skin pigmentation. We are fortunate in being bipedal, they will focus on our enemies first. ” 
 
 Heads began to nod, in grim anticipation of the decision that would be made here. The Admiral continued, cultivating the anger and irrationality that can be found when any sapient creature faces oblivion. 
 
 “ If we supply them with technology, we can hold back, we can manipulate their encryption, we can build them an empire with our knowledge at its heart. We can build a symbiosis. They will hate us, but they will hate the others more, they will need us, and like a Klauxar, it is possible we can train them. I will broke no arguments, as emergency head of the emergency council, I exercise my right to call for an silent vote. ” 
 
 As hands raised across the crowded bridge in favor, the Admiral ’ s heart sank at what she knew her duty to be. 
 
 “ It is settled, I volunteer my daughter as ambassador to the humans, the mission will launch in two cycles. I have already made the preparations. ”
