[ 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 .

`` I do n't understand general, how can you expect to beat them with so few!?'' 
 
 `` What do you mean ambassador?'' 
 
 `` We gave you their numbers ahead of time. They have over 200,000 units in the city! Why did you only bring 300 of your own?'' 
 
 `` Ambassador, you also gave us their equipment specs, a full layout of the city, and videos of their tactics. 300 is really all we needed for this operation. Honestly we probably could do it with half this, but reinforcements never hurt.'' 
 
 `` I... I do n't understand. How can you expect to win such a fight. You sound so sure of it.'' 
 
 General Adams chuckled for a while at the Ambassadors worry. The videos of the enemy were painful to watch on first view. You may as well have given 18th century farmers high powered rifles. 
 
 `` Ambassador, there's more to winning than having the biggest guns. Well, assuming you want to conquer. From what we understand this is the first galaxy spanning conflict in over 200 centuries. The enemy clearly lacks the evolutionary honing to be a threat.'' 
 
 `` I do n't understand. They have weapons that can obliterate half of your 300 men with a single shot. What else is there other than such weapons?'' 
 
 General Adams sighed, the ambassador was too far removed from conflict. He did n't see what every soldier in the war room saw when watching the videos. 
 
 `` Ambassador what the enemy lacks, is a thing called tactics. Humans have been honing this skill for generations. It's not about finding a weapon that can kill a guy, it's about finding the best possible way to kill the guy with the weapon. Here, please pull up zone sigma block 43c. We're about to start our operations there.'' 
 
 `` Sigma 43c!? But, but that's the enemies headquarters! Over half their troops are stationed there in a massive building!'' 
 
 `` Exactly. Who in the world would be dumb enough to do that? But I suppose we are n't on my world anymore.'' 
 
 `` I... I do not see. Are you committing all of your units to that one location?'' 
 
 `` No, just Alpha Squad. Commander Reeves, this is General Adams. What is Alpha Squad's status?'' 
 
 `` Reeves here general. Little bored over here, but ready to go. Is it really gon na be this easy?'' 
 
 `` Have n't seen anything to say otherwise. Commence operation'Hello from Earth' boys.'' 
 
 300 voices blasted into the room over the communications line simultaneously. 
 
 `` Sir, yes sir!'' 
 
 The Ambassador had been warned when he suggested the idea. This species, so small on a planet tucked away in an otherwise lifeless galaxy under a tiny sun, was dangerous. The politicians had watched them play with their dirt and mortar. building `` cities'' and poor excuses for a civilization. Even their weapons, causing only small area damage and being woefully ineffective in the long run were laughable. No one could ever figure out why the anthropologists were so afraid of them. Every species had a calculable danger level. Even their current enemies had been assigned roughly a 6 on a scale out of 10. The few times a 9 or higher had appeared, it was clear why. Warlike civilizations budding throughout the universe. They were quickly dealt with as their armies first left their planet. But not humans. Most anthropologists came back with the strangest answer, `` they do n't fit the scale''. 
 
 Today the ambassador understood. They had given them nothing more than information a few months ago. No new weapons, no technology, just some maps, documents, and videos. As the 5 humans in Alpha Squadron stood and simultaneously launched a single RPG each at Sigma 43c's primary structural supports, the ambassador looked on amazed and horrified. The building collapsed in seconds. In no more than one of the humans minutes, half the enemy force was gone. The select few that made it out the door were quickly shredded with turret machine gun fire. 
 
 `` Hah! Ca n't believe that went so smoothly. No scouts, no barricades, no structural reinforcement, and all packaged so nicely in one spot. Delta Squad, how did it go with you boys?'' 
 
 `` Delta reporting in general, similar story here, the EMP took it all down before they knew what was going on, and the satchels took care of anything alive. We're gon na double check that all hostiles are down before we pull out.'' 
 
 `` Poor bastards, Delta was working on their communications hub. I bet they spend the rest of the day wondering what the hell happened down here.'' 
 
 The ambassador finally managed to stammer out his question 
 
 `` H... h.. how many did you just kill?'' 
 
 `` Hm? Well there will always be a straggler or two I suppose, but with their comm networks down and the snipers we placed, they wo n't last long. They do n't know how to retreat or hide. So I suppose by the end of the day, all of them.'' 
 
 The ambassador was sitting before he realized it. It had happened so quickly, so efficiently. The only comparison he could bring to mind was a master artist. Everything done so perfectly, so flawlessly, but this species painted death. He had wanted to get rid of a beast plaguing his people, but he had unleashed a monster to do it. 
 
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