[ WP ] The day the human population crossed 5 billion it was flagged for evaluation by The Consortium for Galactic Peace as a potential parasite . Their silent and thorough followup study is now over and the verdict is ...

The ripple of heat caused by the thermolytic explosions wrapped around the earth in under a minute. The human infestation had sent a barrage of panicked messages to the containment vessel in the three short minutes before firing all of which had been ignored. 
 
 Since that fateful day in 1987 ( local calendar ) when the 5 billionth human was born, the galaxy had watched. After the requisite time ( 27 years local time ) had passed the human infestation had shown no significant improvement as a species and continued in a dangerous parasitic manner even showing marked regression from true sentience. The verdict was clear and judgement had been scheduled. 
 
 In a few planetary rotations the surface of the planet once called earth would cool and liquid water would be replaced on the surface. Once rotation and temperature had been confirmed stable the containment vessel would reseed all forms of life excluding humanity and would leave a watcher satellite high in orbit, hoping one day a truly sentient race would contact them. 
 
 The surface of the natural satellite and fourth planet would be left uncleansed, for any future race to discover and learn from. No race deserves to be erased from history entirely, some however must be prevented from spreading.
