[ 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 .

As *THEY* came we all stopped what we were doing. We left our homes, our workplaces, religious temples and stared. We stared in disbelief. 
 How long did it take? Mere weeks. It was a strange preposition. 
 
 Councilman Avurr stood on the podium and spoke to us: 
 
 `` Fellow Dalurians. We have to make a difficult choice. Death is upon us, and we can not stop it.'' 
 
 The council murmured, no one knew what we should do. What we could do. 
 We never knew war. We have been living as a single entity all our life, and this strange race which we call `` Devourers'' had come to destroy us - They never gave a reason. 
 But the Councilman did n't stop there. 
 
 `` But there is a race that can. The humans of earth have shown brutality that rivals that of the Devourers, and I have sent a request to them to aid us. They will receive our FTL technology, but we will survive.'' 
 
 An uproar. The FTL technology passed on to a race so bloodthirsty? I have studied them for decades now. The Devourers, yes, they come and destroy without mind or reason - but *humans*? 
 
 They are calculated. They are brutal. They are... special. 
 The humans are not like us. They are divided into many tribal regions that prey on each other for the most miniature gains. 
 Our brightest scientists do not understand the differences between those human tribes. What makes the `` American'' tribe so different from the `` French'' tribe, the `` Mexican'' tribe. Or any of the hundreds and hundreds of tribes. 
 Only a human can discern the different tribes from one another, and if asked would give reasons that none of us could understand; `` He has a darker skin colour'', `` He greets people differently'', `` They wear different clothes'', `` Whorship another god - or none at all!''. 
 
 And yet, here they are. Destroying the ships of the invading Devourers with such precision and destructive force. Thousands of human ships swarming our home planet. Like the `` Ant'' creature that are native to the Earth. A hive mind bend on killing with cold calculation. 
 
 They sent us this letter as an answer: 
 `` We the United Nations Alliance will send 400 Destroyers, 700 Falcon-Class Ships, 30 Carriers and 2000 Interceptors. Our risk-assessment suggests a minimal loss of life, and more importantly a insignificant economical cost for this war effort. 
 We look forward to the payment and future business. 
 Signed, Tonald Drump, CEO and Head of the UNA of Planet Earth'' 
 
 I hope it will not come to haunt us, inviting the monster to our doorstep. Trusting, that *they* will not turn on us once the Devourers are defeated, for what are we if not a planet ripe for sacking and exploitation in their eyes?
