[ WP ] A tattoo of earth suddenly appears on every living thing on earth . A rival planet declares war on earth and a voice is heard from the ground `` you have lived on me for a long time , now fight for your home '' .

> Marker 
 
 > Deliberation 
 
 > Decision 
 
 > Information 
 
 > Command 
 
 A blue green spot appeared on my forehead one day, and I, like many others, *knew*. 
 
 It turned out that our biosphere was in fact a fledgling hivemind. All living creatures, from mould to unladen European swallows, were interconnected. 
 
 Normally the network remained dormant. 
 
 But when with a googol amount of beetle eyes seeing it at once, the sight of an invasion force woke up the Earth itself. 
 
 Humanity and some other species near to us in complexity were still distinct. Our sentience meant we were more than just mind controlled shock troops. We got the signals, but each of us could directly speak to the planet itself. 
 
 And through the planet... We could command all our life. 
 
 -- - 
 
 The Schracht, as we dubbed the aliens, had embarked on the goal of erecting crystaline towers across the world, one every 90 miles, roughly, in a grid. 
 
 *Our* rage was palpable. Bees soared from their hives, and gunfire shot. Great predatory birds swooped down from the heavens, clad in armour befitting a fighter jet. In the warrens, rabbits bred and burrowed vast tunnel networks beneath these invaders from another world. 
 
 They dared to stand upon the Earth... 
 
 And it will claim them. Their blood will grow our plants give us more flesh to grow grow grow. 
 
 With single minded efficiency, humanity and the Earth annihalated every xeno. 
 
 And then, on the final day, the Earth built us all vessels. Like seeds departing, we went on. Extermination was our goal.
