[ 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 .

`` Drax, the Slovians have taken E13-49e, 4th planet.'' 
 
 Drax looked up from it's notebooks. `` How'd they do it? Our anti-polirization shield should have stopped their super weapon!'' 
 
 Gordon scratches its chin. They've been at war with teh Slovians a long time. Slovains were an alien race that was bent on conquering. They liked the idea of using the Yolo race, their own, for technological advancements. The Yolo had thrived for 400,000 generations, more or less, Developing FTL travel, dyson spheres, short-range high-power phase knives ( a tool infinitely better than previous scalpals in surgery. They've created pro-vita food sources that are roughly 90 % more energy efficient than the most calorie and nutrient efficient plants, and it can be grown easily on space flights even far from any star. 
 
 But the Slovians, it seems, had mastered conquering instead. They tended to target world governments. and have used their super-weapon to force each world to submit. 
 
 Which is why the Yolo started seaking help. Out of the more than 1000 planets inhabited by the Yolo, they've already lost 30. At a logorithmic rate, the whole government would be conquered very quickly, far faster than they could expand to compensate. 
 
 So what species could they get help from? Gordon and Drax had an idea. A primitive race by most accounts - no FTL travel, physics WAY behind most advanced species. Their governments are actually fractured, even though they have worldwide communication. We saught out the humans. And here is where history got interesting. We negotiated with the humans for roughly 1/10th of their yearly cycle. A month, they call it. We gave them access to a great deal of our technology, under contract that would not attack us. Primarily, we gave them access to our doctors, some of our junior scientists, and our FTL engines and ship designs. 
 
 So lets go back to the beginning. The Yolo just lost another planet to the Slovians. This is not good. But with context.... 
 
 `` Hey Drax'' 
 
 `` Yes Gordan?'' 
 
 `` How is the reclaiming of E-1938r solar system going? I heard they were going to enter the 11th planet yesterday.'' 
 
 `` Oh, yeah, I read the report this morning. The Slovians pulled out of the outer 3 planets within hours, they're retreating inwards. It looks very good, but the humans are concerned with the slovian supply line first. They said something about warp-fusion bombs on their dilithium supply ships.'' 
 
 `` Oh... wow. Did the Slovians not defend against dilithium capture? Seems they would just need a teleporter.'' 
 
 `` You do n't understand Gordon, they did n't capture the ships. They did n't just maneuver and force the dilithium ships to ground. They destroyed them.'' 
 
 `` Wait... Drax... you're telling me they...'' 
 
 `` yes, destroyed the ships.'' 
 
 `` But how did they not escape? A bomb ca n't explode faster than the speed of light. And warp technology ca n't expand fast enough either. Our best scientists and tactical engineers struggled with that one for several clicks now, and even our quantum computers could n't figure out a path.'' 
 
 `` Gordon, think about the way humans fight. They did n't give the ships warning at all.'' 
 
 `` Wait... what?'' 
 
 `` They did a sneak attack. They crippled the supply line, and then they did one better.'' 
 
 `` Drax, what are you talking about?'' 
 
 `` Gordon, they created a dummy ship that puts off the same signature. They're sending a false ship to planets 7 and 6. They're skipping planet 8 altogether saying it'll be conquered too quickly to matter.'' 
 
 `` A dummy ship? For what purpose?'' 
 
 `` Destruction of slovians.'' 
 
 `` Yes, reclaiming the world... but they ca n't support war-ship weapons. So how are they going to threaten the capitals?'' 
 
 `` No, you still do n't understand. I did n't say they're going to threaten the Slovians. I said their plan is to destroy them. Fusion warp bombs for the space crafts, with anti-polorized shrapnel to destroy life support systems. They're hidden in the engine, and will explode there. And before that, Dilithium iron poisoning for the shipment. If they try to use that dilithium for anything, their reactors will be ruined forever.'' 
 
 `` Oh...'' 
 
 Gordon had to think about hte implications of this. On one hand, they were reclaiming planets so fast the Slovians had no hope in continuing the war. But on the other hand... what worlds will the Yolo have? Lead-poisoned Dilithium, shrapnal and fusion-warp scars orbiting planets, tactics that had no direct advantage to the Yolo, only destruction to the Slovians. The effectiveness was scary. The long term implications were too large to comprehend. 
 
 `` Hey Drax...'' 
 
 `` Yes Gordon?'' 
 
 `` Do you ever think... maybe we should n't have uplifted the Humans?'' 
 
 `` I do n't know Gordon, I do n't know.''
