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Hmmm... Seeing how agitated Hekaht is, maybe the Azinarsi werent so "willing to co-exist" in the past, and had rather "nasty" habits of colonization?
Also, why do i have the feeling Gharr isn't going to be the only expat on Earth...
Oh..."Camp Raharr"...Dan&Co will have to add rooms to the house !
And start a "Feed our Aliens" on Gofundme
Spacescraper. The famous tradition bridging the gap between primitive (skyscrapers) and advanced (space elevator) cultures.
That certainly puts a new perspective on a future "upstairs-downstairs" television drama. =)
> Also, why do i have the feeling Gharr isn't going to be the only expat on Earth...
Ehh, entirely different crime, different intentions so his punishment could be very different.
"So, you prefer dealing with Azinarsi and our IT security, rather than humans and other exobiology? We know just the right place to send you to!"
The good news is that the "run-away" Azinari program was not made to turn everything into paperclips.
The bad news is now the kill-bots are coming.
Well, seeing the size of the Bodys, at least they are cute kill-bots, right?
You might want to check out the shadows in panel 4 ...
"I'm just as surprised as you are, it doesn't make any sense, but yes, I can confirm that it does indeed appear to have been designed by my people."
It's so satisfying to have managed to call it.
And the Hekaht panic at the realisation "Shit, my boss will be upset, shoot, I need to provide the information before he cuts me off!". Very fun.
Hekaht: "You can punish me later, but we need to act NOW"
Vagabond: "We have … protocols against setting up unauthorized colonies. Somehow some splinter group must have managed to turn rogue. Outbreak countermeasures free-will-override activates. I am sorry, but I'm gonna need you and your ship for raw materials"
If they have been around for a long time, it's not impossible, that they had various splinter groups/factions/offshoots you name it leaving their sphere of influence for one reason or another.
Religious or political persecution, some sort of backup plan in case that war that lead to the sterilization of star systems around their core worlds mentioned in the wiki, or what in Orion's Arm settings the Hiders, who just decided that they don't want deal with the rest of the galaxy and it's civilizations and moved off to live as undetected as possible. You name it.
Possible its to watch rest of galaxy in case of threats, may be possible for "primitive" people who think building thousands of thermo nuclear bombs is good idea to figure out how to make bombs that trigger supernova.... eg surround star with bunch of super powerful bombs implode it near your advanced civilizations space
https://wiki.leavingthecradle.com/wiki/Azinarsi
Ok, for the sake of my feeble senile, wildfire smoke addled brain (and the guys who scan everything I do for that agency) have we had the Azinarsi mentioned before. p.s. No worries, no fire within 150km. Just down wind.
Waaay back in the second chapter.