Success! After traveling half way across the universe we have finally found a planet meandering around a dim star that has an atmosphere of agreeable temperatures and useful gasses. The surface is 70% seawater, which is precisely what we have been searching for.
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| Lets take this one |
This planet's ocean can provide high grade fuel for our Hydrogen-Oxygen extractors and enough fuel to power the grid for 200 years.
We have monitored electronic communication signals from our ship but found few signs of intelligent life.
The dry surface is populated by an abundance of flora and fauna. The dominant species call themselves homo sapiens. While they have developed some primitive technology, they are essentially nasty brutish and short bipeds who use speech mainly to argue with one another. According to the video programs that we have monitored. They are combative, greedy and easily fooled.
Perhaps the only redeeming characteristic is that they have developed noise making to a strange and sophisticated level - one might even regard it as art. They call the noise "music."
Our sonar probes have identified several undersea species of advanced culture - eg, whales and dolphins. Their intra-species communication method is extremely sophisticated and elegant, requiring no external transmitters or receivers. They have developed a near Utopian society, devoid of greed and war. Since they never developed weapons, they are at the mercy of the less intelligent homo sapiens who use rudimentary devices to kill for trophy, not food. Thus, the population of these species is diminishing rapidly and they will be extinct before the planet circles its star another 20 times.
I assume that we shall follow Protocol 16: Terminate all life, activate the tractor beam, hook-up the planet and tow it back via the wormhole for use as fuel. Please confirm.
Lt Col (*&33%2@
Commander of the Research vessel Fuel Hunter X878
Message From Base:
To: Commander (*&33%2@
Subject: Protocol 16
You are advised of change in plan. Do not repeat do not invoke Protocol 16 at this time. The Council has voted to suspend the retrieval mission for this planet mainly due to the existence of highly intelligent undersea species.
You are instructed to establish a secret base on the dry land surface and investigate possibility of other salvageable life forms.
Also, what is this "music?"
Do not engage inhabitants openly. Your presence must remain secret. Assume planet appropriate shape-shifting apparel.
Await further instructions.
Council President 00(&(-+))
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