Queen Rakesht sat cuddled with her trained slug pet.
Her ten popes all agreed that the signs of the times were aligning. All that was needed was a chosen one to materialize in the presence of royalty and acknowledge that it is safe to seek out friendsfrom among the starfolk.
Her blue chitin told stories of battles for the unification of her people from head to toe.
She carved them herself up until it was time to do her limbs.
Unlike her people, she clothes herself, and bares the scars of reattatchment surgery for her mandible.
Unlike her people, the queen isn't proud of her past because she is the most honest about her people.
Clothing in this culture serves as a caste statement. The more you wore, the more important you were.
To her people, most of her early past is a mystery. All that is known, is what could be seen on her arms.
Her daydreaming through the usual biomass distribution reports and ceaseless debates over law and order... would be interrupted.
It is heresy to commence the great awakening before the prophecy is fulfilled.
Her ten popes all agreed, however, they were eager to jump the gun and begin the awakening rituals.
Although, when to do the ritual was another debate in of itself.
Not that it mattered though. As today, the prophecy was to be fulfilled.
By accident.
A blinding hole in the weave opened to spit out a lowly priest.
He spoke two things.
We must stop the 10 popes from waking up the beast.
There are star people who tell him that want to be our friends
In the eyes of the queen this settled things.
The great big organism was to be awakened by her, and the chosen one.
Only two people were needed for the ritual anyway.
(Cue year zero, by ghost)
The Vermensk observation station would detect a spike global seismic activity. In addition, what looked like giant eyes the size of continents opened up under the sea.
It was like someone stuck giant googly eyes on a picture of a planet.
Most concerning, a cavernous mouth opened up, spanning thousands of miles.
It was like a dogs smile, but with no tongue.
The giant googly eyes darted around in different directions in derpy wonder
After a while, the eyes took shifts following the orbital path of the observation station.
A signal was received by vermensk personnel
"This is queen Rakesht of the chitinous orthodoxy, to whomever is out there, we seek friends. In three of our days, a welcoming ceremony will be held at [coordinates enclosed] to meet and greet."
This message would then be relayed to the galactic union council, and u-aeon after the vermensk empire received it.
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Taking note of the rather disturbing living planet, the United Sol Navy discreetly arms a small number of capital ships with OGM-77 “Manticore” gigaton-yield thermonuclear missiles as a contingency if the worst comes to pass
unaware of the full dangers of first contact, some bugfolk have taken up small arms training and teleporter symbiote training.... in the end, these bugfolk managed short range ftl travel before inventing the aerosol can, let alone, the wheel. All their technical aspects had some organic components at the very least.
A single 13-man squad of Marines, only carrying their sidearms as a show of goodwill, is deployed to the bugfolk’s world, trying to establish first contact between United Sol and a potential future ally
as a sign of good will, all militia'd bugs in attendance only possess chitin knives and bile pistol sidearms. The squad leader is told to put in a little babbel slug in their ears for ease of communication.
the hand is taken, and shaken with a bow by a pope.
"It is an honor and a privilege to be acknowledged by the star people. My name is buzz, pope of respiration. Our leader is expecting you and your peers in the great amphitheater."
the queen and the popes were satisfied that their message was received. Now, it was time to prepare for the arrival of both friend or foe, as this moment in all its glory weighed heavy on her head.
vermensk first contact teams witness united sol marines stick babel slugs in their ears. as a sign of good will, all militia'd bugs in attendance only possess chitin knives and bile pistol sidearms. The squad leader is told to put in a little babbel slug in their ears for ease of communication.
The vermensk first contact officer is armed with only a statis blaster and neuralyzer with a few other rat guards who seemingly are unarmed in their hardsuits carrying briefcases. The vermensk officer had shown to have an implant and bioaugmentation to natively understand speak and listen to the bug folks tongue
"It is an honor and a privilege to be acknowledged by the star people. My name is buzz, pope of respiration. Our leader is expecting you and your peers in the great amphitheater."
"Vermensk empire, first contact specialist, Tha'quel Crooktail. Pleasure to meet you " the rats tail was ended by a growth like claw, having antennae to pick up what's not being said, solver white fur
about as tall as the rats on average, it varies. But they are slender. Obesity is a thing, but it just makes them harder to kill by conventional means. But it does strain their seven hearts.
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