The waiting was unbearable. Humanity was standing at a massive crossroads, one path led to survival, the other to extinction. After broadcasting the radio warning, the anxiety aboard the ship only intensified.
That afternoon, the Department Heads and Senior Scientists convened to discuss their next move.
"Sending that radio signal could expose our exact coordinates!"
"If they retaliate with a light-speed strike, we'll be hit before we even know they've fired. There's absolutely no way to intercept it!" Minister of Security Austin said, his voice heavy with concern. He was painfully aware of the technological canyon separating human weaponry from a true interstellar civilization.
Light-speed strikes were the most terrifying form of space warfare. Because light is the absolute speed limit of the universe, such attacks are impossible to detect in advance or intercept.
