Revision #3-The Daily Stargazer

PENTAGON PLEDGES SUPPORT

a news piece by Elixia Ashla

Year Printed: Juno 9th, 2102

The scene yesterday was hectic in the United States Pentagon, Earth(Proud members of the United Worlds Union). Various military officials had gathered this day for a momentous decision that would be recorded in our history programs. The Grand Dyet of the f-class planet Aspiria and the leaders of the planet f-planet Shreedo had arrived to negotiate an alliance with the t-class planet Earth's military officials. The Argons of Aspiria as well as Shreedo's Grogons have been repeatedly threatened and pressured by the slowly approaching Martian Empire. For twenty-four earth-years the Earthlings have acted as a blockade against the Martians for much of the galaxies, their chief allies being the Venusians of their planetary cousin Venus.

As the Earthlings are the galaxies' defense force the Argons and Grogons sought their help in defending their home from the tyrannical Martian King, Cagnox. Cagnox's goal has been for much of his two-hundred and fifty earth-year life span to gain greater territories and raw materials for his already considerable empire. Martians are well known for harvesting the heat of planets' cores for their own life and city support systems, hence their desire for a large empire. Controlling all past his home planet and the strangely named 'Milky Way' Galaxy's asteroid belt he is a considerable foe to all who oppose him. All planets in the opposite direction of Mars, and the galaxies beyond are guarded by Earth, and since their first encounter in the year 2078 they have prevented further Martian expansion in such a direction. Therefore, Cagnox has turned his gaze, elsewhere, in this case to Aspiria and its neighbor Shreedo.

The negotiations lasted for hours, particularly on the subject of arming the Earthlings with Argon's weaponry. As Argons are sentient-gas beings, they can only use gaseous poisons against the Martians, which could also be deadly to Earthlings when released. Ultimately a solution was reached through the containment technology of Shreedo that was capable of holding Argon poison. After much deliberating the officials were kept waiting with bated breath for the final decision of Earth's government and military.

The Pentagon, Earth's military capital, pledged support to the Argons and Grogons and to take them on as their allies in the war against the Martian Empire. There was much rejoicing on all sides, although much speculation on what this would mean for the future of the war efforts. The Martian Empire has yet to deliver a response to this bold declaration of alliance.

Pictured Below: Grogon President Enment and Earthling General Marshall

General Marshall is quoted as saying of the Martian-Earthling Conflict "This is the greatest challenge of our time, and the greatest challenge we will overcome."

Meli merely shook his head in response to this, and closed the hologram compact, shutting the news out. The proud Grogon was wondering about what this could all mean for him. His life-mate had evacuated with their childlings, and that left him alone in the Self-Defense Unit on their planet. He would fight to his last breath to save his planet from Martian Rule, but he had never encountered a human before. Would they become tyrants when the Martians were vanquished? At least he knew the Argons,  who were subdued creatures that sought only isolation from other species and the preservation of their culture.

The Grogon being looked up at the roar of rockets touching down upon the soil of his world. Fine white sand across the vast plains, with the three moons Arrs, Terrace, and Yiloh suspended high above his proud white grown in the sky. On the distant horizon, formations of tall violet spires signaled the nearest city, and the violet spires were adorneIt d with small orange star rose vines. His people were probably praying to Kerchek, the Protector, to defend both him and his brothers. Meli loved his home and all its beauty.

 His entire body was white like a moon's crater, tough skin protecting him from harsh weather, which was common here. His hands and feet has 6 fingers and 8 toes per foot respectively, and his Pink eyes had a third eyelid that protected his eyes and improved his vision at night. 

He stood in formation with his 9 brothers, the greeting party for this first grouping of humans to arrive. His vision became intense for a moment, so much that he could count every grain of sand and every small figure in the spires to the west. Then it faded back to normal vision. It was a normal occurrence for Grogons, their vision heightened when they were tense. It was a survival mechanism. He heard one of his brothers gasp a prayer when the ship opened.

A single being stood on the landing platform. It (Meli felt bad for calling the human an it, but he had no way of telling if the human was male or female) had skin that looked soft and not at all tough like a Grogon's. The skin was beautiful and dark, and the being raised its (single, Meli noted) head and drew its lips back. Grogon realized with shock it was showing teeth. Not unlike the creatures of the wild. He had never met a sentient creature that had teeth. Was it showing its teeth because it felt threatened? It wore a strange green set of garments, over its arms and torso, as well as its legs. Something was on its feet too, but he had no reference for what it was. There seemed to be some kind of darkly colored moss on the human's head as well, which was completely bizarre.

It said a single word, which Grogon brother raised a translator to explain.

The human had said "Salutations."