The words were spoken, "Let there be Light!"
And there was light.
The battle stations under the spaceship opened fire at once and
a thousand reddish brown rays erupted, hitting the surface in the
distance. The thermonuclear fusion provoked inside the
massive planet began releasing an energy that traversed the whole
core and then radiated into the upper layers, enveloping in the
end all the continents, the oceans and the air, turning everything
soon into a little star.
How amusing . . " Hkkkt, the pudgy eight-legged
commander sitting on his control chair thought. For the
aliens—once living on that thriving blue planet—Light was often
associated to life, as it was brought to the surface by the rays
coming from that main yellow star—called the Sun—all the other
worlds were orbiting in that small system. So, Light was
good. A sort of hearty welcome. A sign of health and
power, sometimes even a God for many of the peoples down there.
Strange to say, the alien pondered, How interesting . .
.
The commander looked at the main screen, contemplating the
increasing flaming globe that once was Earth. "Well,
primordial civilizations sometimes had weird opinion on their mind
. . . Of course, they couldn't know that Light is more likely
related to death, the destruction caused by a solar thermonucler
explosion, the one commonly generated by the sort of weapon their
spaceships were usually equipped with while on assignment, capable
of turning every space body or any kind of matter just in fire . .
. Well, not every alien species gets to the proper level of
evolution, you know. You have to be patient, you give them a
certain amount of time to become technologically advanced and wish
all the best for them but when the moment comes, all things
considered, you have to check their results, and if those don't
satisfy us, indeed. . . . well, that's the reason because they
need to be wiped clean out of existence. And that's why we
are here now."
"Planetary destruction in progress, Commander." the First
Officer stated. "What are your orders, now?"
Hkkkt on his chair in the middle of the main deck turned slowly
his four- eyed head-like prominence, emitting a suffused cry that
was a smirk in his own way. "Did you forget our priorities?
Set a course for the following little planet in line and prepare
for maximum speed. We have other two worlds to delete in
this system before leaving . . ."
"No, Sir. Yes, Sir. Setting a course for the next
clouds-covered planet on the way!"
"Only two stops left and our work here is done" the Commander
recalled with relief. "Then, direct to the worlds of
Ldfdfdd, in Blue Sector. Our next target . . ."
"One question, Sir," the First Officer asked in a cautious
voice. "What was the name of the species living on the
destroyed planet? Just for the records, Sir . . ."
"I think they used to call themselves Humans."
Hkkkt replied.
"Well, Sir. I'll put it on file. Thanks, Sir!"
"And now hurry up to our next destination, First Officer.
There is another colony of those primal Humans there, according to
my data, and we don't want to be late."
What a good day! the Commander thought. The yellow
sun still glistens in the sky, soon deprived of any inconvenient
planet in the area around, moreover everything goes well, as is
only right . . .
