Short SciFi Stories on the go

Owen Yates looked up from his hospital workstation, his tablet flashing with an urgent alert. It had only been six months since humanity's first official contact with the Galanians, and the interspecies medical exchange program was still new and uncertain, as Earth's top orthopedic trauma surgeon and the human liaison for the program. As they positioned the ambassador beneath the specialized scanner, Owen noticed Alora's hands trembling. Your doctors placed foreign metal inside you deliberately, and you live as normal, better than normal, Owen replied tapping his leg. With fixation, Owen said, the ambassador could return to light duties in two weeks if his physiology responds well.

Owen Yates looked up from his hospital workstation, his tablet flashing with an urgent alert. It had only been six months since humanity's first official contact with the Galanians, and the interspecies medical exchange program was still new and uncertain, as Earth's top orthopedic trauma surgeon and the human liaison for the program. As they positioned the ambassador beneath the specialized scanner, Owen noticed Alora's hands trembling. Your doctors placed foreign metal inside you deliberately, and you live as normal, better than normal, Owen replied tapping his leg. With fixation, Owen said, the ambassador could return to light duties in two weeks if his physiology responds well.

Supreme commander Vex stood aboard the flagship, reading through the files on earth, a type I civilization, seven billion people, 195 separate governments, all squabbling with each other. The reply came quickly, not from a leader, but from a man who introduced himself as Dave from Melbourne. No one had ever simply refused before, thinking the human didn't understand. The final two hours were filled with speeches from every nation, each one insisting they would never, ever surrender, each trying to outdo the others in boldness. Defeated, the hegemony withdrew, leaving Earth behind with a new classification, unconquerable, not because of weapons, but because of what their records now called acute cultural insanity, the official advice, avoided all costs, Earth celebrated the victory with a massive party.