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“Yes, but that’s no business of yours,” Kien countered.
Pesna-9 was where they were headed when they’d received the call from home base to alter their course. Instead of heading to a pleasure vessel, they’d had to make a slight detour. That “slight” detour being four deep space hyper-jumps away.
Besides, who else in their lifetime could say they’d not only witnessed this momentous event firsthand, but been a part of it?
“Do you think the humans will be civilized enough to make contact with?” Phate asked.
There was a noncommittal noise from Solgre. “Who’s to say? Maybe if an exchange agreement is formed between our two worlds.”
“Although it appears they haven’t mastered interstellar space travel yet, if the resources discovered on our initial scans prove viable, it would make them a valued partner toseveralworlds,” Kien added.
As he waited for the download to complete, Phate brought up the specs of the current population. It was one part amazing, and one part comical to think all these humans lived on one planet. He imagined they had to compete for everything from space to food to basic living needs.
This planet didn’t look big enough to hold that many people. Why hadn’t they at least colonized the little moon orbiting them? Thellians had colonized all three of their moons.
As he read the information regarding the population a sudden thought crossed his mind. IDA.”
“What did you say?” Solgre asked.
“The Intergalactic Dating Agency,” Phate said louder. “The humans’ natural resources are plentiful, but they can’t stay on this planet without depleting them completely in a few short lifetimes. They’ll need to colonize either their moon or find another habitable planet. According to the computer, there are almost four billion females currently on the planet. We haven’t had a species join the IDA with that many available females in many years.”
Solgre and Kien let out low whistles.
Thelli wasn’t hurting in the area of females, but with any advanced species, they knew the way to longevity was the female population. There was no growing or sustaining life without them.
“We, Thellians, would get the first pick of females, of course.”
“We’re compatible with them according to their DNA samples,” Solgre said, a thoughtful look crossed his face.
“The government officials would need to determine if it’ll be worth engaging and exchanging, though,” Phate added.
Kien leaned back in his chair, causing it to groan under his weight. He kicked his long legs out in front of him. “Maybe we should hop down there for a quick visit. You know, just to look around and see what these females look like. Maybe even sample a few?”
Solgre cut his sharp gaze toward Kien. “Not our mission. Keep your dick in your pants and wait until we get to Pesna-9.”
Kien grumbled under his breath then jerked upright in his seat. The smile left his face abruptly. “What’s this?”
Solgre and Phate turned in his direction. Kien’s playful mood had dropped. A sense of foreboding washed over Phate. He too dropped the jovial mood.
“Give it to me,” Solgre commanded.
Phate switched his attention to the planet’s surface. Nothing of concern showed on his holoscreen.
“There’s an energy spike coming from their sun,” Kien noted.
Phate frowned as he switched from monitoring the planet’s surface and focused his attention on the sun. “Could it be a solar flare?”
Kien’s eyebrows pinched together. “That’s what the system is saying, but it’s also larger than any flare we’ve calculated before.”
Solgre waved a hand through the air and the image of Earth disappeared, replaced byHalo One’sspecs. Phate did the same on his end.
“I’m increasing the shields to one hundred percent,” Phate said as he made the adjustments.
Kien started the count off. “Incoming in three, two, one.”
Nothing.
Phate held his breath for a second longer. On the next exhale, he breathed out, “Crisis averted.”
