Ruination

I did not agree with our decision but I did abide by it.

We watched as the Ueitilh arrived on the asteroid Hhilei.  We watched as the peoples of Hhilei assembled and defended themselves against the invaders.  We watched as the Ueitilh forces continued to devastate the greatest of Hhilei cities and their armies.  They lay waste to Hhilei civilization, from the great continent to the bases within the deepest of oceans.  The Ueitilh were merciless and thorough.

We monitored Ueitilh communications in hopes of understanding why they did this.  By this means, we quickly understood their reason:

In their ancient time, when the ancestors of the Hhil, who were the ancient ErhHumn, lived in a living solar system, their technology was so that they had populated most of the planets and moons closest to their planet of origin.  Eventually, they had a presence upon all planets and other bodies within their solar system.  In those ancient times, it seems that they became more arrogant.

The time came when the ancient ErhHumn came in contact with the Ueitilh.  At first, the two species learned from each other.  Ambassadorships were established as was trade.  Despite the distance and dangers of travel between their two solar systems, there was a peaceful mingling of cultures and sciences.  But it was not to remain so.

According to the historical knowledge of the Ueitilh, there came a time when the violent nature of the ancient ErhHumn began to manifest itself.  They believed that they had the right to dominate the Ueitilh and all other species that they came into contact with across the vast galaxy.  In time, they proceeded to attempt to take ownership of Ueitilh moons and some began to declare ownership of Ueitil itself.

A conflict between the two species began and the ErhHumn amassed a great force from across their solar system to invade Ueitil.  The conflict itself did not continue for long.  The Ueitilh were far superior in technology, and despite having shared much knowledge, the Ueitilh quickly defeated the ErhHumn forces.

Not long after, the Ueitilh invaded the ErhHumn solar system and proceeded to obliterate the species from every planet and moon.  From the military remains left on the many ruined moons and rock orbiting the cindered sun, it seems that small groups of ErhHumn had survived.  But these ancient peoples were doomed, as there is no evidence that they had the means to contact each other and eventually became extinct.

Over the millenia, the sun itself faded and it's power devastated the orbiting planets, breaking them apart.  Now, all that remained of the solar system was a radioactive cinder of a sun orbited by massive bodies of rock and ice.  It is unlikely that any surviving peoples were able to devise means to escape into the universe.  We understood why the Ueitilh returned to destroy the Hhil, as it seems that by their very biology, they saw the Hhil as their ancient enemy.  They did not forget.

All was now quiet on Hhilei.  We monitored the Ueitilh warships scanning the massive remains of Hhilei in search of survivors.  Some of the warships had begun their return to their own solar systems.  The Hhil was destroyed and the Ueitilh wanted to ensure it.  Then we noticed that Ueitilh scanners ceased scanning Hhilei.  They had discovered distant signatures far from Hhilei.

The massive Ueitilh warships had discovered Eliotros.

Bilret - Elder Geneticist