The Caterwairy's expedition to find the Grox hit a bit of a snag.
The Nibby Warleader was being as patient as he could be. The Caterwairy Head Librarian was his friend, so he wanted to be patient for her. The Caterwairies were close allies of the Nibbies, so he wanted to keep that alliance strong. The Caterwairy's mission was something his own species wanted, so by sticking with her he had better chances of figuring out what was at the center of the galaxy.
Still! The Caterwairy insisted on stopping and talking and trading with -every- -single- -species- they had found on their way towards the center. Most of the space-faring races had little more than a system or two to their name. They were too far away to be a threat to the Nibby Empire, and they were too far away to be really worth conquering... but still, it had been SO long since he'd been in a battle!
Finally, something exciting happened. The Caterwairy Head Librarian nicked some statue off some other space-faring race's planet. She'd been collecting them--some Caterwairy obsession with stories and artifacts and stuff. Sort of like trophies from battle, only the Caterwairies just picked up everything that looked interesting. This other race got offended, and they attacked, and, well, it was "war."
The few colonies this race had fell in a few hours. For all their flightiness, the Caterwairy CIR Frames were ridiculously powerful in combat. The Nibby's own Undue Force had matching firepower. Together they dismantled this alien Empire in a single day, ending it on their homeworld itself.
The Nibby Warleader was looking forward to a good long seige. Fighting thousands of enemy craft, destroying city after city... but that Caterwairy was holding back. Why wasn't she attacking?
Her CIR Frame wasn't even using its weapons, it was using some weird terraforming device? The Nibbies didn't really have any terraforming equipment of their own, mostly because they weren't -weapons-. They were in a -battle-, why wasn't she using a weapon?
It took a few moments for the Nibby to notice what was happening to the atmosphere of the planet. It was simply disappearing! The water itself seemed to be disappearing... what was the Caterwairy -doing-?
"What are you doing?" he asked over the com-channel.
"Ending the war?"
In less than an hour the planet was a barren, lifeless rock. The cities crumbled, their inhabitants left asphyxiated and frozen, exposed to the lifeless embrace of space. The one city that got up a force-field was bombed pretty quickly.
As they left the ruins of the race--their millions of years of history being brushed aside in just a day--the Nibby made a personal note in his expedition journal: "The Caterwairy just commited terracide today. I think I'm in love."
Energy low! You must retreat! But wait, what's this? You've come back to find they've perfected the planet, and are striking back!
Curse you, energy packs!
NintendoGamesPro 2 years ago
Energy packs are snacks for ships.
coraclebirdboat 2 years ago
Man another awesome story. Maybe you should pick up writting.
grath62 2 years ago
but I DO write XD
coraclebirdboat 2 years ago
1 more question, how long, does the spore Recording Last?
slashsd36000 2 years ago
2 minutes? I think? It shuts off without letting you really know it's done so so you gotta watch out.
coraclebirdboat 2 years ago