“Violence is
never the answer.”
Conan the
Barbarian* #quote
How many stars
are there in the sky? I dunno, there are too many airheaded
celebrities to count. Anyway onto the flash fiction!
The Distant
Message
In a language
unpronounceable by human mouths a message flowed through the radio
waves of a distant solar system. The closet translation of the
communication in English follows:
“Having
trouble abducting higher intelligence species from other worlds? Get
the Abductor 9000! It's the best stun gun in the galaxy and it won't
damage the specimen, so whatever study you want to do, their ready
for the taking! And without them being damaged it makes it even
easier to wipe their memory, which will save costs on having to buy
extra batteries for your memory wiping machines. Or paying those
fines for having your ship seen! An Abductor 9000 costs the low, low
price of 200 Galaxy Standards. But the fines for being seen, even
just as a strange light in the sky, can cost you up to 1000 Galaxy
Standards! Don't let this happen to you!”
The message
continued, giving information on how to purchase the fine product.
The message demonstrated one universal truth, if something has the
potential for somebody to make money from it, then eventually someone
will try.
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