The War with the K'val - Part 2
Yesterday, I told you about the human's first encounters with the plant people known as the K'val on the planet Hades. Whatever victories they achieved, they were short-lived.
The following year, the K’val returned with many, many vessels and vastly more powerful armaments. The colonists had set up a defensive perimeter using the cargo compartment as a barricade but to no avail. The K’val were relentless. They used the "pain" weapon relentlessly. They also used an energy weapon built with unknown technology and then went on a hunting mission. They did not stop until they destroyed all of the particle beam cannons and transports. Many colonists died or were left writhing in pain for months. The K’val abducted one colonist and left.
The following year was one of desperation. The colonists knew roughly when the K’val were returning and where they would be landing. One volunteer stood guard by the cargo compartment, armed only with a mini-nuke. When the K’val did return, they found the single human and assumed this was to be their “volunteer.” The man set off the mini-nuke, destroying the cargo compartment. He sacrificed himself and took out one of their ships but not all of them.
The K’val were so angry, they swept through the village, dropping everyone they saw with horrible pain. They used detectors and did not stop until they were able to find and remove ALL of the mini-nukes. It might have seemed like spite but they also killed a large number of colonists including some children. Only then did they leave, taking one of the colonists with them.
The following year, when the K'val returned, they stormed the village and made a gesture which meant give us one of yours, holding the pain weapon in the ready. When the colonists refused, the K’val unleashed the pain weapon and killed more members of the settlement. Finally, one of the settlers crawled up them and volunteered to go with the aliens. At that point, they left.
That was the end of the settlement. The only thing remaining was a small group of people. The rest spread farther and farther away, becoming reclusive and self-reliant. While they could not stop the K’val, it certainly didn’t help things that they were all bunched together.
Tomorrow, the abductions becomes "civilized" as sad as that is.
The following year, the K’val returned with many, many vessels and vastly more powerful armaments. The colonists had set up a defensive perimeter using the cargo compartment as a barricade but to no avail. The K’val were relentless. They used the "pain" weapon relentlessly. They also used an energy weapon built with unknown technology and then went on a hunting mission. They did not stop until they destroyed all of the particle beam cannons and transports. Many colonists died or were left writhing in pain for months. The K’val abducted one colonist and left.
The following year was one of desperation. The colonists knew roughly when the K’val were returning and where they would be landing. One volunteer stood guard by the cargo compartment, armed only with a mini-nuke. When the K’val did return, they found the single human and assumed this was to be their “volunteer.” The man set off the mini-nuke, destroying the cargo compartment. He sacrificed himself and took out one of their ships but not all of them.
The K’val were so angry, they swept through the village, dropping everyone they saw with horrible pain. They used detectors and did not stop until they were able to find and remove ALL of the mini-nukes. It might have seemed like spite but they also killed a large number of colonists including some children. Only then did they leave, taking one of the colonists with them.
The following year, when the K'val returned, they stormed the village and made a gesture which meant give us one of yours, holding the pain weapon in the ready. When the colonists refused, the K’val unleashed the pain weapon and killed more members of the settlement. Finally, one of the settlers crawled up them and volunteered to go with the aliens. At that point, they left.
That was the end of the settlement. The only thing remaining was a small group of people. The rest spread farther and farther away, becoming reclusive and self-reliant. While they could not stop the K’val, it certainly didn’t help things that they were all bunched together.
Tomorrow, the abductions becomes "civilized" as sad as that is.
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