Thread: In Defense Of Humanity (PsionicCuttlefish & Rosina)

One hundred and seventy-five years ago, mankind made contact with an extraterrestrial species for the first time. By this point, humanity had been interstellar for several decades, expanding and colonizing empty worlds in the sector around Sol. First Contact with an alien race was momentous on its own, but as communication was established, humanity soon learned that they were but a small part of a much larger galaxy awash in alien life. Hundreds of intelligent spacefaring species filled the stars, but with no galactic unified political body mankind soon understood that they were just one fish in a pond of many, particularly when the borders of human-controlled space started rubbing up against other nearby star-nations. Still, humans would have been nothing more than a footnote, just one more addition to galactic society...if not for an incredible, horrible discovery. Nearly every star-nation had to deal with bandits and slavers, and once humans began making tentative steps into galactic society, the human worlds were no different. What was different was the usefulness of human slaves, specifically females. No one knows who made the discovery or how, but within a few years, the knowledge began spreading like wildfire Due to a quirk of xenogenetics, human females were the most omni-fertile creatures in the galaxy. The DNA of virtually any non-Earth life found human wombs to be universally compatible. Even some alien plantlife found the gardens of human females to have soil fertile enough to plant their seeds. Suddenly it wasn't just independent criminal bandits who were interested in humans--now nearly every alien nation was interested in humans, and not in a benign way. Even though the limits of FTL drives meant that only the relatively nearby alien nations could directly act, humanity was suddenly beset on all sides by aliens seeking to possess human females of their own. One hundred and fifty-five years ago, The War began. Humans had rapidly caught up with galactic technology, but the aliens were numerous, and the war raged on multiple fronts. The war did not go well for the first few years, and the human government of the time began relocating civilians from the border worlds to the core worlds for protection, but even so, military losses were heavy, and the confederate government reformed into the unified Human Alliance to better manage the war. But shortly after the formation of the Human Alliance, infamously three years into the war, the human core world Osiris was completely exterminated by nuclear bombardment from an alien fleet. But humans were tenacious, and fighting for their very survival. Enraged by the complete destruction of their world, humans rallied around the cry of Remember Osiris, and fought harder than ever before! Humans at home were able to later see footage of battles that the Human Alliance fleets began to win, boosting morale as the Human Alliance pushed back the barbaric aliens. One hundred and fifty years ago to the day, five years after it started, The War came to an end with the alien nations backing down by all of them signing The Armistice, and the Human Alliance establishing secured borders as the day became a regular holiday known as Alien Expulsion Day. Since then, the Human Alliance has been aggressively isolationist. No alien is allowed within human territory, and no civilian is allowed to leave the core worlds for their own protection--not that any civilian wants to. While no non-kidnapped civilian has seen an alien in person since Alien Expulsion Day, everyone remembers the history of The War, knows how a true treaty of peace was never made, and knows to never trust an alien. For the wicked aliens couldn't truly give up even with The Armistice, and small stealthy raids by independent bandits continued. And so, the Human Alliance formed a special branch of the military to combat the raids, the Corps of Elite Space Agents. Only the best of the best are selected to be an Elite Space Agent, but it was necessary to be even more effective. Using technology developed during The War, all Elite Space Agents are expensively genetically modified and cybernetically implanted to enhance their speed, strength, and stamina, unlocking their full physical potential to become master spies and assassins. However, a strange flaw in the genetic modification process made it incompatible with males, horribly mutating them if attempted, thus, the ESA Corps is an all-female branch of the military, and proudly so. To this day, the ESA has vigilantly and proactively counterattacked all threats to human society, and upheld their motto In Defense Of Humanity Head Supervisor Wolfgang smiled warmly as he and the rest of the panel of supervisors looked at the ESA before them. Well, Agent Mercer, I'm sure you'll be happy to hear this. He said in a praising voice. Your unbroken record, and particularly the reports of your last mission, made it all the way to the top. The Chancellor himself has commended you for your amazing success, and sends his regrets that he was unable to tell you this in person, but looks forward to doing so in the future. He also said that he finds it serendipitous that he read your report today, on the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Alien Expulsion Day. He says it's a good omen for you. There was a pause for Scarlett's reaction before Wolfgang spoke up again, gesturing off to the side. And, if you are ready now, your Handler has another mission lined up for you, though you can wait for up to thirty hours if there is any personal business you want to complete first. The Head Supervisor said, while the man he gestured at on the end of the panel nodded at Scarlett, with a proudly beaming expression. Handler Josef Archer was a fairly handsome man, with cleanly-cut blonde hair, emerald eyes, and a healthy build. Josef was more than Scarlett's handler he was her mentor, the man who helped Scarlett train for her dream of qualifying to become an ESA, and now Scarlett was turning out to be one of the best ESAs he had ever trained.