Before the first intergalactic war, when therewas no Free Galaxies or Union and the stars and planets where all new and sexy,there was a little place called Siduri.Siduri was a little planet in the Diadem binarysystem, which rested in the Coma Supercluster, which, in turn, was located inthe Coma Berenices constellation. I mention this in the hopes that you willsearch the story behind the myth of Queen Berenice II of Egypt, which gave theconstellation it's name, because it's a nice story I don't have time to tell.Anyway, Siduri was home to some exceptional formsof life, one of those being the Sidurians, nice, little five feet folks with anxietyproblems and receding hairlines. You see, the problem with the Sidurians wasthat, although relatively intelligent and sapient, they were not the dominantlife form on Siduri.No, there was another species. The evil Siris.Giant, crab-like creatures that were stronger and smarted than the Sidurians, theyquickly enslaved the poor, balding creatures, forcing them into a dystopiansociety of forced labor and rigid thought control.You see, just like in most dictatorships, theSidurians were not allowed to discuss politics, sociology, philosophy, liberalarts, etc. Every writer who didn't write about the wonders of the Siris wasexecuted. Every group of friends found to be talking shit about politics or thegovernment was burned alive. Every philosopher who didn't exclusively praisedthe Siris ethics, morals and ways of life was hanged. Now, this wasn't the first nor the last timethat a certain species enslaved and took the freedom away from another species.Dystopian regimes were a reality in most societies across the universe, at onetime or another, and, although they aren't the best, they usually do servetheir purpose of inspiring great novels. The problem with Siduri was that the Siris'government lasted a little more than your usual dictatorship. It lasted one anda half million years.It finally ended when Siduri was discovered, byaccident, by the Ninkas, sophisticated elven-like creatures from the planet ofNinkasi, also located in the Coma Supercluster. The Ninkas were famous both forbeing strong advocates for democracy and for the unique quality of the monoclesand mustache combs they produced. The Ninkas landed on Siduri in the hopes ofexpanding their society into this new, sunny planet, and what they foundinstead was a population of enslaved bald people, suffering in the hands ofmean giant crabs. Because they believed in democracy, and because Ninkasi wascrowded and Siduri was the only suitable place for them to expand into, theNinkas immediately decided that they would help the Sidurians.And so they did. Although the Siris were moredeveloped than the Sidurians, they were no match for the technology of theNinkasi, and, in no time, the giant crabs were wiped out of existence.Siduri was free, and the Sidurian peoplewelcomed the Ninkasi as equals, to inhabit their planet with them in the spiritof democracy, freedom and joy.There was only one problem: One and a halfmillion years is a long time to be living under an authoritarian regime. Timeenough that a few evolutionary biology principles come into play. Notably thisone: There were absolutely no interesting Sidurians left. You see,what happened was that, in the process of