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Honestly the scariest thing about first contact is if absolutely nothing changes.
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Scary would be if they rock up, observe us for a few days, then leave hurriedly, forever.
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That’s… Actually probably exactly how Star Trek would handle modern Earth. Part of the prime directive is that any species that gets contacted by the Federation has to achieve a certain level of technological and societal advancement first, and we’re close, but I’m pretty sure we’d get put on the “check back in a century” list.
So, if they’re nice aliens and they just watch us for a while and leave, maybe our first contact just got waitlisted?
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