Maybe some alien civilization does know about us, but it slightly afraid since we spec’ed in the war tree instead of space travel.
They kept letting us advance our war machines until one day they needed us. To help stop a greater evil; since they went space exploration instead of guns
Long ago when I had free time to read, I read a boom with a very similar plot. The aliens were soft and balloon like and couldn’t fight but they had amazing technologies. They took the world’s best special forces and went to go fight the war
During the trip to the Area of Operations, the humans hacked the aliens computers. It was easy because the aliens thought humans were stupid. Like you wouldn’t put a very complex lock on a monkeys cage right?
The humans discovered the target was actually a peaceful race that had tons of resources the balloon aliens wanted.
Cannot remember the title, but thanks for reminding me of the slightly less shitty portion of my life. Peace.
Was it “The Damned Trilogy” by Alan Dean Foster by any chance?
Either that or they’re just waiting to see if we destroy ourselves before they go to all the trouble of attacking us
I think if there are actual aliens and they are actually showing us that they can interfere with our nuclear equities its a last ditch effort to prevent us from killing ourselves without directly interfering. If they were involved in some sort of war I doubt we’d really be any use to them. If they’re advanced enough to travel lightyears to our planet then our weaponry is as primitive as a cavemans club.
Then again maybe its humans are space orcs thing lol
This is my kind of thinking as well. While we may not be the only life in the universe, I imagine we’re not exactly a common occurrence. Uncommon enough that they have the slightest interest in keeping us from not existing lol. And when I say “us” I mean life in general on earth, not specifically humans. It would be a fair solution for an advanced species to remove humanity if it meant other life gets to live, and that’s unsettling/plausible.
It’s possible, but once we get involved in the war, we’ll have the means of travel AND the guns, and of course, our insatiable desire to conquer.
They’re better off leaving us alone.
They want the rock throwers on their side.
