

We Tried To Contact An Industrial Alien Civilization. We Accidentally Set Their Planet On Fire
Sci-Fi Subgenres: Hard Sci-Fi, First Contact An expedition fleet attempts to establish contact with an industrialized planetary civilization, but their transmission lasers inadvertently ignite the planet’s highly reactive upper atmosphere. Believing they are under attack, the planet launches a massive volley of…
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