[Our recent encounters with alien life-forms have rekindled the age-old debate over how we should initiate contact with potentially intelligent alien civilizations, and the issue has now become urgent. While some advocate establishing friendly relations as soon as possible by sending peaceful messages, other voices recommend caution, pointing out that we have no way of knowing whether these alien civilizations harbor ill intentions toward us. It would therefore be unwise to let them learn too much about us too soon. An even more radical faction urges preemptive action against them. "To keep humanity out of danger," they say, "we should seize the initiative against any potential alien threat without hesitation, by any means necessary." So, Marshal, what is your view?]
Xi Yan was deeply moved, because this was almost identical to the text he had seen in the game.
So, which option should I choose?
After some thought, Xi Yan still chose to make peaceful first contact with aliens. The Plant People were an exception, of course.
Xi Yan meant spacefaring alien civilizations like their own, not primitive alien natives.
Adopt a hostile stance like the United Nations of Earth? That would put us at odds with alien civilizations. Although Xi Yan really wanted to choose that option, he had no desire to make enemies prematurely.
Once he opened the door to early warfare, there would be no stopping it.
Faced with the real universe, Xi Yan preferred to develop peacefully and bully the natives of sublight civilizations a little.
[We should welcome aliens with open arms, because we cannot afford to make enemies everywhere. In the early stages of our civilization, maintaining good relations with our alien friends is a prerequisite for development.]
Xi Yan picked up his pen and wrote his instructions.
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