The Sci-Fighters : Prologue

It was always joked that 2010 would be the year we make contact. Well, the Earth was visited by alien life but not in the way they were hoping.

The Hioceans and the Lorns had been at war for a while. It was over the same things that war was always fought over; land rights. One planet had decided they needed room to breathe and they chose another planet where they thought the life on that world was primitive and easy to subjugate. It was the first mistake the Hioceans made. The Lorns weren’t bred for war but they weren’t defenseless either. They fought back and managed to hold back the Hioceans.

But the war was taking its toll. The Lorns were gaining ground and the Hioceans were straining the budgets of their military just combat them. Then in order for them to get aide in getting toward the Lorn home world, they needed to set up a base on a far distance world. A backward world in the Terran system known simply as Earth. However, what the Hioceans didn’t calculate was that the Lorn’s thought the same thing. They quickly established a base on that distance world as well. The Hioceans landed in North America and the Lorns landed in Australia. Using their advanced weaponry, they began their war on Neutral territory.

Earth became the galactic Gettysburg.

It took 9 months for the Earthlings to determine if they would repel both alien invaders or join sides with them. The Hioceans didn’t seem to care for the humans either way. The Lorns didn’t care either but when they were in heavily populated areas; the giant lizard aliens didn’t hunt them down. They kept their focus on their true enemy. It didn’t stop the humans from dying in the conflict thought. Like helpless villagers in the Vietnam War, they were caught in the middle.

Three years went by and the war was over. The Lorns won but it was by default. The Hioceans had used up their economy fighting a war for a planet they needed their people to live on. The new chancellor of Hioceana funneled his own wealth and found another suitable planet with only animal life. It was a new beginning for the Hioceans and the chancellor made the peace gesture by offering the Lorns a peace treaty. Both worlds accepted the terms and agreed to one thing in particular.

Earth was their second and greatest mistake. The Hioceans and Lorns agreed that their soldiers on the planet would remain there and help the people of earth rebuild their world. If they liked what they saw in 80 years, those soldiers and their families would be allowed to return back toward their worlds.

Humanity began to rebuild itself; allowing the Hioceans and the Lorns to become integrated in their societies they have left after the three year war. It began twenty years ago and humanity is still struggling with their new alien neighbors . . . . . . . .