The sudden hijacking signal had left the crews aboard these warships dazed, especially when the term 'lowly reptiles' surfaced, causing the fleet commander's head to buzz.
'Lowly reptiles'... This was the term they used to refer to the humble Earthlings, but now it was being used on them, a disgrace. According to the core principles of their civilization, such humiliation justified waging war, but now they couldn't even dream of war, let alone control their ships and weaponry. Hundreds of them could only stare helplessly at the virtual image of the person speaking on all the monitors, filled with bleakness.
"I repeat, this is a message from the Centauri Star System's Third Advanced Nebula. Abandon your resistance and lay down your arms, or I will represent the Third Advanced Nebula of the Centaur and judge your act of invasion."
