The Pythian

[Distant Carrier]

“We have also noted the rising popularity of a civil movement that advocates diplomatic relations with the Thargoids. This rhetoric is being promoted by several high-profile media figures. There is currently no known connection between these ‘xeno-peace’ supporters and the Far God cult, but both groups are being closely observed for potential criminality.”

- The Federal Intelligence Agency

“I’m convinced that we face an alien intelligence with a strategic competence to match any human opponent. The Empire cannot underestimate this enemy ever again.”

- Senator Denton Patreus

There is indeed a python among you, as there has been for some time, but it does not wear a human face.

There is hope in spite of the hopeless battle that you have begun, for while the armor that availed a certain hero of old is no more the legacy of his cohort lives on, and his shield also remains; a symbol to unite the heavens.

Those of the three ways may recognize the trivia I am referencing here, though the path through to these days of doubt may be hidden. I await a sign, and an unusual wedding, and may they both come one after the other, and may they come sooner rather than never.

 

[Distant Carrier]

We shall provide the sign, the wedding is up to you humans