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Orbiting the planet fifth in sequence from Sol, on the moon sixth in sequence out from Sol 5, was an ocean. This ocean was protected by an ice shield, and its existence would be theorized about millions of years hence when the apes on Sol 3 had evolved into semi-intelligent beings. But for the moment, Sol 5.6 would harbor the only intelligent life in the system.
Sol 5.6 would eventually be called Europa by the inhabitants of Sol 3. But the locals called it by a different name, Suriyes. Suriyes' life forms' main source of energy had always been sulfur. They were slow moving, stupid, and purely automatic. But evolution and luck sometimes cross paths, and this particular crossing would lead to the death of a being who would not be born for 30000 centuries. It gave birth to a culture that should never have lived…but did, by pure and blind luck.
The species that came before them drew their energy from sulfur extracted from the mineral-rich water produced by the mini-volcanoes that dotted the ocean floor. Tiny oases scattered about, surrounded by dark hostile water as impassable as outer space itself. The historians about to be born would be utterly convinced that they were alone in the universe for millennia to come.
The stupid creatures looked rather like a crude dolphin with six pairs of flippers. They had discovered the uses of static electricity eons ago, and now used it to find suitable places for breeding. This produced a flood of bubbles that collected on the ceiling of the caves they mated and gave birth in. This would be the new species' salvation and their curse…until they discovered the world in the ice itself…
When they were born, they floated up to this sheet of bubbles. Thus, luck smiled on them, and a species was born.
Once the world encased in ice was discovered, the species evolved more quickly then their distant relatives far below. They developed intelligence, and with it came technology. They sent their technology to probe the Solar System, and discovered life on two other worlds, Sol 3 and 4. But the beings on Sol 4 disappeared mysteriously, so the occupants of Sol 5.6/Suriyes shared their system with the war-driven locals of Sol 3.
Suriyesians were often alarmed at the brutality of what they later found were called humans. They endlessly slaughtered one another on basis of difference. Suriyesians were relieved when the slaughters slowly winded down, though the World Wars, Civil Rights Movement, East Timor, Cambodia and other similar events kept them from opening communications.
Then the so-called "mutant phenomenon" arrived. Mankind sunk back into its past that the Suriyesians seriously considered destroying them for their own sake. And then came the final blow.
Their technology by now was far more advanced then that of their neighbors, and they put to use vacuum energy, which draws forth the energy from space itself. Normally this energy was completely random, as well as the energy emitted by stars, quasars, and supernovas. But the energy suddenly organized itself. The random paths of light, heat, and other radiation took up predictable patterns, orbiting Sol 3. It was rather like the water on Sol 3, looking like it was random but after a while one realizes it travels in established currents. So was this phenomenon, which was certainly perplexing advanced societies everywhere in the universe.
Only the Suriyesians realized why this was happened.
The center of this great wheel of energy wasn't Sol 3 itself, but something on Sol 3's surface. And this point moved across the face of Sol 3, so that it could only be one of the trillions of life forms on Sol 3.
The answer was obvious. One of the war-like semi-intelligent beings on Sol 3 had the power of destroying the universe on a whim. The Suriyesians couldn't allow that.
It was decided. A mission would be undertaken to retrieve this human, bring him under control, then decide what to do with him. It was generally felt he/she should be used as a defense against the humans. But, the main objective was to preserve the universe.
By any means necessary.