The micro-satellite's stream fed directly into the underground command center.
On screen: a sleek alien probe drifting just past Earth's gravity field.
It pulsed weakly… sending out low-frequency signals.
[Decryption Success – Signal Content: Observation Only][Alien Designation: Survey Drone – Sector 031 | Zōta Empire]
Hong frowned.
"This isn't an invasion probe. It's reconnaissance. They're marking us for future assimilation."
He had two choices: remain hidden, or make a statement.
He chose warfare diplomacy.
"Target locked.""Fire the Sky Piercer."
A beam of compressed light and plasma shot upward—Earth's first anti-space weapon, and it hit home.
The drone shattered into pieces.
"Now they know.""Earth is not asleep anymore.