Mey Smythe’s Diary – Brussels - 16 Oct 2126
Today, we celebrated the 1st anniversary of the publication of the translation standard. It has been quite an achievement, perhaps the greatest for some of the leading linguists and technologists on Earth. To mark the occasion, we launched a newstracker today, which can summarise news reports in the different Azurean tongues in English. It gives us an informative look at the buzz on the AXLKA planets: what the mood is with regards to the Concord drafts, any rumblings or murmurs, and the like. Naturally, it’ll take us a long time to set up any meaningful intelligence networks in those Azurean regions, and even then, given their superior monitoring and communication systems, we will probably be dreadful at it.
I think everyone feels that there is no such thing as a “perceived threat” with our alien friends – they truly do seem territorially non-aggressive. I suppose they could crush us like bugs if they chose to, but their entire mental (if I can use that word) makeup is geared towards commerce and technology. It will be interesting to know if they were always that way or if their systems have evolved in that direction.
I wouldn’t call any of the Azureans “friends”. Not yet, anyway. Though, over the last few years, there have been some pleasant acquaintances. I think it will take us and them a generation to even begin any kind of integration.
Still, it remains our duty to be sceptical and watchful of the guys who’ve moved into the neighbourhood. Do we have anything that allows us to meaningfully deserve the parity that is being unilaterally offered, or is this equilibrium doomed to be unstable?
Mey Smythe’s Diary – New York - 20 Jan 2129
Ok, I must confess to being a little heady! TIME-TODAY’s latest cover features all of us (from the council) on it. We’ve been dubbed “The Dreamers”. Wow! The Concord is around the corner – we should have the ratifications done by the end of the year.
Mey Smythe’s Diary – Brussels - 19 April 2131
Today, I informed the inner Council about yesterday’s development which will have, as they say, earth-shattering consequences. It’s exciting. I reported:
“Yesterday, in a private meeting, the cultural envoy of the Azure representation here confirmed that the Azureans have indeed been aware of us Earthlings for a long, long time – several millennia actually. They have had us under the microscope, in a manner of speaking, for much of that time. With great prudence, they decided against any active deployments in the region as they were not very confident of Earth’s maturity and ability to make the necessary philosophical adjustments. This is quite similar to what we know as the ‘monolith conjecture’ (A.C.Clarke in the second millennium).
They have, however, kept us under the scanner for much of that period. We do know that much of our first couple of millennia was spent in bloody internecine conflicts which were, in plain speak, the powerful and unscrupulous cartels thieving from the vulnerable ones. From what we have seen and learnt about the Azureans, they would not have wanted to be involved in any way with such an environment. Especially, as Earth has nothing to offer them that could not be obtained elsewhere.
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