Sentient Mushrooms
10-05-2005, 00:33
A small fleet of ships stretching several hundred meters long came out of hyperspace near the red planet. It had only been a few dozen years since the entire Mushroom system was destroyed when their three suns exploded at the same time, and since then they had wandered the galaxy in search of a new home.
The day had finally come when the entire Mushroom race could be able to settle and start anew, and spirits ran high on board the Shroom flagship. The ships were armed only with shielding to protect against space debris, and they had no offensive weapons of any kind- for their race did not know what the words 'violence', 'war', and 'hate' were. Sire, we have arrived! We are scanning the surface of the planet now, and it looks like the planet known to those in the Sol system as Mars is heavily populated. The Mushroom King was a large being, standing several meters stall. The Mushroom people did not have vocal cords or anything of the sort, but instead they communicated through telepathy. Very good, send down our spore to prepare our new home.
The King was pleased, and ordered that a message be sent out over open air waves to let their new neighbors know of their arrival. Minutes later several small driod pods were released from the flagship, and almost instantly they began to broadcast the message from the Mushroom people that was translated into every language native to Mars.
-../..:...|\.\.///..._.-_---...+...::.|+/
...-..---__\\\/...+.....--_-.
++--..._-_---//\/\.._...--.+
{Translation: Greetings from the Dominion of Sentient Mushrooms! We have come here in search of a new home, and we look forward to cooperating with you all. }
Several hours later three large 'cannons' extended from he port side of the massive flagship and took aim at the surface. The cannons powered up and simultaniously fired a dazzling blue ball of Mushroom spore at their selected destination. The flaming hot spore shot down towards the surface below and slammed into the rock with great force, causing the earth to quake as the spore cut a large tunnel towards an underground cave.
A few more hours passed, and several small capsules were then loaded into the 'cannons' and fired towards the hole in the surface of Mars. The capsules decended gracefully towards the ground, and the Mushroom people inside glanced out through the windows happily at their new home. The spore had not taken long to transform the entire area into a dank and lush mushroom paradise, and those that were shot down into the cave moved from off of the transport capsules and began bringing with them supplies and other equipment.
Throughout the day the ships above continued to shoot the Mushroom people down to the cave, several thousand at a time. Their peaceful message of arrival was broadcast nonstop throughout the drops, and within the span of a few days most of the Mushroom populace would then be in their new home. Several Mushroom representatives prepared to greet their new neighbors should they attempt to make contact.
The day had finally come when the entire Mushroom race could be able to settle and start anew, and spirits ran high on board the Shroom flagship. The ships were armed only with shielding to protect against space debris, and they had no offensive weapons of any kind- for their race did not know what the words 'violence', 'war', and 'hate' were. Sire, we have arrived! We are scanning the surface of the planet now, and it looks like the planet known to those in the Sol system as Mars is heavily populated. The Mushroom King was a large being, standing several meters stall. The Mushroom people did not have vocal cords or anything of the sort, but instead they communicated through telepathy. Very good, send down our spore to prepare our new home.
The King was pleased, and ordered that a message be sent out over open air waves to let their new neighbors know of their arrival. Minutes later several small driod pods were released from the flagship, and almost instantly they began to broadcast the message from the Mushroom people that was translated into every language native to Mars.
-../..:...|\.\.///..._.-_---...+...::.|+/
...-..---__\\\/...+.....--_-.
++--..._-_---//\/\.._...--.+
{Translation: Greetings from the Dominion of Sentient Mushrooms! We have come here in search of a new home, and we look forward to cooperating with you all. }
Several hours later three large 'cannons' extended from he port side of the massive flagship and took aim at the surface. The cannons powered up and simultaniously fired a dazzling blue ball of Mushroom spore at their selected destination. The flaming hot spore shot down towards the surface below and slammed into the rock with great force, causing the earth to quake as the spore cut a large tunnel towards an underground cave.
A few more hours passed, and several small capsules were then loaded into the 'cannons' and fired towards the hole in the surface of Mars. The capsules decended gracefully towards the ground, and the Mushroom people inside glanced out through the windows happily at their new home. The spore had not taken long to transform the entire area into a dank and lush mushroom paradise, and those that were shot down into the cave moved from off of the transport capsules and began bringing with them supplies and other equipment.
Throughout the day the ships above continued to shoot the Mushroom people down to the cave, several thousand at a time. Their peaceful message of arrival was broadcast nonstop throughout the drops, and within the span of a few days most of the Mushroom populace would then be in their new home. Several Mushroom representatives prepared to greet their new neighbors should they attempt to make contact.