"The Final Message from Heligos 7: WARNING, The Alphanon Cometh." By Ben E Zander

*The final transmission from Heligos 7. The status of this once thriving world is unknown, but the contents of this message strongly suggests this world has been subjugated by a powerful and overwhelming enclave, if not entirely eradicated and obliterated by the measures of their force.

“To our wonderful Elysani kin, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters; the darkness we always knew would come, has arrived. All the protocols we employed to protect us from their gaze, could not save us in the end. After 10,000 years, they again found our colony. As before, with our other home worlds, they infiltrated us before they set their abominations and monstrosities loose upon us. Sadly, they were our own, collected from other planets, and mutated nearly beyond recognition. I know not what else the Alphanon harbor in their bestiaries. I can only assume, by what I’ve seen, they are dark, evil, terrible, and violent demons like their masters.

We fought valiantly. After analyzing the information we collected on this foe, and comparing it with our legends warning us of this impending doom, our peaceful world decided to fight for ourselves, one another, and our freedom. Better to die upon our feet than be enslaved into a hellish existence none can possibly imagine. One such terrifying unit, the Alphanon deployed, cried, shrieked, and wept in pain as it cut swaths through our innocents. It appeared to have no control over itself, and begged us to slay it as it delivered devastation.

There was a point we thought we were winning, though many of us had perished and we endured heavy casualties. Yet, our spirits continued to aggress these invaders, and we had slain many more of their numbers in comparison. After a while, no more monstrosities reinforced their dwindling numbers. We celebrated what we thought a victory. Then, the first warhead fell, to catastrophic effect. An entire city and natural biome vanished in a flash of light, leaving smoldering ruins and wreckage, and poisonous radiation that chokes any living thing in its area. This was only the first, and it served as a message. A transmission followed demanding our complete and total surrender, lest they turn the entire planet into a dead world and a series of craters. We were given four hours to decide.

You know what we have chosen. We are not vassals, nor slaves to serve a demonic entity. As we send you this transmission, the last few moments tick away before our decision must be submitted. To you, our Elysani kinfolk so many light years away, we love you. Continue our existence, our lineage now lives on through you. We know not how much time you have to prepare, but do so as quickly as you can. The Alphanon are coming.”

*Immediately after this encoded transmission was received, all communication from Heligos 7 went dark. The worst is assumed.