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CAPTAIN. THIS IS LIEUTENANT
ROBINSON, SIR. WE HAVE LOCATED AN
ALIEN ARTIFACT DOWN HERE. PERHAPS
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE FOUND
SOMETHING WHICH I THINK MAY
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
SPATHI... AND I DON'T THINK YOU'RE
ARE GOING TO LIKE IT.
WE WERE INVESTIGATING A LARGE BLUE
MACHINE WHEN OFFICER TALBOT
DISCOVERED A MESSAGE GLUED TO THE
SIDE OF THE DEVICE. SIR, IT'S A
NOTE FROM THE SPATHI HIGH COUNCIL.
I'LL READ IT TO YOU...

  DEAR HUNAMS,

    HOW ARE YOU?  WE ARE FINE.
  HOWEVER CAN WE THANK YOU FOR
  LETTING US STUDY YOUR PLANET
  EARTH'S SLAVE SHIELD?

  ADMITTEDLY, IT TOOK US SOME TIME
  TO REPLICATE THE TECHNOLOGY
  OURSELVES, BUT WE ARE SIMPLY
  DELIGHTED WITH THE RESULTS!

  YESSIREE, WE SURE LOVE THE IDEA
  OF PUTTING AN IMPENETRABLE
  SHIELD AROUND OUR PLANET! NOW
  ALL THOSE EVIL MONSTERS THAT
  WERE JUST ABOUT TO ATTACK WON'T
  BE ABLE TO EAT US -- THANKS!


  I GUESS THIS MEANS WE WON'T BE
  ABLE TO SEND YOU ANY MORE
  STARSHIP CAPTAINS -- SORRY!
  WELL, THEY WANT TO TURN ON THE
  SHIELD ABOUT NOW, SO WE'VE GOT
  TO GET GOING. I'M SURE WE'LL
  NEVER EVER TALK WITH YOU AGAIN,
  SO GOODBYE AND THANKS AGAIN!

                  YOUR FRIENDS,

        THE SPATHI RULING COUNCIL

  P.S. THIS MACHINE IS THE
  SUPER-POWERFUL HYPERWAVE CASTER
  THAT THE UMGAH USED TO TRICK US
  INTO BELIEVING THAT THE `GRAND
  MASTER PLANET EATERS'WERE COMING
  TO DESTROY SPATHIWA. WE THOUGHT
  MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE IT.

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