If we're friendly and out to seek intelligent life or something, I would reply to the signal. If we're friendly and out to search for, say, mineral ressources, I would phone home and ask for advice.
If we're just badass stupid enough not to take the big boomsticks on the jurney, I would make ourselves as invisible as possible and spy on the planet until we know enough about our enemy. Then I would send the security guys to take over a few stratetically important points. Think of a coup d'etat in Africa performed by a bunch of nine year olds with AK47s or similar. Additionally it would help to have the scientists improvise a few , ehm, nucelar devices, to do a few theatralic blowups, surrogating terror for the lacking man- and firepower. The next thing would probably be to seduce as many locals as possible into treachery and make these minions elect me the vice-king of the solar system.
And if I had a copy of "High Crusade" on board I would reread it first. If I had "The Art Of War" I would have the whole crew read it. |
