Earth’s Revenge Echoed Across the Stars scifishortstory hfy scifi

But when the Council turned its gaze upon us with fire, when their warships darkened our skies, and their soldiers desecrated our colonies, they made the greatest mistake in their long history. From the depths of space, our ships rose not beautiful, not elegant, but relentless. Orbital strikes fell like thunderbolts, cracking their shields and burning their cities. At last, the surviving council gathered, the chamber that once roared with arrogance now sat in silence, faces that once mocked us now stared with fear. He stood before them and said, you came to erase us, now you understand, humanity does not vanish.