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To send a message, we shot down one of their cargo ships. Just sheer kinetic force as thousands of tons of metal slammed into Zinthean colonies and defense stations at relativistic speed. In that moment every species present realized what humanity had done and what they were capable of. And if we refuse, Sarah's smile widened, not warmly but with quiet certainty. Humanity had just reminded the galaxy of something their advanced civilizations had long forgotten.