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[WP] 250 years after humanity develops interstellar travel, alien ruins are discovered in another star system. A historical archive is found and translated. The last entry reads "Species 57 has escaped from prison planet 50L-3. Evacuation has begun."
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Due to a clerical error, you were delivered a plague instead of the plaque you originally ordered. [WP]
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[WP] You're an archaeologist working in Alexandria and you've found something completely uninteresting. Or it would be, had it not come out of a 2000 year old, sealed, giant, black, granite sarcophagus.
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[WP] Aliens have no concept of symbolism or allegory, so Earth has been very careful to avoid releasing any "culture" in order to avoid a panic or war. One day, something gets out.
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