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June 20, 2025 Friday 0700 EST

“We Come in Peace.” That was the message the aliens sent - in every language humans used to broadcast the news. The broadcast overrode every news station on Earth. It did NOT mess with the emergency broadcast system. The latter was later used by the President to address the United States to verify the presence of an alien fleet approaching our world. 24 hours later the aliens launched smaller vessels which approached the capital cities of:

G7 - (USA, Canada, UK, Japan, France, Germany, Italy)
BRIC - (Brazil, Russia, India, China)
Arab League - (Old Arab League, plus Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan)
AF - African Federation (the rest of Africa)
Oceania - Australia, New Zealand (South seas islands)

In short, pretty much every capital of the world soon had an alien ship hovering over it. Some of the aliens ships were fired upon, but with no visible effect and no retaliation save for beams of energy that knocked the power out of the attackers, then set them down on the nearest land unharmed. There was little doubt who would win in a military conflict. The aliens were easily a century ahead of humanity.

The ships hovered there for a 72 hours, continuing to broadcast their message of peace. They continued to ignore attacks, responding purely defensively. Then the message changed. It indicated a global map of Earth in 3d with the various leagues. It organized Australia, New Zealand, and the many south seas islands under a single group cluster. Antarctica was given a different designation and did not include any other nation. The aliens schedules simultaneous meetings at the seat of power for each group of nations - as best the aliens understood it. (In some cases very wrong. The aliens are a little confused by our multinational structure. So Washington DC is considered a seat of power as ‘leader of the free world). They will think Egypt is Arab. They won’t understand Israel at all. And why isn’t Japan part of Russia? Yes, the aliens are going to step on some toes.)

G7 - Washington, DC
BRIC - Shanghai, China
Arab League - Tehran, Iran
AF - African Federation - Cape Town, South Africa
Oceania - Sydney, Australia

June 25, 2025 Wednesday
Five simultaneous meetings with the leaders of the world. What do the aliens want? Do they truly come in peace? What do they look like? These are the only news running now.

Hint: It it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Our Characters
Our characters should be the stuff of TV drama shows. Think back to all those alien invasions shows. Build your character as someone who might have a prayer of getting into the alien business.

Press - you would need some serious credentials.
Military - General is probably too visible. Maybe secret service?
Scientist - you would need to be one of the top in your field.

Now if we go later into the story after the aliens make initial introductions, then we can move to smaller roles.
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