“People of Dektala! We see your planet is enveloped, as usual, in 95 per cent rain, so you may not have noticed our starforces here. Our probes confirm that Dektala is, indeed, as the interstellar guides have always maintained, ‘a weapons-grade hell-hole’. The fact remains that we are bent on total galactic conquest - and that necessarily includes you, however much it would suit both sides to pretend otherwise. “I have seven million starmarines ready to launch into your atmosphere. Our weaponry is centuries ahead of yours. We can very quickly make Dektala look even more of a mess than it does already. “Surrender now! “By the way, we can fix your lousy atmosphere, too. You really should sue your terraformers.”