[She taps a couple times on her phone. The windows on one half of the cafeteria shutter themselves and turn into a screen. The telescopic view at first looks exactly the same, but it zooms in on an innocuous, earth-like planet.]
This is Quason-Nine. There are three point five million sentient organisms on this planet. Say hello, Trickster.
[Then she swipes her finger across her screen. The station rumbles, and from somewhere below the cafeteria a green laser fires out into space. A flash of green light fills the screen before the trail of light is faded from the windows, and the planet explodes into dust.]
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[She taps a couple times on her phone. The windows on one half of the cafeteria shutter themselves and turn into a screen. The telescopic view at first looks exactly the same, but it zooms in on an innocuous, earth-like planet.]
This is Quason-Nine. There are three point five million sentient organisms on this planet. Say hello, Trickster.
[Then she swipes her finger across her screen. The station rumbles, and from somewhere below the cafeteria a green laser fires out into space. A flash of green light fills the screen before the trail of light is faded from the windows, and the planet explodes into dust.]
...And Goodbye.