Encounters Out There

'The Founder' was in a quandary. Galactic Enforcement Agents discovered that many assets were acquired through coercion or bribery.

Billions had treated The Founder as a messiah, preserving Earth's heritage from assimilation by the diverse groups of colonizing extraterrestrials.

"They're coming!" said the First Assistant.

"Who?" asked The Founder.

"'The Enforcers, to take everything you own …"

The Founder paced and ruminated for a moment.

"Let them have it!"

"What?" asked the First Assistant.

"Ready the teleporters. We'll find a new part of the galaxy!"

"But that'll risk lives. Millions will certainly perish in the transfer."

"Only the strongest must survive!"