On the central display, the image of a crimson armada appeared more than 10,000 ships closing in on the blue planet called Earth. These weren't just any ships, they belonged to the Krilox swarm, the most terrifying civilization of destroyers, the galaxy had ever known. We can provide refugee ships, that won't be necessary, Chen interrupted, casually checking her data pad as though she were reading a grocery list. Chen Thelman said slowly, do not understand what is at stake, the Krilox are, we know exactly what they are. And then, to the shock of every delegate watching, their true purpose was revealed, their weapons, vexilogasped.