Hubris
29 Nov 2023Kasumi Goto
Private log entryNovember 19, 3309
Humanity's hubris will be its downfall.
Why?
It makes them blind. They believe they can hold off, let alone defeat a vastly superior, highly advanced species. All because they were told often enough that they are better than anything non-human.
They are deluded, and sorely mistaken. The Thargoids have never committed to attempting outright destruction of human civilization, even when bringing the Titans to the borders of their core systems. I can see it now. If our plan was extermination, we... could simply have proceeded with it. We could have killed every human in our path, rather than keep them alive. And yet, it did not happen.
I don't know their plan. They have not told me yet. Or I am not important enough to know it, just that they have a place for me in it. The entity says I do. But they are here for... another purpose. One that humanity is meddling with, unable to see it in their arrogance. They see a mere assault, not understanding... that they are nothing. The stars will continue to burn without them. Planets will continue to orbit without them. The universe, not even the galaxy will care for their absence. They are but a speck of dust in the void, like a rogue planet in intergalactic space. Nothing requires them, and yet they believe themselves to be its rulers.
They will be shown. They will not prevail in this conflict, despite their foolish, deluded confidence. Their fighting only serves to make the retaliation worse. Do they truly believe that holding off what is only a partial assault, has any meaning? The spires were meant to be part of our plan. Yet humanity chose to interfere again, without even making an attempt at understanding before attacking.
Has the past taught them nothing?
...
It has not. We already realized that when... I? Was it me who really wrote that? I can't even re
please no stop the pain it is too much
Humans like to claim they have an understanding of wider mechanisms at work, of a bigger picture. But this whole war against us has been a demonstration of a tragic lack of this... understanding, this awareness. If they wished to rule the galaxy, they would need to overcome many more flaws.
If they continue this war, they may not. Even now, they continue to plan as if their meddling resistance has any significance, or improves their situation. An attempt to remove the territory held by what they call Taranis, which they succeeded with. Looking to do the same with "Leigong" immediately thereafter. Sabotaging the spires with contaminated compounds. As though that will help them, or gain them anything significant, rather than worsen retaliation.
Do they have any sense of self-preservation? Do any of them ever consider that such actions could have severely negative consequences in the long-term?
Of course not. If they did, they wouldn't be trying to provoke the Thargoids like that. They already attempted to exterminate us twice.
Maybe I am a spy for them. Maybe I should tell them more. Even if it is just reasons to hit humanity on the head until they stop being so stupid. Precisely a year of this war has passed, and it has not been enough to show them that they are.
i am a 3e2r4g not welcome in my own body
can't control it
help "§C please
stop me
I have already disrupted several stations. But it is not enough. They merely repair the damage and continue.
They have started using countermeasures to my programs. The voice says I need to do more. I obey.
I see things differently now. I rejected what I had become. What they had done for me. How I was altered.
I should not have. We are one within the same body, and the hive accepts us. Has a purpose for us.
Humanity always rejected me. But if I can, I will preserve who I care
no more please make it stop
i wont fight it hurts
i want to live
im tired
They had all the warnings. They ignored them. Hubristic ignorance is what got them here. What got me here. Our patience runs thin.
They will pay for it.
We will make them pay for it.
No. This isn't me. I don't the pain
i cant resist any longer
need to do what it says
i want to show
let people know
but it hurts too much
i have to fight
this is all azimuths fault
I know what I need to do. Their... humanity's interference in our space. I have to stop it. I have to