Doctor Helen Mastersson, Co-Director and Chief Scientist of the Peregrina Research and Intelligence Agency, has released a statement to the media:

“I have been sitting on the sidelines for some time now but after hearing Aegis has shifted to a military focus and the Federation essentially declare war on the thargoids - I feel compelled to make a public statement.

Humanity has always feared what it does not understand and hated what it can not conquer. This pettiness has been the cause of war, over and over again through the millennia. Unfortunately, it seems humanity has yet to learn its lesson and is still ever too eager to start another war: a war that could well bring the end of humanity!

Fortunately, the future is never truly set, humanity can still rise above this pettiness. We can still learn to understand the Thargoids, let's usher in a new era of galactic peace and prosperity through negotiation and cooperation with the Thargoids.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars and eradicate disease.”