Galactic Equilibrium Department

Captain Urgu gave an introductory presentation to enforcer cadets of the Galactic Equilibrium Department. He played a holographic slideshow …

"Here's a couple of case examples ..."

"On this planet, they developed time travel. We almost didn't catch it on time—pun intended."

The recruits laughed.

"Fortunately, our temporal scanners caught an imminent paradox. We sent a team in disguise to stop their tech. Our scouts cleverly used the same time machine to stop the birth of its inventor. We keep a close eye on them in case events unfold again."

"In this area, notice the mass of swirling debris—a former planet of inhabitants who developed space warp technology. They hoped to travel the cosmos, but they didn't realize that their experiment would fold all of our space and crush the galaxy. We used their own technology to fold their own planet. They're gone now. Too risky and dangerous for a second chance."

"We're also monitoring potentials ..."

Urgu switched to another set of holoslides.

"Not all threats come from technological advancements. Some species exhibit inherently parasitic or destructive traits. Of this solar system composed of eight planets, we're monitoring the third one, right here. The dominant intelligent species cause frequent mass extinctions. We don't expect the pattern to stop once they learn galactic travel. They're scheduled for annihilation once we detect signs of them leaving their solar system."

"This next civilization's intelligent culture seems highly dogmatic. An attribution that must be self-contained as we believe their warlike traits pose a risk to their neighbors."

"Alright, class, let's take a 15-minute break. For the next topic, I'll cover the calculations we make to determine whether an intelligent species will benefit or harm the galaxy."