What Scares You About Us?

General Timson stood up. "Ambassador. Tell us again why we scare you?"

Ambassador Trelkin stood. His insect-like form balanced delicately on the tips of his long, thin, exo-skeletal legs. He bowed to the packed UN auditorium.

"You... " He whispered through his spiricules, "You are an aggressive species. Like the Scourge that has chased us across the galaxy. Aggressive species self-destruct unless you are prevented...." He paused, breathing in. "You are balanced. Precariously. Between constant war, and peace. You see war as a means to an end. While other species see war as a requisite for life..."