Fiction:The Empyreans/Nubila Mist

Summary: This fiction details the event "First Contact", in which the Empire succesfully made contact with an alien race via radio transmissions.
It was the seventh day of the tenth month when the news was annoucned to the public that scientists had established communication with another space-faring race.

Soon after this news was given, the general public became obsessed with the prospect of alien life-forms. More and more merchandise began to appear with "alien lettering". Novelty toys such as a "Universal Translator" flew off the shelves of toy stores. It genuinely appeared that the public had not considered the idea that the lifeforms contacted could possibly be maleovent in nature, or perhaps, demonic in form.

Journalists and other influential Solarieans at once began filling the press with stories of evil, twisted-looking creatures from beyond the galaxy. This is said to have created a panic so large, that the youngest Crown Prince personally addressed the issue at a bi-monthly meeting with journalists.

Journalist: "Your Highness, what is your opinion on the panic that the First Contact has caused?

Crown Prince Solar: "Personally, I find this panic to be misplaced and rather delusional, for lack of a better term. We have determined that these other worldly lifeforms are friendly. We will pursue an allilance if the situation proves it necessary. For the glory of the Empire!"

Following the highly-viewed interview, the military announced that they had successfully decoded the radio transmissions.

Photos were released shortly thereafter, which apparently showed the planet the strange-looking creatures came from..

Trivia

 * This fiction is somewhat loosely based on the War of the Worlds story.
 * The species contacted is also purposely left anonymous, due to the fact that the creator has not yet made the species contacted...