“Humans… This species, hailing from the planet called “Earth” is the most contradictory species I have ever had the pleasure and displeasure of knowing.
I have studied Human history extensively. Their past is littered with atrocious acts of violence and discrimination, on their own kind no less! Yet with every heinous act committed there was a period of healing and acceptance. Great groups of people would rally together to comfort each other of their loss and their and their sadness.
I have never known a species with the capacity to love and hate itself at the same time as much as the Humans do. They can do the most despicable things to each other over such minor differences and yet that very same hate can so easily be put aside in times of sorrow and grief.
What’s more, they can be spurred into action by the vaguest of ideals. Freedom, justice, peace, love, money and many more! During my time on Earth, learning about its history and different cultures, I met two soldiers. One was of the military, assigned to keep watch over me and protect me, and the other was a rebel, who I met accidentally at a local drinking establishment. I asked them both the same question and was surprised by their answers. I asked them why they decided to take the life that they had.
They both answered me with a simple phrase, ‘To survive.’ When asked to elaborate, the soldier said and I quote, ‘I became a soldier to fight. To safeguard my people against anything that threatens them. To become a shield for humanity, for Earth and all her allies.’
The rebel said, 'I became a mercenary not because I wanted to, but because I had to. When the Gorn seized a colony, my colony, I realized something. The government can’t always act and do whats right, even if they know that not doing anything is wrong. They have rules that keep the peace and I acknowledge that. So I decided to take up arms when the government couldn’t. I will become a spear for humanity, protecting it when its protectors can’t.’
I will never forget those two, not only for their conviction towards their cause, but because not two Earth years later I received news of their untimely demise. They died doing what they said they would be, the shield and the spear.
Humans are a fragile species, with no natural defense against threats. Yet their remarkable ability to adapt has led them to become the most numerous of all the species in the Confederacy. They can go just about anywhere, any previously inhospitable environment. Not only managing to survive but also thrive there.
They are soldiers but are also scholars. They are explorers but are also settlers. They are builders but are also destroyers. They fragile yet the most durable. They are weak but also strong. I think we can all stand to learn a thing or two from them”
-Professor K'Ree N'oll of the K'loraan,when asked of his opinion towards Humans of Earth.
