When the aliens planned their invasion of earth they cooked up this masterplan to infiltrate

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Ancient-Trifle2391

When the aliens planned their invasion of earth they cooked up this masterplan to infiltrate and shape the world via audio messages, internet posts and generated videos like they had done with so many worlds before....

Cold air crept into Commander Xyl'tharn's six nostrils, his vision still blurry from the cryo sleep, all his appendages aching from the lack of movement.
The loud beeping alarm and vibrant display of lights returned him to the present as he hastily rose from his pod toward the control panel.
A voice rang out loud and clear through the cockpit of the little corvette supply ship he had escaped with—an escape that had been only moments ago, from his perspective—as he was hailed by the spaceport of the Xal'argan homeworld.
"Captain -=xXEarthling05Xx=- identify yourself or we will open fire. There is no pilot registered under that name."
He watched two scrambled interceptors spinning up their kinetic mass drivers.
"This is Xyl'tharn, captain of the first Sol invasion wave, returning with urgent news for high command!"
Moments passed that felt like an eternity, the spinning guns of the interceptors making him nervous.
Then the voice finally responded:
"Proceed to landing dock five."
Xyl'tharn did as he was told—the corvette being no match for the commander of a first-class battleship—gently landing in one of the many space hangars of the citadel.
Armed personnel quickly rushed to his ship as he slowly crawled down the ramp, their scanners sweeping the bay for hostiles.
Everything moved quickly after that. He was rushed into a large conference chamber. Countless of his superiors—many of whom he knew—now sat elevated around him in some kind of hearing. A standard procedure he never liked. Only this time, the audience was much bigger and higher-ranking than usual.
An older Xal'argan finally broke the silence.
"So, what news do you bring of Earth? Have the primitives been subdued? Your early return a sign of quick success?" the elder asked, a smug smile on his face.
"No," Xyl'tharn replied dryly.
"We have been repelled."