Uscss Vulcanus

The Space Life Saving and Exploration Vessel, a multi-purpose vessel had just entered orbit around our planet.

Probes were launched from the ship to explore and map the planet.

The probes were inconspicuous but were detected by magic. And nothing escaped them.

The planet was an Eldorado for scientists concerning flora and fauna.

Far too many similarities to Earth. Probably the passage from Atlantis at the time. But what the covenants were most interested in were the dragons. And with horror, they followed some individuals and they all perished at the hand of man. None could be found.

Professor Perry organized a meeting in his office with augmented reality walls showing the landscapes of the planet as if we were already there.

"We were too late. It's like the Tasmanian tiger. Saved too late. Same dodo.

If we see a dragon, top priority for their capture. They're actively exterminated and we have no contact with the ground."

The probes have been searching the land, but they've been unsuccessful.

We know nothing about these creatures. Their intelligence, their morals, their prey. Do they attack people?

Then the professor looked at a globe of the digitized planet Arcadia.

What a wonder this planet is.

Let's look for a place to serve as a base in a remote location so as not to interfere with the locals and to avoid any armed confilt.

I've seen the rocky valleys in the north. I love these wild landscapes, unsullied by mankind.

A small light flashed on the sphere: Aha!

A dragon flying in formation.

Clever, they're very discreet.

One of them spotted the probe. They don't run away like animals.

What majestic creatures!

Follow them!

Looks like the red dragon is escorting the probe and pointing the way.

I could see a drone, but I'm sure they can see us and track us.

So I'm telling the others to act like animals and try nothing. No violence. We can hunt but no human attacks and if these visitors show up: Total submission! They are our lifeboat!

The probe slowed down and I slowed down too and it inspected the surroundings and landed, finally it remained motionless a few meters above the ground.

I landed close to the probe and kept a respectable distance, shield activated and then I started to roar.

Groaar!

I invited the spacecraft to follow me and then I took off again and the spacecraft followed me.

We arrived at a valley with caves and on one of the caves hung the Nazi flag on both sides of the entrance. Then the ten dragons that were part of my tribe lined up on either side of the cave, and I was the first one on the left line and we lay down together as a sign of submission, as servants. In the cave there were important documents from the Agartha mission, uboat plans and 4 V2 engines. This was all we could take and save, and the radio. It had been arranged to draw the visitors to something of interest.

My strategy was to pose as docile and helpful but intelligent creatures. To give themselves commercial value.

The goal wasn't to play small talk or caids, but simply to have a future.

We had no future here.

It was to get out of here or to die under axes and arrows and be exhausted.

Those who had taken refuge at the bottom of lakes or caves still perished. The ingenuity of humans and their creativity in killing is unparalleled.

Perry: "I am speechless. These creatures have perpetuated an art, admittedly honored, but they can do nothing!"

The probe entered the cave, and we waited with bent necks in submission for the probe to explore.

It saw the engines, impeccable, the documents and the order and cleanliness of our lair. Maybe we were cleaner.

When the probe passed again as it exited the cave, we hadn't changed our posture and we were bowing our necks to its passage.

Then Auberine and I took off into the air in front of the probe and we stood by the wingtip and started to whirl and we sang and whistled our best ode to the sun. We had the scarves wrapped around us and we went up, up, up into the sky to give them a broom of grace and art. Every movement was prowled and we offered them a show of art.

The other 8 wyverns joined us and we formed a perfect circle in the sky standing wing to wing and we rotated the circle with our bodies and finished by gliding and resuming the pose of submission.

Perry dropped his cup of tea which an android had just served him.

"What grace! What wonders! I'm going there. Get my shuttle ready.!"

And I ordered all the dragons of the five tribes to speak in draconian language without exception.

"From now on we're on camera and under surveillance.

These humans are High Humans and are to be considered Gods! They can each pulverize you with a snap of their fingers. I know their language so I'll try to find out but no more COMMON, " Right? FUCHUR, AQUA AND AUBERONE??""

We're not touching anything. We hunt, we eat. We can cook, and we stay clean.

If they catch one of you, just leave it alone! Cooperate! Their world is like here, but more peaceful.

Now stay together as a couple. It's quite possible they'll capture couples.

Fuchur, Auberone and I will stay together. Falkor and Aqua, you're sticking together.

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Lord Profion! The Oculus has spotted objects leaving the structure toward the mountains to the north, near the dragons.

"Send our elite mages to show that we are strong and not helpless."

I, for one, am completing the construction of the Flying Fortress. We're going to show them that we can also reach space with our magic."

One map showed Mordenkainen's research on his flying fortres