Christopher Columbus Final Memo Summary

This second tale is not quite as well-known, but it’s a substory of the mythical humans and the lesson taught is equally as important. It begins with a man that was very famous among his fellow humans, and was remembered by many generations after his death. Christopher Columbus: an idealistic explorer working for the nation of Spain who set sail across vast oceans to find and colonize new worlds untouched by other Europeans. Although it was not his intended destination, Columbus landed in a patch of tropical islands off the southeastern coast of North America where he made first contact with native tribes of the land. As previously stated, Columbus had an intense vision about the future, and he would work towards that vision at all costs.

Allow me to explain using the story of the Federation and the Malcorians. According to legend, at one point in time the humans had been traveling around space for quite some time. They made contact with many alien life forms, some benevolent, some malicious, the former of which were met with a proposal from the other species. All of these species decided to form the Federation: an alliance of lifeforms and worlds working together for the peaceful exploration in the search of sentient life. Through trial and error alone, the Federation learned what worked and what did not work in terms of meeting a new life form. They learned that you cannot forcefully impose any sort of relationship with a foreign species; if they do not want you there, then you must accept the fact that we will not have contact with this alien species. This is exactly what happened in the case of the Malcorians. In contrast to the previous two stories, the tale of the Federation and the Malcorians is relatively boring to most because very little happened between the two species before they parted ways. Although not quite as exciting as the Buggers and the Humans, the underlying lesson of knowing when one should walk away is absolutely critical to our mission. By respecting a species of this nature’s wishes and leaving them to continue evolving on their own, nothing bad happens to either party. It is the XenoComm and human condition to react poorly when something is imposed rather than when it is proposed. Just like the XenoComms, humans had different religions with ideals that occasionally butted heads with one another, even to the point of violence. As quoted by Tzvetan Todorov in Inayatullah’s Bumpy Space (An analysis of the legend of the Federation and Malcorians),