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Blue Evening Berry
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First rule of First Contact: tribal cultures meeting technologically advanced cultures will either (A) think you're supernatural, like gods and demons and other easily capitalizable stuff, or (B) get reeeal paranoid at how utterly insane you have become from cuddling your guns at night and that look in your eyes when they stare at their babies while there is a mystical four-pronged hand-held spear and a ceremonial salt shaker.
Presenting your scout as a rootin' tootin' axe-crazy outlaw who shows how horrible technology can be in the hands of the homicidally stupid, followed by a legion of disciplined, polite, and intellectually savvy colonists and diplomats who quickly "deal with" the scout, apologize, and then attempt to uplift the region, brings a major balance; first show what happens when the natives get ideas of simply stealing the technology from a tourist and playing with it (hint:BOOM), give them a general idea of the worst among your kind so they don't overexaggerate out of regular paranoia, and then smooth it over with an army that uses their powers wisely, deals with psychopaths abusing this stuff, and gives them a contrast between crazy outlaws and law-abiding colonists.
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