The Gate Program - The Large Gate - The Unwilling War - The Insurrection - Arrallin Facts - Definitions
The Large Gate
The fifth Large Gate changed all that. The glimmering hole opened just within ion drive
range of a tiny system in a far wing of the galaxy. A flickering candle in space, the
gateway beckoned the ships of the nearest inhabited planet to it like moths.
The Arrallins themselves found humanity irresistible. The Arrallins are a hive species, comprised of thousands of Arallakeeni (Beta) individuals all centered on supporting the Arrallin mated pairs. Charismatic and self-serving humans registered quite immediately to the Arrallakeeni as leaders. Captains and charismatic individuals of human fleet ships found themselves mobbed by little furry groupies, long separated from their own true Arrallin alphas back on their home world.
Much of the Arrallin population had been put to service on their long range fusion drive
ships to mine neighboring star systems for valuable materials for more hives. Their
dedicated engineers had worked up through numerous designs for engines to create a stable
and efficient sub-light vehicle. Plasma weaponry for fighting the occasional hive wars, as
well as mining and construction, were also well developed. Their technology was well
beyond Earth in all respects, however their biology had not well adapted to their space
fairing lifestyle.
Unsupported by close contact with Alphas, the Arralakeeni on board these ships lacked
the leadership support they needed to keep at peak efficiency. On long voyages of years at
a time, Arrallakeeni found themselves in Alpha withdrawal. Armies of Arrallakeeni deserted
their home world almost instinctively upon contact with humans, gladly providing them with
the keys to fusion drives and plasma tools to bring them up from the dark ages of space
exploration, in return for the security of finding strong personalities to trigger some of
the necessary chemical reactions for Arallakeeni health.
Back on Earth, humanity was quick to adapt to their new partners as well. Within a generation, they found places for Arrallakeeni in all aspects of human life - especially all the hum-drum jobs humans were reluctant to continue. Grinding research in all manner of human projects was taken over by dedicated and patient teams of Arallakeeni, while the more intuitive humans were free to lead and guide research and analyze results. This particular pairing was positive. Arallakeeni also made excellent teachers and child care specialists, as on Arralla they would each be paired with an Arrallakeeni infant for raising. But, the arrival of the Arallakeeni also completely destroyed humanity�s current way of life.