Comment by JohnBooty

Any theoretical galaxy-scale organization welcoming us as a new member is certainly savvy enough to translate things into our language, right?

The moment of first contact with a race of nuclear-armed savages is uh, pretty fraught, I'd imagine.

If I was in charge of that alien delegation, you best believe I'd have a well-rehearsed slide deck translated into the humans' native dialect(s)!

Sincerely, glrorpoepopo pvivinsinoborpo from gleebinimus alpha