INDIGENOUS MARTIANS THRILLED AT PROSPECT OF BEING COLONIZED
Word that a private aerospace company is launching a mission to colonize Mars has reached the Red Planet, where the local life forms say they are thrilled at the prospect of being colonized by humans, who have such a strong track record of respecting indigenous cultures."I hope the conquistronauts plant their flag right through my heart!" said an excited indigenous life form.âWe know your history and are very excited by the new ideas you will bring,â said N7K, a methane-breathing organism as yet undetected by humans. âWe will show you how to survive in our hostile environment, but in return you must show us how to be exploited, infected, starved, segregated and, eventually, slaughtered!âMars, it should be noted, is considered one of the more sarcastic planets in the solar system. âReally, I hope youâre not disappointed in us,â N7K added. âWe donât have tear ducts, so we wonât be able to cry when you force march us from our lands.â  The Mars project, run by a company called Mars One, plans to begin accepting applicants in June for a series of one-way journeys beginning in 2023. Eventually they hope the astronauts establish a settlement.  N7K said that although his species â called galldendrens â is thriving and numbers in the millions, it undoubtedly could do with some outside interference. âI think we appreciate the resources we have, but probably you will appreciate them even more since they will be new and different and not yours,â he said. âYes, weâll probably go through a rough patch where you burn our homes and steal our treasure and convert us to your religion at gunpoint, but maybe in 500 years weâll get to have a casino! That would be totally worth it.â Mars One CEO Bas Lansdorp said he was surprised to hear of the galldendrens, but doesnât think it will impact colonization.âEven if something is there, I donât believe there is any intelligent life on Mars,â Lansdorp said. âThere may be some primitives, but no civilization worth considering.ââYes, thatâs right,â N7K replied. âJust unintelligent primitives not worth consideringâ¦ said Cortez.â If the galldendrens do exist, Lansdorp insisted the colonists should hardly be seen as conquistadors bent on decimating an indigenous culture.âReally, itâs just a few ships,â he said. âYes, itâs just a few shipsâ¦ said Columbus,â N7K replied.