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"We are the Aracnax. We come in peace." the translator whirred to life. Our radio operator called us around his station where we all huddled awkwardly. "We bear 8 legs, fangs sharper than-" the transmission cut short off. Men were scrambling around the helm attempting to re-establish the signal "-we have located your star and have plotted a shift to your system." Before we could attempt a reply they had opened up a wormhole a few light minutes ahead of us and had sent a cruiser through. However, they were hesitant to approach our vessel.

They had alerted us that during their initial scan of our ship they had discovered large amounts of an A-Class neurotoxin embedded within our supplies and suspected we had been sabotaged.

Capsaicin.

After doing a thorough scan of our ship they had discovered the chemical in large amounts inside several different parts of the ship, with the highest concentration being in the cafeteria. They informed us that the legal limit for capsaicin among our sector was 50 fluxions. Our vessel contained well above 400 billion. The Aracnax explained that If more than 600 fluxions were to enter their vents it would trigger a pain response so severe it would lead to cardiac arrest and strokes. Above 1000 leads to instant death.

Then they asked us to inform them of how much capsaicin was on our home planet, so we led them to terra. The scan they did of our planet gave a number so large their technology couldn’t render it. Our first officer, Felix thought it would be funny if we sent them a Carolina reaper pepper to them.
About 30 minutes later a supply vessel containing just one singular pepper approached. The Aracnax hyper-beamed the pepper aboard.

The Aracnax hurriedly informed us that the pepper has scored well over 600 quintillion fluxions and a strict quarantine was to be swiftly enforced around Sol and the nearby alpha centuri until the Galactic Federation scheduled a meeting on it.

"We are the Aracnax. We come in peace." the translator whirred to life. "We bear 8 legs, fangs sharper than-" the transmission cut itself off. Men were scrambling around the helm attempting to re-establish the signal "-we have located your star and have plotted a shift to your system." Before we could attempt a reply they had opened up a wormhole a few light minutes ahead of us and had sent a cruiser through. However, they were hesitant to approach our vessel.

They had alerted us that during their scan of our ship they had discovered large amounts of a galaxy-wide neurotoxin embedded within our supplies and suspected we had been sabotaged.

Capsaicin.

After doing a thorough scan of our ship they had discovered the chemical in large amounts inside several different parts of the ship, with the highest being in the cafeteria. They informed us that the legal limit for capsaicin among our sector was 50 fluxions. Our vessel contained well above 400 billion.

The Aracnax explained that I'd more than 600 fluxions were to enter their vents it would trigger a pain response so severe it would lead to cardiac arrest and strokes. Above 1000 leads to instant death.

We then had a shipment of Carolina Reapers shipped to the Aracnax for examination. They informed us that it had scored 80 quintillion fluxions and that simply standing within 40 meters of the crate was enough to make one crew member pass away.

A quarantine was swiftly enforced around Sol and the nearby alpha centuri until the Galactic Federation scheduled a meeting on it.