It was an utter disaster for the Terran Federation… An absolute disgrace for the Human Race and all its vassal Races… A Day of grief for Men, Women, Neo-Apes and Neo-Dolphins. It was the Day that Earth, The Cradle Planet, fell into the claws of the Xiagharni Empire.
A thousand and sixty two years have passed since the end of the Great Trans-Galactic Wars and the foundation of the Universal Peace Organization. Since the day that all intelligent races in the Known Universe agreed to destroy their powerful weapons (capable of wiping out entire solar systems) and never again let the universe be witness to such brutality and devastation.
Ever since, whenever a dispute or territorial claim arose between two factions, the high council of the UPO would intervene so that the matter would be solved in a non violent manner. Through the ages, athletic competitions became the norm for such dealings, especially wrestling games.
When the Xiagharni challenged the Terrans, everyone suspected that they would try to bend the rules, but no spy could find out anything more than that their scientists were working on revolutionary uplift engineering, and that their wrestler would be of the Chraal race.
The Xiagharni lured the humans by offering (in case they lose) their resort planet Askra, one of the most valuable planets in the entire universe which brought a huge amount of income to them every year, but demanded Earth if they won the match.
The humans did not worry though, and accepted the challenge since at the time they had the single best wrestling team in the world led by the star champion Alexei Chuskja and the famous coach Filkor Radstrom, a former wrestling champ himself.
The two sides contacted the UPO and arranged for the match to take place in the space palace of Trull, home of the High Chancellor of the Organisation, who would also act as judge for the game.
No one could believe the nerve of the Imperials. To challenge the Terrans like this was pure insolence, but the match attracted much publicity and the crowds were swarming to the space palace to see what would happen.
A few moments after the begining of the match it seemed as all was over for the Chraal wrestler since Chuskja managed to pull of his most famous and dangerous grapples, that is impossible to escape from. It was then that the Xiagharni decided to show their achievements in genetic engineering: In the blink of an eye, the Chraal’s body dematerialized and poured through the human champion’s arms, materializing again behind him, grabbing his neck in the process. Chuskja never knew what hit him and with a slight pull by the alien, was found lying with his back on the ground. The human coach passed out from the shock but thanks to Umar, the neo-gorilla wrestler’s immediate response, escaped a heart attack. The High Chancelor raised his arm. That was it. Humans had fell for the fiasco. Earth was lost.
