The alien invasion stories often portray

[Marthe48]

the alien invaders with a plan to destroy humankind. Does anyone ever wonder what humans would do if they invaded another planet? With our track record on Earth, I doubt that any human force would follow the Star Trek Prime Directive.

[DBoon]

1. Get the locals drunk, steal their women, kill anyone who fights back,

mine any valuable minerals, etc.

Settler colonialism in space!

[OldBaldy1701E]

5. So... Ferengi... (n/t)

[Dan]

2. This is terrible...

But I remember reading ‘true or fiction, I’m not sure’ that when they were planning on sending a Voyager out to space - they included a recording on a gold plated record.

They asked a member of one of the Native American tribes to speak a few words in his native tongue on the record, which he did.

They later asked him - what did you say and he refused to answer.

Years later, they asked his grandson - what was said and the grandson said it translated as “Do not trust the white man”….

[Jim__]

3. Have you ever read Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian"?

That is based on actual history. And, I would consider that band riding through Mexico to be "aliens" - humans in an alien environment.

[Marthe48]

4. I haven't

I'll find a summary.

I read a journal kept by one of Coronado's men. Hard to get through.