Zont



Zont, the

space faring beings appearing in an armada of 100,000 ships in the Andromeda Galaxy. claiming to have come from the NGC 3190 galaxy.

79  Million Light years distant and not part of the local group.

Since pre astro times a  astronomers of many M-0 and Andromeda  civilizations have detected numerous super nova explosions in that distant galaxy.

First contact was made by Andromeda Region 8 - Long Distance Scanning station LDS-R8 Nuthheek. (Part of the Union Y'All detection project ) [1]

Detecting this masssive fleet, all Union controlled space in the Andromeda galaxy went into highest alert and the First Line Defense measures activated [2]

The 8th Andromeda Fleet sent heavy armed recon ships and encountered the  Zont (TL 7 +)[3]

The Zont said they are on the search for a a region they could occupy and requested to know what part of the Galaxy was not under Union control. After receiving that information turned to the largely unexplored parts of Andromeda.

No direct contact was made, all contact was over Tachyon Radio.

They requested no help, wanted no further contact and ceased all communication.

They also requested not to be followed.

Officially this was agreed upon and the Zont "disappeared" in the general direction of  "Andromeda East "

Several NAVINT ships followed anyway...[4]

There is no cultural or biological information on the Zont other than the Senor and scan results.

[1] Eric Olafson 's discovery of the Y'All origin in a different galaxy in the same time  period technically ended the  2000 years of thr Union preparing for the next Y'All invasion ,  but the extensive network of long range scanning stations and all the other infrastructure is still active.

[2] Until 5040  the Union military planners still believed the Y'All would come from the "Andromeda Galaxy" direction.

[3] Zont Tech appeared to be TL 7 at best, except their propulsion tech which was close to TL 9

[4] Operation Zont Watch