Short story — Science Fiction — SciFi — Humorous

The Chain of Command

A story of first contact. Was everybody sufficiently prepared?

“Next down the list of Tucker classes, you had your Carnivores, Piscivores, Insectivores, Herbivores, Granivores, Frugivores and Folivores. There also seemed to be some underclasses including Eggsuckers, Milkdrinkers, Slimeslurpers, Bootlickers and Blarghkissers.”

In this story of alien first contact, Robert C. “Bobby” Saunders, a full Bird Colonel, is about to…