[Skunkleton]

> The only way to make it make sense is add that we also know there is an entire spacefaring group of mercenaries whose entire hobby and/or job is deliberately throwing asteroids in Earths general direction.

Maybe there is, but they are hilariously incompetent?

[logfromblammo]

Nah, they're really far away, and there's an accumulated round-off error in their distance conversion between bloits (used by the client) and metrons (used by the subcontractor), so they're shooting at a target a quarter of a light-year away, and won't realize it for another 500 years.

[Skunkleton]

Bureaucracy to the rescue!

[abritinthebay]

This sounds like a new BlackAdder pitch...

"Sir, I have a cunning plan" "Does it involve that legion of rabid space weasels again?" "... maybe."

[Skunkleton]

As long as I can retire to my great big turnip in the country when it is all over I am happy.