I’d like to read a scifi novel set in the upper left quadrant.
“Proconsul, there is troubling news from our Ceres colony.”
“What is it? A meteor strike? An alien plague? A rebellion?”
“No, madam. But their fundamentally just social programs, combined with the near-limitless resources of the asteroid belt, have brought them to Civilizational Awesomeness Stage IX far more quickly than expected.”
“And now they’ve come to take their revenge against their former oppressors?”
“No, they just wanted to thank us for giving them such a great start, and they look forward to millennia of peaceful coexistence.”
“Ugh… BORING.”
“I know, right?”
