| 1 | * First contact between humanity and the Europans may well have been the least serious meeting of its kind in history, since it consisted of a human probe drilling though the ice to find a group of sapient squids floating around waiting for it to get through, with said squids then sending the following message in plain English text; ‘Greetings from Europa. We hope you come in peace. And don't fall to pieces.’ |
| 2 | ** Speaking of the Europans, one of the questions they asked one of the human diplomats was 'Who shot J.R.?' |
| 3 | ** WordOfGod has it that two Europan diplomats have worn [[Series/DoctorWho bowties and fez]]. |
| 4 | * The Edani treat everyone who is obviously intelligent the same. There is a rumour that they are treating human politicians like especially intelligent pets. |
| 5 | * The Edani who emigrated to a human-built space colony named 'O'Neill' didn't really understand the concept of a 'political party' and actually threw parties for the various new politicians. |
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