Everyone here assuming the aliens would be far more advanced than us.
Spoiler for the novel Footfall
Aliens that look like baby elephants roll up and throw rocks from orbit until we, quickly, give in.
They’re not much, if any, more advanced than us. They riding in a generation ship and using tech from an advanced race that died off, don’t know how to work half of it.
Everyone here assuming the aliens would be far more advanced than us.
Spoiler for the novel Footfall
Aliens that look like baby elephants roll up and throw rocks from orbit until we, quickly, give in.
They’re not much, if any, more advanced than us. They riding in a generation ship and using tech from an advanced race that died off, don’t know how to work half of it.
“The Road Not Taken” by Harry Turtledove. Short story.
The aliens have space ships and that’s it. They still use horses, bows and arrows, and spears.
Turns out, space travel is easy and we’ve been doing things the hard way…
Going to read that!