No! It has to have humans who are supreme from the start to the finish! The humans in Star Trek are always running into "superior" aliens. The humans in Ender's Game were almost obliterated twice before the book even starts. No no NO!
What is humanity going to do if we make contact with inferior aliens? Reflexively hide under the bed and squander a chance to show who's the boss? Or maybe just give them all of our best technology so that they can assume the only role we're prepared to deal with?
What is humanity going to do if we make contact with inferior aliens? Reflexively hide under the bed and squander a chance to show who's the boss? Or maybe just give them all of our best technology so that they can assume the only role we're prepared to deal with?