You should take me on as your chief military strategist! Then it would have been one of your better strategies!
Right then my next suggestion is to introduce them to earth Television. It's been a dangerous weapon in the past. I've never had problems with an ignore virus. So long as you don't try to abuse it. I wonder what went wrong.
It's also been quite some time since I responded to a TwiDash pic with a Twixie pic. So long, in fact, that Twixie has been replaced as my favorite Twi ship. Here's a pic to ease into the transition.