First [official] contact

The mission is important, very important, vital in fact. Humanities combined government's had been a tad surprised to simultaneously recieve a message from deap space. It hadn't been " we come in peace" but more along the lines of " behave , make sure you come in peace, prove worthy to us of our trust and you may get to share our tech".

So now here he stand, staring at his reflection in a mirror as he shaves his chin, neatens up hus buzz cut, washes his face, on an actual alien space ship.

The ship is huge, far bigger than the one that had picked Leon, a veteran space commando and assorted big wigs that his team are there to protect, up in. It had been piloted by an actual alien. You had sat facing other actual aliens. It was all a bit freaky.

As far as Leon can make out the human species had been hunted [not a comforting thought] as a primitive type, studied and now due bizzarily to being able to attack one of their vessels using wholly human derived space tech, the human species is deemed adequate to join that lucky few species granted the right to inter galactic travel. Woopy dee

So as Leon is working out (it's important to maintain muscle mass and ligaments in artificial gravity), lifting the weights, some one leans forward to spot him.. He/it holds the weights as Leon adjusts his position.

He looks up " F *** me it's an alien". He sucks in a breath, recalls his training " keep calm, low heart rate, no contact, no swift moves , don't be a threat, dont turn your back" . This species could tear you in two with it's bare paws...

The alien looks a bit disappointed, based on it's body posture, the gym bell rings, time to go shower. Leon could almost swear as he walked of , swinging a towel over his shoulder that it has waved a friendly good bye.

The alien is Ali" Thrall (Ali) to all extents and purposes a Yautja, but in reality a hybrid - a human mum and an alien dad. A product not of hytech alien genetic engineering but of a mad rutting between his parents. He has completed Yautja Chiva and is now part of a joint initiative aimed at less Yautja/Human massacres and more Yautja/Human co operation. It has had mixed results,he has few friends as he is stuck between two completly opposite cultures.

Their current mission is to land on a small god forsaken planet and follow up rumors of a clandestine protein production facility. A facility located on a planet not known to support any life forms, visited by ships which take strange elliptical routes vua various planets to reach or leave it. A sure sign of someone trying to disguise something.