[b]Nouvellian Orbit[/b]
The Valkian ship responded to the Terrans by sending a message that only acknowledged their statement, regarding diplomacy, and a short, compact request asking for them to relay the message to their diplomat in the conference. In response to the foreigners, it sent another message requesting a communications link to be opened for base communication, after some kind of translation matrix was shared.

To the other, now leaving parties that are still unknown, a certain amount of suspicion drove them to believe that perhaps they were planning an attack, being scouts, rather than being diplomats. However, they made no moves to intercept, and small signs could be noticed, weapons being powered up, but still inactive, and the fleet being reorganized so that the weakest ships were in low orbit, their military counterparts above. In response to their farewell, they cautiously replied,
[i]"Stars be with you on your travels. May we meet again and properly become acquainted, as friends and allies."[/i]

That finished, they sent another message to the Terrans for a request of a meeting aboard the Valkian ship, as a gesture of goodwill on their part- it wouldn't do for the fleet to visit the lone ship, no, it'd best be the other way around. Information was provided about the environmental state- Valkians were retrieving pills to allow them more leeway concerning carbon dioxide and oxygen, and a few of the passageways and halls were being pumped with extra oxygen for the humans' benefit. Lights were being set up, so that they may see, though the Valkian still suggested some kind of night vision to be brought for some areas.

The Explorer sending the message detached from its fleet, moving to some distance away, though certainly still within the fleet's quick response range. The droneship actually moved to flank it, following it out. 

[b]Fleet movements within the Valkian Star System 01[/b]
Within the space of several days, six droneships moved out of their shipyards within the inner space and routed around an undisclosed location, in orbit around a large asteroid used as a secret research facility and staging point. It was here that the secrets of the Explorers were kept, and here where new weapons and technologies were tested under very secure, very safe conditions. It was the only militarized asteroid fortress to use the special weapon of the Explorers as a defense- anything attacking it would find itself lifeless, and drifting. 

Shortly after they arrived, a recently-stocked and recently-refurbished Colonial ship entered the asteroid facility's sector. After going over its authorization codes, weapons from both the droneships and the asteroid itself were disarmed, and the colony ship fell into formation with the six droneships. It was here that the colony ship, bearing a skeleton crew, was stocked with the most precious cargo- containers filled with the base DNA of millions of Valkian colonists, ready to be 'born' 

[b]Some days later[/b]
The makeshift fleet began to move out of the asteroid's weak orbit, moving to completely leave its field before warping to a neighboring system. Colonization was priority, next to the construction of a military comparable to those that have been seen. They were going to Valkian System 3, the first being their home, second being Nouvelle, and third being a system adjacent to both the Valkian home, and the Nouvelle system. The ships settled in orbit around the most promising planet, orbital pods being launched across its' globe containing enough eggs, equipment, and people to start a colony. Two colonists went with each pod; they would be the founders of each of the little settlements across the surface. Dropships were also released, each landing by remote control on the outskirts of roughly half the settlements, the ones that had the terraformers. The terraformers themselves drilled their lower reaches into the ground upon impact, and began powering up. Solar panels reached out, and provided power for the rest of the tiny setup, and the machines began to analyze the atmosphere, and see what changes needed to be made. The icy planet was like an endless winter; for the colonists to survive any period of time, that would have to change.