[b]Colony 257[/b]
"I am Deca-Commander Duheil of the Abh Star Forces." Says the Abh leader, she then points to another one of the Abh. "This is Military Doctor Ramrïural." She then points to the final of the three Abh "This is Aviator Dïuaséc, the human's name is Clark, and the Draconian... say, what is your name?"
The Draconian sighs, and looks Duheil in the eyes.
"I don't have one."
"Oh." It's clear she has no idea what to say, so she changes the subject. "Anyways, we had better get going. If we run into anyone, leave the fighting to us. We were bred for this."
To anyone without an understanding of Abh culture, that would seem like a literal statement. However, for an Abh it was much more. She had just said that protecting the family and the boy was the very reason they exist, and such a statement is just as important to an Abh as it would be to a human. 

[b]Shuroh, Unknown Galaxy[/b]
"I don't know how you figured that out, but the lab boys say that your crazy contraption could actually work! What do you say about a partnership, Miss...?"
The woman had spent weeks drawing up plans for the device that Fergus had told her to create, but she needed help. A lot of help. Negative energy wasn't even thought of, and particle accelerators were still billion-dollar projects taken on by governments. She had gone to the largest corporation on the planet, well, mostly on the planet. So far, they held a monopoly on space travel, with a total of three missions launched into low orbit.
"Call me Lahna, and I accept your proposal on one condition."
"What's that?"
"I get to command the ship and choose where it goes first. You will also provide me with complete control of your R&D section, along with the entire spaceflight division. In return for the extra control, I will also give you advanced medical technology and the ability to counteract gravity with the same negative energy used by the space-time folding device."
"Why, of course! You'll get all the resources you need for this experiment, I'll make sure our puppet companies and states give you control. Seventy aerial steamships will also be allocated to you for transport of goods."
"Perfect! We'll have people outside the system within the decade!"
'Lahna' left the building, stepping out into the smog of what might as well be considered the capital of the corporation. The smog was actually normal for any city, as technology on Shuroh caused extreme pollution, what with it being based mostly on steam power and all. She looked up to see a huge airliner, belching exhaust out of a dozen or so ports to its aft. Soot fell from it as it steamed on, hitting the umbrellas of the citizens during its slow fall downwards. She called a cab, which was constructed out of incredibly light and weak materials to allow it to be propelled by electricity instead of the alternative land steamers found in some of the less advanced nations. A few international credits were pressed into the driver's hand, as Lahna ordered him to drive her to the airport, where she planned to catch a liner to the capital what everyone considered the most advanced nation.
After all, a single corporation, no matter how large, wouldn't cut it for this huge of a project.