[b]Carrier Li Wen, Pearl Fleet Vanguard Squadron Flagship, in docking alongside STC Acheron[/b]

Captain Hign and Admiral Hei had been among the Alarai who found themselves suddenly flopping on the deck, struggling to upright themselves in an environment without the buoyancy provided by water. However, Captain Hign's forsight had proven immensely valuable as the aquagills, small, miniture water packs to be worn on the gills, comparable to breathing apparatuses land walkers wore when going underwater, made sure that even as they were disoriented, confused and a bit silly, none of them were dying from a lack of oxygen.

As the Septonians raced in to aid the Alarai, the Alarai quickly managed to right themselves, sitting on their tales and embracing the sensation of not having the water of the ocean on their skin and scales. Captain Hign, the Alarai that Commander Zilicin had raced towards and helped, looked up at him and waved his hand in a declining fashion, with the crew after all having been trained in the possibility of sudden drainage. "It's alright, It's alright," Captain Hign said to Commander Zilicin, not sure if he was guessing his intention to help correctly but assuming so anyways. "We're fine. We're fine." he said, his voice artificially replicated in the speakers of his aqualung to sound the same as if it was spoken underwater to prevent the sudden change in sound from causing confusion with the language. 

Sitting up straight on their tails (which made the Alarai look a lot shorter than the Septonians), the Alarai looked at the species they had encountered. They had legs, which was perhaps the most surreal concept to them. They had no shortage of such creatures on Atlantis, but they were primarily unevolved apes who lived in the forests of the planet. Did they live on the surface of their planets? Where there no Alarian-like creatures on their planets?

Admiral Hei managed to make his way to the front and faced Commander Zilicin, looking at his uniform and the accumulation of awards and badges to decide that he seemed like the alien in charge. As such, in the half flooded passageway with the Alarai sitting awkwardly, much of the Septonian food completely ruined and their uniforms completely drenched, Admiral Hei extended his hand to Commander Zilicin. 

"I am Admiral Hei of the Alarai," he said, unsure if the aliens had managed to translate their language - their own officers were still hard at work on translating Septonian - "and on behalf of all Alarai, we come in peace."