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There was little point in replying to the gibberish the xenos sent, but Amenmesh ordered his command crew to reply regardless.

"Xenos, you have entered Ouroboros space. Power down your weapons and prepare to be boarded. Do not attempt to flee. Any retreating vessels will be fired upon."

With the message sent, a boarding party was deployed. The shuttle contained only three Ophisians, two warriors and a priest. It made a careful, slow burn toward the nearest of the xeno escorts, slowing down and matching velocities with some hundreds of meters to spare. There, the shuttle lingered, awaiting orders from Lord Amenmesh and some indication that the xenos would accept the boarding party. 

The shuttle itself is a simple affair, a skeleton with no pressure bulkheads. The propellant tanks are obvious, a pair of spherical tanks mounted just forward of the engines. The boarding party and shuttle crew appear as dull metallic statues, their hardsuits composed of angular plates and gently curving joints. The two warriors are the only ones obviously armed, carrying great metal shields and bulky firearms. The priest and shuttle crews appear totally unarmed, and are just under three-fourths the size of the warriors.

The claws on the forward end of the shuttle are stowed but still obvious, peeled back to be almost inline with the rest of the shuttle body. Deployed in their place are electromagnetic clamps, their magnetic pads black and matte, held forward on two stalks. 

"Allow the shuttle party aboard or they will enter by force."

Amenmesh doubted they would get a reply, but hoped the shuttle itself would bring enough meaning to the message.

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