[color=#e2e2e2][b]DESTINY ASCENDANT
MAIN HANGAR[/b]

“SICI push the translated speech to my headset ... also tell Boulti to launch some probes to get eyes on whatever’s on the ground.”
“Right away,” the projection answered.
The third transport - a much larger vessel but still more than able to fit within [i]Destiny[/i]’s cavernous hangar bay - came in for landing. At first the commander suspected it was machines she was meeting with as that disembarked first from the vessel. Directly behind however was a towering being taller than the brutish Covenant visitor but much less imposing.

Muriel took a minute to respond as everyone addressed themselves. She exchanged a brief confused glance with SICI as the Cindorians spoke. Their translation systems were not working quite right at all, but it was enough she could understand what was said. “Well enough,” she answered them.
The Covenant liaison had no translating aid it seemed. SICI hastily processed the audio into a serviceable translation. It too was nearly as broken, but it was enough to acknowledge him. He sounded exactly as “Indeed we shall.”
The tall one had arrived late and spoke last. The dangerous-looking security droids were not hugely appealing to her but she had allowed a security escort. She certainly would have taken one if the formalities were not aboard her own ship. His speech was actually close to a proper stand-up speech if it translated more or less correctly. The grammar was still crap but that was fairly standard for an early translation matrix. The content though was not unlike a sermon. This would be interesting. [i]‘Strange,’[/i] Commander Muriel thought, [i]’but interesting ...’[/i]


“Yyyes,” she wasn’t confident exactly how to respond to that and just gave acknowledgement, “Welcome all, I am Commander Muriel, commanding officer of this vessel. My intent here is to provide a forum and to assess each of your intents for the record, per my assignment to investigate this region and report.”
SICI attempted to translate it back for the Covenant Fleetmaster. It was unclear exactly how well it went back. This was always the dangerous part.[/color]