At last Amber got to see Earth, the cradle of mankind, with her own eyes. She had been born on a Federation colony world and studied in a military space station before being affected further still from the heart of Federation space. The trip 'home' had been a long one, but it was worth it. From the spaceport to the Phalanx base, everything moved faster. She had been welcomed and briefly told that the briefing would be the next day and left to herself in her temporary quarters. 

As she walked in the briefing room on the next day, coming straight from a training session, Amber was surprised to see two persons already present. 

One seemed to be a vergisian. Short human-looking species with gray skin and 6 fingers. She had met some on her different military affectations. Their aptitude to tough out harsh conditions make them excellent miners and what not. Federation often dealt with them to get their resources, especially on colony worlds. 

The other being, she was not too sure what species it belonged to. It looked like a [i]dragon[/i]. Ridley came to mind, which was not reassuring. If they were here, though, then they were not enemies at the very least. 

After a quick nod in their direction, Amber took a seat somewhere near the center of the briefing room and took out a holographic pad and began reviewing some notes about what little information she's had on the mission.