"They're from Earth?" the intercom reiterated as their captain chimed in, "with a ship like that?  It has more in common with the NX series than a modern vessel.  Maybe they're temporally displaced as well?"
     "There are residual chronoton residues," Shaavi added, lending more credence to that theory, "but are they in the wrong time or are we?"
     "Or both..." Chandani mused.
     "Great," M'rella commented, mostly under her breath, "The one time we encounter humans in the vast universe and we have no humans on board making the introduction.  The Faith of the Heart is ninety percent human by the brood mother."
     "Easy there.  Don't get a furball." Rengaging the communicator Shaavi replied to the vessel, "Yangtze to Daedalus.  We uh... welcome your hospitality.  We also have transporter technology but need to know- err... we respectfully request coordinates to beam in."
     Yeah, Shaavi thought to herself, that sounded better.
     In short order, with the coordinates provided, the pair stood and stepped back across the carpet to stand beneath the transporter arch, Shaavi in her gold and grey jacket and M'Rella in her red. 
     "Energize."