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As the door opened and a completely normal-looking elder man came forward to greet them, Kelsie was relieved. Right until the moment she looked over the rest of the group and saw the alien captain. She tried to mask her surprise as best as she could, but a short gasp escaped her lips. Well isn’t this unfair. Why do these guys have nice and friendly aliens and all we got was hyper-aggressive primitives? Kelsie wondered who was actually in charge here. The human, Chancellor Constantine, seemed to be the head of the diplomacy. She vaguely remembered that the title had great political importance back on Earth. But then again, the captain of the ship was an alien. Were these humans under the yolk of some advanced alien race? It was a possibility, but Kelsie didn’t think so. The ship, while very advanced, was clearly of human design. And its name, as well as the name of the nation, was Earth-based. There must be some interesting story behind all this.

“We are glad to be here,” she managed to smile, focusing on the Chancellor. He seemed like a friendly elder man, but she could see he was a smart politician, not to be underestimated. “I am Guardian Kelsie Blackwood from the Undefeated nation of the planet Ellara. This is my assistant, Miss Julianna Petrova.” She had decided not to mention that Julianna is a member of their science team as it could be seen like she had brought her along to spy on Colombian technology. Which she did. But they didn’t have to know that. Plus it would be useful to have them dismiss her as an unimportant assistant and ignore her. Julianna had her way of becoming nearly invisible in situations like this.

“It seems that you were lucky to find new friends among the stars.” She nodded towards the alien captain, feeling strange. Spending years shooting every alien that crossed her path didn’t really prepare her for this situation. How different would it be if the Screechers were this civilized? 300 years of war, unimaginable resources being poured down the drain, while we could have just coexisted peacefully, advancing both our societies. Well, life doesn’t play on what-ifs. The Undefeated were at a disadvantage here and she needed to make sure that no one is going to use it against them.