Jared
Course correction the captain told the navigations officer. Declination one zero point three eight. The view screen in front of the captain snapped back to focusing on the small fleet ahead of them. Sir incoming transmission....from them Patch it through lieutenant the captain says.
The captain detached the tiny monitor from his command chair's armrest. He searched for files. Hopefully, there was a protocol regarding this. He pulled back up the first contact file that he had read through earlier. His eyes skimmed the page as he looked for the right sub-section. Normally, the ship's AI would have had this data up in mere seconds, but the ship's Holotank sat empty. Because the destroyer was newly launched out of the Damascus shipyards she has not had the opportunity to have her AI installed.
United Nations Space Command First Contact Protocols
909-44-09
Date: January 29,2568 (Military Calendar)
Encryption Code: None
Public Key: NA
Subject: First Contact Protocols
/START FILE/
First Contact Laws (FCL) dictate that upon unknown forces or groups demands be to enter territory civilian and military under the jurisdiction of the UNSC be denied.
Press ENTER to continue.
Ops. Send a transmission back denying their requests
Sir, they have taken a defensive stance
** What's the situation with our missile pods?** The captain says
Aft pods can be armed...now the weapons officer says typing away at his station.
Target them just in case they try and do anything. Contact the Athabaskan and transfer relevant data to them. Tell them to stand by for possible hostility.
this is Captain Azar Ahadi of the TCUF Tiger Lilly, we hope our translations are seemed less and apologize for any incorrect translations. We do not wish for conflict as we are a simple exploration fleet looking for anomalies, alien civilizations, and relics. We simply are just searching for these goals and do not mean to trespass into any un-allowed systems.
//Transmission Start//
This is United Nations Space Command Destroyer Minotaur DD-347. Please turn back now have entered territory claimed by the UNited Earth Government.
//Transmission End//