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Hannizio
"Also, could we organise a conference for the defenders? We need a strategy if we are going to defeat these aliens."

ZendikaroftheWest
"Indeed, that would be wise. I would rather coordinate in person, since the attackers know which frequencies we normally use. We will meet in the presidentially palace. Here are the coordinates."

Hannizio
//Transmission: Local Code//
"Agreed. Ve vill send down a shuttle to zhe planet to meet up vith you in zhe palace."

A singular shuttle is dispatched shortly after, racing down to the planet, breaking through the atmosphere and passing over the cities with a screaming sound of the motors. As it touches down, its doors open, forming a ramp, from which several men and women embark, at first glance they look completely normal if a tad bit more muscular, until one gets closer to the shuttle... The officers dwarf normal humans, all of them standing between around 2.6-2-8 metres tall.

boombox
The minister of defense is visible impressed by the size of those humans.
"You aren't some sort of aliens, are you?"
He asks in a voice that sounds nearly threatening

@boombox @ZendikaroftheWest @Hannizio

"Understood, Shuttle En-route"

Shooting from the belly of the IDS Valorous comes a grey shuttle with the signature mark of the ID planted upon it's side. The shuttle flies down and down through the burning atmosphere as it passes through the skyline of the capital and down to the presidential palace, setting down upon it's landing legs it's doors whirr open as a ramp begins to unfold from the underside of the ship, setting down and making way for a group of humans, dressed in the grey and red dress uniforms of the ID, and accompanied by a single alien creature in non-combatant dress-whites. The group steps forward and one in particular stands at the front in the dress uniform of a captain. He and the others, aside from the noncombatant alien, march forward, while the avian alien simply walks forward. Arriving afront the minister, They stop.

"Greetings, Minister of Defense, and a greetings as well to our german friends. I am Captain Crilo of the IDS Valorous, and acting commander of Shield Fleet."

The avian walks up to his right and speaks as well.
"My name is Isaiah Xlith, the dedicated diplomat stationed with Shield Fleet"

boombox
"I like this rather interesting. You have to show us your way of genetic modification once we won. If you would be so kind to follow me in."
The minister goes into the building, and after a short corridor, leads everyone into a big and beautiful hall. The Bigger humans have to duck to not hit the ceiling with their head, but once in the hall, even they can stand upwards. The ceiling is a few meters above the ground. The incoming storm can be barely witnessed through the windows. The temperature is warm, plants stand next to some pillars. The architecture of the room was inspired by multiple designs from the human past. Its general look could be described as if in an old theater for the upper class

Brank
The words "What the hell are you?", slip through the ministers lips, with tone of disgust, before he could keep himself together and says "Follow me."
While everyone passes through into the hall, the minister stays at the door, asking one of the humans passing "This thing has to be joking. We would accept animals like this as our slaves maybe, but as a diplomat?"

Hannizio
Captain Crilo replies with a simple "The natives of the galaxy are more friendly to mongrels of their own kind. Our government is too kind to them, in my opinion. But if we are to have them within our borders, they may as well be put to work, as slaves are outlawed."

Brank
"An interesting view on things. We are ready to accept it, at least I am. I suggest to keep it from public spaces and out of the sight of any other human here. I can offer to get a long coat with hood to hide its discussing face"

Hannizio
A shuttle heads down to the coordinates and lands. Out steps five people. The first is a Zaltzi Fleet Admiral, the next is a Gamilas Admiral, and the last three are Zaltzi staff.
"Hello, we are here for the conference. My name is Fleet Admiral Kiani."

ZendikaroftheWest
the minister mumbles, more to himself than to others: "not more of them..."
The next second he puts on a forced smile and welcomes the new guests.
Just as the others before, he offers the obvious alien something to hide his face and skin, while bringing them into the hall

boombox ZendikaroftheWest Brank
The minister of defense can't hold himself and giggles, but manages to pull himself together. He asks all the attending humans, if they would like something to drink or eat

ZendikaroftheWest
"If you don't accept to hide, I would suggest not showing yourself in public, for your own safety. Any special wishes in terms of food? Should the drink be alcoholic?"

Hannizio
"I have my own ways, but for the meeting it is best to go without. No, and definitely no alcohol, but i would like to try some of the local cuisine."

Hannizio
The German soldiers take off their fully enclosed helmets, setting them aside next to their rifles. The officers as well take off their caps, setting them next to themselves on their benches, as is custom in the Reich.
The soldiers joke around at the table. "Hut ab beim Essen, sonst kommt deine Mutter und zieht dir die Ohren lang!"
Laughing, one soldier points over to the avian. "Und der hat eh keine Ohren, dem wurden die schon abgerissen!"

One of the officers, hiding a smirk, commands them to stop as they order their foods, it mostly consists of beer and various meats.

ZendikaroftheWest boombox
Food and drinks are brought, Its the best the planet has to offer.
After 15 minutes of eating and drinking, the minister of defense coughs in his hand, before he starts to speak in a loud voice: "We are thankful all of you came here. But we are not here to enjoy ourselves. We have important matters to discuss. From the little intel we have, we know that they will attack with only a smaller part of their fleet first, to test our defensive line. They have many HDC ships and outnumber our fleet. But they don't know you are here, and I wish we could keep it that way. The alien technology is superior to HDC technology in nearly any way. And the aliens couldn't upgrade the captured HDC ships in this short amount of time. But they will equip them with internal explosive devices, so there is no chance we will win their loyalty back. Even with your forces they will outnumber us, and they have shown to adapt quickly to new battlefields. Our biggest strength is that they maybe underestimate our forces. So how will we make the best use of this? Any suggestions?"

Hannizio
The old captain leans back a bit before lighting a pipe he had taken out of his jacket, leaning over to Admiral Richter and whispering something in his ear. Richter nods slightly and whispers something back before speaking loudly:
"Ve should keep most forces in reserve, hidden in a different system vhile zhe xenos pioneer force attacks. After zhey have made zheir attack run, ve relocate to our positions and await zhe main attack. Zhey vill not expect reinforcements as zheir pioneers will have told zhem zhat zhere are only zhe HDC present."