Jenwuf
"...Are these trees attempting to contact us?"
"Keep calm and carry on, I say."
"This is an extremely weird planet to place a HQ on."
"Anyone else have a bad feeling about this?"
"I'm not complaining."
"Let's get this overwith."
As the Slave-AI chatter among themselves, the Transport lands and the ramp opens. Some get out and set up some devices around the transport, some walk out in formation to meet the locals in an official manner - probably the ones in the STE shuttle following them - and others just stay in the transport and run through the data they have collected/are collecting...
Jenwuf Amazing_Goob Drakador_Chaos
Two projections appear and form opaque humanoid figures. The most notable feature about both of them is that they are mostly polygonal and angular, and instead of legs, their bodies form a point towards the floor and they seem to float. A tall, red "Avatar" with a multitude of swords and blades in sheaths on its "hips" and back looks around the room warily, while a cyan "Avatar" with a rectangular head, a sturdy collar and and robot-like hands holding a glowing white cube addresses the Empress.
"Sorry for this sudden intru-- uh... oh dear..." Reflex-Jacket immediately notices the glowing red feather.
((Extra bit of description: DC Avatars can be up to four times the size of a human individual. These two have respectfully condensed themselves to twice the size.))