TheSwedishToamto
A ship finally materializes out of stealth.
A small Ramika class destroyer, even today still in service after what many would consider a long lifespan for a destroyer class ship.
Aiming its main gun towards the portal, the ship fires off a single shell.
The shell fired begins to rapidly accelerate towards the portal even after being fired, before the outer casing of the shell tears itself apart revealing a probe, similar but not identical to the ones used by the Tau combine.
The probe attempts to take pictures, scans and get other data from inside the portal, while sending it back to the destroyer via coded FTL communications.
Drakador_Chaos
The armoured guard looks down at them after a moment, although not visible behind his helmet, a confused look on his face.
Presumably having understood what a handshake is though, the guard moves his gun from his right to left hand and proceeds to extend his now unarmed hand to exchange handshakes as well.
Although, it is around this point that the Lupidiran realises that his hand is probably ridiculously huge compared to the humanoid's, not even considering the extra size from the armour, but continues to attempt to anyway.