LeftHandofGod Shoot first, axe questions later if they aren't dead already?
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As the fleet emerges from subspace in comet-like trails with the remaining escorts of the cruiser following, they check their navigational records and send an encrypted transmission in the general direction of the Large Magellanic Cloud, that goes something like this:
[ ENCRYPTED - TRANSMISSION START ]
B7Gl1arUuey&y{Fv@ A@ qA+5)4vru74azC.6y&%o1wg/0kC5I89aAIWAwPzA$vqZffB97&hefG4FA+e/8wPIv1A==vBy&sxp
[ ENCRYPTED - TRANSMISSION END ]
Meanwhile, on the bridge of the cruiser
"Sir, we transitioned to realspace right on top of an unknown fleet. How shall we respond?" An officer on their large bridge informed and asked. "Send them a transmission. Scan the local area, too, i want to know what this is." He said. The officers started a scan of the local area, and from the bridge they saw four waves come from the sensor array, and beams analyzed all the objects within ten light seconds of the ship.
"Sir, channel open. Would you like to speak to them?" The Captain responded by moving forward by a little bit, and then said to the Tanky Clan ships,
[ TRANSMISSION START ]
"Greetings, unknown ships. We are friendly unless you aren't, then you'd have a bad time dealing with our latest line of weapons."
(So can i bring reinforcements?)