Earth replied to the data we sent! The mission is a success!
It was here that we decided to really celebrate our success in being the first crew of the first galactic space cruiser. It was here that we all got terribly silly (there is no alcohol on board, of course. That would be asking for disaster) and in our dancing missed the thing that drifted up close to us.
We don't know how long it was there, but we finally learned of its presence when our communications were seized and a horrible, gravelly voice spilled out all over the ships speakers.
None of us knew what to do at first. Then John and Hyosuke ran onto the bridge. Andrei turned the music off and the last of us ran with him to the bridge as well, where John was sending a message to the other ship directly in front of us.
The alien ship. Or I suppose from their perspective we are the aliens. They've apparently been flying around this system for some time now. Regardless it was apparent that the aliens knew we couldn't communicate.
There was a very long silence. From what I could see of their ship through the front portal i can guess that it's massive, at least three times our size. I could see a little bit of a cylindrical design with a large wing on the bottom. Other than that, nothing.
An apparently hand-drawn diagram of our ship docking theirs was sent, along with a few scribbles in an alien dialect. We considered our options, and eventually decided to go for it. Not following their directions and attempting to make a break for it could result in them shooting us. Maybe they think we're criminals?
Following the directions we flew to a large portal that opened in the side of their ship and set the Cthulu down in a sort of roped cradle. Presumably we're going to meet them now, so I'm going to have to go. Luck be with us, this is Jack Babylon, signing off.
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