Whispers in the Mind

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<<Begin descent. Number Three, keep your eye on the scanner and abort descent at the first sign of any contact.>>

<<Aye Captain.>>

<<Beginning descent, Captain.>>

<<Notify science officer to make ready his team. I will give them four gronks (time units) to get the job done.>>1

The Captain sat in the command chair, while the bridge officers sat at the crescent shaped console in front. There were eight of them on the bridge and, had a human been there, he or she would not have been able to tell them apart. The lighting on the bridge was dim, but the controls were sufficiently illuminated for the job at hand.

The Captain, as were they all, was a hairless biped with a large domed head. With skin the colour of an elephant and of a similar texture, leathery grey, with a basic humanoid form, these beings were definitely not from earth.

They had two arms, two legs, with feet and hands with four digits on each. They were quite puny looking by human standards, with slight muscle development on the limbs and a narrow torso. All were between 4’6” and 5’ in height, and the size of furniture and room was proportionate.

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