Invasion of the Netro-raer Aliens

March 15th, 2354, a date which will live on in Human history forever, an event that could never, never, be forgotten: The day that Humanity met its first alien civilization.

A science team that had been tasked with surveying the Netro-raer system discovered the alien species on the fourth planet in the system, a desert planet with vast oceans and small little dots of green that could only have been oases, scattered around the wide swathes of desert intermittently like little flecks of pepper on a steak.

The team assigned to the survey did not know that alien life was on the planet, then named Netro-raer IV, as the planet was silent. Not unnaturally so, all planets make at least some noise in the interstellar void, but Netro-raer IV was not radiating any sort of radio signals or any hints that an alien communications network was even existent on the planet. Lo and behold, though, there were.

In their excitement at the discovery of this alien species, the science team, led by Abigail Kessler, initiated first contact with the aliens after quickly sending a communique back to the system of Zhi, the nearest Human colony.

Throwing caution to the wind, Dr. Kessler attempted to contact the alien race. What she found was, to put it simply, astonishing.

The aliens promptly responded, not in an alien language as we thought they would, but rather in perfect, if slightly accented, English. This was, understandably, a shock to the crew of the science ship. How could these aliens know one of Earth's-Humanity's- own languages?

As it turns out, these aliens were not planet bound and as primitive as the team of scientists had suspected, but were rather a race of aliens that saw no need to venture outside of their home system. These aliens, now known as the Ugloi-Bestard did, however, explore space and some centuries ago, before the Earth Directorate was even an idea, the Ugloi-Bestards found Earth and studied it for a period of time before dismantling their observation posts and retreating from the system once Humanity reached a sufficient level of technological advancement. Among the many things the Ugloi-Bestards revealed, they told the science team that they did abduct some Humans for study; Nothing that would be considered immoral or non-ethical, they assured the team. Just language sharing and cultural studying to see how Humanity had developed and such.

It was at this time that the team of scientists received a transmission from Zhi, directly from the Ministry of Science and Xenobiology: They wanted Dr. Kessler and the rest of the science team to continue first contact and await for the arrival of two more teams of scientists. These scientists would have linguists, a dedicated envoy, and other xenobiologists specialized in the study of alien lifeforms aboard a science cruiser to study and communicate with the alien species. Dr. Kessler relayed this information to the Ugloi-Bestard she was speaking to, so as to not cause a diplomatic incident. The Ugloi-Bestard understood where she was coming from, and permitted the incoming science vessels. The talks after were what would be expected of two alien species meeting for the first time, questions for questions, Dr. Kessler's questions orientated more to the wider Ugloi-Bestard species, and Stuud Fu'Qur's, the Ugloi-Bestard that Kessler's team had been speaking to, questions being more orientated towards personal questions pertaining to Dr. Kessler herself.

On and on they went sharing information when Stuud Fu'Qur asked Dr. Kessler if she and her crew would like to land on the planet (known as Henteria to the Ugloi-Bestards) and have a face to face meeting. Dr. Kessler was at first, but Stuud managed to convince her that doing so would improve relations between Humanity and the Ugloi-Bestards quite a bit.

Descending to the planet's sandy surface, Amanda Kessler felt her heart skip a beat as the ship drew nearer and nearer to the surface of Henteria. When Amanda had been assigned to surveyor duty, she felt that her career as a scientist had been unofficially nixed at the bud; But, here she was, initiating first contact with an intelligent alien society! Her name would be in the history books! Documentaries would be made about this event and they would be viewed in classrooms for decades, no, centuries!

Amanda was practically vibrating with excitement at the thoughts running through her head, when a light shove broke her from her daydreaming. Turning to the left, Amanda saw her husband, Frederick, stood close by.

"You excited, Amanda?"

"Of course! Fred, this is the discovery of a lifetime!" She replied, "How could I not be?"

"How could anyone not be excited, I think you mean," He said, nervously sliding his hands down his jumpsuit and lab coat to smooth out any wrinkles.

Amanda turned around to face her husband fully and laid her hand on her desk whilst saying: "No one is as excited as me, Freddy."

(A picture of Doctor Amanda Kessler, taken on March 14th, 2354 by her husband Frederick Kessler)

"Yeah..." he replied distractedly, Amanda took this for Frederick being anxious and in an attempt to ease his anxieties, Amanda smiled at him. She misunderstood just what, or rather who, he was distracted by.

Frederick couldn't help but stare at his wife once she turned around. Really, how could someone like him, a shy nerdy guy, get a girl like her? She was perfect. She was kind and supportive of Frederick, even when he was at his lowest lows she was there to support him and hold him up, always there to bring him back from the darkness. Not even mentioning her body... Frederick really hit the jackpot, and couldn't be more thankful for his lot in life: An amazing wife and a nice job, what more could he want. Really, the only 'flaw' with Amanda was the she had twelve fingers! Is that even really a flaw?!

Frederick closed the distance between himself and Amanda and wrapped his arms around her waist in a tight embrace, his lips clashing with hers as he kissed her deeply. Amanda gasped a little in surprise at her husband's forwardness.

Getting over her surprise, Amanda reciprocated the kiss and loosely wrapped her arms around Frederick's shoulders, giggling into the kiss. They stayed like that for a short while, kissing and hugging each other as happily married couples are wont to do, before they both parted gasping for air. Staring into Amanda's eyes, Frederick couldn't help but feel like he was the happiest man in the universe.

Unknown to Frederick, or any of the Human males aboard the science ship, dark times were ahead for them...