Tomorrow Happens (2014)
“"It is the only way we can be sure with whom we are dealing," said the spokes-being for the Galactic Federation. Terran-Esperanto words emerged through a translator device affixed to the creature's speaking-vent, between purple, compound eyes. "Citizen species of the Federation will have nothing to do with you humans. Not until you can be properly introduced." "But you're speakin' to us, right now!" Jane Fingal protested. "You're makin' bugger-all sense, mate." Jane was our astronomer aboard the Straits of Magellan. She had first spotted the wake of the N'Gorm ship as it raced by, far swifter than any Earth vessel, and it had been Jane's idea to pulse our engines, giving off weak gravity waves to attract their attention. For several days she had labored to help solve the language problem, until a meeting could be arranged between our puny ETS survey probe and the mighty N'Gorm craft.
Still, I was surprised when Kwenzi Mobutu, the Zairean anthropologist, did not object to Jane's pr...esence in the docking bubble, along with our official contact team.MoreLess
Still, I was surprised when Kwenzi Mobutu, the Zairean anthropologist, did not object to Jane's pr...esence in the docking bubble, along with our official contact team.MoreLess
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