<blockquote><div><cite>Donta wrote:</cite>"&lt;Dren, the lead craft has a lock on us.&gt;" Yuri said, "&lt;Incoming transmission.&gt;"<br/><br/>Dren looked down to see the oddest creature he had ever seen. He could tell she was female, except her face was flat and had no fur, except for her head which was curled and oddly colored. Dren swore he saw pointed feline ears on the side of her head, and found himself staring, not noticing the incoming craft that was attacking the ship, but had now turned on him.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">â€œUnidentified mech pilot, this is pilot Angela West of the Star ship Elyandraâ€¦.â€ Pausing a moment when a missile got close enough to detonate in front of her mech causing some damage and breaking her concentration for a moment. â€œI do not know who you are or where you come from but know that you are getting yourself involved in a very bitter and dangerous warâ€¦â€ another explosion off screen and Angela swore a bit under her breath. â€œIf you prove to be an enemy know that we will not hesitate to eliminate youâ€¦..you have been warnedâ€¦.â€  -  Angela </span><br/><br/>Dren sat there for a moment, confused and not understanding a word of it. As the Kami advanced, he finally noticed it when it's guns lit up in the darkness of space, the bullets bouncing off his raised shield. It looked like the pilot just wanted to poke at him to see what he was, but Dren's patience had reached it's breaking point.<br/><br/>"&lt;Yumi, did you record that?&gt;" he asked. Yumi nodded as she stood on her holo projection orb on the console. Another single bullet pinged his shield, and this time, Dren shook his head to clear his thoughts once more. The jets fired and he raced towards the Kami who seemed to turn it's attention back to the ship when he didn't respond the first time. It headed straight for the bridge and Dren managed to bring the Paladin's massive sword down to cleave the kami in two less than a hundred meters from the main bridge. Forward jets fired to slow him down in a hurry and he stopped fifty meters from the hull. Turning around, he put his back to the ship and sighed in relief.<br/><br/>"&lt;Yumi, these people aren't getting the message. Hack in and take thier language files.&gt;" he said.<br/><br/>"&lt;Processing.....Link established.....Hacking Security protocols,,,,,Temporarily Disabling firewalls....Compiling data interface......Searching for Language files......Files found, Downloading.......Download Complete. Re-enabling Security and disconnecting.&gt;" she paused and gave a sigh, then smiled, "&lt;Language Files installed. They should understand you now.&gt;"<br/><br/>"&lt;Replay last transmission translated.&gt;" he said. Dren watched the female once more but this time the audio was in Nekan for him and his eyes went wide for a moment, then a look of determination formed on his face.<br/><br/>"&lt;Finally. Yumi, open a channel to the ship and it's pilots once more. Enable translator.&gt;" the orb on Dren's chest changed from a yellow color to a dark crimson red as the connection was established, both video and audio. Keeping his mech in a defensive stance, he reached up and pressed a button on his helmet, making the reactive metal around his neck detach and flow down to the breastplate where it absorbed into it. With a hiss, the pressure equalized and he pulled his helmet off, letting his white and blue hair float behind him, his ears stick up in the air and he opened his fanged mouth to speak to an alien race for the first time for his kind, and have them understand him. Scientists and scholars from his world dreamed of this day and many spent years thinking of the perfect words to say in this First Contact situation. Dren took a deep breath and looked straight into the screen as he spoke,<br/><br/>"Let's kick some ass. I'm on your side!" he said with a smile, his lips curled, exposing his fangs. The link was cut and he glanced down to see Yuri with her brow lowered in annoyance.<br/><br/>"&lt;The first time a Nekan talks to an alien race and the first thing he says is 'Let's kick some ass?' Real subtle, Dren.&gt;" she sighed heavily, "&lt;I'll take your response to them as you not being in your right mind due to malnutrition.&gt;"<br/>"&lt;Oh I'm fine.&gt;" he muttered, stowing the sword of the Paladin on it's back. He then pulled the rifle from the rear on the lower back and powered it on, diverting power from the Ether Generator to it. With the Shield still on the left and the rifle on the right, he targeted another Kami that was nearing the ship. The rifle locked on and Dren pulled the trigger but only managed to take out the right arm. Several other shots missed as it darted around as it headed for him but at the last second, Dren squeezed off a charged shot that destroyed it.<br/><br/>He turned back to the ship and made his mech do an awkward salute to the bridge and turned to speed back out into the battlefield.</div></blockquote>