Hearing Mara's request to visit earth had Ari a bit worried.<br/>That was definitely a decision that required earth confirmation.  Seeing that Simmons had Mara's attention, Ari stepped a few paces back and turning typed into the codebox in her suits armlink, and transmitted a message to homebase.  Setting the frequency to open, she sent the following terse message.  "made contact, seems friendly, wishes alliance, wishes to visit earth, please advise."